Harman Kardon AVR 247 Owner's Manual

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OPERATION 37ENGLISHOperationBasic OperationOnce you have completed the setup andconfiguration of the AVR, it is simple to operateand enjoy. The following instructions should befollowed for you to maximize your enjoyment ofyour new receiver:Turning the AVR On or Off• When using the AVR for the first time, you mustpress the Main Power Switch 1 on the frontpanel to turn the unit on. This places the unit in aStandby mode, as indicated by the amber color ofthe Power Indicator 3. Once the unit is inStandby, you may begin a listening session bypressing the System Power Control 2 or theSource button % on the front panel or theAVR Selector 5. Note that the PowerIndicator 3 will turn blue. This will turn the uniton and return it to the input source that was lastused. The unit may also be turned on fromStandby by pressing any of the Source Selectorbuttons on the remote 4567 or theSource button % on the front panel.NOTE: After pressing one of the Input Selectorbuttons 4 (except VID3) to turn the unit on,press the AVR Selector 5 to have the remotecontrol the AVR functions.To turn the unit off at the end of a listeningsession, simply press the System PowerControl 2 on the front panel or the PowerOff Button 0 on the remote. Power will beshut off to any equipment plugged into the rearpanel Switched AC Outlets and thePower Indicator 3 will turn orange.When the remote is used to turn the unit “off” itis actually placing the system in a Standby mode,as indicated by the orange color of the PowerIndicator 3.When you will be away from home for anextended period of time it is always a good ideato completely turn the unit off with the frontpanel Main Power Switch 1.NOTE: All preset memories may be lost if theunit is left turned off with the Main PowerSwitch 1 for more than two weeks.Using the Sleep Timer• To program the AVR for automatic turn-off,press the Sleep Button 9 on the remote. Eachpress of the button will increase the time beforeshut down in the following sequence:The sleep time will be displayed in the MainInformation Display Ò and it will countdown until the time has elapsed.When the programmed sleep time has elapsed,the unit will automatically turn off (to Standbymode). Note that the front panel display will dimto one half brightness when the Sleep functionis programmed. To cancel the Sleep function,press and hold the Sleep Button 9 until theinformation display returns to normal brightnessand the Sleep indicator numbers disappear andthe words SLEEP OFF appear in the MainInformation Display Ò.Source SelectionFor direct access to any source, press its InputSelector 467 on the remote. Sincethe AVR 247 allows for more source inputdevices than the remote has buttons for, somesources are required to share buttons. These arethe DVD and CD sources, the Tape and TheBridge sources, and the HDMI 1 and HDMI 2sources. The first press of any of these threeInput Selectors will select the source whosename appears on the button, i.e., DVD, Tape orHDMI 1. Press that Input Selector again to selectthe source whose name appears above thebutton (i.e., CD, The Bridge or HDMI 2), and theLED on the remote will light in green to indicatethat you have selected the source whose nameis printed in green above the button. Eachadditional press toggles between the twosources.NOTE: After pressing one of the Input Selectorbuttons 4 to turn the unit on, press theAVR Selector 5 to have the remote controlthe AVR functions.• The input source may also be changed bypressing the front-panel Input SourceSelector button %. Each press of the buttonwill move the input selection through the list ofavailable inputs.• The front-panel Video 4 Inputs Ô, OpticalDigital 3 Input * or the Coaxial Digital 3Input Ó may be used to connect a device suchas a video game or camcorder to your homeentertainment system on a temporary basis.• As the input source is changed, the new inputname will appear momentarily as an on-screendisplay in the lower third of the video display.The input name will also appear in the MainInformation Display Ò and a blue LED willlight next to the selected input’s name in thefront-panel Input Indicators .• When Digital Media Player (DMP)source is selected, if a compatible Apple iPoddevice is inserted in an optional Harman Kardonthat is connected to DMPConnector on the rear panel, functionmessages will appear on any video displayconnected to the AVR’s Video MonitorOutputs , and the remote control may beused to navigate the iPod and access many of itsfunctions. The function messages will alsoappear in the front-panel display, and the iPod’sbattery may be charged. See the owner’s guidesfor and your iPod for moreinformation.Video Input SelectionWhen a source is selected, the AVR switches to avideo input as follows:The Video I n line of the Input Setup menuindicates which of the component video inputson the AVR is assigned to each source. Bydefault the Component Video 1 input is assignedto the DVD source, the Component Video 2 inputis assigned to the Video 1 source, and theComponent Video 3 input is assigned to theVideo 2 source.The two HDMI inputs obtain the video signalfrom their own inputs, and may not bereassigned to another video input.If your iPod is capable of playing still-images andvideos, it may be used as a video source.However, you may reassign the video input forThe Bridge to another device for viewing whilelistening to audio files stored on the iPod.All other sources default to the Compositesetting, meaning that they may only be usedwith their composite or S-video inputs. The AVRwill transcode the incoming composite orS-video signal and make it available using theHDMI or component video monitor outputs,enabling a single-cable connection to yourtelevision.The component video inputs may be reassignedto other source inputs as needed, depending onthe physical connections you made during theInstallation procedure.If a signal is present at the component videoinput assigned to that source, it will be selected.If no signal is present at the component videoinput, then the S-video or composite video inputfor the source will be selected. It is not possibleto reassign the S-video or composite videoinputs to other sources.For audio-only sources, such as the tuner or CDinputs, when no component video signal ispresent, the last-used video source will beselected.6-Channel/8-Channel Direct Input• There are two input choices available for usewith sources such as a DVD-Audio or SACDplayer that are connected to the 8-ChannelDirect Inputs . Select the appropriate inputaccording to the way your system and sourceequipment is configured:• The 6 C H DIRECT INPUT should beused when the Surround Back Left and Rightinputs are NOT in use and the input source