Harman Kardon AVR 347 Owner's Manual

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OPERATION 39ENGLISHOperationBasic OperationOnce you have completed the setup and configu-ration of the AVR, it is simple to operate andenjoy. 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 4567CDI or the Source 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 listening ses-sion, simply press the System Power Control2 on the front panel or the Power OffButton 3A 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 O F F appear in theMain Information Display Ò.Source SelectionFor direct access to any source, press its InputSelector 467CDI on theremote. Since the AVR 347 allows for moresource input devices than the remote hasbuttons for, some sources are required to sharebuttons. These are the DVD and CD sources, theTape and The Bridge sources, and the HDMI 1and HDMI 2 sources. The first press of any ofthese three Input Selectors will select the sourcewhose name appears on the button, i.e., DVD,Tape or HDMI 1. Press that Input Selector againto select the source whose name appears abovethe button (i.e., CD, The Bridge or HDMI 2), andthe LED on the remote will light in green toindicate that you have selected the sourcewhose name is printed in green above thebutton. Each additional press toggles betweenthe two sources.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 4 Input * or the Coaxial Digital 4Input 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, function mes-sages will appear on any video display connect-ed to the AVR’s Video Monitor Outputs ,and the remote control may be used to navigatethe iPod and access many of its functions. Thefunction messages will also appear in the front-panel display, and the iPod’s battery may becharged. See the owner’s guides forand your iPod for more information.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.