Harman Kardon AVR 8000 Owner's Manual

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3. Press the FM Mode ^ or Tuner ModeButton s to select manual or automatictuning.When the AUTO Indicator J is illuminated inthe Main Information Display ˆ the tunerwill only stop at those stations that have astrong enough signal to be received withacceptable quality.When the AUTO Indicator J is not lit, thetuner is in a manual mode and will stop at eachfrequency increment in the selected band.4. To select stations, press the TuningSelector Button )ué. When theAUTO Indicator J is illuminated, press thebutton for two seconds and then release tocause the tuner to search for the next highestor lowest frequency station that has an accept-able signal. When tuning FM stations in theAuto mode, the tuner will only select stereostations. To tune to the next station, press thebutton again. If the STEREO Indicator His not lit, tap the Tuning Selector Button)ué to advance one frequencyincrement at a time, or press and hold it tolocate a specific station. When the TUNEDIndicator I lights, the station is properlytuned and should be heard with clarity.5. Stations may also be tuned directly by press-ing the Direct Button t, and then pressingthe Numeric Keys r that correspond to thestation’s frequency. The desired station willautomatically be tuned. If you press an incor-rect button while entering a direct frequency,press the Clear Button to start over.NOTE: When the FM reception of a station isweak, audio quality will be increased by switch-ing to Mono mode by pressing the FM ModeButton ^s until the STEREO IndicatorH goes out.Preset TuningUsing the remote, up to 30 stations may bestored in the AVR 8000’s memory for easyrecall using the front panel controls or theremote.To enter a station into the memory, first tunethe station using the steps outlined above.Then:1. Press the Memory Button on theremote. Note that the MEMORY Indicator Gwill be illuminated and flash in the MainInformation Display ˆ.2. Within five seconds, press the NumericKeys r corresponding to the location whereyou wish to store this station’s frequency. Onceentered, the preset number will appear in theMain Information DIsplay ˆ.3. Repeat the process after tuning any additionalstations to be preset.Recalling Preset Stations• To manually select a station previouslyentered in the preset memory, press theNumeric Keys r that correspond to thedesired station’s memory location.• To manually tune through the list of storedpreset stations one by one, press the PresetStations Selector Buttons # © onthe front panel or remote.Tape RecordingIn normal operation, the audio or video sourceselected for listening through the AVR 8000 issent to the record outputs. This means that anyprogram you are watching or listening to maybe recorded simply by placing machines con-nected to the outputs for Tape Outputs £ orVideo 1/Video 2 Outputs in the recordmode.When a digital audio recorder is connected tothe Digital Audio Outputs ad*Ó, youare able to record the digital signal using a CD-R,MiniDisc or other digital recording system.NOTES:• The digital outputs are active only when adigital signal is present, and they do not con-vert an analog input to a digital signal, orchange the format of the digital signal. Inaddition, the digital recorder must be com-patible with the output signal. For example,the PCM digital input from a CD player maybe recorded on a CD-R or MiniDisc, but DolbyDigital or DTS signals may not.• Please make certain that you are aware ofany copyright restrictions on any material youcopy. Unauthorized duplication of copyrightedmaterials is prohibited by federal law.Front Panel ConnectionsIn addition to the rear panel digital outputs, theAVR 8000 offers Harman Kardon’s exclusiveconfigurable front panel output jack feature. Foreasy connection of portable devices, you mayswitch the front panel Video 5 Jacks  froman input to an output by following these steps:1.Press the OSD Button v to view theMASTER MENU (Figure 1).2.Press the Set Button o to enter theIN/OUT SETUP menu (Figure 2).3.Press the ¤ Button p so that the on-screen › cursor is next to VIDEO 5.4.Press the Set Button o and then presseither of the ‹/› Buttons n/ so thatthe word OUT is highlighted.5.Press the Set Button o to enter thechange.6.Press the OSD Button v to exit themenus and return to normal operation.Note that once the setting is made, theInput/Output Status Indicator Ô will turnred, indicating that the jacks are now an out-put, instead of in the default setting as aninput. Once changed to an output, the settingwill remain as long as the AVR 8000 is turnedon, unless the setting is changed in the OSDmenu system, as described above. Note, howev-er, that once the AVR 8000 is turned off, thesetting is cancelled. When the unit is turned onagain, the front panel jacks will return to theirnormal default setting as an input. If you wishto use their jacks as an output at a future time,the setting must be changed again using theOSD menu system, as described above.Output Level Trim AdjustmentNormal output level adjustment for theAVR 8000 is established using the test tone,as outlined on pages 24 through 26. In somecases, however, it may be desirable to adjust theoutput levels using program material such as atest disc, or a selection you are familiar with.Additionally, the output level for the subwoofercan only be adjusted using this procedure.To adjust the output levels using programmaterial, first set the reference volume forthe front left and front right channels using theVolume Control Ù î.If you are using a disc with test signals or anexternal signal generator as the source fromwhich to trim the output levels, you may usethe EzSet feature of the remote to guide youto the correct SPL level. To use the remote for42393335373634 OPERATIONOperation