Harman Kardon AVR80II Owner's Manual

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Basic Operationthe station frequency by one step.Holding the buttons down quickly scansfor the next station. Holding the tunebuttons for a few seconds and thenreleasing them will set the tuner to thenext station with an acceptable signal.When manually tuning stations, observethe SIGNAL LEVEL indicator fl andthe TUNED ∞ indicators. The more barsvisible on the SIGNAL LEVEL indica-tor, the stronger the signal and the betterthe station will sound. A station is prop-erly tuned when the TUNED indicator isilluminated.Tuner ModePressing the FM Mode button Ù on thefront panel selects how a station will bereceived. When the button is pressed sothat the AUTO ¢ indicator is lit, sta-tions broadcasting in stereo will bereceived in stereo. You may note stereobroadcasts by observing that theSTEREO § indicator will illuminate.When the FM Mode button Ù ispressed until the AUTO ¢ light goesout, all stations will be received in amonaural mode regardless of the methodof transmission.NOTE: When a station is broadcasting instereo, but has a weak signal level, thereproduction may not be acceptable. Inthis case, select the Auto Off mode, asmonaural reception is less susceptible tonoise in weak reception areas.Tuner PresetsThere are thirty preset positions may beused to store your favorite stations in anyorder. These may be used to memorizeboth the station’s frequency, receptionmode and a name. Stations may be pre-set automatically or manually, and thenrecalled in a variety of ways.Automatic Station Preset SelectionThis process automatically scans the AMand FM bands and enters all stationswith proper signal strength into thememory. To automatically preset thetuner’s memory, follow these steps:1. Select the tuner as the unit’s input bypressing the AM/FM button 3c.2. Using the TUNE ^j buttons,select the first station you wish to presetat the low end of the AM or FM band.3. Start the automatic tuning preset bysimultaneously pressing MEMO andTUNE ⁄ on the front panel Ú ^ orremote oj. The station tuned instep #2 will be entered into the tuner’smemory as CH1. The MEMO £ andAUTO MEMO fi indicators will flash.The display will show increasing fre-quencies to indicate that the auto scanis in progress.4. Each time the tuner finds a station thescanning will pause and the station willbe played for five seconds. During thistime you have the following options:a. To enter the station in the nextopen memory position, no action isneeded. After five seconds the tunerwill enter the station and the presetnumber will be visible at the far leftside of the main information display.b. The frequency band may bechanged by pressing the FM/AMbutton 3c.c. If the tuner is scanning FM sta-tions, the MODE may be changedfrom AUTO to mono by pressing theFM MODE button Ù.d. If you do not wish to enter the cur-rent station into the preset memory,press the TUNE ⁄ button ^ jon the front panel or remote.5. After the desired action is completed,or five seconds elapse, the tuner scan willcontinue. The operation will stop auto-matically when all 30 preset positions arefilled or when both frequency bands havebeen completely tuned, whichever comesfirst. To stop the automatic preset processat any time press the CLEAR button Ûor any input selection button.Manual Tuner PresetStations may be manually entered intothe tuner’s memory in any order. Manualentry is performed from the remote con-trol only.1. Tune to the desired station as outlinedin Tuner Operation Section.2. Press the MEMO button Úo andnote that the MEMO indicator £ willflash.3. While the indicator is flashing for thenext 5 seconds, enter a number from 1 to30 using the number buttons on theremote m. Any number may be used,but if another station has already beenprogrammed into the location numberselected, the previous setting will be lost.a. To enter a single digit memorylocation, press 0 before the number,or enter the number and wait a fewseconds.b. If an invalid number (other than1–30) is entered in error, the displaywill flash to alert you that the entry isinvalid and it will return to the previ-ous frequency display.4. When the preset memory has beenproperly programmed the MEMO indica-tor £ will stop blinking.25