Harman-Kardon AVR 8500 Stereo Receiver User Manual


 
12 MAIN REMOTE CONTROL FUNCTIONS
H
Numeric Keys:These buttons serve as a
ten-button numeric keypad to enter tuner preset
positions.They are also used to select channel
numbers when TV, VCR or Sat receiver has
been selected on the remote, or to select track
numbers on a CD, DVD or LD player,depending
on how the remote has been programmed.
I
Tuner Mode: Press this button when the
tuner is in use to select between automatic tun-
ing and manual tuning.When the button is
pressed so that the AUTO indicator
J
goes
out, pressing the Tuning buttons
K
)
will move the frequency up or down in single-
step increments.When the FM band is in use
and the AUTO indicator
J
is on, pressing this
button will change to monaural reception mak-
ing even weak stations audible or improving the
audio performance with noisy stereo stations.
(See page 42 for more information.)
J
Direct Button: Press this button when the
tuner is in use to start the sequence for direct
entry of a station’s frequency.After pressing the
button simply press the proper Numeric Keys
H
to select a station (See page 42 for more
information on the tuner).
K
Tuning Up/Down:When the tuner is in
use, these buttons will tune up or down through
the selected frequency band. If the Tuner Mode
button
I
has been pressed or the Band but-
ton
@
on the front panel was held pressed so
that the AUTO indicator
J
is illuminated,
pressing either of the buttons will cause the
tuner to seek the next station with acceptable
signal strength for quality reception.When the
AUTO indicator
J
is NOT illuminated, pressing
these buttons will tune stations in single-step
increments. (See page 42 for more information.)
L
OSD Button: Press this button to activate
the On Screen Display (OSD) system used to set
up or adjust the AVR’s parameters.
M
Dolby Mode Selector:This button is used
to select one of the available Dolby Surround
processing modes. Each press of this button will
select one of the Dolby Pro Logic II modes, Dolby
3 Stereo or Dolby Digital. Note that the Dolby
Digital mode is only available with a digital input
selected and the other modes only as long as a
Dolby Digital source is not playing (except Pro
Logic II with Dolby Digital 2.0 recordings, see
"Dolby Digital" on page 35). See page 30 for
the available Dolby surround mode options.
N
DTS Digital Mode Selector:When a DTS
source is in use the AVR will select the appropri-
ate mode automatically.
Pressing this button will display the mode cur-
rently selected by the AVR´s decoder,depending
on the surround material played and the speaker
setting (see item
Ú
, page 5).When a DTS
source is not in use, this button has no function.
(See page 25, 30 for the available DTS options.)
O
Logic 7 Selector: Press this button to
select one of the available Logic 7 surround
modes. (See page 30 for the available Logic 7
options.)
P
Transport Control Buttons: These but-
tons do not have any functions for the AVR, but
they may be programmed for the forward/
reverse play operation of a wide variety of CD or
DVD players, and audio or video- cassette
recorders. (See page 44 for more information on
programming the remote.)
Q
Light Button: Press this button to activate
the remote’s built-in backlight for better legibility
of the buttons in a darkened room.
R
Skip Up/Down Buttons: These buttons
do not have a direct function with the AVR, but
when used with a compatibly programmed CD
or DVD player/changer they will change the
tracks on the disc currently being played.
S
Stereo Mode Select Button: Pressing
this selector button cycles through the stereo
modes, and it is also used to turn off all sur-
round processing and place the unit in a tradi-
tional two-channel Stereo mode.The first press
selects 5-Channel Stereo or 7-Channel Stereo,
depending on the selection (5.1 or 6.1/7.1)
made in the surround mode setting, see page
24, and the second selects “SURROUND OFF,”
which is true Stereo.
T
DTS Neo:6 Mode Selector: Pressing this
selector button cycles the AVR through the vari-
ous DTS Neo:6 modes, which extract a five- or
seven-channel surround field from two-channel
program material (from PCM source or analog
input signal).The first press selects the last DTS
Neo:6 surround mode that was in use, and each
subsequent press selects the next mode in the
following order:
U
Macro Buttons: Press these buttons to
store or recall a “Macro”, which is a pre-pro-
grammed sequence of commands stored in the
remote. (See page 46 for more information on
storing and recalling macros.)
V
RDS Select Button: Press this button to
display the various messages that are part of the
RDS data system of the AVR’s tuner.(See page 43
for more information on RDS).
W
Preset Up/Down:When the tuner is in
use, press these buttons to scroll through the
stations programmed into the AVR’s memory.
When CD or DVD is selected using the Input
Selector button
4
, these buttons may func-
tion as Slow Fwd/Rev (DVD) or ”+10” (CD,
CDR).
X
Clear Button: Press this button to clear
incorrect entries when using the remote to
directly enter a radio station’s frequency.
Y
Memory Button: Press this button to enter
a radio station into the AVR’s preset memory.After
pressing the button the MEMORY indicator
G
will flash; you then have five seconds to enter a
preset memory location using the Numeric
Keys
H
. (See page 42 for more information.)
Z
Delay/Prev Ch.: Press this button to begin
the process for setting the delay times used by
the AVR when processing surround sound.After
pressing this button, the delay times are entered
by pressing the Set button
F
and then using
the
/
¤
buttons
D
to change the setting.
Press the Set button again to complete the
process. (See page 25 for more information.)
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Main Remote Control Functions