Harman-Kardon HS 250 Home Theater System User Manual


 
22 PLAYER/RADIO MENU
Player/Radio Menu
Using the Status Bar Menu
The on-screen Status Bar contains many playback
features.To see the Status Banner Menu, press
STATUS
D
on the remote control while a disc is
playing. Use the ARROW
9
buttons on the
remote to move through the different features in
the Status Bar.When a feature is highlighted, press
ENTER
6
on the remote to select it and to
change it with the help of the options listed on the
screen. Press ENTER
6
to activate the change.
Title: The number shown indicates the number
of the title that is currently playing.
Chapter: The number shown indicates the
number of the chapter that is currently playing on
a disc.
Time: This item displays the time in DVD mode.To
change the Time mode, first move the cursor to the
TIME.The current mode will be highlighted.
Press ENTER and the ARROW button to
activate: Title Elapsed, Title Remaining, Chapter
Elapsed, Chapter Remaining. Depending on the
choice made, the bar will show a graphic view
on where the disc is currently playing.
PLAYER Menu
Once all the settings have been made, you are
ready to enjoy your HS 250. Once you have
inserted a disc into the drawer you can explore
the PLAYER Menu by pressing the OSD button.
This menu hosts all playback and program fea-
tures, as well as all disc information.As you will
see, the layout of this menu is comparable to the
SET-UP Menu.The functionality is the same too.
The Submenus are shown on the left side of the
screen, with INFO activated by default.As in the
SET-UP Menu, settings can be highlighted with
the ARROW
9
buttons and selected with the
ENTER
6
button on the remote control.
Options for the settings are shown in the Lower
Menu Line on the bottom of the screen.
Disc: Shows the type of the disc.
Audio: Shows the audio track that is currently
playing. Options are shown on both Menu Lines
on the bottom of the screen.
Playlist: Sets the order in which the current disc
is played back.
Repeat: Sets the repeat mode.
Random: Activates Random Playback when
possible.
Subtitle: Shows the subtitle of the disc current-
ly playing.
If you have selected any of the high resolution
screen formats you will be able to use the
Thumbnail function to quickly and easily search
for image files.Any JPEG image file that has
been created on the computer with a thumbnail
image included will show up on the right top of
the screen when scrolling though the contents
list.
In the PLAYER Menu, the chapter, track or pic-
ture currently playing will be marked with an
arrow symbol in front of the Chapter (DVD),
Track (CD, MP3,WMA) or Picture (JPEG).
Chapters, tracks and pictures can be selected
from this list at any time by moving the cursor to
the desired chapter or track and pressing ENTER
6
to confirm.
The top part of this screen can be de-activated
to show the complete Track list on the screen.To
de-activate, move the cursor to the upper INFO
(or i INFO) Submenu on the left side of the
screen. Press ENTER
6
until the icon is
highlighted in light blue and the full Track list is
visible on the screen. In the same way the Disc
list can be removed from the screen by
de-activating the PROGRAM Submenu.
When the HS 250 is in play mode, pressing the
PLAY button on the remote control will highlight
the track being played.
Information Displays
In DVD and MP3 mode, activating the DISC INFO
(DVD) or ID3 INFO (MP3) Submenu will show
information about the player and the disc cur-
rently playing.The first lines will show Disc Type
and Disc ID. Below you can compare the Aspect
Ratio,Video Standard and Scan Type available
on the disc with the actual output of your player
or ID3 info for MP3 files.
In the lower part of the screen the Audio
Resolution and Audio Format are shown, (DVD
only) and at the bottom a graphical presentation
of the Video Bit Rate (DVD only) and the Audio
Bit Rate of the disc currently playing.
Programmed Play
In STOP mode, the Disc List can be used to cre-
ate your own program list for DVD, CD, MP3,
WMA or JPEG discs. Move the cursor to the right
of the menu, into the Disc List. If the disc list is
not active, move the cursor to the PROGRAM
icon on the left to activate. Move the cursor to
the Disc List, and select Clear Program to clear
the current list. Once the disc list is clear move
the cursor up or down to the first track you
would like to program and press ENTER
6
.
The cursor will move to the options in the Lower
Menu Line.You can either add the selected track
(or picture) to the playlist or give it the number
you would like it to have in your playlist, or clear
the track from the list. Move the cursor down to
the next track you would like to program and
continue until your playlist is complete. Once
completed press PLAY on the remote control or,
move the cursor up to the Playlist setting and
select Programmed order from the options and
press PLAY to start the playback.
If you have a disc that contains both MP3 files
and JPEG images, you can choose to run these
simultaneously, mixing the MP3 audio with your
own images.The time interval can be chosen in
the Picture Setting.
Also you can have the image files follow the
audio signal: at the end of each audio track, the
next JPEG image will be shown.
With such discs, you can also either listen to the
MP3 audio or watch the JPEG video files only. In
order to do so, in stop mode, click on the AUDIO
or PICTURE icons on the left part of the screen
to select or deselect the desired format. Once
done, the tracklist will only show the MP3 or
JPEG files.
Radio Menu
The FM Tuner in the HS 250 can be used to lis-
ten to the Radio. Before listening to the radio
stations, you need to preset your favorite sta-
tions.The easiest way to do so is with the OSD
screen on your monitor.
1. Press the Radio button
0
on the remote
control to turn the DVD Receiver on and
select Radio as the source.Also make sure
that your video monitor connected to the HS
250 is switched on.
2.The TV monitor will show the RADIO Menu, as
shown below.You can also select the RADIO
Menu with the ARROW
9
keys on the remote
control. Once the RADIO tab is highlighted,
press ENTER
6
to access the RADIO Menu.
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