Tuner Operation; Basic Tuner Operation; Station Selection; Preset Tuning - Harman Kardon AVR 145 Owner's Manual

30935_AVR145_ENG 01/12/06

Tuner Operation

Basic Tuner Operation

The AVR 145's tuner is capable of tuning AM, FM
and FM Stereo broadcast stations and receiving
RDS data. Stations may be tuned manually, or
they may be stored as favorite station presets and
recalled from a 30 position memory.

Station Selection

1. Press the AM/FM Tuner Select button
on the remote to select the tuner as an input. The
tuner may be selected from the front panel by
either pressing the Input Source Selector %
until the tuner is active or by pressing the Tuner
Band Selector ! at any time.
2. Press the AM/FM Tuner Select button
or Tuner Band Selector ! again to switch
between AM and FM so that the desired
frequency band is selected.
3. Press the Tuner Mode button
remote or hold the Band Selector ! on the
front panel pressed for 3 seconds to select
manual or automatic tuning.
When the button is pressed so that
appears in the Main Information Display Ò
each press of the Tuning Selectors 8
put the tuner in a scan mode that seeks the next
higher or lower frequency station with
acceptable signal strength. An
indication will momentarily appear
TUNED
when the station stops at a stereo FM station,
and an indication will
AUTO TUNED
momentarily appear when an AM or monaural
FM station is tuned. Press the Tuning buttons
again to scan to the next receivable station.
When the button is pressed so that
appears in the Main Information Display Ò
each tap of the Selector will increased or
decrease the frequency by one increment. When
the tuner receives a strong enough signal for
adequate reception,
MANAUL TUNED
appear in the Main Information Display Ò.
4. Stations may also be tuned directly by pressing
the Direct button , and then pressing the
Numeric Keys that correspond to the
station's frequency. Note that for entering
numbers higher than 100 you need to enter only
the "1" rather than "10", the first "0" will be
added automatically. The desired station will
automatically be tuned after the latest number is
entered. If you press an incorrect button while
entering a direct frequency, press the Clear
button to start over.
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NOTE: When the FM reception of a stereo
station is weak, audio quality will be increased
by switching to Mono mode by pressing the
Tuner Mode button
holding the Band Selector ! on the front
panel so that
MANUAL
the Main Information Display Ò and then
goes out.

Preset Tuning

Using the remote, up to 30 stations may be
stored in the AVR's memory for easy recall using
the front panel controls or the remote.
To enter a station into the memory, first tune the
station using the steps outlined above. Then:
1. Press the Memory button
Note that two underscore lines will appear in the
Main Information Display Ò.
2. Within five seconds, press the Numeric
on the
Keys corresponding to the location where
you wish to store this station's frequency. Once
entered, the preset number will appear in the
Main Information Display Ò.
AUTO
3. Repeat the process after tuning any additional
stations to be preset.
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Recalling Preset Stations
• To manually select a station previously entered
AUTO S T
in the preset memory, press the Numeric Keys
that correspond to the desired station's
memory location.
• To manually tune through the list of stored
preset stations one by one, press the Preset
Stations Selector buttons #
panel or remote.
MANUAL
will
on the remote or
appears momentarily in
on the remote.
on the front
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