Basic Operation; Source Selection; Volume Control - Harman Kardon AVR 525 Owner's Manual

Basic Operation

Once you have completed the initial setup and configu-
ration of the AVR 525, it is simple to operate and
enjoy. The following instructions will help you maximize
the enjoyment of your new receiver:
Turning the AVR 525 On or Off
• When using the AVR 525 for the first time, you must
press the Main Power Switch on the front panel
to turn the unit on. This places the unit in a Standby
mode, as indicated by the amber color of the Power
Indicator . Once the unit is in Standby, you may
begin a listening session by pressing the System
Power Control on the front panel, or the Power
On Button or AVR Selector
The Power Indicator will turn green. This will turn
the unit on and return it to the input source that was last
used. The unit may also be turned on from Standby by
pressing any of the Input Selector Buttons
on the remote or the Input Source
Selector Button on the front panel.
NOTE: After pressing one of the Input Selector
Buttons to turn the unit on, press the AVR
Selector to set the remote control to the AVR 525
functions.
To turn the unit off at the end of a listening session,
simply press the System Power Control
front panel or the Power Off Button
remote. Power will be shut off to any equipment
plugged into the rear-panel Switched AC Accessory
Outlet ⁄ and the Power Indicator
amber.
When the remote is used to turn the unit "off" it is
actually placing the system in a Standby mode, as indi-
cated by the amber color of the Power Indicator
• To program the AVR 525 for automatic turn-off,
press the Sleep Button on the remote. Each
press of the button will decrease the time before shut-
down in the following sequence:
90 80 70 60 50
min min min min min
40 30 20 10
OFF
min min min min
The sleep time will be displayed in the Lower Display
Line and it will count down until the time has
elapsed.
When the programmed sleep time has elapsed, the
unit will automatically turn off. The front-panel display
will dim to one half brightness when the Sleep function
is programmed. To cancel the Sleep function, press
and hold the Sleep Button until the information
display returns to normal brightness; the Sleep
indicator numbers will disappear and the words
SLEEP OFF will appear in the Lower Display
Line
.
When you will be away from home for an extended
period of time it is always a good idea to completely
turn the unit off with the front panel Main Power
Switch .
NOTE: All preset memories are lost if the unit is left
turned off by using the Main Power Switch
more than two weeks.

Source Selection

• To select a source, press any of the Input
Selector Buttons
• The input source may also be changed by pressing
the front panel Input Source Selector Button
on the remote.
Each press of the button will move the input selection
through the list of available inputs.
• As the input is changed, the AVR 525 will automati-
cally switch to the digital input (if selected), surround
mode, speaker configuration, output levels, crossover
frequency and night mode status that were entered
during the configuration process for that source.
• The front-panel Video 4 Inputs
3 Input or the Coaxial Digital 3 Input
be used to connect a device such as a video game or
camcorder to your home entertainment system on a
on the
temporary basis.
on the
• As the input source is changed, the new input name
will appear momentarily as an on-screen display in the
will turn
lower third of the video display. The input name will
also appear in the Main Information Display
and a green LED will light next to the selected input's
name in the front-panel Input Indicators
.
• When an audio source is selected, the last video input
used remains routed to the Video 1/Video 2 Outputs
‡· and Video Monitor Outputs ›. This
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permits simultaneous viewing and listening to different
sources.
• When a composite or S-Video source is selected, the
video signal for that input will be routed to the Video
Monitor Output › and will be viewable on a TV monitor
connected to the AVR 525.
6-Channel/8-Channel Direct Input
• There are four input choices available for use with
sources such as a DVD-Audio or SACD player that are
connected to the 8-Channel Direct Inputs
Select the appropriate input according to the way your
system and source equipment is configured:
The 6 CH DIRECT input should be used
when the SBR and SBL inputs are NOT in use
and the input source device has its own internal
bass management system. This input passes the
input from the source directly through to the vol-
ume control without any analog to digital conver-
sion and it mutes the unused input jacks to pre-
vent unwanted noise from interfering with system
performance.
The 6 CH DVD AUDIO input should be
for
used when the SBR and SBL inputs are NOT in
use and the input source device does NOT have
its own internal bass management system. When
this input is in use the analog source is converted
to digital so that you may use the same Triple
on the remote.
Crossover bass management options for the
direct input as you do with all other outputs. This
input also mutes the unused input jacks to pre-
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vent unwanted noise from interfering with system
performance.
The 8 CH DIRECT INPUT should
be used when an input is connected to all eight
8-Channel Direct Inputs
input source device has its own internal bass
management system. This input passes the input
from the source directly through to the volume
control without any analog to digital conversion
, Optical Digital
and it mutes the unused input jacks to prevent
may
unwanted noise from interfering with system
performance.
The 8 CH DVD AUDIO input should
be used when an input is connected to all eight
8-Channel Direct Inputs
source device does NOT have its own internal
bass management system. When this input is in
use the analog source is converted to digital so
that you may use the same Triple Crossover bass
.
management options for the direct input as you
do with all other outputs. This input also mutes
the unused input jacks to prevent unwanted noise
from interfering with system performance.

Volume Control

• Adjust the volume to a comfortable level using the
front panel Volume Control
Up/Down Buttons
• To temporarily silence all speaker outputs, press the
Mute Button
all speakers and the headphone jack, but it will not
affect any recording or dubbing that may be in
progress. When the system is muted, the word
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MUTE will flash in the Main Information Display
. Press the Mute Buttons
return to normal operation.
• You may adjust the bass and treble tone controls at
any point during a listening session by simply turning
the Bass Control
desired setting is achieved. You may also totally
and when the
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and the input
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or remote Volume
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. This will interrupt the output to
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again to
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or Treble Control until the