Basic Operation; Source Selection - Harman Kardon AVR 7300 Owner's Manual

OPERATION

Basic Operation

Once you have completed the initial setup and configu-
ration of the AVR 7300, it is simple to operate and
enjoy. The following instructions will help you maximize
the enjoyment of your new receiver:
Turning the AVR 7300 On or Off
• When using the AVR 7300 for the first time, you must
press the Main Power Button 1
on. This places the unit in a Standby mode, as indi-
cated by the lighting surrounding Standby/On Button
1 turning amber. Once the unit is in Standby, you
may begin a listening session by pressing the
Standby/On Button 1 on the front panel, or the
Power On Button b or AVR Selector e∫
on the remote. This will turn the unit on and return the
DPR 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 d
∂ on the remote or the Input Source Selector
Button 7 on the front panel.
Whenever the AVR is turned on, you will see all of the
front-panel indicators light up for a few seconds. This is
normal, and it is part of the unit's power-on self test.
NOTE: After pressing one of the Input Selector
Buttons d ç∂ to turn the unit on,
press the AVR Selector e∫ to set the remote
control to the AVR 7300 functions.
To turn the unit off, simply press the Standby/On
Botton 1 on the front panel or the Power Off
Button aå on the remote. Power will be shut
off to any equipment plugged into the rear-panel
Switched AC Accessory Outlets R and the lighting
surrounding Standby/On Button 1 will turn amber.
When the remote is used to turn the unit "off," it is
actually placing the system in a Standby mode, as
indicated by the amber lighting of the Standby/On
Indicator 1.
• To program the AVR 7300 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:
The sleep time will be displayed in the Lower
Display Line $ and it will count down until the
time has elapsed.
The front-panel display will dim to 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 bright-
ness; and the words SLEEP OFF will appear in
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the Lower Display Line $ . When the programmed
sleep time has elapsed, the unit will turn off.
When you will be away from home for an extended
period of time, it is always a good idea to 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
to turn the unit
more than four weeks.

Source Selection

• To select a source, press any of the Input Selector
Buttons d
• The input source may also be changed by pressing
the front-panel Input Source Selector Button 7.
Each press of the button will move the input selec-
tion through the list of available inputs.
ç
• When a new input is selected, the AVR will auto-
matically switch to the audio and video configura-
tions that were in effect the last time that input
was used. If the BASS MGR line on the
SPEAKER SETUP menu (Figure 7) was
set to INDEPENDENT, as described on
page 27, the settings for speaker size will also
change to the preset values.
• The front-panel Video 5 Inputs
Digital 4 Input
12 may be used to connect a device such as a
video game or camcorder to your home entertain-
ment system on a temporary basis.
• As the input source is changed, the new input name
will appear momentarily as an on-screen display in
the lower third of the video display. The input name
will also appear in the Upper Display Line # and
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
Video Outputs MU and Video Monitor Outputs
J. This permits simultaneous viewing and listening
to different sources.
NOTE: While switching sources you will see the video
signal occasionally switch to black for a second or two
and hear a slight clicking noise. Both of these are nor-
mal and do not indicate any problem with either the
AVR 7300 or your video display. When your screen
goes black you are seeing the video equivalent of an
audio mute, which is put into place by the video pro-
cessing system while the individual parameters for
each input are retrieved from the memory and applied
to the system. The clicking noise is due to the use of
relays in the component video switcher to assure max-
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for
1
ç∂ on the remote.
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, Optical
10 or the Coaxial Digital 4 Input
imum video quality and to reduce the possibility of
video crosstalk.
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 for your
system and source equipment:
■ The 6 CH DIRECT input should be used
when the SBR and SBL inputs are NOT in use
and the 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
and it mutes the unused input jacks to prevent
unwanted noise from interfering with system per-
formance.
■
The 6 CH DVD AUDIO input should be
used when the SBR and SBL inputs are NOT
in use and the 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 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.
■
The 8 CH DIRECT input should be
used when an input is connected to all eight
8-Channel Direct Inputs and when the
source device has its own internal bass manage-
ment system. This input passes the input from
the source directly through to the volume control
without any analog to digital conversion and it
mutes the unused input jacks to prevent 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 and the source
device does NOT have its own internal bass man-
agement system. When this input is in use, the
analog source is converted to digital so that you
may use the same Quadruple 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.