Tuner Operation - Harman Kardon HK3390 Owner's Manual

Operation
IMPORTANT NOTE: When two speaker pairs are
connected to the HK 3490/HK 3390 and are to
be used simultanously, the impedance of each
speaker must not be lower than 8 Ohms.
• To program the HK 3490/HK 3390 for automat-
ic turn-off, press the Sleep button on the front
panel ( or remote ©. Each press of the button
will increase the time before shutdown in the fol-
lowing sequence:
90 80 70 60
min min min min
40 30 20 10
OFF
min min min min
The sleep time will be displayed in the Main
Information Display Û and it will count
down until the time has elapsed.
When the programmed time has elapsed, the unit
will automatically turn off (to Standby mode).
Note that the front panel display will dim to one-
half brightness when the Sleep function is pro-
grammed. To cancel the Sleep function, press the
Sleep button (© or simply hold it pressed for
some seconds until the Sleep indicator numbers
disappear and the Main Information Display
shows the current source. Pressing any control
button while the Sleep control is activated will
momentarily return the Main Information Display
to full brightness for increased legibility without
interrupting the Sleep function.

Tuner Operation

The HK 3490/HK 3390's tuner is capable of tun-
ing AM, FM and FM Stereo broadcast stations.
Stations may be tuned manually or automatically,
or they may be stored as favorite station presets
and recalled from a 30-position memory.
Station Selection
1. Press the AM/FM & buttons on the front
panel or on the remote ç to select the tuner as
an input.
2. Press these buttons again at any time to
switch between AM and FM.
3. To automatically search for the next higher- or
lower-frequency station that has an acceptable
signal hold the Tuning K or L
the front or î on the remote pressed and
release it as soon as the tuner starts the frequen-
cy search. To tune to the next station, press the
button again. Tap the Tuning button to advance
one frequency increment at a time, or press and
hold it to locate a specific station. When the
TUNED indicator lights, the station is properly
tuned and should be heard with clarity.
4. Stations may also be tuned directly by pressing
the Direct button Δ, and then pressing the
Numeric Keys K that correspond to the sta-
tion's frequency. The desired station will automat-
ically be tuned.
NOTE: When the FM reception of a stereo station
is weak, audio quality will be increased by
switching to Mono mode by pressing the FM
Mode button * ß until MONO appears in the
display.
Preset Tuning
Up to 30 stations may be stored in the HK 3490/
HK 3390's memory for easy recall using the front
panel controls or the remote. In order to program
preset stations into memory, you must use the
50
remote control.
min
To enter a station into the memory, first tune the
station using the steps outlined above. Then:
1. Press the Memory button ø on the remote.
Note that the MEMO and PRESET indicators will
light and flash in the Main Infor mation Display.
2. Within five seconds, press the Numeric Keys
K corresponding to the location where you wish
to store this station's frequency.
For all preset numbers above "3" the station will
be stored directly. Note that for the presets 1, 2
or 3 either you press the corresponding number
and wait for 5 seconds or you press a "0" befor
you press the 1,2 or 3, then the station will be
stored at once.
3. Repeat the process after tuning any additional
stations to be preset.
Auto Preset
• Preset stations may also be programmed auto-
matically for the entire FM band. To automatically
enter each station that may be tuned with
acceptable quality into the HK 3490/HK 3390's
preset memories, first select the FM band. Next,
press and hold the Auto Preset button ¬ until
the station frequency indication begins to
increase. Release the button and note that the
tuner will search the entire FM band, and stop
briefly at each station that has acceptable signal
strength. The HK 3490/HK 3390 will automatical-
ly assign a preset number to each station, and
then search for the next station.
If the FM tuner finds fewer than 30 FM stations
with acceptable signal strength, the Auto Preset
tuning will scan up to two more cycles until the
remaining vacant preset memory spaces have
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been filled.
The automatic scan process will stop when all 30
preset memory locations have been filled or the
entire FM band has been scanned three times or
the Auto Preset button ¬ is pressed again.
NOTE: Using the automatic tuning mode in areas
with more than 30 FM stations will completely fill
the preset memories, and overwrite any previously
memorized presets for either AM or FM stations.
TIP: The automatic scan process may enter sta-
tions that you do not wish to retain in the memo-
ry, or it may enter the same station on the same
frequency (if more than one scan is made) or on
more than one frequency. These un wanted sta-
tions may be removed from the memory using
the Preset Clear function outlined below.
Recalling Preset Stations
• To manually select a station previously entered
in the preset memory, press the Numeric Keys
K that correspond to the desired station's mem-
ory location.
• To manually tune through the list of stored pre-
,
set stations one by one press the Preset but-
tons % ∂ on the front panel or remote.
• To automatically scan through the stations
entered in the preset memory, press the Preset
Scan button @ œ on the front panel or
remote. The tuner will cycle through the list of
preset stations, stopping for five seconds at each
one. Press the button again to stop the scan at
your desired station.
Clearing Preset Stations
Unwanted preset stations may be erased from
the unit's memory to make it easier to tune only
those stations you want.
To remove a preset station from the HK 3490/HK
3390's tuner memory, first tune to the station
using the Preset buttons % ∂ on the front
panel or remote, or by entering the preset num-
ber directly, using the Numeric Keys K.
When the preset station to be removed has been
tuned, first press the Memory button ø. The
words MEMORY PRESET will appear in the dis-
play, and the preset position number will flash. Next,
press the Clear button Ñ within five seconds.
The preset station will be removed from the
memory, and the action will be confirmed by the
brief appearance of the word CLEAR and the
preset number location in the Main Information
Display. That memory location will now be empty,
and you may program a different station to that
location, or leave it empty.
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