Harman Kardon AVR 635 Owner's Manual page 37

OPERATION
Totakeadvantage o f theA\/R635's MP3capabilities,
simply connect t heS/P DIFoutputof a computer's
sound cardor the S/P DIFoutputofa portable digital
audiodeviceto either t he marpanelDigitalInputs
d_)_ or-thefront-panel DigitalInputs [[','4[_1,
When the digital s ignalisavailable, the Lower
DisplayLine [] willindicate thatan MP3bitstream
is present, a ndthe audiowill beginplaying.
NOTES:
• TheAVR635 isonlycapable of playing signals in
the MP3(MPEG l/Layer 3) format.Itis notcom-
patible withothercomputer a udiocodecs.
• Thedigital a udioinputsignalmaybeeitheroptical
or coaxial, b utthe signal m ustbe intheS/P DIF
format.Direct c onnection o f USBor serial d ata
outputs is not possible, eventhough the signals
am inthe MP3format.IfyouhaveanyquesQons
aboutthe dataoutputformatfromyourcomputer
or a sound card,check withthedevice's owner's
manual o r contact t he manufacturer's technical
support a rea.
• Ifyourcomputer o r sound card'sdigital o utputis not
capable of directconnection t o theAVR635, you
mayusean optional, external t _anscoder to convert
the USBoutputof a computer t o a formatcompati
blewiththeAVR.
• Dueto thewidevariation inMP3formats and
encoding speeds, i t is possible thattheAVR635
maynotbe compatible w ithall MP3inputsignals
Somemayproduce unacceptable results andsome
maynotbe decoded. T hisis nota faultof either t he
computer o r theA\/R635, but rather a by product
ofthe unpredictable n ature of MP3playback,
IMPORTANT N OTES ONDIGITAL PLAYBACK:
• Whenplaying DVDs, please notethatevenwhenyou
haveselected a specific digital a udiotormatforplay
back,an individual discmaychange formats or the
number o f available channels d uring playback. For
example, evenifyouselect a DTS modeforthemovie,
youmayseeDolbyDigital i nusewhenthe trailers,
menus or copyright warnings a replaying. Thisis nota
faultwitheither t heAVRoryourDVD player, asboth
areresponding to thewaythediscwasc_eated.
• Whenviewing digital television s ignals, notethatthe
number o f audiochannels a vailable m ayvaryduring
the course of a program, d epending o n thecontent.
Forexample, whilea sportsevenmayhave5,1
sound, t hecommercials or local s tation contentmay
bein2,0, inaddition, notalllocal s tations a recurrently
equipped f orcarrying the5.1 digital a udiosignals This
maymeanthateventhoughtheaclualprogram is
produced with5.1, it maybetransmitted i na 2.0
configuration insomeareas. Your A VR will a utomatically
change to react t o theproper t ypeof audiostream if it
is changed bythe broadcast stallon.
• Although t heAVR635willdecode virtually a ll current
DVD movies, CDsandHDT,! s ources, it is possible
thatsomefutaredigital sources maynotbe compah
blewiththeAVR635.
• Notall digitally encoded programs contain full5.1
or 6.1 channel audio. C onsult the program guide
thataccompanies the DVD or laserdiscto deter
minewhichtypeof audiohasbeenrecorded on the
disc. T heAVR635 will automatically sensetheb/pe
of digital s urround encoding usedandadjustto
accommodate i t,
• Whena digitalsoume is playing, youmaynot be
ableto select s omeof the analog surround modes
suchas DolbyProLogicII,DolbyProLogicIIx,
Stereo, H all,Theater or Logic7,
• Whena DolbyDigital or DTSsourceisplaying,
it isnot possible to makean analog recording using
theTapeOutputs@ andVideo1 or Video2
AudioOutputs @ _. However, the digital s ignals
willbe passed through to the DigitalAudio
Outputs_1"_].
Tuner Operation
TheAVR635'sluneriscapable oftuning AM,FMand
FMStereo broadcast stations. Stations maybe tuned
manually, or theymaybestoredasfavorite station pre
setsandrecalled froma 30 position memo%
Station Selection
1. Press the AM/FMTunerSelectorButton
onthe remote to selectthe tunerasan input. T he
tunermaybe selected fromthefrontpanelby
either p ressing the Input SourceSelector[]
untilthetuneris active or bypressing the Tuner
BandSelectorI;4J
2. Press theAM/FMTunerSelectButton _ or
TunerBandSelector[] againto switchbelween
AM andFMsothatthe desired frequency bandis
selected.
3. Press t heTuningModeSelector[] _ to select
manual or automatic t uning,
When the buttonis pressed sothatA UT 0 /
ST EI_E 0 appears inthe UpperDisplayLine
[], eachpressof theTuningSelectorsL_ll_)
will putthe tunerina scanmodethatseeks the
nexthigheror lowerfrequency s tationwithaccept-
ablesignalstrength. An AU T 0 ST T UN E])
indication w illmomentarily appear w henthe
station stopsat a stereoFMstation, a ndan
AU T 0 T UN E]) indballon will momentarily
appear w henanAM or monaural FMstationis
tuned.Press the Tuning buttons a gainto scanto
the nextreceivable s tation.
Whenthebuttonis pressed sothat II A NU AL /
11 0 N0 appears in theUpper DisplayLine [],
eachtap of the Selector w ill increase or decrease
the frequency b yoneincrement. Whenthetuner
receives a strongenough signal f oradequate
reception, 1 1 A NUA L T U NE ]) willappear i n
the Lower DisplayLine [].
4. Stations mayalsobe tuneddirectly ineitherthe
automatic o r manual m ode.Toentera station's fre
quency directly, firstselect t heAM or FMband as
desired be pressing theAM/FMTunerSelect
Button [](_, Next,pressthe Direct Button
Q. Within5 seconds ofwhen I) I I_E CT I N
scrolls inthe UpperDisplayLine _"lk'], enterthe
station frequency bypressing the Numeric Keys
_, Ifyoupressan incorrect b uttonwhileentering
a direct f requency, pressthe Clear Button _ to
startover.
NOTE: W hen the FMreception of a station is weak,
audioquality willbe increased b yswitching to Mono
modebypressing the TuningMode Button[]qi_l_
so that11 A NU AL / 11 0 N0 appears momentarily
intheUpperDisplayLine [] andthengoesout,
Thiswill alsoactivate manual tuningmode,
PresetTuning
Using the remote, up to30 stations m aybe stored inthe
/_,/R 635'smemory foreasy recall u sing thef_ont p anel
cornelsor theremote.
Toenterastation intotee memory, first 1 see thestalqon
using the steps outlined a bove. T hen:
1. Press t he MemoryButton0 on theremote; the
station's f requency willflash.
2.Within fiveseconds, press the NumericKeys0
co_responding to thelocation where youwish to store
thisstahon's f requency. Once entered, thepreset
number w illappear i ntheUpperDisplayLine [].
3. Repeat theprocess after l sninganyadditional
stations b be preset.
Recalling PresetStations
• Tomanually select a station previously entered i nthe
preset m emory, press the NumericKeys_ that
correspond to thedesired station's m emory
Ioca[lon,
• Tomanually lsnethrough the listof sto_ed p reset sta
tions onebyone,press thePresetStationsSelector
Buttons[]_ onthefrontpanel o r remote.