Operation; Basic Operation; Sourceselection - Harman Kardon HK 3470 Owner's Manual

Operation
Basic Operation
TheHK 3470 is simpleto operate,and very sim-
ilar to stereoreceiversyou may haveusedin
the past Thissectionwill explainthe useof
severalfeaturesthat maybe new to you,
• Installthe two supp4ied AAA batteriesinthe
remoteasshown Becertain to observethe (+)
and (-) polarityindicatorsshown in the bottom
of the batterycompartment,
• When usingthe HK 3470 for the hrst time, it
will be necessary t o pressthe Main Power
button[] on the flont panelto turn the unit
on This placesthe unit in a standbymode,as
indicatedbythe ambercolor of the Power
Indicator [_'1.Oncethe unit is in standby,you
maybegin a listeningsessionby pressingthe
System Power Control [] on the front panel
or the Main Power On button Q on the
remote Notethat the Power Indicator []
will turn red,then green.Thiswill turn the unit
on and return it to the input sourcethat was
lastused Theunit may also be turned on from
standbyby pressingany of the Source
Selector buttonson the front panel [] []
[] [] [] [] or remote
Toturn the unit off at the endof a listening
sessionsimplypressthe System Power
Control [] on the flont panelor the Main
Power OFFbutton I_ on the remote This
placesthe unit in the Standbymode,andthe
Power Indicator [] will turn amberto
remindyou that the unit is readyfur operation
when a power commandis receivedfrom the
remote
When the remoteis usedto turn the unit "off",
it is actually placingthe systemin a standby
mode,as indicatedby the ambercolorof the
Power Indicator [],
When you will be awayfrom home for an
extendedperiodof time it is alwaysa good
ideato completelyturn the unit off usingthe
front panelMain Power Switch [],
• Todim the brightnessof the front paneldis-
play,pressthe Dimmer button _) on the
remote Thefirst presswill dim the lights to half
normal A secondpresswill turn the display
completelyof[ Pressthe Dimmer button _)
again to restorethe displayto normalbright-
ness
Source Selection
• Toselecta sourceat any time,pressany of
the Source Selector buttonson the remote
or front panel[] [] [] [] [] i'_,
• Duringa listeningsessionyou maywish to
adjustthe Bass k"_,Treble [] and Balance
[] controlsto suit your listeningtastes,
• Adjust the volumeto a comfortablelevel
usingthe flont panelVolume Control [] or
remoteMaster Volume Up/Down I]_ but-
tons The volumelevelis displayedby the posi-
tion of the Volume Indicator [], Thinkof the
Volume Control knob [] asthe face of a
clock,with the Volume Indicator [] indicat-
ing the hou_The HK3470 is playingat the
minimumvolume levelwhen the Volume
Indicator [] pointsto 7 o'clock:when the
Volume Indicator [] pointsto 12 o'clock
(straightup),the HK 3470 is playingat the
maximum volume level it is importantthat you
makesure neverto exceedthis maximumvol-
umelevelat any time,in order to avoid possi-
bledamageto your loudspeakers dueto "clip-
ping", a type of distortionthat is not audibleto
the humanear until it is severeenoughto per-
manentlydamagemost loudspeakersIt is also
possible, d ependinguponthe programmaterial,
for clippingto occur at volumesbelow the max_
imumvolumelevel,
• Totemporarilysilenceall speakeroutputs,
pressthe Mute button I_[] Thiswill cut the
output to all speakers, b ut it will not affect any
recordingor dubbingthat may be in progress,
When the systemis muted,the MUTt indicator
will light in the Main Information Display
[] andthe Volume/Mute indicator[] will
flash Pressthe Mute button _[] again to
returnto normaloperation
• Forprivate listening,plug the 1/4" stereo
phoneplug from a pair of stereoheadphones
into the front panelHeadphone jack Lq
• One or two separatesetsof speakersmay be
connectedto the HK 3470, Tolistento oneof
the speakersets,pressthe Speaker buttons
[][] on the front panelcorresponding to the
desiredspeakersTheactive speakers will be
indicatedbya lit green LEDin the Speaker
Indicators [] display Bothsetsof speakers
maybe turnedoff for private headphonelisten-
ing
• Toprogramthe HK 3470 for automaticturn-
off, pressthe Sleep button on the front panel
[] or remote1_, Eachpressof the button will
increase the time beforeshutdownin the fol-
lowing sequence:
,2o -" 8o __,70 __, -, 2°q
mJe rnm rn_n
Thesleeptime will be displayedinthe Main
Information Display [] and it will count
down until the time haselapsed
When the programmedtime haselapsed,the
unit will automaticallyturn off Notethat the
front paneldisplaywill dim to one-half bright-
nesswhen the Sleepfunction is programmed
Tocancelthe Sleepfunction,pressthe Sleep
button[]_ until the Sleepindicatornumbers
disappearand the Main InformationDisplay
showsthe currentsource Pressing any control
buttonwhile the Sleepcontrol is activatedwill
momentarilyreturn the Main Information
Displayto full brightness for increased legibility
Totake advantageof HarmanKardon'sexclu-
siveVMAxmode,Pressthe VMAx button
IT_O, Whenthe VMAxcircuitsare engaged,
patentedprocessing algorithmsare usedto cre-
ate a three-dimensional s oundspacewith the
illusionof "phantom" speakersat centerand
surroundpositionsThisspacioussoundwill
simulatea surround-sound presentation with-
out the needto add additionalspeakersfo
returnto standardstereolistening,pressthe
VMAx button []O againand notethat the
VMAx Mode Indicator [] will go out,
Tuner Operation
TheHK 3470'stuner is capableof tuning AM,
FMand FM Stereobroadcaststations Stations
maybe tuned manually,or they may be stored
as favoritestation presetsand recalledfrom a
30-posiBonmemory
Station Selection
1 Press the AM/FM [] buttonson the front
panelor on the remote_ to selectthe tuner
as an input,
2 Press these buttonsagainat any time to
switch betweenAM and FM
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