Tuner Operation; Basic Tuner Operation; Station Selection; Preset Tuning - Harman Kardon AVR 5550 Owner's Manual

Tuner Operation

Basic Tuner Operation

The AVR 5550's tuner is capable of tuning AM,
FM and FM Stereo broadcast stations and receiv-
ing RDS data. Stations may be tuned manually, or
they may be stored as favorite station presets and
recalled from a 30 position memory.

Station Selection

1. Press the AM/FM Tuner Select button
on the remote to select the tuner as an input.
The tuner may be selected from the front panel
by either pressing the Input Source Selector
until the tuner is active or by pressing the
Tuner Band Selector at any time.
2. Press the AM/FM Tuner Select button
or Tuner Band Selector again to switch
between AM and FM so that the desired
frequency band is selected.
3. Press the Tuner Mode button
remote or hold the Band Selector
front panel pressed for 3 seconds to select
manual or automatic tuning.
When the AUTO indicator is illuminated in the
Main Information Display the tuner will
only stop at those stations that have a strong
enough signal to be received with acceptable
quality.
When the AUTO indicator is not illuminated,
the tuner is in a manual mode and will stop at
each frequency increment in the selected band.
4. To select stations press any Tuning button
. When the AUTO indicator
illuminated, press the button to cause the tuner
to search for the next highest or lowest frequen-
cy station that has an acceptable signal or hold
the button pressed to tune fastly and release it
to start the auto search. In the Auto mode the
tuner will play each station in stereo or mono
mode, just as the program is transmitted. If the
AUTO indicator is not illuminated, 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 illuminates, the station is properly
tuned and should be heard with clarity.
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5. Stations may also be tuned directly by press-
ing the Direct button
the Numeric Keys
station's frequency. Note that for entering num-
bers higher than 100 you need to enter only the
"1" rather than "10", the first "0" will be
added automatically. The desired station will
automatically be tuned after the latest number is
entered. If you press an incorrect button while
entering a direct frequency, press the Clear
button to start over.
NOTE: When the FM reception of a stereo
station is weak, audio quality will be increased
by switching to Mono mode by pressing the
Tuner Mode button
ing the Band Selector
pressed for 3 seconds until the STEREO
AUTO indicators go out.

Preset Tuning

on the
Using the remote, up to 30 stations may be
on the
stored in the AVR 5550's memory for easy recall
using the front panel controls or the remote.
To enter a station into the memory, first tune the
station using the steps outlined above. Then:
1. Press the Memory button
remote. Note that
illuminate and flash in the Main Information
Display .
2. Within five seconds, press the Numeric
Keys corresponding to the location where
you wish to store this station's frequency. Once
entered, the preset number will appear in the
is
Main Information Display
3. Repeat the process after tuning any additional
stations to be preset.
Recalling Preset Stations
• To manually select a station previously entered
in the preset memory, press the Numeric Keys
that correspond to the desired station's
memory location.
• To manually tune through the list of stored
preset stations one by one, press the Preset
Stations Selector buttons
front panel or remote.

RDS Operation

, and then pressing
The AVR 5550 is equipped with RDS (Radio Data
that correspond to the
System), which brings a wide range of informa-
tion to FM radio. Now in use in many countries,
RDS is a system for transmitting station call signs
or network information, a description of station
program type, text messages about the station or
specifics of a musical selection, and the correct
time.
As more FM stations become equipped with RDS
capabilities, the AVR 5550 will serve as an easy-
to-use center for both information and entertain-
ment. This section will help you take maximum
advantage of the RDS system.
on the remote or hold-

RDS Tuning

on the front panel
When an FM station is tuned in and it contains
and
RDS data, the RDS Indicator
after some time also the indicators for all other
RDS services received (see below), and the
AVR 5550 will automatically display the station's
call sign or other program service in the Main
Information Display

RDS Display Options

The RDS system is capable of transmitting a
on the
wide variety of information in addition to the
indicator will
initial station call sign that appears when a
station is first tuned. In normal RDS operation
the display will indicate the station name,
broadcast network or call letters. Pressing the
RDS button
through the various data types in the following
sequence:
.
• The station's call letters (with some private
stations other information too).
• The station's frequency.
• The Program Type (PTY) as shown in the list
below. The PTY Indicator
when this data is being received.
NOTE: Many stations do not transmit a specific
PTY. The display will show
station is selected and PTY is active.
• A "text" message (Radiotext, RT) containing
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special information from the broadcast station.
Note that this message may scroll across the
display to permit messages longer than the eight
positions in the display. Depending on signal
quality, it may take up to 30 seconds for the text
message to appear; in that time, the word
RT is selected. The RT Indicator
nate when text data is being received and ready
to be displayed.
• The current time of day (CT). Note that it may
take up to two minutes for the time to appear,
in that time the word
information display when CT is selected. The
Indicator
will illuminate,
.
enables you to cycle
will illuminate
, when such a
will flash in the Information Display when
will illumi-
will flash in the
will illuminate when time