Operation; Basic Operation; Source Selection; Volume Control - Harman Kardon AVR 125 Owner's Manual

Basic Operation

Once you have completed the setup and configuration
of the AVR 125, it is simple to operate and enjoy. The
following instructions will help you maximize the enjoy-
ment of your new receiver:
Turning the AVR 125 On or Off
• When using the AVR 125 for the first time, you must
press the Main Power Switch 1 on the front panel
to turn the unit on. This places the unit in a Standby
mode, as indicated by the amber color of the Power
Indicator 3 . Once the unit is in Standby, you may
begin a listening session by pressing the System
Power Control 2 on the front panel or the AVR
Selector f. Note that the Power Indicator 3 will
turn green. This will turn the unit on and return it 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 eg
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on the remote or the
Input Source Selector ! on the front panel.
NOTE: After pressing one of the Input Selector
Buttons eg
to turn the unit on, press the
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AVR Selector f to set the remote control to the
AVR 125's functions.
To turn the unit off at the end of a listening session,
simply press the System Power Control 2 on the
front panel or the Power Off Button a on the
remote. Power will be shut off to any equipment
plugged into the rear-panel Switched AC Outlet ¤
and the Power Indicator 3 will turn amber.
When the remote is used to turn the unit "off" it is
actually placing the system in a Standby mode, as indi-
cated by the amber color of the Power Indicator 3.
• To program the AVR 125 for automatic turn-off,
press the Sleep Button i on the remote. Each
press of the button will decrease the time before shut
down in the following sequence:
90 80 70 60
min min min min
40 30 20 10
min min min min
The sleep time will be displayed in the Preset
Number/Sleep Timer Indicator J and it will count
down until the time has elapsed.
When the programmed sleep time has elapsed, the
unit will automatically turn off. Note that the front panel
display will dim to one half brightness when the Sleep
function is programmed. To cancel the Sleep function,
press and hold the Sleep Buttoni until the infor-
mation display returns to normal brightness, the
Sleep indicator numbers disappear and the words
SLEEP 0 appear in the Main Information
Display F.
When you will be away from home for an extended
period of time it is always a good idea to completely
turn the unit off with the front-panel Main Power
Switch 1 .
NOTE: All preset memories are lost if the unit is left
turned off by using the Main Power Switch 1 for
more than one week.

Source Selection

• To select a source, press any of the Source
Selector Buttons eg
• The input source may also be changed by pressing
the front-panel Input Source Selector !. Each
press of the button will move the input selection
through the list of available inputs.
• As the input is changed, the AVR 125 will automati-
cally switch to the digital input (if selected), surround
mode, speaker configuration, output levels and night
mode status that were entered during the configura-
tion process for that source.
• The front-panel Video 3 Inputs %^ may be
used to connect your cable television converter or
satellite receiver, or you may 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 momentarily appear in the Main Information
Display F and a green LED will light next to the
selected input's name in the front-panel Input
Indicators .
• When an audio source is selected, the last video
50
min
input used remains routed to the Video 1 Outputs
bk and Video Monitor Outputs ‡f. This
OFF
allows you to listen to an audio input such as the
tuner while watching one of the video inputs.
• When a Video source is selected, the video signal for
that input will be routed to the Video Monitor Outputs
‡f and will be viewable on a TV monitor con-
nected to the AVR 125.

Volume Control

• Adjust the volume to a comfortable level using the
front-panel Volume Control Ó or remote Volume
Up/Down
• When listening in one of the Stereo modes with the
surround circuits off, the Balance Control * may be
used to adjust the relative sound output between the
front left and right speakers.
• To temporarily silence all speaker outputs press the
Mute Button
speakers and the headphone jack, but it will not affect
any recording or dubbing that may be in progress.
Press the Mute Button
ume to return to normal operation.
• During a listening session you may wish to adjust
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on the remote.
the Bass Control & and Treble Control ( to suit
your listening tastes or room acoustics.
• To set the output of the AVR 125 so that the output
is "flat, " with the tone controls deactivated, press the
Tone Mode Button 6 until the words Tone
Out appear momentarily in the Main Information
Display F. To return the tone controls to an active
condition, press the Tone Mode Button 6 until the
words Tone In momentarily appear in the Main
Information Display F.
• For private listening, plug the 1/4" stereo phone
plug from a pair of stereo headphones into the front
panel Headphone Jack 4 . Note that when the
headphone's plug is connected, the word
HEADPHONE IN will scroll once across the
Main Information Display F and all speakers will
be silenced. When the headphone plug is removed,
the audio feed to the speakers will be restored.

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33 buttons.
36 . This will interrupt the output to all
36 again or adjust the vol-
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