Operation; Basic Operation; Source Selection - Harman Kardon AVR 445 Owner's Manual

OPERATION

Basic Operation

Once you have completed the initial setup and configu-
ration, the AVR 445 is simple to operate and enjoy. The
following instructions will help you maximize the enjoy-
ment of your new receiver:
Turning the AVR 445 On or Off
• When using the AVR for the first time, you must press
the Main Power Switch A in until it latches. This
places the unit in a Standby mode, as indicated by the
amber illumination surrounding the Standby/On
Switch 1 .
• To turn the AVR on or off from the front panel, press
the Standby/On Switch 1 .
• To turn the unit on and select the input source that
was in use the last time the AVR was on, press the
ç on either remote.
AVR Selector
• To turn the unit on and select a specific source,
press any one of the Input Selectors
on the main remote or ∂Ƀ® on the
ZR 10 remote .
When using the Input Selector Buttons
labeled DVD, DMP, XM or HDMI on the main
remote, remember that these are dual-input
selectors. The first press of any button will turn
the unit on and select the input name printed on
the button. A second press of the button will
select the input name printed above the button.
To turn the AVR on and select the Tuner as an
input, press the Tuner/FM Select Button
by pressing the button up towards the top of the
remote. The first press of the button selects the
frequency band and station or XM channel that
was last tuned. Press the button again to select
between FM, AM and XM.
To turn the AVR on and select the FM tuner as the
input, press the Tuner/FM Select Button
down towards the bottom of the remote.
When using any of the Input Selectors to turn the
unit on (or when using them to change a source
at any time) press the AVR Selector
after the unit turns on to use any of the buttons
on the remote to control AVR functions other than
volume or source selection.
Whenever the AVR is turned on, you will see all of the
front-panel indicators light up for a few seconds. This is
normal, and it is part of the unit's power-on self-test
procedure.
To turn the unit off at the end of a listening session,
simply press the Standby/On Switch 1 on the front
å on the
panel or the Power Off Button
remote. Power will be shut off to any equipment
plugged into the rear-panel Switched AC Accessory
Outlet and the illumination around the Standby/
On Switch 1 will turn amber.
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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 lighting around the Standby/On
Switch 1.
• To put the AVR in the Sleep mode, press the
Sleep Button . Each press of the button will
decrease the time before the AVR shuts down in
the following sequence.
Once you have set the desired Sleep Time, the front-
panel display will automatically dim to half-brightness.
The display will return to full-brightness when any but-
ton on the front panel or a remote is pressed, and
then return again to half-brightness. To view the time
remaining until the unit shuts down, press the Sleep
Button once. To cancel the Sleep function,
press the Sleep Button
until the words SLEEP OFF appear in the
Lower Display Line
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 A .
NOTE: All preset memories are lost if the unit is left
turned off by using the Main Power Switch A for
more than four weeks.

Source Selection

• To select an input source from the front panel, press
the Input Source Selector Button
of the button will move the input selection through
the list of available choices. If the button is pressed
when the AVR is in the Standby mode, the first
press of the button will turn the unit on and select
the last used input.
• When the AVR is already turned on, you may select
the tuner directly by pressing the Tuner Band
Selector . The first press will select the last
ç
tuned frequency band and station. Each subsequent
press will change the band to the last tuned station
or XM preset.
• To select a specific source using the main remote,
press any one of the Input Selectors
on the main remote. Remember that the Input
Selector Buttons labeled DVD, DMP, XM or HDMI
are dual-input selectors. The first press of any button
will turn the unit on and select the input name printed
on the button. A second press of the button will
select the input name printed above the button.
• To directly select the Tuner as an input, press the
Tuner/FM Select Button
up towards the top of the remote. The first press of
the button selects the frequency band and station or
XM channel that was last tuned. Press the button
again to select between FM, AM and XM.
• To directly select the FM tuner as the input, press
the Tuner/FM Select Button
the bottom of the remote.
• To select a specific source using the ZR 10 remote,
press any of the Input Selectors ∂Ƀ
®. When selecting the Tuner as the input, each
press of the Tuner Selector É scrolls through
the choice of FM, AM or XM Radio (when an
optional XM Ready module is installed and the XM
service has been activated).
REMINDER: When using any of the Input Selectors
to change a source, you must press the AVR Selector
or source selection.
• When a new input is selected, the AVR will automat-
ically switch to the digital input (if selected), surround
as many times as needed
mode, component video input, A/V sync delay and
Night mode configurations that were in effect the
.
last time that input was used.
• The front-panel Video 4 Inputs N , Optical 4
Digital Input K or Coaxial 4 Digital Input L
may be used to connect a device such as a video
game or camera to your home entertainment system
on a temporary basis.
• As the input source is changed, the new input name
will appear momentarily as an on-screen display in
the lower third of the video display (except when
HDMI, 720p or 1080i sources are in use). The input
name will also appear in the Upper Display Line
# and in the front-panel Input Indicators !.
. Each press
• When an audio only source is selected, the last video
input used remains routed to the Video 1/Video
Monitor Outputs
viewing and listening to different sources.
6-Channel/8-Channel Direct Input
There are four input choices available for use with
sources such as DVD-Audio SACD player or HD-DVD
or Blu-ray disc player that are connected to the
8-Channel Direct Inputs
input according to the way your system and source
equipment is configured:
• The 6 CH DIRECT input should be used
when the SBR and SBL inputs are NOT in use and
the input source device has its own internal bass
management system. This input passes the input
from the source directly through to the volume control
without any analog-to-digital conversion, and it
mutes the unused input jacks to prevent unwanted
noise from interfering with system performance.
• The 6 CH DVD AUDIO input should be used
by pressing the button
when the SBR and SBL inputs are NOT in use and
when the input source does NOT have its own
down towards
ç to control AVR functions other than volume
. This permits simultaneous
. Select the appropriate