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Owner’s Guide Guide du propriétaire Guía del propietario For more information and your nearest Harman Kardon dealer please call 800-422-8027. Harman Kardon 250 Crossways Park Drive, Woodbury, NY 11797 8500 Balboa Boulevard, Northridge, CA 91329 A Harman International Company * Manufactured under license from Dolby Laboratories Licensing Corporation.
ELECTRIC SERVICE EQUIPMENT NATIONAL ELECTRICAL CODE festival 60/80 Damage Requiring Service The appliance should be serviced by qualified service personnel when: The power-supply cord of the plug has been damaged;...
Increase the separation between the equipment and receiver. Connect the equipment into an outlet on a circuit different from that to which the receiver is connected. Consult the dealer or an experienced radio/TV technician for help. This device complies with Part 15 of the FCC Rules.
Quickstart 1 Be Safe Read the safety instructions on pages 2 and 3. festival 80 festival 60 2 Unpack & Stack Stack components as shown below. festival 60 festival 60 festival 60 festival 60/80 Power Open Close...
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On and orange when the system is in Standby. Open/Close Press to open and close the CD drawer. Power Indicator (Festival 60 only) This indicator is green when the system is On and orange when the system is in Standby. Remote Place batteries (included) in the remote as shown below.
Do not plug the male end into an AC outlet until all other connections have been made. In addition to the power connection to the controller, Festival 60 has a power connection to the Amplifier and Festival 80 has a power connection to the Powered Subwoofer.
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Controller Video Festival Controller Harman Kardon Northridge, CA Aux 3 Made in U.S.A Harman Consumer Manufacturing AC 230V / 50Hz 35 W A Harman International Company CD Changer Festival CD Changer Harman Kardon Northridge, CA Made in U.S.A Harman Consumer Manufacturing...
Displays station identification and RDS n o r m program type in message bar. Displays additional RDS information in t e x t message bar. festival 60/80 8 9 7 STATION p u b l i c fm st norm...
Selecting Presets using the remote Tuner Press and release the Select buttons choose programmed presets one at a time. Press and hold Select buttons scroll through programmed presets. festival 60 remote repeatedly to select RDS type to automatically find the next for a fast...
Plays all sequenced CDs, then repeats sequence. r a n d m Randomly plays all songs from selected CDs. festival 60/80 8 5 6 TIME > 6 > 2 9 10 11 12...
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Controls on the control unit. Selecting CDs using the remote Mute Press and release the Select buttons Tuner choose previous or next CD in sequence. Press and hold the Select buttons a fast scroll through CDs in sequence. festival 60 remote festival 60...
Set The Time Tuner w a k e wake sleep display Bass Treble Surround Option Buttons Note: Time of day must be set first using Selector buttons before setting wake times. To wake up to music w a k e The Wake mode automatically turns Festival on and begins playing music at any time you choose.
Experiment with location for the best results in your listening room. Please refer to additional instructions on page 16 for optimizing system performance. festival 60/80 Festival 60 Stereo Speaker Placement Position right and left speakers as far apart from each other as they are from the listening area.
Press the Bass Treble button to access sound equalization functions and controls. Balance Festival 60 Only Press the Balance button to access speaker output controls. Balance allows you to “move” the sound right or left until the volume level appears to sound the same from each speaker.
. Press to select speaker to adjust. Select Level Press to adjust speaker output. Repeat until all output levels are equal from all speakers. festival 60/80 8 5 6 TIME s e t u p LEVEL CNTR REFERENCE...
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Level Select Play Controls Adjusting the reference speaker level When test tone is o n , you should hear a static- like hiss from the left front speaker and the LF light on the display will blink. This is the reference speaker and can only be adjusted from the main volume control on the amplifier.
Press to access surround speaker setup functions. Pressing setup will change the function of some buttons and activate functions of others (see pages 16-17). festival 60/80 8 5 6 TIME s o u n d movie norm >...
If the problem is... No lights on when POWER button pressed: No sound is heard: No sound is heard: (Festival 60 only) No sound is heard: (Festival 80 only) Dolby Surround does not work on center and surround channels: (Festival 80 only)