Harman Kardon AVR 635 Owner's Manual page 12

MAIN REMOTE CONTROL FUNCTIONS
IMPORTANT N OTE: T heAVR635's remotemay
be programmed to control u p b eightdevices,
including theAVR635. Beforeusing the remote,
it is important to remember t o pressthe Input
SelectorButton O thatcorresponds t o theunit
youwishto operate. I naddition, theAVR635's
remote is shipped fromthefactory to operate the
AVR635 andmostHarman Kardon CDor DVD
players andcassette decks. T heemoteis also
capable of operating a widevarieb/ofotherproducts
usingthecontrol c odesthatam partof theemote.
Beforeusingthe remote withotherproducts, follow
theinstructions o n pages 43 46 to program the
propercodestorthe products inyoursystem.
Itisalsoimportant to remember thatmanyof the
buttons o n theremota takeon different funcfions,
depending o nthe product s elected u sing the Input
SelectorsO. Thedeseripfions shown hemprimauly
detail t hefuncfions o f theremote whenit is usedto
operate theAVR 635.
O PowerOff Button:Press thisbuttonto place
theAVR635 or a selected deviceinthe Standby
mode.Notethatthiswill turnoffthe mainroom
functions, but if the Multiroom system is activated,
it willcontinue to function.
PowerOn Button:Prese t hisbutton to turnon
thepower toa device selected b yfirstpressing o neof
theInputSelectors_]P.
OLOD InformationDisplay:Thistwolinescreen
displays v arious information d epending o n the corn
mands thathavebeen entered intothe remote.
Input Selectors:Preseing oneof thesebuttons
willpe_1orm t hreeactions atthesametime,First, i f the
AVR635 isnotturnedon thiswillpower up theunit,
Next, i t willselect t he sourceshown on thebuttonas
theinputto theAVR635. Finally, it willchangethe
remote conl_ol sothatit controls thedevice selected, i n
normal o peration, the remote willrevert t o contrslling
theAVRwhenno buttonis pressed for 6 seconds.
Thisallows the remote to automafically return to con
trolof important functions suchasvolume, m uteand
surround modeselection afteryouhaveusedthe
remote to contrslanother d evice,if youwishto
change the length of timethatthe rsmoteoperates
another d evice, o r to havethe remote remain active
forcontrol o fthe otherdevice(such asa DVD player
or set top box)untilyoumanually return contrsl t o the
AVRbypreseing t heAVRSelector_, followthe
instructions on page52.
AVRSelector:Pressing t hisbutton willswitch the
remote sothatit willoperate t ileAVR635'sfunctions, If
theAVR635 isintheStandby m ode, i t will a lsoturnthe
_,/R635 on.
TestButton:Prese thisbuttonto beginthe
sequence u sedto manually c alibrate theAVR635's
outputlevels, ( Seepage30 for moreinformation o n
calibrating t heAVR635.)
0 DSPSurroundMode Selector:Press this
buttonto selectoneof the DSPsurround modes, s uch
asVMAx,Hall1, Hall2 or Theatek Eachprese of the
buttonselects another m ode.(See page34 for more
intormation o n surround modes.)
Logic 7 ModeSelectButton:Prese thisbutton
to select f romamongtheavailable Logic7 surround
modes. ( Seepage34 forthe available L ogic7
options.)
Q Direct Button:Prese thisbuttonwhenthe tuner
is inuseto stallthe sequence f ordirectentryof a
station's frequency. Afterpressing the button, s imply
pressthe properNumericKeys _ to selecta
station. ( See page 37 formoreinformation onthetuner.)
ClearButton:Whenprogramming theremote
or using tile EzSet featurs, p ress thisbutton to cancel
thecurrent f _ncfion. When using the remote to enter
frequencies fordirect t uneraccess, prese thisbutton
to dearprevious e ntries.
NumericKeys:Thesebuttons serveasa 10
buttonnumeric keypad to entertunerpresetpositions.
Theyarealsousedto selectchannel numbers when
_{, Cable or SAThasbeenselected on the remote, or
to select t racknumbers on a CD,DVD or LDplayer,
depending on howthe remote hasbeenprsgrammed.
Thesebuttons a realsousedto enterletters andnum-
berswhenrenaming d evices inthe LCDInformation
Display. (Seepage50 formoreinformation o n renan
ingdevices andkeys.)
TuningMode Button:Prese thisbuttonto
change the tunermodebetween manual a nd
automatic. Whenthe buttonis preseed s othat
AU T 0 / S T E I_E 0 appears inthe Upper
DisplayLine [] andintheon-screen display, only
stations w ithacceptable s ignal q ualily will betuned,
andthe tunerwill playFMstationsinstereo, w hen
available. Inthe AUTOmode, w hentheTuning
Up/DownButtons LmJ_]p_ arepressed, the unit
willautomatically search forthe nextavailable station
withgoodsignal s trength. Whenthisbuttonis preseed
sothat I1A NU AL / 11 0 N0 appears in theUpper
DisplayLine [] andintheon screen display, each
pressof the TuningUp/DownButtons I_J_]p_
will movethefrequency up or downinsinglestep
increments. WhentheFMbandis in use,pressing the
buttonsothatthe MANUAL modeis acfivated w ill
enable youto tunestations withweaksignals by
changing to monaural reception. (Seepage37 for
moreintormafion o n tuneroperation.)
Dim Button:Pressthisbuftonto activate the
Dimmer f unction, w hichreduces the brightness of the
front-panel display, or turnsit offenfirely. P ress the
button onceto changethedisplay to reducethe
brightness by 50%,andpressit againwithin5 sac
ondsandthemaindisplay willgo completely d ark.
Notethatthissettingis temporary; regardlese o f any
changes, the display willalways returnto fullbright-
ness whentheAVRislurnedon,Theblueillumination
around the Standby/OnSwitch [] willalways
remain at fullbrightness r egardless o f thesettingto
remind youthattheAVRissfillturned on.Theblue
accent l ightinginside the volume control w illalso
remain at fullbrightness w henthe panel i s at 50%,
butgo out whenthe panel l ights arefullydimmed.
ChannelSelectButton:Thisbutton isused to
start t heprocese ofsetting theAVR 635'soutput l evels t o
an external source. Once thisbufton is preseed, press the
• ,/• on the NavigationButton _ to select t he
channel beingadjusted thenpress theSet Button
followed bythe•/• onthe NavigationButton
again, t o change thelevel s etting, (See page 38 formore
information.)
Navigation Button:Thissingle disclikebuttonis
usedto navigate through theon screen configumfion
menus, to scrsllthrough theoptions listandto select
chobes forthevarious settings s uchasdelay, s peakers,
surround modes, d igitalinputs, e tc.Tousethe button,
simplypressit left,right,up or downinthe direction
indicated b y the•/V/,9 _ iconsprintedon the
button disc.Depending o n the menubeingused,
preseing t he buttonwilleitherchange a specific menu
or configuration choice, o r it willchangetheoption
showninthe on-screen or frontpanel d isplay, The
sections inthismanual d escribing t he unit'sindividual
fealures andconfiguration options contain specific
intormafion o n howthe navigation c ontrols areused.
DigitalSelectButton:Press t hisbut[on to asei%
oneof thedigital i nputs_) _ [_1"_ to a source.
',See page33 formoreinformation onusing digital
inputs,)
Set Button:Thisbuttonis usedto entersettings
intotheAVR635's memon/. It isalsousedinthe
setupprocedures f ordelaytime,speaker c onfiguration
andchannel outputlevel a dlustment.
VolumeUp/DownButtons:These controls
sharethe common discinthelowerthirdof the
remote. Toraisethevolume, p ressthe buttonmarked
• by preseing t owards the top ofthe remote. Tolower
the volume, p ressthe buttonmarked • bypressing
towards the boftomof the remote. The_/_, buttons
on the leftandrightsidesof thisdiscchangechannels
upor downwhenthe TV, c ableboxor satellite Input
Selectors_ havebeenpressed.