Operation; Basicoperation; Sourceselection - Harman Kardon AVR 220 Owner's Manual

Operation
Basic Operation
the unit will automaticallyturn off. Note that
Onceyou havecompleted the setupand the front paneldisplaywill dim to onehalf
configurationof the AVR220, it is simpleto .............................. is
operateandenjoy.Thefollowing instructions programmed. Tocancelthe Sleepfunction,
will helpyou maximize the enjoymentof your pressand hold the SleepButtonli_ until
new receiver: the informationdisplayreturnsto normal
brightness, the Sleepindicatornumbers
Turning the AVR220 On or Off disappearand the words SLEEP
OFF
• Whenusing the AVR220for the first time,you appearin the Main Information Display[l_J.
mustpressthe Main Power Switch [] on the
front panelto turn the uniton. Thisplaces the When you will be awayfrom homefor an
unit ina Standby mode,as indicatedbythe extended3eriodof time it is alwaysa good
Whenthe programmedsleeptime haselapsed, • When aVideosourceis selected, t hevideo slg-
nal for that inputwill beroutedto the Video
Monitor Output Jack _ andwill beviewable
on aTVmonitorconnected to the AVR220
Volume Control
• Adjust the volumeto a comfortablelevel
using the front-panelVolume Control [] or
remoteVolume UplDown _ buttons.
• When listening in the Stereo mode with the
surround circuits off, the Balance Control []
ma'y 3e usedto adjust the relative sound output
ambercolorof the Power Indicator ll_. Once
the unit is in Standby, y oumay begina listening front panelMain Power Switch [].
sessionbypressing the SystemPower Control
[] on the front panelor the AVR Selector NOTE: A ll presetmemoriesare lost if the unit is
I[_]I. Notethat the Power Indicator [] will left turned off by usingthe Main Power
turn green. T hiswill turn the unit on andreturn it Switch [] for morethan two weeks.
to the inputsourcethat waslastused. T heunit
mayalso beturnedon from Standbyby pressing
Source Selection
anyof the Input Selector ButtonsII_IO
O on the remoteor the Input Source • Toselecta source,pressanyof the Source
Selector [] on the front panel. Selector Buttons II_10 on the remote.
NOTE:After pressing oneof the Input Selector
Buttons _ to turn the unit on, pressthe
AVRSelector _ to setthe remotecontrolto
the AVR220'sfunctions.
Toturn the unit off at the endof a listening
session,simplypressthe SystemPower
Control [] on the front panelor the Power
Off Button _11 on the remote.Powerwill be
shut off to any equipmentpluggedintothe rear
panel Switched AC Outlet _ and the
Power Indicator [] will turn amber
ideato completelyturn the unit off with the betweenthe front left and right speakers.
• Totemporarilysilenceall speakeroutputs
pressthe Mute Button I_). Thiswill inter-
rupt the outputto all speakers and the head-
phonejack, but it wi not affect any recordinc
or dubbingthat may be in progress.Press the
Mute Button I_ againto returnto normal
operation.
• Duringa listeningsessionyou maywish to
adjustthe Bass Control [] and Treble
• The input sourcemay also be changedby Control [] to suit your listeningtastesor
pressing the front-panelInput Source room acoustics.
Selector []. Eachpressof the button will
movethe input selectionthrough the list of
availableinputs.
• Asthe input is changed,the AVR220 wil
automaticallyswitchto the digital input (if
selected_, surroundmode,speakerconfigura-
tion, output levels,crossover f requencyanc
• To setthe output of the AVR220 so that
the output is "flat," with the tone controlsde-
activated,pressthe Tone Mode Button []
until the words Tone Out appearmomen-
tarily in the Main Information Display l_J.
To returnthe tone controlsto an activecondi-
tion, pressthe Tone Mode Button [] untl
night mode statusthat were enteredduringthe the words T o n e T n momentarilyappearin
configurationprocess for that source, the Main Information Display [_I].
Whenthe remoteis usedto turn the unit "off"
it is actuallyplacingthe systemina Standby be usedto connecta devicesuch asa video
mode,as indicatedby the ambercolor of the game or camcorder to your homeentertain-
Power Indicator [I_I. ment systemon a temporarybasis.
• Toprogramthe AVR220 for automaticturn-
off, pressthe Sleep Button _ on the remote.
• As the input sourceis changed,the new input
namewill appear momentarilyas an on-screen
............... Video 4 Inputs i'l_J[] may • Forprivatelistening,plug the I/4" stereo
phoneplug from a 3airof stereo qeadphones
into the front panel Headphone Jack L_I].
%te that when the headphone'splug is con-
nected,the word HEADPHONE will scroll
onceacrossthe Main Information Display
[] and all speakers will be silenced. W hen the
Eachpressof the button will decrease the time displayin the lower third of the video display, headphoneplug is removed, t he audiofeed to
beforeshut down in the following sequence: Theinput name will also appearin the Main the speakers will be restored
Information Display [] anda greenLEDwill
90_ 80_ 70_ 60_ 50 , . .
[_rnin min min rain rnin--I Ight next to the selectedi_put s namein the
[ 1__40 ___30___ 20._, 10._, OFF -- front panelInput Indicators F,_J.
[_min min min min 3
Thesleeptime will be displayed n the Preset • When an audiosourceis selected the last
NumberlSleep Timer Indicator [] and it video input usedremainsrouted to the Video
will countdown until the time haselapsed. Outputs i_)l_) andVideo Monitor Output
i_l. This permitssimultaneousviewingand lis-
tening to different sources.
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