Tuner Operation - Harman Kardon AVR 2000 Owner's Manual

Operation

Tuner Operation

The AVR 2000's tuner is capable of tuning AM,
FM and FM Stereo broadcast stations and receiv-
ing RDS data. Stations may be tuned manually, or
they may be stored as favorite station presets
and recalled from a 30 position memory.
Station Selection
1. Press the AM/FM Tuner Select button
on the remote to select the tuner as an input.
The tuner may be selected from the front panel
by either pressing the Input Source Selector
until the tuner is active or by pressing the
Tuner Band Selector at any time.
2. Press the AM/FM Tuner Select button
or Tuner Band Selector again to switch
between AM and FM so that the desired frequen-
cy band is selected.
3. Press the Tuner Mode button
remote or hold the Band Selector
front panel pressed for 3 seconds to select manu-
al or automatic tuning.
When the AUTO indicator is illuminated in the
Main Information Display the tuner will only stop
at those stations that have a strong enough sig-
nal to be received with acceptable quality.
When the AUTO indicator is not illuminated,
the tuner is in a manual mode and will stop at
each frequency increment in the selected band.
4. To select stations press any Tuning button
. When the AUTO indicator
ated, press the button to cause the tuner to
search for the next highest or lowest frequency
station that has an acceptable signal or hold the
button pressed to tune more quickly and release
it to start the auto search. In the Auto mode the
tuner will play each station in stereo or mono
mode, just as the program is transmitted. If the
AUTO indicator is not illuminated, tap the
Tuning button to advance one frequen-
cy increment at a time, or press and hold it to
locate a specific station. When the TUNED indi-
cator illuminates, the station is properly
tuned and should be heard with clarity.
5. Stations may also be tuned directly by press-
ing the Direct button
the Numeric Keys
station's frequency. The desired station will auto-
matically be tuned after the latest number is
entered. If you press an incorrect button while
entering a direct frequency, press the Clear but-
ton to start over.
NOTE: When the FM reception of a stereo
station is weak, audio quality will be increased
by switching to Mono mode by pressing the
Tuner Mode button
holding the Band Selector
panel pressed for 3 seconds until the
STEREO indicator
on the
on the
is illumin-
Preset Tuning
, and then pressing Using the remote, up to 30 stations may be
that correspond to the stored in the AVR 2000's memory for easy recall
using the front panel controls or the remote.
To enter a station into the memory, first tune the
station using the steps outlined above. Then:
1. Press the Memory button
remote. Note that MEMORY indicator
illuminate and flash in the Main Information
Display
on the remote or 2. Within five seconds, press the Numeric Keys
on the front
corresponding to the location where you
wish to store this station's frequency. Once
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entered, the preset number will appear in the
Preset Number/Sleep Time Display
3. Repeat the process after tuning any additional
stations to be preset.
Recalling Preset Stations
• To manually select a station previously entered
in the preset memory, press the Numeric Keys
that correspond to the desired station's
memory location.
• To manually tune through the list of stored
preset stations one by one, press the Preset
Stations Selector buttons
front panel or remote.
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