Harman Kardon AVR 445 Owners Manual - Page 34

OPERATION

34 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

AVR Selector

4

ç

on either remote.

• To turn the unit on and select a specific source,

press any one of the

Input Selectors

3·Á

on the main remote or

∂Éƒ®

on the

ZR 10 remote .

■

When using the

Input Selector Buttons

3

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


·

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

4

ç

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

panel or the

Power Off Button

0

å

on the

remote. Power will be shut off to any equipment

plugged into the rear-panel

Switched AC Accessory

Outlet

Á

and the illumination around the

Standby/

On Switch

1

will turn amber.

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

²

. 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

²

once. To cancel the Sleep function,

press the

Sleep Button

²

as many times as needed

until the words

SLEEPOFF

appear in the

Lower Display Line

D

.

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

6

. Each press

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

4

. The first press will select the last

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

3·Á

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


·

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 directly select the FM tuner as the input, press

the


·

down towards

the bottom of the remote.

• To select a specific source using the ZR 10 remote,

press any of the

Input Selectors

∂Éƒ

®

. 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

4

ç

to control AVR functions other than volume

or source selection.

• When a new input is selected, the AVR will automat-

ically switch to the digital input (if selected), surround

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

!

.

• When an audio only source is selected, the last video

input used remains routed to the

Video 1/Video

Monitor Outputs

ÊÍ

. This permits simultaneous

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

×

. Select the appropriate

input according to the way your system and source

equipment is configured:

• The

6CHDIRECT

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

6CHDVDAUDIO

input should be used

when the SBR and SBL inputs are NOT in use

and

when the input source does NOT have its own

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