Harman Kardon AVR 7550HD Owners Manual - Page 52

Troubleshooting Guide

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TROUBLESHOOTING GUIDE SYMPTOM฀ CAUSE฀ SOLUTION Unit฀does฀not฀function฀when฀Main฀ Power฀Switch฀is฀turned฀on฀ •฀No฀AC฀Power฀ ฀ •฀Make฀certain฀AC฀power฀cord฀is฀plugged฀into฀a฀live฀outlet฀ •฀Check฀whether฀outlet฀is฀switch-controlled Display฀lights,฀but฀no฀sound฀ or฀picture฀ ฀ •฀Intermittent฀input฀connections฀ •฀Mute฀is฀on฀ •฀Volume฀control฀is฀down฀ •฀Secure฀all฀input฀and฀speaker฀connections฀ •฀Press฀Mute฀Button฀ •฀Turn฀up฀volume฀control No฀sound฀from฀any฀speaker;฀ PROTECT message appears on front฀panel฀ •฀Amplifier฀is฀in฀protection฀mode฀฀ due to possible short •฀Amplifier฀is฀in฀protection฀mode฀฀ due to internal problems •฀Check฀speaker฀wires฀for฀shorts฀at฀receiver฀and฀speaker฀ends฀ •฀Contact฀your฀local฀Harman฀Kardon฀service฀center No฀sound฀from฀surround฀or฀ center฀speakers฀ ฀ ฀ Unit฀does฀not฀respond฀to฀ remote฀commands฀ ฀ •฀Incorrect฀surround฀mode฀ •฀Input฀is฀monaural฀ •฀Incorrect฀configuration Stereo฀or฀Mono฀program฀material฀ •฀Weak฀batteries฀in฀remote฀ •฀Wrong฀device฀selected฀ •฀Remote฀sensor฀is฀obscured฀ •฀Select฀a฀mode฀other฀than฀Stereo •฀There฀is฀no฀surround฀information฀from฀mono฀sources •฀Check฀speaker฀configuration The฀surround฀decoder฀may฀not฀create฀center-฀or฀rear-channel฀ information from nonencoded programs •฀Change฀remote฀batteries •฀Press฀the฀AVR฀Settings฀Button •฀Make฀certain฀front-panel฀sensor฀is฀in฀line฀of฀sight฀of฀remote or connect an optional remote sensor Intermittent฀buzzing฀in฀tuner฀ •฀Local฀interference฀ •฀Move฀unit฀or฀antenna฀away฀from฀computers,฀fluorescent฀ lights, motors or other electrical appliances Surround฀Back฀Speaker฀settings฀฀ cannot be accessed, and test tone does not play through Surround Back Speakers •฀Multizone฀system฀has฀been฀turned฀฀ on, and the surround back channels were reassigned to multizone operation •฀Use฀the฀menu฀system฀to฀access฀the฀Zone฀2฀menu฀and฀reassign฀ the surround back channels to the main room The฀XM฀Preview฀Channel฀(001)฀฀ is฀silent •฀XM฀antenna฀is฀not฀plugged฀in XM฀antenna฀is฀not฀located฀in฀such a฀way฀as฀to฀enable฀reception XM฀signal฀requires฀a฀refresh฀ •฀Use฀an฀XM฀antenna฀module฀designed฀for฀use฀with฀XM฀Ready฀home audio฀equipment,฀and฀plug฀the฀module฀into฀the฀XM฀Radio฀Jack฀ •฀The฀XM฀antenna฀module฀needs฀an฀unobstructed฀view฀of฀the ฀฀฀southern฀sky,฀or฀to฀be฀within฀range฀of฀an฀XM฀terrestrial฀repeater if฀necessary,฀purchase฀an฀extension฀cable฀from฀your฀XM฀Radio฀dealer •฀Visit฀www.xmradio.com Unable฀to฀activate฀Program฀mode฀ on remote •฀AVR฀Settings฀Button฀not฀held฀for฀at Follow฀the฀instructions฀in฀the฀remote's฀LCD฀Display least 3 seconds Remote฀buttons฀light,฀but฀AVR฀does฀ not respond •฀Remote฀is฀in฀Zone฀2฀mode฀ •฀Slide฀the฀Zone฀Switch฀at฀the฀bottom฀of฀the฀remote฀to฀the฀ Zone 1 position Unable฀to฀play฀Internet฀Radio฀ ฀ Unable฀to฀access฀content฀on฀PC฀฀ from Network source ฀ •฀AVR฀is฀not฀able฀to฀access฀the฀Internet฀ ฀ •฀Content฀not฀in฀proper฀format฀ •฀Content฀has฀not฀been฀shared฀by฀฀ network device •฀Make฀sure฀the฀Network฀Jack฀is฀connected฀to฀an฀active฀router; navigate to the Network Settings submenu in the System Setup ฀฀฀menu฀and฀change฀the฀Network฀Settings฀line฀to฀"Manual";฀contact your ISP to obtain the correct information for the other settings in this submenu •฀Only฀content฀in฀the฀form฀of฀MP3,฀WMA฀and฀JPEG฀files฀may฀be฀shared with the AVR •฀Network฀device฀must฀be฀running฀compatible฀software;฀network฀device must be programmed to share the content over the network; refer to the Network Playback section on page 37 for details Additional information on troubleshooting possible problems with your AVR 7550HD, or installation-related issues, may be found in the list of "Frequently Asked Questions", which is located in the Product Support section at www.harmankardon.com. 53

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53
TROUBLESHOOTING GUIDE
SYMPTOM฀
CAUSE฀
SOLUTION
Unit฀does฀not฀function฀when฀Main฀
•฀No฀AC฀Power฀
•฀Make฀certain฀AC฀power฀cord฀is฀plugged฀into฀a฀live฀outlet฀
Power฀Switch฀is฀turned฀on฀
•฀Check฀whether฀outlet฀is฀switch-controlled
Display฀lights,฀but฀no฀sound฀
•฀Intermittent฀input฀connections฀
•฀Secure฀all฀input฀and฀speaker฀connections฀
or฀picture฀
•฀Mute฀is฀on฀
•฀Press฀Mute฀Button฀
•฀Volume฀control฀is฀down฀
•฀Turn฀up฀volume฀control
No฀sound฀from฀any฀speaker;฀
•฀Amplifier฀is฀in฀protection฀mode฀฀
•฀Check฀speaker฀wires฀for฀shorts฀at฀receiver฀and฀speaker฀ends฀
PROTECT message appears on
due to possible short
front฀panel฀
•฀Amplifier฀is฀in฀protection฀mode฀฀
•฀Contact฀your฀local฀Harman฀Kardon฀service฀center
due to internal problems
No฀sound฀from฀surround฀or฀
•฀Incorrect฀surround฀mode฀
•฀Select฀a฀mode฀other฀than฀Stereo
center฀speakers฀
•฀Input฀is฀monaural฀
•฀There฀is฀no฀surround฀information฀from฀mono฀sources
•฀Incorrect฀configuration฀฀
•฀Check฀speaker฀configuration฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀
•฀Stereo฀or฀Mono฀program฀material฀
•฀The฀surround฀decoder฀may฀not฀create฀center-฀or฀rear-channel฀
information from nonencoded programs
Unit฀does฀not฀respond฀to฀
•฀Weak฀batteries฀in฀remote฀
•฀Change฀remote฀batteries
remote฀commands฀
•฀Wrong฀device฀selected฀
•฀Press฀the฀AVR฀Settings฀Button
•฀Remote฀sensor฀is฀obscured฀
•฀Make฀certain฀front-panel฀sensor฀is฀in฀line฀of฀sight฀of฀remote
or connect an optional remote sensor
Intermittent฀buzzing฀in฀tuner฀
•฀Local฀interference฀
•฀Move฀unit฀or฀antenna฀away฀from฀computers,฀fluorescent฀
lights, motors or other
electrical appliances
Surround฀Back฀Speaker฀settings฀฀
•฀Multizone฀system฀has฀been฀turned฀฀
•฀Use฀the฀menu฀system฀to฀access฀the฀Zone฀2฀menu฀and฀reassign฀
cannot be accessed, and test tone
on, and the surround back channels
the surround back channels to the main room
does not play through Surround
were reassigned to multizone
Back Speakers
operation
The฀XM฀Preview฀Channel฀(001)฀฀
•฀XM฀antenna฀is฀not฀plugged฀in฀
•฀Use฀an฀XM฀antenna฀module฀designed฀for฀use฀with฀XM฀Ready฀home฀
is฀silent฀
฀฀฀audio฀equipment,฀and฀plug฀the฀module฀into฀the฀XM฀Radio฀Jack฀
•฀XM฀antenna฀is฀not฀located฀in฀such฀฀
•฀The฀XM฀antenna฀module฀needs฀an฀unobstructed฀view฀of฀the
฀฀฀a฀way฀as฀to฀enable฀reception฀
฀฀฀southern฀sky,฀or฀to฀be฀within฀range฀of฀an฀XM฀terrestrial฀repeater;฀
฀฀฀if฀necessary,฀purchase฀an฀extension฀cable฀from฀your฀XM฀Radio฀dealer
•฀XM฀signal฀requires฀a฀refresh฀
•฀Visit฀www.xmradio.com
Unable฀to฀activate฀Program฀mode฀
•฀AVR฀Settings฀Button฀not฀held฀for฀at฀฀
•฀Follow฀the฀instructions฀in฀the฀remote’s฀LCD฀Display
on remote
least 3 seconds
Remote฀buttons฀light,฀but฀AVR฀does฀
•฀Remote฀is฀in฀Zone฀2฀mode฀
•฀Slide฀the฀Zone฀Switch฀at฀the฀bottom฀of฀the฀remote฀to฀the฀
not respond
Zone 1 position
Unable฀to฀play฀Internet฀Radio฀
•฀AVR฀is฀not฀able฀to฀access฀the฀Internet฀
•฀Make฀sure฀the฀Network฀Jack฀is฀connected฀to฀an฀active฀router;
navigate to the Network Settings submenu in the System Setup
฀฀฀menu฀and฀change฀the฀Network฀Settings฀line฀to฀“Manual”;฀contact
your ISP to obtain the correct information for the other settings in
this submenu
Unable฀to฀access฀content฀on฀PC฀฀
•฀Content฀not฀in฀proper฀format฀
•฀Only฀content฀in฀the฀form฀of฀MP3,฀WMA฀and฀JPEG฀files฀may฀be฀shared
from Network source
with the AVR
•฀Content฀has฀not฀been฀shared฀by฀฀
•฀Network฀device฀must฀be฀running฀compatible฀software;฀network฀device
network device
must be programmed to share the content over the network; refer to
the Network Playback section on page 37 for details
Additional information on troubleshooting possible problems with your AVR 7550HD, or installation-related issues, may be found in the list of “Frequently
Asked Questions”
, which is located in the Product Support section at www.harmankardon.com.