Harman Kardon HK3270 Owners Manual - Page 17

Operation

When the programmed time has elapsed

the unit will automatically turn off. Note

that the front panel display will dim to

one half brightness when the Sleep func-

tion is programmed. To cancel the Sleep

function, press the

Sleep

button

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until

the Sleep indicator numbers disappear

and the Information Display shows the

current source. Pressing any control but-

ton while the Sleep control is activated

will momentarily return the Information

Display to full brightness for increased

legibility without interrupting the Sleep

function.

Tuner Operation

The HK3270’s tuner is capable of tuning

AM, FM and FM Stereo broadcast stations.

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

%

or

FM

^

buttons

on the front panel or on the remote

ç

to select the tuner as an input.

2. Press these buttons again at any time

to switch between AM and FM.

3. To select stations press, and briefly

hold, the

Tuning

button

&

and the

tuner will search for the next highest or

lowest frequency station that has an

acceptable signal. To tune to the next

station, press the button again. Tap the

Tuning

button

&

to advance one

frequency increment at a time, or press

and hold it to locate a specific station.

When the

TUNED

indicator illuminates,

the station is properly tuned and should

be heard with clarity.

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4. Stations may also be tuned directly

by pressing the

Direct

button

O

, and

then pressing the

Numeric Keys

P

that correspond to the station’s frequency.

The desired station will automatically

be tuned.

NOTE:

When the FM reception of a

station is weak, audio quality will be

increased by switching to Mono mode

by pressing the

FM Mode

button

Ó

μ

until the

STEREO

indicator goes out.

Preset Tuning

Up to 30 stations may be stored in the

HK3270’s memory for easy recall using the

front panel controls or the remote.

To enter a station to the memory, first

tune the station using the steps outlined

above. Then:

1. Press the

Memory

button

T

on

the remote. Note that

MEMO

and

PRESET

indicators will illuminate and flash in

the Information Display.

2. Within five seconds, press the

Numeric Keys

P

corresponding to

the location where you wish to store this

station’s frequency.

3. Repeat the process after tuning any

additional stations to be preset.

Auto Preset

•

Preset stations may also be pro-

grammed automatically for the FM

band. To automatically enter each sta-

tion that may be tuned with acceptable

quality into the HK3270’s preset memo-

ries, first select the FM band. Next, press

and briefly hold the

Auto Preset

but-

ton

Q

until the

MEMO

and

PRESET

indicators begin to flash, and the station

frequency indication begins to increase.

Release the button and note that the

tuner will search the entire FM band, and

stop briefly at each station that has

acceptable signal strength. The HK3270

will automatically assign a preset num-

ber to each station, and then search for

the next station. The automatic scan

process will stop when all 30 preset mem-

ory locations have been filled or the entire

FM band has been scanned three times.

NOTE:

Using the automatic tuning mode

in areas with more than 30 FM stations

will completely fill the preset memories,

and over-write any previously memorized

presets for either AM or FM stations.

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The automatic scan process

may enter stations that you do not

wish to retain in the memory, or it

may enter a station on more than one

frequency if the signal is too strong.

These unwanted stations may be

removed from the memory using the

Preset Clear function outlined below.

Recalling Preset Stations

•

To manually select a station previously

entered in the preset memory, press the

Numeric Keys

P

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

buttons

(∂

on the front

panel or remote.

•

To automatically scan through the

stations entered in the preset memory,

press the

Preset Scan

button

*

on

the front panel or remote. The tuner will

run through the list of preset stations,

stopping for five seconds at each one.

Press the button again to stop the scan at

your desired station.

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Tuner Operation

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