Harman Kardon HK3270 Owners Manual - Page 7

Front Panel Controls

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1

Main Power Switch:

Press this

button to apply power to the HK3270.

When the switch is pressed in the

unit is placed in a Standby mode, as

indicated by the amber LED

3

sur-

rounding the

System Power Control

2

. This button MUST be pressed in

to operate the unit. To turn the unit off

and prevent the use of the remote

control, this switch should be

pressed until it pops out from the

front panel so that the word “OFF”

may be read at the top of the switch.

NOTE:

In normal operation this

switch is left in the “ON” position.

2

System Power Control:

When

the

Main Power Switch

1

is “ON,”

press this button to turn on the

HK3270; press it again to turn

the unit off. Note that the

Power

Indicator

surrounding the switch

3

will turn green when the unit is on.

3

Power Indicator:

This LED will

illuminate in amber when the unit is

in the Standby mode to signal that

the unit is ready to be turned on.

When the unit is in operation, the

indicator will turn green. A red indi-

cator means that the unit is in the

Protect mode, and should be turned

off and then checked for a possible

speaker wire short circuit.

4

Headphone Jack:

This jack may

be used to listen to the HK3270’s

output through a pair of headphones.

Be certain that the headphones have

a standard

1

/

4

" stereo phone plug.

5

Speaker 1 Button:

Press this

button to activate the speaker

connected to the

Speaker 1

output

terminals

ﬂ

.

6

Speaker 1 Button:

Press this

button to activate the speaker

connected to the

Speaker 2

output

terminals

‡

.

7

Bass Control:

Turn this control to

modify the low-frequency output of

the left±right channels by as much as

²10dB. Set this control to a suitable

position for your taste and room

acoustics.

8

Treble Control:

Turn this control

to modify the high-frequency output

of the left±right channels by as much

as ²10dB. Set this control to a

suitable position for your taste and

room acoustics.

9

Balance Control:

Turn this

control to change the relative volume

for the front left±right channels.

)

Phono Button:

Press this button

to select the output of a turntable

which is connected to the

Phono

inputs

§

.

!

Tape Monitor:

Press this

button to listen to the output of a

tape recorder connected to the

Tape Monitor

inputs

ª

. A red LED

indicator will illuminate above the

button to indicate that the input

source is being monitored when the

HK3270 is connected to a three-

head tape deck or another unit with

off-head playback.

@

Tape 2:

Press this button to listen

to the output of a tape recorder or

other device connected to the

Tape 2

inputs

/

.

#

CD Button:

Press this button to

listen to the output of a CD player

connected to the

CD

inputs

¶

.

$

AUX Button:

Press this button

to listen to the output of device

connected to the

AUX

inputs

•

.

%

AM Button:

Press this button to

listen to radio stations in the AM

(MW) frequency band.

^

FM Button:

Press this button

to listen to radio stations in the FM

frequency band.

&

Tuning Button:

Press the left

side of the button to tune lower

frequency stations and the right side

of the button to tune higher frequency

stations. When a station with a strong

signal is tuned, the

TUNED

indicator

will illuminate in the

Information

Display

Ú

. A brief (1±2 second)

press of the button will manually

tune to the next frequency incre-

ment, while pressing and holding

the button for a longer period will

automatically tune to the next station

with a signal strong enough for

acceptable reception.

*

Preset Scan:

Press this button

to automatically scan through the

stations that have been programmed

in the HK3270’s memory. The tuner

will play five seconds of each station

before moving to the next preset

station. To stop the scan when the

desired station is heard, press the

button again. (See page 15 for more

information on the tuner memory

system.)

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