Harman Kardon AVR 635 Owners Manual - Page 32

Basic Operation

Once you have completed the initial setup and configu-

ration of the AVR 635, it is simple to operate and

enjoy. The following instructions will help you maximize

the enjoyment of your new receiver:

Turning the AVR 635 On or Off

• When using the AVR 635 for the first time, you must

press the

Main Power Switch

A

to turn the unit on.

This places the unit in a Standby mode, as indicated by

the amber illumination surrounding the

Standby/On

Switch

1

. Once the unit is in Standby, you may begin

a listening session by pressing the

Standby/On Switch

1

on the front panel, or the

Power On Button

b

or

AVR Selector

e

∫

on the remote. This will turn

the unit on and return the AVR to the input source that

was last used. The unit may also be turned on from

Standby by pressing any of the

Input Selector

Buttons

d

·Á

ç∂

on the remote or the

Input Source Selector Button

7

on the front panel.

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.

NOTE:

After pressing one of the

Input Selector

Buttons

d

·Á

ç∂

to turn the unit on,

press the

AVR Selector

e

∫

to set the remote

control to the AVR 635 functions.

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

a

å

on the

remote. Power will be shut off to any equipment

plugged into the rear-panel

Switched AC Accessory

Outlet

∕

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 program the AVR 635 for automatic turn-off,

press the

Sleep Button

²

on the remote. Each

press of the button will decrease the time before

shut-down in the following sequence:

Once you have set the desired Sleep Time, the front

panel display will automatically dim to half brightness

and return. To check on the time remaining until the

unit shuts off, press the

Sleep Button

²

once.

To cancel the Sleep function, press and hold the

Sleep Button

²

until the information display returns

to normal brightness; and the words

SLEEP

OFF

will appear in the

Lower Display Line

$

.

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 a source, press any of the

Input Selector

Buttons

d

·Á

ç∂

on the remote.

• The input source may also be changed by pressing

the front-panel

Input Source Selector Button

7

.

Each press of the button will move the input selec-

tion through the list of available inputs.

• 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. If the

LEVEL

TRIM

line on the

CHANNELADJUST

menu (Fig. 20) was set to

INDEPENDENT

,

as shown on page 31, the settings for channel out-

put levels will also change to the preset values.

• The front-panel

Video 4 Inputs

N

,

Optical Digital

3 Input

K

or the

Coaxial Digital 3 Input

M

may

be used to connect a device such as a video game

or camcorder 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. 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 2

Video Outputs

‡·

and

Video Monitor Outputs

›

. This permits simultaneous viewing and listening

to different sources.

• When a composite or S-video source is selected, the

video signal for that input will be routed to the

Video

Monitor Output

›

and will be viewable on a TV

monitor connected to the AVR 635.

6-Channel/8-Channel Direct Input

There are two input choices available for use with

sources such as a DVD-Audio or SACD 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 con-

trol without any analog to digital conversion and it

mutes the unused input jacks to prevent unwanted

noise from interfering with system performance.

• The

8CHDIRECT

input should be used

when an input is connected to all eight

8-Channel

Direct Inputs

and when the input source

device has its own internal bass management sys-

tem. 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.

Volume and Tone Control

• Adjust the volume to a comfortable level using the

front-panel

Volume Control

)

or remote

Volume

Up/Down Buttons

r

.

• To temporarily silence all speaker outputs, press the

Mute Button

. This will interrupt the out-

put to all speakers and the headphone jack, but it

will not affect any recording or dubbing that may be

in progress. When the system is muted, the word

MUTE

will flash in the on-screen display and

Upper Display Line

#

, press the

Mute Buttons

again to return to normal operation.

• The unit’s tone controls may be taken out of the

signal path by pressing the

Tone Mode Button

on

the front panel

C

or the remote

µ

. The first

press of either button will show a message in the

on-screen display and

Lower Display Line

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with the current status of the tone controls. The sys-

tem default is

TONEIN

, which indicates that

the bass and treble controls are active. Press the

∕

/

¤

Navigation Button

o

on the remote or

the

‹

/

›

Button

H

on the front panel to change

the setting to

TONEOUT

, which is “flat”

response without the tone controls being active.

• When the tone controls are active, the amount of

bass and treble boost/cut may be adjusted by first

pressing the

Tone Mode Button

on the front panel

C

or the remote

µ

two or three times until the

desired setting (

BASSMODE

or

TREBLE

MODE

) appears in the on-screen display and the

Lower Display Line

$

. Next, use the

∕

/

¤

Navigation Button

o

on the remote or the

‹

/

›

Button

on the front panel

H

to change the setting

as desired. The unit will return to normal operation

within 5 seconds after the setting is changed.

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