Harman Kardon AVR 745 Owners Manual - Page 46

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(AM, FM or XM) appears. To change stations within

a frequency band, press the

Tuning Selection

3

.

• You may also press the front panel’s

Tuner Band

Selector

4

to select the tuner. The first press

will select the last used frequency band and station.

Subsequent presses will change the frequency

bands, selecting the last used station or XM pro-

gram used. Press the

Tuning Selection

3

to

change stations within a frequency band.

• From the TC 30 remote, press the

Devices Button

4

and then press the

Screen Button

6

to the

left of

AudioInputs

. When the next page

of options appears on the

LCD Screen

7

, press

the

Screen Button

6

to the left of

Tuner

.

The tuner will become the active input and the

options on the LCD screen will become those needed

for tuner operation. Press the

Screen Button

6

next to any option to use it. For example, press the

Screen Button

6

next to

FM-AM-XM

to

change the frequency band. To tune up or down

through the current frequency band, press the

Screen Button

6

next to

TuningUp

or

TuningDown

. When the tuner is the active

device on the TC 30, the Channel Up/Down buttons

are used to change station presets.

• To directly access the commands used for listening

to FM radio, press the

Activities Button

3

and

then press the

Screen Button

6

to the right of

ListentoFMRadio

.

• To select the tuner from the ZR 10 remote, press

the

Tuner Selector

É

, or for XM Radio press

the

XM Radio Selector Button

ƒ

(when an

optional XM Connect & Play or Passport module

is connected and the programming service has

been activated).

• To change the tuning mode, press the

Tuning Mode

Selector

8

or the TC 30

Screen Button

6

next

to

TuneM

.

When the button is pressed so that

AUTO/

STEREO

appears in the

Upper Display Line

#

, each press will put the tuner in a scan mode

that seeks the next higher or lower frequency station

with acceptable signal strength. An

AUTO ST

TUNED

indication will momentarily appear when

the station stops at a stereo FM station, and an

AUTO TUNED

indication will momentarily

appear when an AM or monaural FM station is

tuned. Press the Tuning buttons again to scan to

the next receivable station.

When the button is pressed so that

MANUAL/

MONO

appears in the

Upper Display Line

#

,

each tap of the Selector will increase or decrease

the frequency by one increment. When the tuner

receives a strong-enough signal for adequate recep-

tion,

MANUAL TUNED

will appear in the

Lower Display Line

$

.

• Stations may also be tuned directly in either the

automatic or manual mode.To enter a station’s fre-

quency directly, first select the AM or FM band as

shown above. Next, press the

Direct Button

μ

or the

Screen Button

6

next to

Direct

.

Within 5 seconds of when

DIRECT IN

scrolls

in the

Upper Display Line

#

, enter the station

frequency by pressing the

Numeric Keys

k

.

If you press an incorrect button while entering a

direct frequency, press the

Clear Button

¬

to

start over.

NOTE:

When FM reception of a station is weak, audio

quality will be increased by switching to Mono mode

by switching to the

MANUAL/MONO

mode.

Preset Tuning

Using the remote, up to 30 stations may be stored in the

AVR 745’s memory for easy recall, using the front-panel

controls or the remote.

To enter a station into the memory, first tune the station

using the steps outlined above. Then:

1. Press the

Memory Button

ø

on the ZR 10

remote; the station’s frequency will flash or press the

Screen Button

6

next to

Memory

.

2. Within 5 seconds, press the

Numeric Keys

Δ

H

corresponding to the location where you wish

to store this station’s frequency. Once entered, the

preset number will appear in the

Upper Display

Line

#

.

3. Repeat the process after tuning any additional

stations to be preset.

Recalling Preset Stations

• To manually select a station previously entered in

the preset memory, press the

Numeric Keys

Δ

H

that correspond to the desired station’s memory

location.

• To manually tune through the list of stored preset sta-

tions one by one, press the

Preset Stations Selector

Buttons

6v

on the front panel or the remote, the

Prev/Next Transport Controls

π

on the ZR 10

remote, or the

Channel Up/Down Buttons

G

on

the TC 30 remote control when the tuner is the

active input device.

XM Radio Operation

XM Radio is a satellite-delivered service that offers

hundreds of program channels, as well as local traffic

and weather information for select cities. The AVR 745

is “XM Ready,” which means that the unit is able to

receive the XM service when an optional XM Connect

and Play or Passport module is connected and the

service activated. You may purchase the antenna

module needed for XM Radio from many electronics

or online retailers, or directly from XM Radio through

the “Home Receivers” section of the XM Radio Store

at www.xmradio.com.

Once you have purchased the XM module, follow

the instructions accompanying it to activate the XM

Service. Connect the plug on the XM module to the

XM Ready Module Input

Ó

on the rear panel of the

AVR 745. For best results, point the antenna module

out a window, again, following the instructions packed

with the XM product. If a window view is not available

for the antenna, XM Radio operates a series of terres-

trial repeater stations that may be able to provide

reception, though this service is not available

everywhere.

IMPORTANT NOTE: XM Radio requires both the

optional, external antenna module and a sub-

scription to the XM Radio service. Antenna and

service sold separately; XM Radio is not avail-

able in Alaska or Hawaii.

If you need to view the antenna module’s number,

connect it to the AVR and then follow one of the steps

shown below to select XM Radio as the input source.

Tune to “000” to get a readout of the number.

Once you have an activated module connected, follow

one of these steps to select XM Radio as your sys-

tem’s audio source:

• From the front panel, press the

Input Source

Selector

6

. If XM was the last used tuner source,

it will appear; or press the button again until XM

Radio is heard. Press the

Tuning Selection

3

to change stations within a frequency band. Press

the

Tuning Selection

3

to select a different

XM channel.

• From the TC 30 remote, press the

Devices Button

4

and then press the

Screen Button

6

to the

left of

AudioInputs

. When the next page

of options appears on the

LCD Screen

7

, press

the

Screen Button

6

to the left of

Tuner

.

The tuner will become the active input and the

options on the LCD screen will become those need-

ed for tuner operation. Press the

Screen Button

6

next to any option to use it. For example, to

tune up or down through the current frequency

band, press the

Screen Button

6

next to

TuningUp

or

TuningDown

. When

the tuner is the active device on the TC 30, the

Channel Up/Down buttons may be used to change

station presets.

• The easiest way to select XM Radio as a source

with the TC 30 remote is to invoke the XM Activity.

First press the

Activities Button

3

and then

press the

Screen Button

6

to the right of

ListentoXMRadio

. This will both

select XM Radio as the unit’s input and change the

options shown on the

LCD Screen

7

to those

appropriate for XM Radio. To tune through the list of

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