Harman Kardon AVR80 Owners Manual - Page 27
Automatic, Station Preset Selection, Manual Tuner Preset, Station Name Preset
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AVR80 manual 11/01/98 13:01 Side 21 Basic Operation 21 ENGLISH Automatic Station Preset Selection This process automatically scans the AM and FM bands and enters all stations with proper signal strength into the memory. To automatically preset the tuner's memory, follow these steps: 1. Select the tuner as the unit's input by pressing the AM/FM button 3c. 2. Using the TUNE ^j buttons, select the first station you wish to preset at the low end of the AM or FM band. 3. Start the automatic tuning preset by simultaneously pressing MEMO and TUNE ⁄ on the front panel Ú ^. The station tuned in step #2 will be entered into the tuner's memory as CH 1. The MEMO £ and AUTO MEMO fi indicators will flash. The display will show increasing frequencies to indicate that the auto scan is in progress. 4. Each time the tuner finds a station the scanning will pause and the station will be played for five seconds. During this time you have the following options: a. To enter the station in the next open memory position, no action is needed. After five seconds the tuner will enter the station and the preset number will be visible at the far left side of the main information display. b. The frequency band may be changed by pressing the FM/AM button 3c. c. If the tuner is scanning FM stations, the MODE may be changed from AUTO to mono by pressing the FM MODE button Ù. d. If you do not wish to enter the current station into the preset memory, press the TUNE ⁄ button ^ j on the front panel or remote. 5. After the desired action is completed, or five seconds elapse, the tuner scan will continue. The operation will stop automatically when all 30 preset positions are filled or when both frequency bands have been completely tuned, whichever comes first. To stop the automatic preset process at any time press the CLEAR button Û or any input selection button. Manual Tuner Preset Stations may be manually entered into the tuner's memory in any order. Manual entry is performed from the remote control only. 1. Tune to the desired station as outlined in Tuner Operation Section. 2. Press the MEMO button Úo and note that the MEMO indicator £ will flash. 3. While the indicator is flashing for the next 5 seconds, enter a number from 1 to 30 using the number buttons on the remote m. Any number may be used, but if another station has already been programmed into the location number selected, the previous setting will be lost. a. To enter a single digit memory location, press 0 before the number, or enter the number and wait a few seconds. b. If an invalid number (other than 1-30) is entered in error, the display will flash to alert you that the entry is invalid and it will return to the previous frequency display. 4. When the preset memory has been properly programmed the MEMO indicator £ will stop blinking. Station Name Preset In addition to identifying stations by their broadcast frequency or by the RDS system each preset station manually may be assigned a name using alphanumeric characters. This enables you to identify a station by its call letters, program format, or any other five character phrase. To enter a station name, first preset all stations you wish to program into the tuner's memory. Then, follow these steps: 1. Tune to the desired preset station. 2. Press the MEMO button Ú on the front panel or o on the remote for more than three seconds. 3. Note that a character on the left side of the main information display will start to blink. 4. Enter the first character of the name using either the front panel TUNE ⁄ or ¤ buttons ^ or the alphanumeric buttons m on the remote.
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