Harman Kardon HK330VI Owners Manual - Page 4

hk330

Vi

Receiver

Controls

Thank

you

for

choosing

Harman

Kardon.

You

now

own

a

superb

piece

of

high

fidelity

equipment.

Used

properly,

it

will

provide

you

with

thousands

of

hours

of

musical

enjoyment.

Even

if

you

have

experience

with

high

fidelity

components,

we

nevertheless

ask

you

to

read

and

carefully

follow

the

instructions

in

this

manual.

It

will

insure

a

successful

partnership

between

you

and

your

new

Harman

Kardon

receiver.

The

following

is

a

short

explanation

of

the

operating

controls

and

features

on

the

front

panel

of

your

receiver.

Beginning

on

the

far

lower

left

hand

side

is

the

POWER

button.

It

turns

your

hk33O

Vi

on

and

off.

Here

you

may

plug

a

pair

of

headphones

for

listening

independent

of

either

set

of

speaker

outputs.

The

hk33O

Vi

allows

you

to

turn

off

your

speakers

so

that

you

can

listen

to

the

HEADPHONE

output

only.

Independent

selection

buttons

are

provided

for

two

sets

of

loudspeakers.

You

may

press

one

or

the

other,

or

both.

See

page

8

before

selecting

both

sets

of

loudspeakers.

BASS

and

TREBLE

tone

controls

have

been

designed

to

only

affect

the

sound

below

3OOHz

and

above

3OOOHz,

respectively.

Their

design

allows

corrective

adjustments

of

up

to

+1OdB

at

lowest

and

highest

octaves

without

affecting

midrange

performance.

The

tone

controls

are

recommended

primarily

as

a

method

of

gently

correcting

tonal

deficiencies

(or

overabundances)

in

the

overall

sound

of

your

system.

Thus

an

overly

shrill

recording

or

"boomy"

room

acoustic

may

be

improved

with

a

slight

decrease

in

treble

and

bass,

respectively.

Smaller

loudspeakers

lacking

in

low

end

may

be

enhanced

with

bass

boost.

An

indistinct

vocal

may

be

made

more

clear

by

"boosting"

midrange

through

the

reduction

of

both

treble

and

bass

controls.

Another

excellent

tone

control

use

is

for

the

enhancement

of

video

sound

from

your

VCR

or

TV

tuner.

The

BALANCE

control

is

used

to

distribute

sound

between

right

and

left

speakers.

It

is

especially

useful

if

your

main

listening

position

is

closer

to

one

speaker

than

the

other.

In

this

case,

rotate

the

control

so

more

sound

is

coming

from

the

speaker

farthest

away

from

you.

The two

switches

marked

TAPE

MONITOR

allow

you

to

monitor

up

to

two

tape

decks

connected

to

the

hk33O

Vi.

The

source/

monitor

switch,

when

in

the

"monitor"

position,

defeats

the

FUNCTION

selector

to

the

right.

In

this

position,

you

will

be

able

to

listen

only

to

signals

from

the

tape

deck

which

has

been

selected

with

the

second

switch

(1

or

2).

Also,

the

second

1/2

switch

is

used

to

duplicate

the

tape

in

the

tape

deck

connected

to

the

TAPE

1

OUT

jacks

onto

the

tape

in

the

tape

deck

connected

to

the

TAPE

2

IN

jacks.

You

may

record

onto

a

tape

deck

from

a

source

selected

with

the

FUNCTION

selector,

but

note

that

when

the

source/monitor

switch

is

in

the

"monitor"

position,

the

sound

you

will

be

hearing

is

not

the

original

sound,

but

the

sound

as

processed

by

the

tape

deck.

The

"monitor"

position

should

be

chosen

for

normal

playback

of

tape

material.

Remember

that

the

source/monitor

switch

should

be

in

the

"source"

position

if

listening

to

any

other

material.

To

the

right

of

the

TAPE

MONITOR

switches

are

the

FUNCTION

buttons.

They

let

you

choose

which

sound

source

you

wish

to

listen

to.

All

settings

but

the

tuner

are

used

to

select

the

inputs

of

other

components

such

as

a

Compact

Disc

player

or

turntable.

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