Harman-Kardon BDS770 owner manual Using the Receiver, Home Menu, Information Menu

BDS 270/BDS 570

Setting Up the Receiver and Using the Receiver

Manual Configuration: After you select your speaker system’s configuration, the speaker setup screen will appear:

Audio Settings

L (0.0 dB, 0.9m/3 ft)

R (0.0 dB, 0.9m/3 ft)

Setting the speaker distances:

1.The front left and front right speakers will be highlighted. Press the OK button. The Level and Distance selection screen will appear.

Audio Settings

L (0.0 dB, 0.9m/3 ft)

R (0.0 dB, 0.9m/3 ft)

7.Press the Cursor Down button. The subwoofer will be highlighted. Press the OK button. The Level and Distance screen will appear.

8.Repeat Steps 2 – 7 for the center speaker, surround speakers and subwoofer.

9.When you have entered the distances to all of your system’s speakers, press the Clear/Exit button repeatedly to return to the Home Menu screen.

NOTE: Leave all the speaker levels set at “0” for now. You will be able to adjust the individual speaker levels once your system is set up and you’re playing music or films. See Adjusting Individual Speaker Volumes, on page 20.

Information Menu

Information

Software Version: BDS_X70 V2.01.16

MAC Address: 00 -1B -44 -12 -1D

Select to browse system information

The Information menu will display the receiver’s software/firmware version number and the receiver’s factory-assigned network MAC address. This screen is for information only and has no user adjustments.

Using the Receiver

NOTE: Before using your new BDS receiver, be sure to set the speaker distances, as

explained in Audio Settings: Speaker Settings, on page 17.

Home Menu

Press the Home button to display the Home Menu screen:

English

2.Press the Cursor Down button to highlight Distance, and press the OK button. The Distance adjustment bars will appear.

Audio Settings

Home Menu

Blu-ray Disc

FM Radio

HDMI input

Component input

Playlist

Settings

Type: Settings

L (0.0 dB, 3.0m/10 ft)

R (0.0 dB, 2.4m/8 ft)

3.Measure the distance from the listening position to each of your system’s speakers, including the subwoofer. Write down the distances.

4.Use the Cursor Left and Right buttons to adjust the “L” bar until it shows the distance you measured to the front left speaker (the arrowheads indicate which speaker is being adjusted).

5.Press the Cursor Down button to highlight the “R” bar. Use the Cursor Left and Right buttons to adjust the bar until it shows the distance you measured to the front right speaker.

6.Press the Clear/Exit button twice to return to the speaker setup screen (the front left and front right speakers will still be highlighted).

The available sources are listed on the left.

If a disc has been inserted into the receiver’s built-in disc slot, it will appear on the list as either “CDDA” (CD), “DVD Video” (DVD) or “Blu-ray Disc.” If you have inserted a USB device into the receiver’s USB port, it will appear on the list as “USB.”

NOTE: Digital and analog audio sources connected to the receiver’s rear-panel digital and line inputs will not appear on the list but can be selected using the remote’s “Aux” Input button (see Listening to Audio Sources, on page 24).