HK 990 Remote Control Functions

HK 990

Remote Control

HK 990 Remote Control Functions

Device On/Off: Press these two buttons to switch on and off a (Harman Kardon) device selected with the Mode button or selected by pressing its System On source button (in both cases, the System On device button lights up).

System Off: Press to switch off the entire system (the HK 990 and other Harman Kardon products that have a remote sensor or are connected to the Remote jacks on the HK 990 back panel).

System On: This group of nine buttons switches on the HK 990 as well as the (Harman Kardon) device labeled on the button (“AMP,” “CD,” “TUNER,” “CDR,” “TAPE”) that you press. It also switches the remote’s frequencies to control the device indicated on the active button and selects this device to be input to the HK 990. Please note that while to a number of remote functions are switched to control the device selected, some of the amplifier’s main functions always remain active, such as Volume. Please refer to the “Remote Function List” on page 10 for information on which functions can be remote controlled for each type of device and which buttons always control the HK 990.

Mode: Press to scroll through the nine System On buttons, each button lighting up in turn. This feature allows you to control the device you select without changing the input of the HK 990. Note that a number of remote functions are always active for the HK 990 no matter which device you select with the Mode button. Refer to the “Remote Function List” on page 10.

Info/RDS: Press to select information for a CD player, such as CD-Text if available on the CD. Selects RDS function for a tuner.

Time: Press to select time information for a CD player or a CD recorder.

Display: Press to switch the display brightness of the HK 990 and other HK units in steps of “Full” brightness, “Reduced” brightness and “Display Off.”

Numeric Buttons (0–9):Press to enter track numbers on CD or CDR units or to enter preset numbers/frequency digits on a tuner. You may begin play of a CD with the Numeric buttons by entering the digits of the track directly. Press “5” to initiate play from track 5, “1” immediately followed by “4” to initiate play from track 14, “2” immediately followed by “7” to initiate play from track 27, etc.

Band: Press to switch between frequency bands on a tuner.

FM Mode: Press to switch between Stereo and Mono on a tuner.

Auto: Press to switch between Automatic and Manual tuning on a tuner.

Mem: Press to memorize a radio station in the Preset Memory of a tuner.

Clear: Press to clear the memory of a CD/CDR or clear a preset from tuner station list.

Check: Press to check the order of tracks programmed into a CD player’s memory.

Prog: Press to begin the process of programming a CD player to play the tracks of a disc in a specific order.

Speaker Setup: Press to enter the HK 990 Speaker Setup functions. See “Speaker Setup” on page 12 for explanation of the process.

Input Setup: Press to enter the HK 990 Input Setup functions. See “Input Setup” on page 11 for explanation of the process.

Arrow Buttons (›‹ ): Press to navigate within the menus of the HK 990.

EQ Preset: Press to enter the HK 990 Equalizer Preset functions. See “EQ Preset” on page 13 for explanation of the EQ presets.

Level Settings: Press to enter the HK 990 Level Setting functions. See “Level Settings” on page 13 for explanation of the level-setting process.

Enter: Press to confirm a selection within an HK 990 setup procedure or to switch between selections. See under each setup process for further explanations.

Scroll +/-:When listening to a tuner, press + to tune to higher-frequency stations and – to tune to lower-frequency stations. Also see the owner’s manual for your Harman Kardon tuner.

Volume +/-:Press to adjust the HK 990 volume up or down.

Select: When listening to a tuner, press this button to alternate between Auto Tune, Manual Tune or Preset Tune.

Pause: When playing a CD, press this button to pause the disc momentarily. Press again to resume play.

Mute: Press this button to silence the HK 990 momentarily. “Muted” flashes in the front- panel display. Press again to re-activate sound output.

‹‹and ›› (Search buttons): Press one of these buttons to search fast forward or backward on a CD or tape. You can hear intermittent sounds from the CD while searching. Normal playback resumes when you release the button.

‹‹and ››(Skip buttons): Press one of these buttons to move to the next track or to the previous track on a CD or Tape. Repeatedly pressing one of the buttons skips more tracks. On a CD, pressing Skip Forward while playing the last track skips to track 1, and pressing Skip Back while playing track 1 skips to the last track.

Stop: Press to stop play of a CD or tape.

Play: Press to start playback of a CD or Tape. If the CD drawer is open, the drawer closes and play begins. Pressing the Play Button again pauses play momentarily, same as the Pause Button.

+10 and –10:When playing a CD, press the +10 button to skip 10 tracks forward and the –10 button to skip 10 tracks backward from the track you are playing. Another press skips 10 more tracks. If there are fewer than 10 tracks to the end or start of the CD, the last or first track is played.

Folder + and Folder – :When the system is playing a CD with MP3 files, press these buttons to move to the next or the previous folder with MP3 material.

Repeat: When playing a CD, pressing this button once repeats the current track, shown as “Rep 1” in the CD player’s display. Pressing once more repeats the entire CD, shown as “Rep All” in the CD player’s display. Third press exits repeat play.

Repeat A-B:When playing a CD, press once to establish a starting point (shown as “Rep A” in the CD player’s display) and a second time to establish an end point (shown as “Rep A-B” in the CD player’s display). The audio between these two points is repeated as a loop until you press the button a third time, returning to normal play.

Open/Close: Press to open the CD drawer when it is closed and to close it when it is open. The drawer may also be closed by pressing “Play.”

Random: When playing a CD, press this button to play all tracks in random order.