Harman-Kardon AVR 8500 owner manual Front Panel Controls, Power Indicator #Preset Station Selector

Front Panel Controls

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1 Main Power Switch	!Tuner Band Selector	ÔCoaxial Digital 4 Output
2 System Power Control	@6Ch/8Ch Direct Button	Input/Output Status Indicators
3 Power Indicator	#Preset Station Selector	ÒVideo 5 Input/Output Jacks
4 Headphone Jack	$Stereo Mode Selector /› Button	ÚDTS Surround Mode Selector
5 Dolby Mode Selector	%Input Source Selector	ÛDigital Select Button
6 Home THX Mode Selector	^RDS Selector	ÙVolume Control
7 Logic 7 Mode Selector /‹ Button	&DTS Neo:6 Mode Selector	ıInput Indicators
8 Tone Mode	*Optical Digital 4 Input	ˆMain Information Display
9 DSP Surround Mode Selector	(Optical Digital 4 Output	˜Remote Sensor Window
)Tuning Selector	ÓCoaxial Digital 4 Input	¯Surround Mode Indicators

1Main Power Switch: Press this button to apply power to the AVR. When the switch is pressed in, the unit is placed in a Standby mode, as indicated by the orange LED 3 surrounding the System Power Control 2. This button MUST be pressed in to operate the unit. To turn the unit off completely and prevent the use of the remote control, this switch should be pressed until it pops out from the front panel so that the word “OFF” may be read at the top of the switch.

NOTE: This switch is normally left in the “ON” position.

2System Power Control: When the Main Power Switch 1is “ON,” press this button to turn on the AVR; press it again to turn the unit off (to Standby). Note that the Power Indicator surrounding the switch 3will turn green when the unit is on.

3Power Indicator: This LED will be illuminat- ed in orange when the unit is in the Standby mode to signal that the unit is ready to be turned on. When the unit is in operation, the indicator will turn green.

4Headphone Jack: This jack may be used to listen to the AVR’s output through a pair of head- phones. Be certain that the headphones have a standard 6.3 mm stereo phone plug. Note that the main room speakers and all Preamp Outputs will automatically be turned off when the headphone jack is in use.

5Dolby Mode Selector: Pressing this selector button cycles the AVR through the various Dolby surround modes. The first press of the button switches the surround mode to the last Dolby sur- round mode that was in use.

Each subsequent press selects the next mode in the following order:

	DOLBY	DOLBY PRO LOGIC II MOVIE
	DIGITAL
DOLBY PRO LOGIC II			DOLBY PRO LOGIC II
MUSIC			EMULATION

DOLBY 3 STEREO

Note that DOLBY DIGITAL mode is available only with digital input selected and the other modes only when a Dolby Digital source is not playing.

6Home THX Mode Selector: Press this

button to select Home THX processing. The AVR will automatically select Home THX 5.1 pro- cessing, named "THX CINEMA" with Dolby Digital sources and "THX" with all others, when no Surround back speakers are installed or when an analog source is playing. When Surround Back speakers are installed and any digital multi- channel signal with independent surround channels (any Dolby Digital x/2 or DTS source) is playing the AVR will automatically select the THX Surround EX (7.1) mode, when the button is pressed once. It will keep a 5.1 signal or down- mix any 6.1 signal to 5.1 and select Home THX 5.1 when the button is pressed a second time.

To escape from the THX processing and return to the "Non-THX" mode the button for the surround mode selected previously must be pressed again.

7Logic 7 Mode Selector /‹ Button: This button has two functions: In normal use, press it to select one of the Logic 7 modes. When an adjustment is being made using the Digital Select Ûor the Tone Mode 8button, this button may be pressed to scroll through the available options.

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