Remote Control Functions

The remote is capable of operating the AVR 260 and most Harman Kardon CD changers or players, CD Recorders and Blu-ray players, using the control codes that are part of the remote.

AAVR Power On: When the AVR 260 is in the Standby mode, as indicated by the Power Indicator 2glowing amber, press this button to turn the unit on.

BAVR Power Off: When the AVR 260 is turned on, press this button to place it in the Standby mode. Note that in this condition, the unit is still connected to AC Power.

CSource Selectors: Press these buttons to select an input source for the AVR 260.

DAudio Effects Button: Press this button to go directly to the Audio Effects Menu.

ETransport Controls: These buttons are used to control Play, Play Forward, Play Reverse, Stop, Pause and Record functions on compatible Harman Kardon compact disc players/changers and cassette tape decks.

FMenu Navigation Buttons: Use these buttons to move Up, Down, Left or Right when using the Menu system of the AVR 260.

GSleep Button: Press this button to place the unit in the Sleep mode. Each press of the button selects the amount of time that will remain before the unit will automatically go into the Standby mode, as shown in the Main Information Display C, in the following order:

Holding the button pressed for some seconds will directly turn off the Sleep time selection.

HChannel/Page Button: When the tuner has been selected, this control selects a preset radio station. Press these buttons while operating a cable, satellite or HDTV set-top box or a television to change channels. The Page control may be available with some DVD players when playing a DVD Audio disc containing pages of images associated with a track.

ILast Button: When the tuner is in use, pressing this button returns to the last station tuned. When controlling a cable, satellite or HDTV set-top box or a TV, press this button to return to the previous television channel.

JNumeric Keys: These buttons serve as a ten-button numeric keypad to enter tuner preset positions or track numbers with CD players/ changers or to tune stations directly.

KVideo Modes Button: Press this button to go directly to the Video Modes Menu.

LMenu Button: When using a H/K DVD player with the receiver, you can activate the DVD Menu with this button.

MActivity Button: This button may be programmed to transmit a series of commands with a single press, which is useful for powering on all devices and selecting the correct settings on each device, or for selecting multi-digit channels with a single press. See the section on Programming the Remote for more information on Activities.

Press this button to enter the Activity programming function, or before pressing one of the Buttons that you have programmed with an Activity sequence, to begin transmitting the entire sequence.

NBack/Exit Button: Press this button to go back to the previous Menu or to exit a Menu.

OMaster Volume: Press these buttons to raise or lower the AVR 260’s volume.

PDisc Menu: Press this button to open the menu of a DVD disc that you are watching.

QMute Button: Press this button to momen tarily silence the AVR 260.

RSurround Modes Button: Press this button to enter the Surround Modes selection Menu.

SDevice Power Off: Turns Off the power of other devices that you have selected to control with the Source Selector Buttons C.

TDevice Power On: Turns On the power of other devices that you have selected to control with the Source Selector Buttons C.

UTransmitter Window: Point this area of the remote toward the receiver when using the remote.

VOK Button: This button confirms settings and orders in the menus.

WSettings Buttons: Open the AVR, INFO or SOURCE settings with one press of one of these buttons.

XZone Select: This button slides sideways to switch the remote control between controlling Zone 1 or Zone 2 of the AVR.

YColor Buttons: These four buttons are used as color buttons when controlling a TV set. They have various functions when controlling other devices. Please refer to the remote control Code Tables page 46.