Harman-Kardon AVR 8500 owner manual Basic Tuner Operation

Tuner Operation

Basic Tuner Operation

The AVR 8500’s tuner is capable of tuning AM, FM and FM Stereo broadcast stations and receiv- ing RDS data. Stations may be tuned manually, or they may be stored as favorite station presets and recalled from a 30 position memory.

Station Selection

1.Press the AM/FM Tuner Select button 6 on the remote to select the tuner as an input. The tuner may be selected from the front panel by either pressing the Input Source Selector % until the tuner is active or by pressing the Tuner Band Selector !at any time.

2.Press the AM/FM Tuner Select button 6 or Tuner Band Selector !again to switch between AM and FM so that the desired frequen- cy band is selected.

3.Press the Tuner Mode button Ion the

remote or hold the Band Selector !on the front panel pressed for 3 seconds to select manu- al or automatic tuning.

When the AUTO indicator Jis illuminated in the Main Information Display ˆthe tuner will only stop at those stations that have a strong enough signal to be received with acceptable quality.

When the AUTO indicator Jis not illuminated, the tuner is in a manual mode and will stop at each frequency increment in the selected band.

4.To select stations press any Tuning button ) K. When the AUTO indicator Jis illumin- ated, press the button to cause the tuner to search for the next highest or lowest frequency station that has an acceptable signal or hold the button pressed to tune fastly and release it to start the auto search. In the Auto mode the tuner will play each station in stereo or mono mode, just as the program is transmitted. If the AUTO indicator Jis not illuminated, tap the Tuning button )Kto advance one frequency incre- ment at a time, or press and hold it to locate a specific station. When the TUNED indicator I illuminates, the station is properly tuned and should be heard with clarity.

5.Stations may also be tuned directly by pressing the Direct button J, and then pressing the Numeric Keys Hthat correspond to the sta- tion’s frequency. Note that for entering numbers higher than 100 you need to enter only the ”1” rather than ”10”, the first ”0” will be added automatically. The desired station will automati- cally be tuned after the latest number is entered. If you press an incorrect button while entering a

direct frequency, press the Clear button	to
start over.

NOTE: When the FM reception of a stereo station is weak, audio quality will be increased by switching to Mono mode by pressing the Tuner Mode button Ion the remote or hold- ing the Band Selector !on the front panel pressed for 3 seconds until the STEREO H and AUTOJindicators go out.

Preset Tuning

Using the remote, up to 30 stations may be stored in the AVR’s memory for easy recall using the front panel controls or the remote.

To enter a station into the memory, first tune the station using the steps outlined above. Then:

1. Press the Memory button on the remote. Note that MEMORY indicator Gwill illumi- nate and flash in the Main Information Display ˆ.

2.Within five seconds, press the Numeric Keys Hcorresponding to the location where you wish to store this station’s frequency. Once entered, the preset number will appear in the Main Information Display ˆ.

3.Repeat the process after tuning any additional stations to be preset.

Recalling Preset Stations

•To manually select a station previously entered in the preset memory, press the Numeric Keys Hthat correspond to the desired station’s memory location.

•To manually tune through the list of stored pre- set stations one by one, press the Preset

Stations Selector buttons #	on the front
panel or remote.

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