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System Remote Control Functions, continued

In addition to controlling the AVr, the AVr remote is capable of controlling five other 

devices, plus your tV and an ipod/iphone that is docked in the AVr’s front-panel uSb 

port. during the installation process, you may program the codes for each of your source 

components into the remote. (See Program the Remote to Control Your Source Devices 

and TV, on page 16, for programming information.) to operate a component, press its 

Source Selector button to change the remote’s control mode. 
A button’s function depends on which component is being controlled. See table A9 in the 

Appendix for listings of the functions for each type of component. most of the buttons 

on the remote have dedicated functions, although the precise codes transmitted vary 

depending on the specific device being controlled. due to the wide variety of functions 

for various source devices, we have included only a few of the most often-used functions 

on the remote: alphanumeric keys, transport controls, television-channel control, menu 

access and power on and off. to return the remote to the AVr control mode at any time, 

press the AVr button. 
IR Transmitter lens: As buttons are pressed on the remote, infrared codes are emitted 

through this lens.
Program Indicator LED: this led lights up to indicate various procedures when the 

remote is in the programming mode.
Power On/Off buttons: press these buttons to turn the AVr or the device being controlled 

on and off. the main power switch on the AVr’s rear panel must be on for this button to 

turn the AVr on and off.

button, on page 5 for more information.

Mute button: press this button to mute the AVr’s speaker-output connectors and 

headphone jack. to restore the sound, press this button or adjust the volume.
AVR button: press this button to switch the remote’s control mode to operate the AVr.
Source Selector buttons: press one of these buttons to select a source device, e.g., 

cable/satellite tuner, radio, etc. this action will also turn on the AVr and switch the 

remote’s control mode to operate the selected source device. 
•  The first press of the Radio Source Selector button switches the AVR to the last-used 

tuner band (Am or fm). each successive press changes the band.

•  The first press of the USB button switches the AVR to the last-used source (USB or 

ipod). each successive press cycles between the two sourcee.

•  The first press of the Network button switches the AVR to the last-used source (Network 

or vtuner). each successive press cycles between the two sources.

Test Tone button: press this button to activate the test tone for calibrating channel 

volume levels by ear.
Channel Volume Adjust button: press this button to activate the individual channel-

level adjustment. It lets you easily change the channel balance to suit different programs 

or seating arrangements. See Manual Speaker Setup, on page 24, for more information.
Channel Up/Down buttons: the channel up/down buttons have no effect on the AVr 

but are used to change channels on tVs and some video sources.
Volume Up/Down buttons: press these buttons to raise or lower the volume.
Tone Controls button: press this button to access the bass and treble controls. use the 

ok button to select an adjustment and use the up/down buttons to change the settings.
Delay Adjust button: pressing this button lets you adjust two different types of delay 

settings (use the up/down buttons to cycle through the settings):
•  A/V Sync: This setting lets you resynchronize the audio and video signals from a source 

to eliminate a “lip sync” problem. lip-sync issues can occur when the video portion of a 

signal undergoes additional processing in either the source device or the video display. 

use the left/right buttons to delay the audio by up to 180ms.

•  Front L/Center/Front R/Surr R/Surr L/Subwoofer: These settings let you set the delay for 

each speaker to compensate for the different distances they may be from the listening 

position. use the up/down buttons to cycle through each of the system’s speakers, 

and use the left/right buttons to set the distance each speaker is from the listening 

position. See Manual Speaker Setup, on page 24, for more information.

Back button: press this button to return to the previous menu screen when you’re using 

the on-screen menu (oSd) system.
Options button: this button allows you to adjust playback and various other options for 

the AVr’s built-in sources and when controlling other components.
OSD button: press this button to activate the on-screen display menu system.
OK button: this button is used to select items from the menu system.
Sleep button: press this button to activate the sleep timer, which turns off the AVr after 

a programmed period of time (up to 90 minutes).
Left/Right/Up/Down buttons: these buttons are used to navigate the menu system.
Number buttons: use these buttons to enter numbers for radio-station frequencies or 

to select station presets.
Direct Station Entry button: press this button before using the number buttons to enter 

a radio station frequency.
Clear button: press this button to clear a radio station frequency you have started to 

enter.
Memory button: to save the currently tuned radio station as a preset, press this button, 

then a number button.
Tuning Mode button: press this button to toggle the radio between manual (one 

frequency step at a time) and automatic (seeks frequencies with acceptable signal 

strength) tuning mode. It also toggles between stereo and mono modes when an fm 

station is tuned in.
Tuning Up/Down buttons: press these buttons to tune a radio station. depending on 

whether the tuning mode has been set to manual or automatic, each press will either 

change one tuning frequency increment at a time or seek the next higher or lower station 

with acceptable signal strength.
Preset Station Up/Down buttons: press these buttons to cycle through your preset 

radio stations.
Night Mode button: press this button to activate night mode with specially encoded 

dolby digital discs or broadcasts. night mode compresses the audio so that louder 

passages are reduced in volume to avoid disturbing others, while dialogue remains 

intelligible. each press of the button advances through the following settings:
•  Off: No compression is applied. Loud passages in the program remain as they were 

recorded.

•  Mid: Loud passages in the program are reduced moderately in volume.
•  Max: Loud passages in the program are reduced more in volume.
Disc Skip button (AVR 1700): this button is used with some optical disc changers to 

skip to the next disc. 
RDS button (AVR 170): when listening to an fm radio station that broadcasts rdS 

information, this button activates the various rdS functions.
Macro buttons: these buttons may be programmed to execute a series of up to 19 

commands with a single button press. they are useful for programming the command 

to  turn  on  or  off  all  of  your  components  or  for  accessing  specialized  functions  for  a 

different component from the one that you are currently operating. See Programming 

Macro Commands, on page 27, for information about programming macros.
Track Skip Up/Down buttons: these buttons are used with the AVr’s built-in sources 

(uSb, ipod, network, Airplay, etc) and many source components to change tracks or 

chapters.
Display Dimmer button: press this button to dim the AVr’s front-panel display partially 

or fully.
Transport Control buttons: these buttons have no effect on the AVr but are used to 

control many source components. by default, when the remote is operating the AVr, 

these buttons will control a harman kardon blu-ray disc

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 player or dVd player.

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