AVR 200 (serv.man7) - Harman Kardon Audio User Guide / Operation Manual. Page 23

22 OPERATION

Connections may be made to either the Optical
or Coaxial inputs fi› on the rear panel.

To listen to a PCM digital source, first select the
input for the desired source (e.g., CD) to feed its
video signal (if any) to the TV monitor and to pro-
vide its analog audio signal for recording. Next,
press the Digital Select button ¯ u and
then use the 

‹

›

buttons r on the remote or

the Selector buttons 34 on the front panel until
the desired choice of either OPTICAL or
COAX

appears in the Main Information Dis-

play N. Press the Set button t 31 to enter
the desired choice.

When a PCM source is playing, the Main infor-
mation display will show the input source (e.g.
VID 1) with the words PCM. During PCM play-
back you may select any surround mode except
Dolby Digital.

The AVR 200RDS’s tuner is capable of tuning
AM (MW), FM and FM Stereo broadcast sta-
tions. 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 button % b to select
the tuner as an input.

2. Press the AM/FM button % b again to
switch between AM and FM so that the desired
frequency band is selected.

3. To select a station by tuning manually, press and
release the Tuning buttons ^ lr to move up
or down through the frequency bands one incre-
ment at a time. Continue to press the buttons until
the TUNED indicator M is illuminated for the
desired station’s frequency.
NOTE: The FM Mode button ( f must be
pressed until the MONO indicator goes on in the
display to make all weak stations audible too,
otherwise their sound will be muted.

4. To automatically tune to the next station with
a signal that provides acceptable reception,
press and hold the tuning buttons ^ l
for one second and then release. The tuner will
automatically search for the next station that is
strong enough for good reception and then
stop. Press and hold the buttons again to repeat
the process and find another station.

5. Stations may also be tuned directly by press-
ing the Direct button x on the remote, and
then pressing the Numeric Keys o that cor-
respond to the station’s frequency. The desired 

station will automatically be tuned after the 
latest number is entered.

NOTE: When the FM reception of a stereo sta-
tion is weak, audio quality will be improved by 
switching to Mono mode by pressing the 
FM Mode button ( f until the STEREO
indicator K goes out.

Preset Tuning
Up to 30 stations may be stored in the 
AVR 200RDS’s memory for easy recall using the
front-panel controls or the remote.

To enter a station to the memory, first tune the
station using the steps outlined above, then:

1. Press the Memory button w on the
remote. Note that MEMORY J and PRESET
I indicators will illuminate and flash in the
Information Display.

2. Within five seconds, press the Numeric Keys
o corresponding to the location where you
wish to store this station’s frequency.

3. When the MEMORY J goes out and the
other indicators stop flashing, the station has
been entered into the tuner’s memory.

4. Repeat the process for any additional stations
to be preset.

Auto Preset
• Preset stations may also be programmed
automatically for the FM band. To automatically
enter each station that may be tuned with
acceptable quality into the AVR 200RDS’s preset
memories, first select the FM band. Next, press
the 

›

/UP button i on the remote, the

MEMORY and PRESET indicators begin to
flash in the display and a blinking message
AUTO PRESET

will appear. While this

message blinks (5 seconds) press the 

—

button 

on the remote. Note that the tuner

will search the entire FM band, and stop briefly
at each station that has acceptable signal
strength. The AVR 200RDS will automatically
assign a preset number to each station, and
then search for the next station, while the dis-
play message will alternate between AUTO
PRESET

and IN PROGRESS. The

automatic scan process will stop when all 30
preset memory locations have been filled or the
entire FM band has been scanned three times
or the 

›

/UP button i or the 

—

/FF button

on the remote are pressed again.

NOTE: Using the automatic tuning mode in
areas with more than 30 FM stations will com-
pletely fill the preset memories, and over-write
any previously memorized presets for either AM
or FM stations.

TIP: The automatic scan process may enter sta-
tions that you do not wish to retain in the mem-
ory, or it may enter the same station on more
than one frequency. These unwanted stations
may be removed from the memory using the
Preset Clear function outlined below.

Recalling Preset Stations
• To manually select a station previously
entered in the preset memory, press the 
Numeric Keys o that correspond to the
desired station’s memory location.

• To manually tune through the list of stored
preset stations one by one, press the Preset
buttons * n ` on the front panel or
remote.

• To automatically scan through the stations
entered in the preset memory, press the Preset
Scan button & on the front panel or the DISC
SCIP/PS button g on the remote. The tuner
will run through the list of preset stations, stop-
ping for five seconds at each one. Press the but-
ton again to stop the scan at your desired sta-
tion.

Clearing Preset Stations
To clear a preset station from the tuner’s 
memory, follow these steps:

• Tune to the preset station being removed from
the memory, using one of the methods described
on this page.

• Press the Memory/ Program button w,
the MEMORY J and PRESET I indicators
begin to flash.

• Within five seconds, press the CLEAR
button v, the Main Information Display
N reads CLEAR, followed by the preset
memory number being cleared.

• The tuner will then return to normal 
operation.

• The preset memory number that was cleared
is then “empty” and may be left alone or
assigned to another station.