AVR 35 (serv.man4) - Harman Kardon Audio User Guide / Operation Manual. Page 29

Operation

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The AVR35RDS’s tuner is capable of tuning
AM, FM and FM Stereo broadcast stations.
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 

button 

# l

to

select the tuner as an input.

2. Press the 

button 

# l

again

to switch between AM and FM so that the
desired frequency band is selected.

3. Press the 

button 

r

on the

remote or hold the 

button 

# l

on the front panel pressed for minimum 1
second to select manual or automatic
tuning.

When the 

indicator 

O

is illumin-

ated in the Main Information Display the
tuner will only stop at those stations that
have a strong enough signal to be received
with acceptable quality.

When the 

indicator 

Q

is illumin-

ated, the tuner is in a manual mode and
will stop at each frequency increment in
the selected band.

4. To select stations press the 

button 

% v

. When the 

indicator

O

is illuminated each press will cause the

tuner to search for the next highest or
lowest frequency station that has an
acceptable signal. When tuning FM
stations in the Auto mode, the tuner will
play them in stereo or mono mode, just as
their program is transmitted. To tune to
the next station, press the button again. If
the 

indicator 

Q

is illuminated, tap

the 

button 

% v

to advance one

frequency increment at a time, or press
and hold it to locate a specific station. When
the 

indicator 

R

illuminates, the

station is properly tuned and should be
heard with clarity.

5. Stations may also be tuned directly by
pressing the 

button 

s

, and then

pressing the 

n

that

correspond to the station’s frequency. The
desired station will automatically be tuned
as soon as all four (< 100 MHz) or five
(up from 100 MHz) frequency digits are
entered.

NOTE: When the FM reception of a stereo
station is weak, audio quality will be
increased by switching to Mono mode by
pressing the 

button 

r

on

the remote or holding the 

button

# l

on the front panel pressed for

minimum 1 second until the 

indicator 

P

goes out.

Preset Tuning
Up to 30 stations may be stored in the
AVR35RDS’s memory for easy recall.

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

1. Press the 

button 

q

on the

remote. Note that 

indicator 

N

will illuminate and flash in the
Information Display.

2. Within five seconds, press the 

n

corresponding to the location

where you wish to store this station’s
frequency.

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

n

that correspond to

the desired station’s memory location.

• To manually tune through the list of
stored preset stations one by one, press the

buttons 

& u

on the front panel

or remote.

• To automatically scan through the
stations entered in the preset memory, press
the 

button 

^

on the front

panel. The tuner will run through the list of
preset stations, stopping for five seconds at
each one. Press the button again to stop the
scan at your desired station.

The AVR35RDS is equipped with RDS
(Radio Data System), which brings a wide
range of information to FM radio. Now in
use in many countries, RDS is a system for
transmitting station call signs or network
information, a description of station
program type, text messages about the
station or specifics of a musical selection
and the correct time.

As more FM stations become equipped with
RDS capabilities, the AVR35RDS will serve
as an easy-to-use centre for both
information and entertainment. This
section will help you take maximum
advantage of the RDS system.