AVR 3550 (serv.man12) - Harman Kardon Audio User Guide / Operation Manual. Page 13

REMOTE CONTROL FUNCTIONS 13

J Direct Button: Press this button when the
tuner is in use to start the sequence for direct
entry of a station’s frequency. After pressing the
button simply press the proper Numeric Keys
H to select a station (See page 31 for more
information on the tuner).

K Tuning Up/Down: When the tuner is in use,
these buttons will tune up or down through the
selected frequency band. If the Tuner Mode but-
ton 

I has been pressed or the Band button

9 on the front panel was held pressed so that
the AUTO indicator P is illuminated, pressing
either of the buttons will cause the tuner to seek
the next station with acceptable signal strength
for quality reception. When the AUTO indicator
P is NOT illuminated, pressing these buttons will
tune stations in single-step increments. (See page
31 for more information.)

L OSD Button: Press this button to activate
the On Screen Display (OSD) system used to set
up or adjust the AVR’s parameters.

M Macro Buttons: Press these buttons 
to store or recall a “Macro”, which is a 
pre-programmed sequence of commands 
stored in the remote. (See page 35 for more
information on storing and recalling macros.)

N Transport Buttons: These buttons do not
have any functions for the AVR, but they may be
programmed for the forward/reverse play opera-
tion of a wide variety of CD or DVD players, and
audio or video- cassette recorders. (See page 35
for more information on programming the
remote.)

O Skip Up/Down Buttons: These buttons
do not have a direct function with the 
AVR 3550, but when used with a compatibly
programmed CD or DVD changer they will
change the tracks on the disc currently being
played in the changer.

P RDS Select Button: Press this button to
display the various messages that are part of the
RDS data system of the AVR 3550’s tuner. (See
page 32 for more information on RDS).

Q Preset Up/Down: When the tuner is in
use, press these buttons to scroll through the
stations programmed into the AVR’s memory.
When CD or DVD is selected using the Input
Selector button 

4, these buttons may func-

tion as Slow Fwd/Rev (DVD) or ”+10” (CD).

 Clear Button: Press this button to clear
incorrect entries when using the remote to 
directly enter a radio station’s frequency.

 Memory Button: Press this button to enter
a radio station into the AVR’s preset memory. After
pressing the button the MEMORY indicator U
will flash; you then have five seconds to enter a
preset memory location using the Numeric
Keys

H. (See page 31 for more information.)

 Delay/Prev Ch.: Press this button to begin
the process for setting the delay times used by
the AVR when processing surround sound. After
pressing this button, the delay times are entered
by pressing the Set button 

F and then using

the 

⁄

/

¤

buttons 

D to change the setting.

Press the Set button again to complete the
process. (See page 21 for more information.)

 

›

Button: Press this button to change a set-

ting or selection when configuring many of the
AVR’s settings.

! Speaker Select: Press this button to
begin the process of configuring the 
AVR 3550’s Bass Management System for use
with the type of speakers used in your system.
Once the button has been pressed, use the

⁄

/

¤

buttons 

D to select the channel you

wish to set up. Press the Set button 

F and

then select the speaker type (see page 19 for
more information.)

" Spare Button: This button does not have
any function for the operation of the AVR 3550,
but it can turn on/off the Multiroom system on
other Harman Kardon AV-receivers with that fea-
ture and the Sub-function on DVD players.

#Volume Up/Down: Press these buttons to
raise or lower the system volume.

$ TV/Video Button: This button does not
have a direct function on the AVR 3550, but
when used with a compatibly programmed VCR,
DVD or satellite receiver that has a “TV/Video”
function, pressing this button will switch
between the output of the player or receiver and
the external video input to that player. Consult
the Owner’s Manual for your specific player or
receiver for the details of how it implements this
function.

% SPL Indicator Select: This button acti-
vates the AVR 3550’s EzSet function to quickly
and accurately calibrate the AVR’s output levels.
Press and hold the button for three seconds and
then release it. Note that the Test Tone will
begin circulating, and the Program Indicator
2 will change colors. During this sequence,
EzSet will automatically adjust the output levels
for all channels until they are equal, as shown by
the Program Indicator lighting green for each
channel. (See page 22 for more information on
EzSet.)

& 6-Ch. Direct Input: Press this button to
select the component connected to the 6-Ch.
Direct Input

 as the source

' Mute: Press this button to momentarily
silence the AVR or TV set being controlled,
depending on which device has been selected.

When the AVR remote is being programmed to
operate another device, this button is pressed
with the Input Selector button 

4 to begin

the programming process. (See page 35 for more
information on programming the remote.)

NOTE: As any of the remote buttons pressed is
active with the device selected, the correspon-
ding Selector button 

45 will briefly flash

red to confirm your selection.