AVR 80MK II (serv.man4) - Harman Kardon Audio User Guide / Operation Manual. Page 26

Basic Operation

and satellite transmission. In addition, a
growing number of made for television
programs, sports broadcasts, radio dra-
mas and music CDs are also recorded in
surround sound. You may obtain a list of
these programs and discs from Dolby
Laboratories Licensing Corp., 100 Potrero
Avenue, San Francisco, CA 94103.

Surround modes may be selected in one
of three ways. 

From the front panel, use the 

⁄

or 

¤

buttons 

#

to scroll

through the list of modes. The selected
mode will appear in large letters in the
front panel display, and in a two line
reminder on the video screen. Once the
selection is made, the mode will continue
to appear in a smaller indictor at the bot-
tom of the front panel display.

IMPORTANT NOTE: Many people
incorrectly presume that sound should
always be heard from the surround
channels. In reality, it is normal for the
surround channels to operate occasion-
ally, and often to be silent. Movie direc-
tors and sound mixers typically use these
channels only when needed to create an
effect or establish ambience. Artificially
increasing the volume level to the sur-
round channels may destroy the illusion
of carefully controlled audio effects and
add unwanted noise to your system.

From the remote, modes may be selected
by simply pressing the button that corre-
sponds to the desired mode. 

e

Modes may also be selected using the on
screen display. Press 

r

on

the remote to display the 

MAIN MENU

.

Then press 

¤

q

twice so that the on

screen cursor is next to 

SURROUND

MODE

. Press 

r

again to

move to the next menu.

At the 

SURROUND MODE MENU

, press

the 

‹

or 

›

buttons 

r

until the desired

mode name appears on the screen. Press

¤

twice until the 

>

cursor is next to

and press

. At the main menu select

MENU OFF

and press 

to exit

the menus.

A different mode may be selected for
audio and video sources. Once a mode
has been selected, it will be attached to
those sources in memory. Thus, you may
select 

THX CINEMA

as the mode for

video and 

HALL SURROUND

for audio.

After the initial selections made, the unit
will automatically return to your pre-
ferred mode for each type of input when-
ever it is chosen.

TV Auto Function
With the increasing sophistication of
today’s home entertainment systems, it
often takes numerous remote controls to
turn on all components in a system. This
receiver’s unique “TV Auto On” function
greatly simplifies that task and reduces
the actions needed to bring your entire
system to life.

If you are using a TV or projector that
has video output, and you wish to use the
output of its tuner as an audio source for
the AVR80

, connect the TV’s audio and

video outputs to the rear panel of the
AVR80

. 

MN 

Once those connections

are made, the AVR80

will automatically

turn on whenever the TV set is on, thanks
to a video sensing circuit in the AVR80

.

This eliminates the need to turn the unit
on separately from the TV.

As long as the TV is on and feeding a
video signal, the AVR80

will remain on.

If no other input source is selected and
the TV is turned off, the AVR80

will turn

off approximately five minutes after the
TV set.

If you select another input, such as CD or
the AM/FM turner after the unit has
turned on, it will remain on even if the
TV is turned off. You must then turn the
receiver off using the front panel or
remote 

buttons.

b(

NOTE: The TV Auto On Function will
only respond to conventional video sig-
nals. It will NOT operate with S-Video.

IMPORTANT NOTE: If you do not
have a video source connected to the 

N 

input, or do not wish to use

this feature, it is important that you dis-
able it. To disable the TV Auto on feature
press the 

and Memo 

7Ú 

buttons

on the front panel at the same time. 
Hold them for a few seconds until the
front panel information display shows

TV AT ON

. Immediately release both

buttons and then quickly press the 

button 

7 

again. The front panel display

will read 

TV AT OFF

. Release the 

button to complete the system change.
Should you wish to reactivate the feature
again in the future, press the buttons 
as shown above and then press the 

button until the display again reads 

TV AT ON

.

Tuner Operation
The FM/AM tuner is extremely flexible,
and offers a number of options. The 
following instructions will enable you 
to take advantage of the tuner’s many
features.

To select tuner operation, press the

button 

£

on the front panel, 

or the remote 

c

. Press the button again

to select the desired frequency band if
required.

Manual up/down tuning is accessible 
by pressing the 

button 

^

either

up 

⁄

or down 

¤

or the Tune/Search

‚

and Tune/Search 

—

j

buttons on the remote. Pressing

these buttons once increases or decreases

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