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BDS

Preparing the Remote Control 

and Setting Up the Receiver

1.  press and hold the source button for the main device the remote will be operating. 

The button will light up, go dark and then light up again. Release the button.

2.  select the type of punch-through programming.

a) for “punch-through” channel control, press the Channel + button.
b) for “punch-through” transport control, press the play button.

3. press the aux button. The original source button will flash to confirm operation.
you can repeat step 1 – step 3 for any of the remote’s source buttons (Disc, Radio, etc.).
NOTe: “punch-through” channel and transport commands will override the existing 

commands for those buttons in the source modes you program.
To undo “punch-through” programming, follow the same steps as above, but press the 

same source button in step 1 and step 3.

1.  press and simultaneously hold down the aux and Bookmark (green) buttons on 

the BDs remote control for at least three seconds. The BDs remote will enter the 

learning mode after the aux button LeD turns on.

2.  press and release the remote control button that you want to erase. The aux button’s 

LeD will flash three times.

3.  To erase other buttons, press the selected buttons.
4.  To exit the erase mode, press aux button.

1.  press and simultaneously hold down the aux and Thumbnail (yellow) buttons on the 

BDs remote control for at least three seconds.

2.  The aux LeD will flash three times and exit learn-erase mode. Note: By erasing all 

learned codes, all of the BDs remote buttons will return to their original functions.

If you have connected an apple TV to the BDs receiver’s HDMI 3 input, you can also use 

the BDs remote to control an apple TV that is streaming audio and video files stored 

on your home network, or accessing media from an Internet service such as Netflix, as 

shown in the illustration below.

Menu 

Button

Cursor Right Button

OK Button

Up Button

Right Button

Play/Pause Button

Cursor Left 

Button

Left Button

Down 

 Button

Play/Pause 

Button

select any other input source to return the BDs remote to its normal operation.

pressing the remote’s aux Input button will put the remote into the auxiliary-control mode, 

and it will control the auxiliary component(s) via the codes you have programmed into it. 
To switch the remote back to the BDs receiver-control mode from the auxiliary-control 

mode, press any of the other Input buttons or the Home button.

NOTe: The menu screens shown in this manual are for illustrative purposes and may 

differ somewhat from the actual displays.
To set up your BDs receiver, you will use the remote to navigate through all of the on-

screen menus and to make selections from them.

 

• Use the Cursor Up/Down buttons to navigate through the menu list. when an item is 

highlighted, a blue border will appear around it.

 

• To select a highlighted item, press the Ok button. The screen will change depending 

on your selection. 

 

• To return to the previous screen, press the previous button.

when you turn your BDs receiver on for the first time, the on-screen menu will display 

the Initial setup screen. The first screen lets you set the language you want the BDs 

receiver to use.

Initial Setup

Please select which language you would like the

BDS menus to appear in.

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after you set the language, press the Ok button and the Initial setup introduction screen 

will appear.

Initial Setup

Welcome to the Harman Kardon BDS setup wizard.

Some simple information is needed to ensure you

get the best experience from your product.

You can adjust any of these settings later and review

advanced user settings by selecting ‘Settings’ from

the BDS Home Menu.

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