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BDS 580
On-screen Controls
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Connecting Your Analog Recorder
Connect an analog audio recorder’s inputs to the receiver’s Analog Audio Output
connectors. You can record any analog audio input signal.
Connect an analog audio recorder’s inputs to the receiver’s Analog Audio Output
connectors. You can record any analog audio input signal.
Connecting the Microphone
Before you use your BDS, you need to configure it to work with your particular speaker
system. Harman Kardon’s EzSet/EQ system uses the supplied EzSet/EQ microphone to
perform this important step automatically.
Before you use your BDS, you need to configure it to work with your particular speaker
system. Harman Kardon’s EzSet/EQ system uses the supplied EzSet/EQ microphone to
perform this important step automatically.
IMPORTANT: Press the remote control “Disc” button before performing the
EzSet/EQ procedure. The EzSet/EQ procedure is only available when the Disc
input is selected.
1. Plug the supplied EzSet/EQ microphone into the
BDS’s front panel headphone connector.
2. Place the microphone at ear height in your main listening position.
3. Press the remote control’s Home button. The sys-
3. Press the remote control’s Home button. The sys-
tem’s Home Menu screen will appear on the TV.
4. Use the cursor to highlight ‘Settings’ then press OK to
select it. The system settings menu will appear.
5. Use the down cursor button to select ‘Sound’ and press
OK. Use the cursor to select EzSet/EQ and press OK.
6. Remain silent while the test noise plays through the speak-
ers. As the test noise circulates among the speakers, the
screen will show which speaker is being tested.
screen will show which speaker is being tested.
7. When the testing process is complete, the ‘Testing’ mes-
sage on the screen will change to ‘All tests done!’
8. Press the Back button to exit the EzSet/EQ test procedure.
NOTE: If the test fails, the ‘Testing’ message on the screen will change to ‘Ez-
Set/EQ failed’. Make sure all speakers are connected and the room is quiet.
Press the Back button, make sure all speakers are correctly connected and
Press the Back button, make sure all speakers are correctly connected and
perform the test again from step 5.
Connecting Video Sources
Connecting a TV or Video Display
Use the supplied HDMI cable to connect the BDS receiver’s HDMI output to your TV/
video display’s HDMI input. The BDS receiver is HDMI version 1.4a with 3-D and 30/36-
bit Deep Color.
NOTE: If you have devices (such as an Internet modem) already connected di-
Use the supplied HDMI cable to connect the BDS receiver’s HDMI output to your TV/
video display’s HDMI input. The BDS receiver is HDMI version 1.4a with 3-D and 30/36-
bit Deep Color.
NOTE: If you have devices (such as an Internet modem) already connected di-
rectly to your TV, you can feed their sound to the BDS receiver via the HDMI
Monitor Out connector’s Audio Return Channel, and they will not require
additional connections to the receiver.
Connecting Your HDMI Source Devices
If you have any source devices with HDMI connectors, using them will provide the
best possible video and audio performance quality. Since the HDMI cable carries both
digital video and digital audio signals, you do not have to make any additional audio
connections for devices you connect via an HDMI cable.
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