HK 3270 (serv.man4) - Harman Kardon Audio User Guide / Operation Manual. Page 17

Operation

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When the programmed time has elapsed
the unit will automatically turn off (to
Standby mode). Note that the front panel
display will dim to one half brightness
when the Sleep function is programmed.
To cancel the Sleep function, press the

button

î 

until the Sleep indicator

numbers disappear and the Information
Display shows the current source. Pressing
any control button while the Sleep control
is activated will momentarily return the
Information Display to full brightness for
increased legibility without interrupting the
Sleep function.

The HK3270 RDS’s tuner is capable of
tuning AM(MW), FM and FM Stereo
broadcast stations. Stations may be tuned
manually, automatically or they may be
stored as favorite station presets and
recalled from a 30-position memory.

Station Selection
1. Press the 

%

or 

^

buttons on

the front panel or on the remote 

ç

to

select the tuner as an input and the
appropriate Band.

2. To automatically search for the next
highest or lowest frequency station that
has an acceptable signal hold the 

⁄

or 

¤

button 

&

on the front or 

˚

or

π

on the remote pressed and release it

when the station frequency indication in
the display begins to increase or decrease.
Tap the 

button 

&˚π

to

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

indicator

illuminates in the display, the station is
properly tuned and should be heard with
clarity.

3. Stations may also be tuned directly by
pressing the 

button 

Q

, and then

pressing the 

R

that

correspond to the station’s frequency. The
desired station will automatically be tuned
as soon as all four (<100MHz) 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 

Ó ø

until the 

indicator in the display

goes out.

Preset Tuning
Up to 30 stations may be stored in the
HK3270 RDS’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 

¬

on the

remote. Note that 

and 

indicators will illuminate and flash in the
Information Display.

2. Within five seconds, press the 

R

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.

Auto Preset
• Preset stations may also be programmed
automatically for the FM band. To
automatically enter each station that may
be tuned with acceptable quality into the
HK3270 RDS’s preset memories, first select
the FM band. Next, press and hold the

button 

S

until the 

and 

indicators begin to flash, and

the station frequency indication begins to

increase. Release the button and note that
the tuner will search the entire FM band,
and stop briefly at each station that has
acceptable signal strength. The HK3270
RDS will automatically assign a preset
number to each station, and then search
for the next station. The automatic scan
process will stop when all 30 preset
memory locations have been filled or the
entire FM band has been scanned three
times or the 

button 

S

is

pressed again.

NOTE: Using the automatic tuning mode in
areas with more than 30 FM stations will
completely fill the preset memories, and
over-write any previously memorized presets
for either AM or FM stations.

TIP: The automatic scan process may
enter stations that you do not wish to
retain in the memory, or it may enter the
same station on more than one frequency.
These unwanted stations may be removed
from the memory using the Preset Clear
function outlined below.

Recalling Preset Stations
• To manually select a station previously
entered in the preset memory, press the

R

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 

( ∂

on the front panel

or remote.

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

button 

* µ

on

the front panel or remote. 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.