HK 990 - Harman Kardon Audio Service Manual (repair manual). Page 6

REMOTE CONTROL

Band: Switches between frequency bands on a 
Tuner.

FM Mode: Switches between Stereo and Mono 
on a Tuner.

Auto: Switches between Automatic and Manual 
tuning on a Tuner.

Mem: For memorizing a radio station in the Pre-
set Memory of a Tuner.

Clear: Clears the memory of a CD/CDR or clears 
a preset from Tuner station list.

Check: Press this button to check the order of 
tracks programmed into a CD player’s memory.

Prog: Press this button to begin the process of 
programming a CD player to play the tracks of a 
disc in a specific order.

Speaker Setup: Press to enter the HK 990
Speaker Setup functions. See below for explana-
tion of the Speaker Setup process.

Input Setup: Press to enter the HK 990 Input 
Setup functions. See below for explanation of the 
Input Setup process.

Arrow Buttons (Fe

Eee): This round but-

ton is used to navigate within the menus of the 
HK 990.

EQ Preset: Press to enter the HK 990 Equalizer
Preset functions. See below for explanation of 
the EQ Presets.

Level Settings: Press to enter the HK 990 Level
Setting functions. See below for explanation of 
the Level Setting process.

Enter: Press to confirm a selection within a 
HK 990 setup procedure or to switch between 
selections. See under each Setup process for fur-
ther explanations.

Scroll ZdI: When listening to a Tuner, press + to 
tune to higher frequency stations and – to tune 
to lower frequency stations. Also see the Owners
Manual for your harman/kardon tuner.

Volume ZdI: Press to adjust the HK 990 vol-
ume up or down.

Select: When listening to a tuner, press this but-
ton to alternate between Auto Tune, Manual Tune 
or Preset Tune.

Pause: When playing a CD, press this button 
to momentarily pause the disc. Press again to 
resume play.

Mute: Press this button to momentarily silence 
the HK 990. “Muted” flashes in the front panel 
display. Press again to re-activate sound output.

EE and FF (Search Buttons): Press one of 
these buttons to search fast forward or back-
ward on a CD or Tape. You can hear intermittent 
sounds from the CD while searching. Normal
playback resumes when you release the button.

.EE and FF. (Skip Buttons): Press one of 
these buttons to move to the next track or to 
the previous track on a CD or Tape. Repeatedly 
pressing one of the buttons skips more tracks. 
On a CD, pressing Skip Forward while playing the 
last track skips to track 1, and pressing Skip Back
while playing track 1 skips to the last track.

Stop: Press this button to stop play of a CD or 
Tape.

Play: Press this button to start playback of a 
CD or Tape. If the CD drawer is open, the drawer 
closes and play begins. Pressing the Play Button
again pauses play momentarily, same as the 
Pause Button.

Z10 and I10: When playing a CD, press the 
+10 Button to skip 10 tracks forward and the 
-10 Button to skip 10 tracks backward from the 
track you are playing. More presses again skips 
10 more tracks. If there are less than 10 tracks to 
the end or start of the CD, the last or first track 
is played.

Folder Z and Folder Ie: When playing a CD 
with MP3 files, these buttons move to the next or 
the previous folder with MP3 material.

Repeat: When playing a CD, pressing this but-
ton once repeats the current track, shown as 
“Rep 1” in the CD player’s display. Pressing once 
more repeats the entire CD, shown as “Rep All” 
in the CD player’s display. Third press exits repeat 
play.

Repeat A-B: When playing a CD, press once to 
establish a starting point (shown as “Rep A” in 
the CD player’s display) and a second time to 
establish an end point (shown as Rep A-B in the 
CD player’s display). The music between these 
two points is repeated as a loop until you press 
the button a third time, returning to normal play. 

Open/Close: Opens the CD drawer when it is 
closed and closes it when it is open. The drawer 
may also be closed by pressing Play.

Random: When playing a CD, press this button 
to play all tracks in random order.

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