User manual HARMAN KARDON AVR 1550

[. . . ] AVR 1550 Audio/Video Receiver OWNER'S MANUAL ® Power for the Digital RevolutionTM Table of Contents 3 4 4 5 7 8 9 11 11 11 12 13 14 14 14 14 14 14 16 16 17 17 19 19 19 19 20 21 21 22 22 22 23 23 23 23 24 24 26 27 27 28 Introduction Safety Information Unpacking Front Panel Controls Front Panel Information Display Rear Panel Connections Remote Control Functions Installation and Connections Audio Equipment Connections Video Equipment Connections SCART A/V Connections Speaker Selection and Placement System Configuration First Turn On Settings to be Made With Each Input Used Input Setup Speaker Setup Surround Setup Making Settings independent of selected Input Delay Settings Night Mode Settings Output Level Adjustment Operation Basic Operation Source Selection Controls and Use of Headphones Surround Mode Chart Surround Mode Selection Digital Audio Playback Selecting a Digital Source Digital Status Indicators Night Mode Tape Recording Output Level Trim Adjustment Display Brigthness Memory Backup Tuner Operation RDS Operation Function List Troubleshooting Guide Processor Reset Technical Specifications Declaration of Conformity We, Harman Consumer International 2, route de Tours 72500 Château-du-Loir, FRANCE declare in own responsibility, that the product described in this owner's manual is in compliance with technical standards: EN 55013/6. 1990 EN 55020/12. 1994 EN 60065:1993 EN 61000-3-2/4. 1995 Carsten Olesen Harman Kardon Europe A/S 09/02 Typographical Conventions In order to help you use this manual with the remote control, front-panel controls and rear-panel connections, certain conventions have been used. EXAMPLE ­ (bold type) indicates a specific remote control or front-panel button, or rear-panel connection jack EXAMPLE ­ (OCR type) indicates a message that is visible on the front-panel information display 1 ­ (number in a square) indicates a specific front-panel control 0 ­ (number in a circle) indicates a rear-panel connection 0 ­ (number in an oval) indicates a button or indicator on the remote A ­ (letter in a square) indicates an indicator in the front-panel display 2 TABLE OF CONTENTS Introduction Thank you for choosing Harman Kardon!With the purchase of a Harman Kardon AVR 1550 you are about to begin many years of listening enjoyment. The AVR 1550 has been custom designed to provide all the excitement and detail of movie sound tracks and every nuance of musical selections. [. . . ] To select that option press the arrow buttons C & so that S U B (LFE) appears in the display. · If a subwoofer is connected and you wish to use it for bass reproduction in conjunction with the main front left/right speakers, regardless of the type of program source or surround mode you are listening to, press the arrow buttons C & so that L/R+LFE appears in the display. When this option is selected, a "complete" feed will be sent to the front left/right "main" speakers, and the subwoofer will receive the front left and right bass frequencies under the crossover frequency 80 Hz, additionally to the LFE soundtrack (see above). When all speaker selections have been made for the input selected, Press the Enter button E on the remote control, or the Set button on the front Ó twice or simply wait for three seconds until the display returns to the normal mode. SYSTEM CONFIGURATION 15 System Configuration To assist in making these settings, the icons in the Speaker/Channel Input Indicators P will change as the speaker type is selected at each position. When only the inner icon box is lit, the speaker is set for "small. When the inner box " and the two outer boxes with circles inside them are lit, the speaker is set for "large. " When no indicator appears at a speaker location, that position is set for "none" or "no" speaker. As an example, in the Figure below, the left front and right front speakers are set for "large, " the center, left surround and right surround speakers are set for small, and a subwoofer is set. After the speaker setting has been made with one input, repeat as described above with all inputs you will use. In most cases, the speaker type will be the same and may be quickly entered by entering the same data used for the original input. But with some music sources you may prefer to listen to your surround system without using a Center speaker, particularily when a small Center is in use with an audio performance not matching perfectly with the main front speakers. With these sources selected the Center speaker will then be turned off automatically (enter NONE for the Center setting), while its signal will be fed to the left and right Fronts. The speaker setting mode can also be changed at any time later, and the AVR 1550´s memory system will keep these settings for the input selected, until they are changed again. Surround Setup Once the speaker setup has been completed, the next setup step is to set the surround mode you wish to use with each input. Since surround modes are a matter of personal taste, feel free to select any mode you wish ­ you may change it later. The Surround Mode chart on page 20 may help you select the mode best suited to the input source selected. However, to make it easier to establish the initial parameters for the AVR 1550, it is best to select any Dolby Pro Logic II mode for most analog inputs and Dolby Digital for inputs connected to digital sources. In the case of inputs such as a CD Player, Tape Deck or Tuner, you may wish to set the mode to Stereo, if that is your preferred listening mode for standard stereo sources, where it is unlikely that surround encoded material will be used. To set the surround mode you wish to use with the input selected, press the Surround Mode Selector button 7 on the front or 9 and the //¤ buttons C on the remote until the desired surround mode´s name appears in the Main Information Display M. Note that Dolby Digital and DTS will only appear as choices when a digital input has been selected. After the surround mode setting has been made with the current input, repeat the setting with all inputs you will use. The surround mode can also be changed at any time later, and the AVR 1550´s memory system will keep the settings for the input selected, until they are changed again. Making Settings independent of selected Input After the settings described above have been made for all input sources in your system, the following settings, made with any input, will remain in effect independent of the input selected. Delay Settings Only for the Dolby Digital or Dolby Pro Logic II modes, you will need to adjust the delay time setting. [. . . ] The tuner will make up to one complete scan of the entire FM band for the next station that matches the desired PTY type and has acceptable reception quality. If no such station is found, the display will read NONE for some seconds and the tuner will return to the last FM station in use before the search. The display will show NONE, when such a station is selected and PTY is active. To identify as traffic station, they transmit a specific traffic code constantly, which causes the TA Indicator K to light in the display. [. . . ]