User manual HARMAN KARDON A300

[. . . ] Whether the text appears in all uppercase or upper- and lowercase characters, performance and operation remain the same. 2 TABLE OF CONTENTS Introduction Thank you for choosing Harman Kardon!With the purchase of a Harman Kardon A300 you are about to begin many years of listening enjoyment. Designed to provide all the excitement and detail of movie soundtracks and every nuance of musical selections, the AVR is truly a multichannel receiver for the new millennium. In addition to the traditional 5. 1 digital decoding modes such as Dolby Digital and DTS, it offers the latest advancements in surround technology such as Dolby Pro Logic II, the full suite of DTS modes, DTS Neo:6 and the latest 5. 1 channel versions of Harman's own Logic 7 technology. [. . . ] However, should you wish to change one of the settings, please proceed to the SPEAKER X-OVER submenu, as shown in Figure 10. Buttons Ea on the remote 6. Press the to select the option that best describes the surround speakers in your system based on the speaker definitions shown on page 23. </ > Figure 10 To change the setting for any of the three speaker groups Left/Right, Center or Surround, press the //¤ Buttons D until the cursor is next to the line where you wish to make a change and then press the </ > Buttons Ea until the desired setting appears. The available choices at which point low-frequency information will be sent to the subwoofer (or to the Front Left/Right speakers in case subwoofer is set to OFF), rather than to the speaker channel, are 40Hz, 60Hz, 80Hz, 100Hz, 120Hz, 150Hz and 200Hz. Pick the choice that is identical to the information for the speakers, or if an exact match is not possible, pick the closest choice that is ABOVE the speaker's lowfrequency limit to avoid the creation of a low-frequency "hole" where your system will have no bass information. In cases where LARGE has been selected as the front channel speaker option and L/R+LFE has been selected as the subwoofer option, the front channel sound information below the crossover point selected for the L/R front speakers (when fronts are set to "Small") will be sent to BOTH the front channel speakers and the subwoofer. The crossover settings for the Left/Right, Center and Surround speakers are used to determine where bass information is sent when it is derived from the main channels of a source. The setting for the menu line shown as LFE is used to impose a low-pass filter point for the information in the Low Frequency Effects (LFE) channel that is a part of Dolby Digital- and DTS-encoded source material. While the LFE channel, which is the ". 1" you see in surround sound designations, is restricted to low fre-quency sounds, some mixes may include information that is higher in frequency than your subwoofer is capable of reproducing. To prevent unwanted sounds from being sent to subwoofers that cannot handle them and which do not have a built-in low-pass filter, the LFE option line enables you to select a setting for the low-pass filter that is part of the subwoofer feed from the LFE channel. The settings available are the same as those tied to any one of the four available speaker positions on this submenu. We recommend that you use the frequency that is just slightly higher than the upper capability limit of your subwoofer, as shown in the sub's Owner's Manual. If another speaker position needs to be changed, press the </> buttons 7 on the front panel or the //¤ buttons D on the remote to select a different speaker position, press the Set button @ F and then the </> buttons 7 on the front panel or the //¤ buttons D on the remote until the correct speaker setting is shown and press the Set button @ F again to confirm the selection. To assist in making these settings, the icons in the Speaker/Channel Input Indicators $ 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. 26 SYSTEM CONFIGURATION Note: These icons are available only when making setup changes without the use of the full OSD mode. As an example, in the Figure below, all speakers are set for "large, " and a subwoofer is set. most channels, they need not be entered again for a version of that mode with fewer channels. However, you will need to enter the delay settings separately for each variant mode, such as Dolby Pro Logic II ­ Music, Dolby Pro Logic II ­ Game, Dolby Pro Logic, Dolby 3 Stereo. Delay times are adjustable for all surround modes. Although all channels will appear on screen with the default or previously entered distances, the menu system will only allow you to adjust the settings for those channels which are actually used by the current surround mode. For example, when you are listening to music CDs using the CD input in DSP Surround Off mode, you may adjust the delay settings for the front left, front right and subwoofer channels only. The cursor will simply skip the other channels as you navigate through the menu. [. . . ] Search (DVD) Stop (DVD) Pause (DVD) Skip ­ (DVD) Skip + (DVD) R. Search (DVD) Stop (DVD) Pause (DVD) Skip ­ (DVD) Skip + (DVD) R. Search (DVD) Stop (DVD) Pause (DVD) Skip ­ / R. Search Record Stop Pause Pause FUNCTION LIST 47 ENGLISH Troubleshooting Guide SYMPTOM Unit does not function when Main Power Switch 1 is pushed CAUSE · No AC Power SOLUTION · Make certain AC power cord is plugged into a live outlet · Check to see if outlet is switch controlled · Make certain that all input and speaker connections are secure · Press Mute button c · Turn up volume control · Check speaker-wire connections for shorts at receiver and speaker ends · Contact your local Harman Kardon service depot Display lights, but no sound or picture · Intermittent input connections · Mute is on · Volume control is down No sound from any speaker; light around Power switch 2 is red · Amplifier is in protection mode due to possible short · Amplifier is in protection mode due to internal problems · Incorrect surround mode · Input is mono · Incorrect configuration · Stereo or Mono program material No sound from surround or center speakers · Select a mode other than Stereo · There is no surround information from mono sources (except with Theater and Hall surround modes) · Check speaker mode configuration · Some surround modes may not create rear-channel information from nonencoded programs · Change remote batteries · Press the AVR Selector 5 · Make certain front-panel sensor is visible to remote or connect remote sensor · Move unit or antenna away from computers, fluorescent lights, motors or other electrical appliances · Resume play for DVD · Check that Digital Signal is fed to the Digital Input selected Unit does not respond to remote commands · Weak batteries in remote · Wrong device selected · Remote sensor Ú is obscured Intermittent buzzing in tuner · Local interference Letters flash in the Channel Indicator Display $ and Digital Audio stops · Digital audio feed paused Processor Reset In the rare case where the unit's operation or the displays seem abnormal, the cause may involve the erratic operation of the system's memory or microprocessor. 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