Harman Kardon AVR 525 User Manual

MAIN REMOTE CONTROL FUNCTIONS
IMPORTANTNOTE:]he AVR525'sremotemaybe
programmedto controlupto eightdevices,including
theAVR525 Beforeusingtheremote,itisimportantto
remembertopresstheInputSelectorButtonO
thatcorrespondstotheunityouwishto operate
Inaddition,theAVR525'sremoteisshippedfrom
thefactoryto operatetheAVR525 andmost
HarmanKardonCDor DVDplayersandcasselle
deckslhe remoteisalsocapableof operatinga
widevarietyofotherprodudsusingthecontrolcodes
thatarepailof theremoteBeforeusingtheremote
withotherproduds,followtheinstructionsonpages
44 53 toprogramthepropercodesfortheproduds
inyoursystem
It isalsoimpoflantto rememberthatmanyof thebut-
tonsontheremoletakeondifferentflJnctions,depend
ingontheprodudselectedusingtheDeviceControl
SelectorsThedescriptionsshownhereprimarilydetail
theflJndionsoftheremotewhenit isusedtooperate
theAVR525 (Seepage40for informationabout
alternateflJndionsfortheremole'sbullons)
O PowerOFFButton: Pressthisbuttonto placethe
AVR525or aselecteddeviceintheStandbymode
NolethatthiswillturnoffthemainroomflJndions,butif
theMultiroomsystemis activated,itwillcontinueto
flJnction
IRTransmitterWindow:Pointthiswindow
towardstheAVR525whenpressingbuttonsonthe
remoteto makecertainthatinfraredcommandsare
properlyreceived
Program/SPLIndicator:lhis threecolorindica
torisusedtoguideyouthroughthe processof pro
grammingtheremoteor learningcommands%m a
remoteintotheAVR525'sremotecodememoryand
it isalsousedasa levelindicatorwhenusingthe
remote'sEzSetcapabilities(Seepage24for more
informationonsettingoutputlevels,andseepage38
forinformationonprogrammingtheremote)
PowerOnButton:Pressthisbuttontoturnon
thepowerto adeviceselectedbypressingoneof the
InputSelectors
InputSelectors:Pressingoneofthesebuttons
willperformthreeactionsatthesametime First,if the
AVR525 isnolturnedon,thiswillpoweruptheunit
Next,itwillselectthesourceshownonthebuttonas
theinputto theAVR525 Finally,itwillchangethe
remotecontrolsothatitcontrolsthedeviceselected
Alterpressingoneofthesebuttonsyoumustpress
theAVRSelectorButton_ againto operatethe
AVR525'sfunctionswiththeremote
AVRSelector:Pressingthisbuttonwillswitchthe
remoleso thatitwilloperatetheAVR525'sflJndionsIf
theAVR525isintheStandbymode,itwillalsoturnthe
AVR525on
0 AM/FMTunerSelect:Pressthisbullonto select
theAVR525'stunerasthelisteningchoicePressing
thisbuttonwhenthetunerisalreadyinusewillselect
betweentheAMandFMbands
6-Channel/8ChannelDirectInput:Pressthis
butlontoselectthedeviceconnectedtothe8-Channel
DirectInputst_1 (Seepage27 formore
information)
TestButton:Pressthisbuttonto beginthe
sequenceusedtocalibratetheAVR525'soutputlevels
(Seepage24 formoreinformationoncalibratingthe
AVR525)
SleepButton:Pressthisbuttonto placetheunit
intheSleepmodeAlterthetimeshowninthedisplay,
theAVR525 willautomaticallygo intotheStandby
modeEachpressof thebuttonchangesthetimeuntil
turn-offinthefollowingorder:
r_90_ 80_ 70_ 60,_ 50
mln mln mln mln mln 7
40 ._ 30 ._ '_ OFF
|min min 2,0 "_ min10 7
lhis buttonisalsousedtochangechannelsonyour
]V whenthelV isselected
WhentheAVR525 remoteisbeingprogrammedwith
thecodestooperateanotherdevice,thisbuttonis also
usedinthe"AutoSearch"process(Seepage38for
moreinformationonprogrammingtheremote)
SurroundModeSelector:Pressthisbuttonto
cyclethroughtheDSP.VMAxandStereosurround
modessuchas Hall,Theater.VMAxNearandFar,and
SurroundOFFlhis buttonisalsousedtotunechannels
whenthelV isselectedusingthedeviceInput
Selector _ WhentheAVR525 remoteisbeing
programmedwiththecodesof anotherdevice,this
butlonisalsousedinthe"AutoSearch"process(See
page38 formoreinformationonprogrammingthe
remote)
NightMode:Pressthisbuttonto activatethe
NightmodeThismodeis availableinspecially
encodeddigitalsources,anditpreservesdialogue
(centerchannel)intelligibilityatlowvolumelevels
ChannelSelectButton:]his buttonisusedto
starltheprocessofsellingtheAVR525'soutputlevelsto
anexlernalsourceOncethisbullonispressed,usethe
A/v Buttons_ toselectthechannelbeingadjust-
ed,thenpresstheSetButton_, followedbythe
A/'_' Buttons_ again,to changethelevelselling
(Seepage32formorein6rmation)
A/v Buttons:lhese multipurposebullonsare
usedto changeor scrollthroughitemsintheon-
screenmenus,makeconfigurationselfingssuchas
digitalinputsordelaytiming,orto selectsurround
modesWhenchanginga setting,firstpressthebutton
fortheflJndionor settingto bechanged(eg, press
theSurroundModeSelector_ to selecta sound
fieldmodeortheDigitalSelectButton_ to
changea digitalinput)andthenpressoneofthese
buttonsto scrollthroughthelistofoptionsor to
increaseordecreasea sellinglhe sectionsinthis
manualdescribingtheindividualfeaturesandflJndions
containspecificinformationonusingthesebuttonsfor
eachapplication
• Button:lhis butlonis usedtochangethe
menuselectionorselfingduringsomeof thesetup
proceduresfortheAVR525
Set Button:lhis buttonis usedto entersettings
intotheAVR525'smemoryIt isalsousedinthe
setupproceduresfordelaytime,speakerconfiguration
andchanneloutputleveladjustment
DigitalSelect:Pressthisbuttontoassignone
ofthedigitalinputs!_) I_ l'FJil_ to a source(See
page2B formoreinformationonusingdigitalinputs)
NumericKeys:lhese bullonsserveasa ten-
bultonnumerickeypadtoentertunerpresetpositions
]hey arealsousedto selectchannelnumberswhen
]V,Cableor hasbeenselectedontheremote,or
toselecttracknumbersona CD,DVDorLDplayer.
dependingon howtheremotehasbeenprogrammed
TunerMode:Pressthisbuttonwhenthetuneris
inusetoselectbelweenautomatictuningandmanual
tuningWhenthebuttonispressedso thattheAUTO
Indicator[] goesout,pressingtheTuningButtons
I_!_11]_ willmovethefrequencyupordownin
singlestepincrementsWhentheFMbandis inuse,
pressingthisbuttonwhena station'ssignalisweakwill
changeto monauralreception(Seepage31 formore
information)
I_ DirectButton:Pressthisbuttonwhenthetuner
isinuseto staffthesequencefordirectentryof asta
tion'sfrequencyAlterpressingthebutlon,simply
presstheproperNumericKeys_ toselecta sta-
tion (Seepage31 formoreinformationonthetuner)
TuningUp/Down:Whenthetuneris inuse,these
bullonswilltuneupordownthroughtheselected[re
quencyband IftheTunerModeButtonli:l_i'T_Jhas
beenpressedsothattheAUTOIndicator[] isillumi
nated,pressingandholdingeitherofthebullonsfor
threesecondswillcausethetunerto seekthenextsta
tionwithacceptablesignalstrengthforqualilyreception
WhentheAUTOIndicator[] isNO1illuminated,
pressingthesebullonswilltunestationsinsingle-step
increments(Seepage31 formoreinformation)

Harman Kardon AVR 525 Specifications

General

Brand	Harman Kardon
Model	AVR 525
Category	Receiver
Language	English