Harman-Kardon AVR80 - Manual (Page 27)

Basic Operation
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Automatic
Station Preset Selection
This process automatically scans the AM
and FM bands and enters all stations with
proper signal strength into the memory.
To automatically preset the tuner’s
memory, follow these steps:
1. Select the tuner as the unit’s input by
pressing the
AM/FM button 3 c .
2. Using the TUNE ^ j buttons, select
the first station you wish to preset at the
low end of the AM or FM band.
3. Start the automatic tuning preset by
simultaneously pressing
MEMO and
TUNE ⁄ on the front panel Ú ^ . The
station tuned in step #2 will be entered
into the tuner’s memory as
CH 1 . The
MEMO
£ and AUTO MEMO
fi
indicators will flash. The display will
show increasing frequencies to indicate
that the auto scan is in progress.
4. Each time the tuner finds a station the
scanning will pause and the station will
be played for five seconds. During this
time you have the following options:
a. To enter the station in the next
open memory position, no action is
needed. After five seconds the tuner
will enter the station and the preset
number will be visible at the far left
side of the main information display.
b. The frequency band may be
changed by pressing the
FM/AM
button 3 c .
c. If the tuner is scanning FM
stations, the
MODE may be changed
from AUTO to mono by pressing the
FM MODE button Ù .
d. If you do not wish to enter the
current station into the preset
memory, press the
TUNE ⁄ button
^ j on the front panel or remote.
5. After the desired action is completed, or
five seconds elapse, the tuner scan will
continue. The operation will stop
automatically when all 30 preset
positions are filled or when both
frequency bands have been completely
tuned, whichever comes first. To stop the
automatic preset process at any time
press the
CLEAR button Û or any input
selection button.
Manual Tuner Preset
Stations may be manually entered into
the tuner’s memory in any order. Manual
entry is performed from the remote
control only.
1. Tune to the desired station as outlined
in Tuner Operation Section.
2. Press the MEMO button Úo and
note that the M E M O indicator £ will
flash.
3. While the indicator is flashing for the
next 5 seconds, enter a number from 1 to
30 using the number buttons on the
remote
m . Any number may be used,
but if another station has already been
programmed into the location number
selected, the previous setting will be lost.
a. To enter a single digit memory
location, press
0 before the number,
or enter the number and wait a few
seconds.
b. If an invalid number (other than
1–30) is entered in error, the display
will flash to alert you that the entry is
invalid and it will return to the
previous frequency display.
4. When the preset memory has been
properly programmed the
MEMO
indicator £ will stop blinking.
Station Name Preset
In addition to identifying stations by their
broadcast frequency or by the RDS system
each preset station manually may be
assigned a name using alphanumeric
characters. This enables you to identify a
station by its call letters, program format,
or any other five character phrase.
To enter a station name, first preset all
stations you wish to program into the
tuner’s memory. Then, follow these steps:
1. Tune to the desired preset station.
2. Press the MEMO button Ú on the
front panel or o on the remote for
more than three seconds.
3. Note that a character on the left side of
the main information display will start to
blink.
4. Enter the first character of the name
using either the front panel
TUNE ⁄ or
¤ buttons ^ or the alphanumeric
buttons m on the remote.
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