Harman Kardon AVR 525 User Manual

OPERATION
]he Nightmodemaybeengagedwhena Dolby
DigitalDVDisplayingbypressingtheNightMode
Button_ ontheremoteNext,presstheA/V
Buttons_ to selecteitherthemiddlerangeor
fullcompressionversionsoftheNightmodelo turn
theNightmodeoKpressthe A/V Buttons
untilthemessageinthelowerthirdof thevideodis
playandintheLowerDisplayLine [] reads
D-RANGE OFF
]he Nightmodemayalsobeselectedto alwaysbeon
ateitherlevelof compressionusingtheoptionsinthe
DOLBY menuSeepage21 for informationon
usingthemenusto setthisoption
IMPORTANTNOTESONDIGITALPLAYBACK:
• Whenthedigitalplaybacksourceisstopped,or ina
pause,fastforwardorchaptersearchmode,thedigital
audiodatawillmomentarilystop,andthechannel
positionlettersinsidetheSpeaker/ChannelInput
Indicators[] willflashlhis isnormalanddoesnot
indicatea problemwitheithertheAVR525 orthe
sourcemachine]he AVR525 willreturntodigital
playbackassoonasthedataisavailableandwhen
themachineis ina standardplaymode
• AlthoughtheAVR525willdecodevirluallyallcurrent
DVDmovies,CDsandHDIVsources,itispossiblethat
somefuturedigitalsourcesmaynotbecompatiblewith
theAVR525
• NotalldigitallyencodedprogramscontainflJl151
or 61 channelaudioConsulttheprogramguidethat
accompaniestheDVDor laserdisctodetermine
whichlypeof audiohasbeenrecordedonthedisc
]he AVR525 willautomaticallysensethetypeof digi
talsurroundencodingusedandadjustto
accommodateit
• Whena digitalsourceisplaying,youmaynotbe
abletoselectsomeof theanalogsurroundmodes
suchas DolbyProLogicII, Dolby3, Stereo,Hall,
]heateror Logic7
• Whena DolbyDigitalorDIS sourceis playing,
it isnotpossibleto makeananalogrecordingusing
theTapeOutputs• andVideo1 orVideo2
AudioOutputs1_)_ However,thedigitalsignals
willbepassedthroughto theDigitalAudioOutputs
PCMAudio Playback
PCM(PulseCodeModulation)isthenoncompressed
digitalaudiosystemusedforcompactdiscsandlaser
discsItis alsotheformatusedasanoutputbyaudio
transcoderssuchastheHarmanKardonDAL150
]he digitalcircuitsintheAVR525arecapableof high-
qualitydigitaltoanalogdecoding,andtheymaybe
connecteddirectlyto thedigitalaudiooutputofyour
CDor LDplayer
Connectionsmaybemadeto eithertherearpanel
Opticalor CoaxialInputs_ _ orthefrontpanel
DigitalInputs_'F_i"_]
]b listento a PCMdigitalsource,firstselecttheinputfor
thedesiredsource(eg, CD) NexlpresstheDigital
SelectButton_"'_qi_lDandthenusetheA/V
Buttons_ ontheremole,orthe,/_ Selector
Buttonsi'[_i"_Jonthefrontpanel,untilthedesired
choiceappearsintheMain InformationDisplay[]
DuringPCMplayback,youmayselectanySurround
modeexceptDolbyDigitalor DIS WhenanHDCD
encodeddiscisbeingplayedandtheDVDorCD
playerisconnectedto theAVR525 viaadigitalcon-
nection,select%rroundOffasthe%rroundmodeto
enjoythebenefitsof theHDCDprocess
MP3Audio Playback
]he AVR525 is oneof thefewreceiversequippedfor
onboarddecodingfor theMP3audioformatusedby
computersandporlableaudiodevicesByoffering
MP3decoding,theAVR525 isableto deliverprecise
conversionof thedigitalsignalsto ananalogoutput,
alongwiththebenefitsof listeningtotheMP3audio
throughtheAVR525'shigh-currentamplifierandthe
speakersfromyoursurroundsystem,ratherthanthe
smallerspeakersandlowpoweredamplifierstypically
usedwithcomputers
]o takeadvantageof theAVR525'sMP3capabilities,
simplyconnectthePCMoutputof a computer'ssound
cardorthePCMoutputof a porlabledigitalaudio
deviceto eithertherearpanelDigitalInputs•
or thefrontpanelDigitalInputs_'F_i"_]Whenthe
digitalsignalis available,theLowerDisplayLine[]
willindicatethatanMP3bitstreamispresent,andthe
audiowillbeginplaying
NOTES:
• ]he AVR525 isonlycapableof playingsignalsin
theMP3(MPEGl/Layer3) formatIt isnotcompati
blewithothercomputeraudiocodecs
• ]he digitalaudioinputsignalmaybeeitheroptical
or coaxial,butthesignalmustbeinthe PCMformat
Directconnectionof USBor serialdataoutputsisnot
possible,eventhoughthesignalsareintheMP3for
mat Ifyouhaveanyquestionsaboutthedataoutput
formatfromyourcomputerora soundcard,check
withthedevice'sowner'smanualor contacttheman-
ufacturer'stechnicalsuppor_area
• Ifyourcomputeror soundcard'sdigitaloutputisnot
capableofdirectconnectionto theAVR525, youmay
useanoptional,externaltranscoder,availablefrom
HumanKardon,to converltheUSBoutputof acorn
purertoa formatcompatiblewiththeAVRContact
yourHumanKardondealerforadditionaldetails
• DuetothewidevariationinMP3formatsand
encodingspeeds,itispossiblethattheAVR525 may
notbecompatiblewithallMP3inputsignalsSome
mayproduceunacceptableresultsandsomemaynol
bedecoded]his isnota %Jltof eitherthecomputer
ortheAVR525, butrathera byprodudoftheunpre
dictablenatureofMP3playback
Tuner Operation
]he AVR525'stuneriscapableof tuningAM,FMand
FMSlereobroadcaststationsStationsmaybetuned
manually,ortheymaybestoredasfavoritestationpre
setsandrecalledfroma 30 positionmemory
StationSelection
1 PresstheAM/FMTunerSelectButton0_
ontheremotetoselectthetunerasaninputrhe tuner
maybeselectedfromthefrontpanelbypressingeither
theInputSourceSelector[] untilthetuneris
activeortheTunerBandSelector[] at anytime
2 PresstheAM/FMTunerSelectButton0_
orTunerBandSelector[] againtoswitchbelween
AMandFMsothatthedesiredfrequencybandis
selected
3 PresstheTunerMode[] orTunerModeButton
toselectmanualorautomatictuning
WhentheAUTOIndicator[] isilluminatedinthe
MainInformationDisplay[] thetunerwillonlyslop
atthosestationsthathavea strongenoughsignalto be
receivedwithacceptablequalily
WhentheAUTOIndicator[] isnotlit,thetunerisin
a manualmodeandwillstopat each%quencyincre
mentintheselectedband
4 ]o selectstations,presstheTuningSelector
Buttonl_"]l_)_ WhentheAUTOIndicator[]
islit,pressthebuttonto causethetunertosearchfor
thenexthighest-or Iowest-%quencystationthathas
anacceptablesignalHoldtheTuningSelector
Buttonl_"]ql_)_ to scanthroughthestationswith
acceptablesignalsPresstheTunerModeButton
[]_) to switchto themanualtuningmode,inwhich
eachpressoftheTuningSelectorButtonl_"]l_)
_]_ advancesone%quencyincrement,orpressing
andholdingscansthroughall%quencyincrements

Harman Kardon AVR 525 Specifications

General

Brand	Harman Kardon
Model	AVR 525
Category	Receiver
Language	English