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c)  when you have finished, select “Apply & Save,” and press the ok button. the AVr 

will refresh the network connection while it remains on. If the AVr cannot connect 

to the network using the manual settings, contact your ISp or network administrator 

for assistance.

•  Proxy Config: If you have connected the AVR’s Network connection to a proxy network, 

use the left/right buttons to set this to “on”, and use the number buttons to enter tne 

proxy network’s Ip address and port.

•  Network  Status:  This  line  indicates  the  AVR’s  current  network-connection  status 

(connected/not connected/network problem).

•  Apply & Save: Any time you make a change in any of the Network settings, the Apply & 

Save line will become available. Select this line and press the ok button. the AVr will 

go into the Standby mode. After you turn the AVr back on, the new network settings 

will be in effect.

you can also adjust the following settings independently for each source:
Title: you may change the display name for any source (except the radio). this feature 

may help you to select the correct source device even when you have forgotten which 

physical connections you used. 
1.  move the cursor to the title line and press the ok button. A block cursor will blink. 
2.  use the up/down buttons to scroll through the alphabet in upper and lower case, the 

numbers and many punctuation marks. when you have selected the desired character, 

press the right button to move to the next space. press the right button twice to leave 

a blank space. 

3.  press the ok button when you have finished.
Tone: this setting determines whether the treble and bass controls are active. when this 

line is set to out, the tone controls are out of the circuit, with no changes to the sound. 

when this line is set to In, the bass and treble frequencies are boosted or cut, depending 

upon the bass and treble settings (see below). 
Bass and Treble: boost or cut the low or high frequencies by up to 10db by using the 

left/right buttons to change the setting by 2db at a time.
Night Mode: this setting activates night mode with specially encoded dolby digital discs 

or broadcasts. night mode compresses the audio so that louder passages are reduced in 

volume to avoid disturbing others, while dialogue remains intelligible. each press of the 

right arrow button advances through the following settings:
•  Off: No compression is applied. Loud passages in the program remain as they were 

recorded.

•  Mid: Loud passages in the program are reduced moderately in volume.
•  Max: Loud passages in the program are reduced more in volume.
Record Out: this setting determines the source of the signal that appears at the Analog 

Audio rec out connectors for the cable/Sat, tV, disc, Server, Aux, game, Stb and Audio 

sources:
•  DSP Down mix: This setting outputs audio from digital audio input connections (HDMI, 

optical, coaxial) and analog audio input connections (Analog 1/2, Aux).

•  Analog: This setting outputs audio only from the analog audio input connections (Analog 

1/2, Aux).

when you’re finished, press the remote’s oSd button to turn off the on-screen menu.

now that you have installed your components and completed a basic configuration, you 

are ready to begin enjoying your home theater system.

Adjust the volume either by turning the front-panel Volume knob (clockwise to increase 

volume or counterclockwise to decrease volume) or by pressing the Volume up/down 

buttons on the remote. the volume is displayed as a negative number of decibels (db) 

below the 0db reference point.
0db is the maximum recommended volume for your AVr. Although it’s possible to turn 

the volume to a higher level, doing so may damage your hearing and your speakers. for 

certain more dynamic audio materials, even 0db may be too high, allowing for damage 

to equipment. use caution with regard to volume levels. 

to mute all speakers and the headphones, press the mute button on the remote. Any 

recording in progress will not be affected. the mute message will appear in the front-

panel display as a reminder. to restore the sound, press the mute button again, or adjust 

the volume.

plug the 1/4-inch stereo plug on a pair of headphones into the front-panel phones jack 

for private listening. the default headphone surround mode for all sources except fm 

and Am is hArmAn headphone, which will emulate a 5.1-channel speaker system. the 

default surround mode for fm and Am is 2-ch Stereo. press the Surround mode button on 

the front panel or use the remote and oSd to switch between hArmAn headphone and 

2-ch Stereo. no other surround modes are available for headphone listening.

there are three different ways to select a source:
•  Press the front-panel Source Select buttons. 
•  Directly select any source by pressing its Source Selector button on the remote. 
•  Select a source from the Source Select menu in the OSD menu system.
the AVr selects the audio and video inputs you assigned to the source and any other 

settings you made during setup.
the source name and the surround mode will appear on the front panel. 

If there is no picture:
• Check the source selection.
• Check all connections for a loose or incorrect connection.
• Check the video-input selection on the TV/display device.
Additional Tips for Troubleshooting HDMI Connections
•  Turn off all devices (including the TV, the AVR and any source components).
•  Unplug the HDMI cables, starting with the cable between the AVR and the TV, and 

continuing with the cables between the AVr and each source device.

•  Carefully reconnect the cables from the source devices to the AVR. Connect the 

cable from the AVr to the tV last.

• Turn on the devices in this order: TV, AVR, source devices.
NOTE: Depending upon the particular components involved, the complexity of 

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Select the radio source. use the tuning up/down buttons to tune a station, which will be 

shown on the front-panel display and the tV screen.
the AVr defaults to automatic tuning, meaning each press of the tuning up/down buttons 

scans until a station with acceptable signal strength is found. to switch to manual tuning, 

in which each press of a tuning button steps through a single frequency increment, press 

the tuning mode button. each press of the tuning mode button toggles between the 

automatic and manual tuning modes.
once you have tuned an fm station, toggling the tuning mode setting also switches the 

radio between stereo and monaural reception. (mono reception may improve reception 

of weaker stations.)
Preset Stations
A total of 30 stations (Am and fm combined) may be stored as presets. when the desired 

station has been tuned in, press the memory button on the remote, and two dashes will 

flash on the front-panel message display. use the number buttons to enter the desired 

preset number.
to tune a preset station, press the preset up/down buttons or enter the preset number 

using the number buttons.

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your AVr’s network connection brings you a world of mp3- and wmA-format streams via 

the Internet. After you have successfully connected to your home network as described 

in Connect to Your Home Network, on page 15, and set up the network as described in 

Set Up the Network, on page 18, press the network Source Selector button on the remote 

until Internet radio appears on the AVr’s front-panel display. (each press cycles between 

the network and Internet radio sources.)

with the vtuner screen (above) displayed, the AVr will automatically connect to the 

Internet via the www.radioharmankardon.com portal. to select a stream, use the up/

down buttons to select a category. 

once you select a stream, the oSd will display the vtuner playback screen, which 

contains information about the currently playing song.

favorites: to create a favorites list:
1)  write down your AVr’s mAc Address number, which is found in the network Setup 

menu. See Set up the network, on page 18, for more information.

2)  log onto www.radioharmankardon.com from your computer. create an account using 

your AVr’s mAc address as its Id number.

favorites that you select on the web site will be available when you listen to vtuner on 

the AVr.

when a compatible ipod, iphone or ipad is connected to the AVr’s uSb port, you may play 

the audio materials on the device through your high-quality audio/video system, operate 

the ipod, iphone or ipad using the AVr remote, view navigation messages on the AVr’s 

front panel or a connected video display and charge the connected device.
After connecting your ipod, iphone or ipad to the AVr’s uSb port, press the uSb Source 

Selector button. (If “uSb” appears as the source, press the button a second time to 

switch from the uSb source to the ipod source.)  the ipod menu screen will appear.

use the up/down and ok buttons to navigate through the list and select the desired 

category. when the category’s screen appears, use the up/down and ok buttons to 

navigate within the category and make selections. note: not all categories may appear 

with all ipod/iphone /ipad devices.
once you select a song the ipod playback screen will appear on the oSd.

the screen will show the currently playing song, artist, album, elapsed time and total 

track time. use the remote’s transport control buttons to control playback.
•  To return to a previous menu screen at any time, press the Back button.

your AVr is compatible with uSb 2.0 or uSb 1.1 media in the fAt 16 or fAt 32 file format 

and is compatible with the following mp3 and wmA media:
•  MP3: Bit rates between 96kbps and 320kbps. Fixed bit-rates at 44.1kHz sampling is 

recommended. Variable bit-rates (Vbr) are playable, but playing time may be displayed 

incorrectly. files must have an “.mp3” file extension.

•  WMA: Bit rates of 64kbps or higher. 

A maximum number of 65,536 folders and files can be supported.

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Playing files on a USB device
1.  Insert the uSb drive into the AVr’s front-panel uSb port. 
IMPORTANT: Do not connect a personal computer or peripheral to the USB port. USB 

hubs are not supported.
2.  Select uSb as the source device. (If “ipod” appears as the source, press the button a 

second time to switch from the ipod source to the uSb source.) the uSb screen will 

appear.

3.  use the remote’s up, down and ok buttons to select a folder and display its contents. 
4.  use the remote’s up, down and ok buttons to select a song. the song will play and the 

uSb playback screen will appear on the oSd.

• Use the remote’s Transport Control buttons to control playback.
• To access Shuffle and Repeat functions, press the remote’s Options button.
when the song is finished playing the remaining contents of the folder will play.

your AVr can play mp3 and wmA audio media that is stored on a pc or mac computer 

when both the computer and the AVr are connected to your home network router.
MP3 compatibility: mono or stereo, constant bit rates (cbr) from 8kbps to 320kbps, 

variable bit rates (VBR) from lowest to highest quality, with sample rates from 8kHz to 

48kHz.
WMA compatibility: Ver. 9.2, stereo CBR with 32kHz – 48kHz sampling rate and 40kbps 

– 192kbps bit rate, mono CBR with 8kHz – 16kHz sampling rate and 5kbps – 16kbps bit 

rate, VBR Pass Encoding and Quality Encoding 10 – 98, 44kHz and 48kHz sampling rate.

To share media on PCs:
1.  open windows media player.
2.  open the library menu and select “media Sharing.” the media Sharing window will 

appear.

3.  check the “Share my media” box. An icon for the AVr will appear in the window.
4.  Select the AVr icon, select “Allow,” then select “ok.”
the computer’s wmA and mp3 media should now be available to the AVr. 
to share media on other types of computers, operating systems or media software, check 

the instructions for the computer, operating system or media player.
To listen to shared media:
1.  press the network Source Selector button. (If “Internet radio” appears as the source, 

press the button a second time to switch from the Internet radio source to the network 

source.) the network screen will appear.

the screen should list by name all devices on the network that allow sharing. 
2.  use the remote’s up, down and ok buttons to select a device. the screen will display 

the device’s folder structure. 

3.  use the up and down buttons to browse the content stored in the device’s media 

player library. Scroll to the desired item and press the ok button to select it. the song 

will play and the network playback screen will appear on the oSd.

•  Use the remote’s Transport Control buttons to control playback.
•  To access Shuffle and Repeat functions, press the remote’s Options button.
when the song is finished playing the remaining contents of the folder will play.

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and Advanced Functions

If you have connected the AVr to a network router that has wi-fi

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 capability, you can 

wirelessly stream audio to it via Airplay from compatible Apple devices with ioS 4.2 or 

newer that are joined on the same wi-fi network, and from computers that have itunes 

10.1 or newer that are joined on the same wi-fi or wired network.
To initiate AirPlay streaming to the AVR: 
•  To initiate AirPlay streaming from a computer with iTunes, launch iTunes, click on the 

Airplay button that appears at the bottom of the computer’s itunes window, and select 

“hk AVr170” in the pop-up list that appears.

Select 

“hk AVr170” 

from pop-up list

Airplay 

button

HK AVR170

•  To initiate AirPlay streaming from an iPod, iPhone or iPad device, tap the AirPlay button 

on the device’s screen and select “hk AVr 170” in the speaker-selection list that 

appears.

the Airplay audio stream will break in and interrupt the source that is currently playing 

through the AVr. the Airplay screen will appear on the oSd.

use the remote’s transport control buttons to control playback.
to terminate Airplay streaming and return to the previously playing source, press the 

remote’s back button at any time while the Airplay screen is displayed.

Selecting a surround mode can be as simple or sophisticated as your individual system 

and tastes. feel free to experiment, and you may find a few favorites for certain sources 

or program types. you can find more detailed information on surround modes in Audio 

Processing and Surround Sound, page 23.
to select a surround mode, press the oSd button on the remote to display the master 

menu: 

use the up/down and ok buttons to select Surround mode. the Surround mode menu 

will appear:

 

use the up/down and ok buttons to select the desired surround-mode category.
Auto Select: for a digital program, such as a movie recorded with a dolby digital or dtS 

soundtrack, the AVr will automatically use the soundtrack’s native surround format. for 

2-channel analog and pcm programs, the AVr uses the logic 7 movie, logic 7 music or 

logic 7 game mode, depending on the source.
Virtual Surround: when only two main speakers are present in the system, you can use 

the Virtual Surround mode to create an enhanced sound field that virtualizes the missing 

speakers.
Stereo: when you want 2-channel playback, select the number of speakers you want to 

use for playback:
• “2 CH Stereo” uses two speakers. 
•  “5  CH  Stereo”  plays  the  left-channel  signal  through  the  front  left  and  surround  left 

speakers, the right-channel signal through the front right and surround right speakers, 

and a summed mono signal through the center speaker.

Movie: Select from the following when you want a surround mode for movie playback: 

logic 7 movie, dtS neo:6 cinema or dolby pro logic II movie.
Music: Select from the following when you want a surround mode for music playback: 

logic 7 music, dtS neo:6 music or dolby pro logic II music. the dolby pro logic II music 

mode provides some additional settings. See Audio Processing and Surround Sound, on 

page 23, for more information.
Video Game: Select from the following when you want a surround mode for game 

playback: logic 7 game or dolby pro logic II game. 
After you select the Surround mode categopry, use the left/right buttons to change the 

surround mode.
you can also select surround modes using the AVr’s front-panel buttons:
1.  press the Surr mode button. the message display will show the surround-mode 

category and surround mode. 

2.  to change the surround mode within the surround-mode category, press the Surround 

Select up/down buttons. each press will change to the next surround mode.

3.  to change the surround-mode category, press the Surr mode button. each press will 

change to the next surround-mode category.

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