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MULTIROOM  37

Multiroom Setup
Once the audio and IR link connections have
been made, the AVR needs to be configured for
multiroom operation using the steps below.
Press the OSD button 

L to bring the 

M A S-

T E R M E N U

(Figure 1) to the screen. Press

the 

⁄

button 

D twice, until the on-screen 

›

cursor is next to the 

MULTI-ROOM

line.

Press the Set button 

F to enter the

MULTI-ROOM

menu (Figure 12).

When the 

MULTI-ROOM

menu appears, the

on-screen 

›

cursor will be at the 

MULTI-

ROOM

line. Since this line is used to turn the

system on and off, do not make an adjustment
here unless you wish to turn the system on at
this time. To turn the system on, press the 

›

but-

ton 

& so that 

O N

is shown. If you do not wish

to turn the system on at this time or to proceed
to the next step, press the 

¤

Button 

D once

so that the 

›

on-screen cursor is next to the

MULTI I N

line.

At the 

MULTI I N

line, press the 

‹

/

›

buttons

E& until the desired Audio/Video input to
the multi-room system appears in the highlight-
ed video. When the selection has been made,
press the 

¤

button 

D once so that the 

›

on-

screen cursor is next to the 

MULTI VOL

line.

At the 

MULTI VOL

line, press the 

‹

/

›

but-

tons 

E& or hold them pressed until the

desired volume level for the multi-room system
is entered. DO NOT use the regular volume con-
trol knobs for this setting. When all settings for
the multiroom setup have been made, press the

¤

buttons 

D once so that the on-screen 

›

cursor is next to the 

BACK T O MASTER

MENU

line and press the Set button 

F. If

you have no other adjustments to make, press
the OSD button 

L to exit the menu system.

Multiroom Operation
When operating the AVR from a remote room
location where an IR sensor link has been con-
nected to the AVR’s rear panel Multiroom IR
Input

, you may use either the Main remote

control or the Zone II remote. To turn on the
multiroom feed, press any of the Input
Selector buttons on the Zone II remote
∫ç∂ or the Main remote

456.

Press the AVR Selector

5∫ to turn the

unit on to the last source, or any of the other
Selector buttons to turn on to a specific source.

As long as an IR feed to the AVR has been
established from the remote room, using any of
the buttons on either remote will control the
remote location volume 

)î, change the

tuner frequency 

Kè, change the tuner 

preset 

"© or mute the output ,˚.

If the Remote IR Output jack 

 on the 

AVR is connected to an IR Input jack on compat-
ible Harman Kardon audio components such as
CD, DVD or cassette players, the transport func-
tions of those machines may also be 
controlled using the Transport Controls
PɃ©˙∆ on either remote 
control.

To turn the system off from the remote room,
press the Power-Off button 

0å.

Remember that the AVR may be turned on or off
from the remote room regardless of the 
system’s operation or status in the main room.

NOTE: When the tuner is selected as the source
for the remote zone, any change to the frequen-
cy or preset will also change the station being
listened to in the main room, if the tuner is in
use there. Similarly, if someone in the main room
changes the station, the change will also impact
the remote room.

To activate the feed to the remote room, press
the Multiroom button

( on the remote.

Next, press the Set button 

F. Press the 

⁄

¤

buttons 

D to turn the multiroom feed on or

off. When the multiroom system is on, the Main
Information Display

˜ or OSD will display

MULTI O N

. Press the Set button 

F twice

to enter the setting.

When the multiroom system is turned on, the
input selected using the Multiroom Menu will be
fed to the Multiroom Output jacks 

 on the

rear panel. The volume will be as set in the same
menu, although it may also be adjusted using an
optional IR sensor and the Zone II remote in the
remote location or on the optional audio power
amplifier connected to the Multiroom Output
jacks 

.

Once the multiroom system is turned on, it will
remain on even if the AVR is placed in the
Standby mode in the main room by pressing the
Power Off Button

0 or the System Power

2 on the front panel. To turn off the

multiroom system from the main listening room,
when the AVR is on press the Multiroom but-
ton 

( and then the Set button F. Press the

⁄

¤

buttons 

D so that the Main

˜ or OSD will display

MULTI OFF

.

Even when the AVR is turned off (to Standby
mode) and the multiroom system is turned off
too, the multiroom system may be turned on at
any time by pressing the Multiroom button
(, or any of the Selector buttons ∫ç
∂ in the remote room.

      *   M U L T I - R O O M   *

M U L T I - R O O M : O F F  

M U L T I   I N     : F M  

M U L T I   V O L   : # 2 5 d B

 

B A C K   T O   M A S T E R   M E N U

38 TUNER OPERATION

The AVR 330’s tuner is capable of tuning AM, FM
and FM Stereo broadcast stations and receiving
RDS data. Stations may be tuned manually, or
they may be stored as favorite station presets and
recalled from a 30 position memory.

1. Press the AM/FM Tuner Select button 

6

on the remote to select the tuner as an input.
The tuner may be selected from the front panel
by either pressing the Input Source Selector
% until the tuner is active or by pressing the
Tuner Band Selector

! at any time.

2. Press the AM/FM Tuner Select button 

6

or Tuner Band Selector

! again to switch

between AM and FM so that the desired 
frequency band is selected.

3. Press the Tuner Mode button 

I on the

remote or hold the Band Selector

! on the

front panel pressed for 3 seconds to select 
manual or automatic tuning.

When the button is pressed so that 

AUTO

appears in the Main Information Display

˜

each press of the Tuning Selectors

8

J will

put the tuner in a scan mode that seeks the next
higher or lower frequency station with accept-
able signal strength. An 

AUTO S T TUNED

indication will momentarily appear when the sta-
tion stops at a stereo FM station, and an 

AUTO

TUNED

indication will momentarily appear

when an AM or monaural FM station is tuned.
Press the Tuning buttons again to scan to the
next receivable station.

When the button is pressed so that 

MANUAL

appears in the Main Information Display

˜

each tap of the Selector will increased or
decrease the frequency by one increment. When
the tuner receives a strong enough signal for
adequate reception,

MANAUL TUNED

will

appear in the Main Information Display

˜.

4. Stations may also be tuned directly by press-
ing the Direct button 

J, and then pressing

the Numeric Keys

H that correspond to the

station’s frequency. Note that for entering num-
bers higher than 100 you need to enter only the
"1" rather than "10", the first "0" will be
added automatically. The desired station will
automatically be tuned after the latest number is
entered. If you press an incorrect button while
entering a direct frequency, press the Clear
button 

# to start over.

NOTE: When the FM reception of a stereo
station is weak, audio quality will be increased
by switching to Mono mode by pressing the
Tuner Mode button 

I on the remote or hold-

ing the Band Selector

! on the front panel so

that 

MANUAL

appears momentarily in the

˜ and then goes

out.

Preset Tuning
Using the remote, up to 30 stations may be
stored in the AVR’s memory for easy recall using
the front panel controls or the remote.

To enter a station into the memory, first tune the
station using the steps outlined above. Then:

1. Press the Memory button 

$ on the

remote. Note that two underscore lines will
appear in the Main Information Display 

˜.

2. Within five seconds, press the Numeric 
Keys

H corresponding to the location where

you wish to store this station’s frequency. Once
entered, the preset number will appear in the
Main Information Display 

˜.

3. Repeat the process after tuning any additional
stations to be preset.

Recalling Preset Stations
• To manually select a station previously entered
in the preset memory, press the Numeric Keys
H that correspond to the desired station’s
memory location.

• To manually tune through the list of stored
preset stations one by one, press the Preset
Stations Selector buttons 

#

" on the

front panel or remote.

TUNER OPERATION  39

The AVR 330 is equipped with RDS (Radio Data
System), which brings a wide range of informa-
tion to FM radio. Now in use in many countries,
RDS is a system for transmitting station call signs
or network information, a description of station
program type, text messages about the station or
specifics of a musical selection, and the correct
time.

As more FM stations become equipped with RDS
capabilities, the AVR will serve as an easy-to-use
center for both information and entertainment.
This section will help you take maximum advan-
tage of the RDS system.

RDS Tuning
When an FM station is tuned in and it contains
RDS data, the AVR will automatically display the
station’s call sign or other program service in the
Main Information Display

˜.

RDS Display Options
The RDS system is capable of transmitting a
wide variety of information in addition to the
initial station call sign that appears when a
station is first tuned. In normal RDS operation
the display will indicate the station name,
broadcast network or call letters. Pressing the
RDS button 

^

! enables you to cycle

through the various data types in the following
sequence:

• The station’s call letters (with some private
stations other information too).

• The station’s frequency (

FREQ

).

• The Program Type (

PTY

) as shown in the list

below.

NOTE: Many stations do not transmit a specific
PTY. The display will show 

NONE

, when such a

station is selected and PTY is active.

• A “text” message (Radiotext,

R T

) containing

special information from the broadcast station.
Note that this message may scroll across the
display to permit messages longer than the eight
positions in the display. Depending on signal
quality, it may take up to 30 seconds for the text
message to appear; in that time, the word

TEXT

will flash in the Information Display

when RT is selected.

• The current time of day (

C T

). Note that it may

take up to two minutes for the time to appear,
in that time the word 

TIME

will flash in the

information display when CT is selected. Please
note that the accuracy of the time data is
dependent on the radio station, not the AVR.

Some RDS stations may not include some of
these additional features. If the data required
for the selected mode is not being transmitted,
the Main Information Display

˜ will show

a 

N O TYPE

,

N O TEXT

or 

N O TIME

message after the individual time out.

In any FM mode the RDS function requires a
strong enough signal for proper operation.

Program Search (PTY)
An important feature of RDS is its capability of
encoding broadcasts with Program Type (PTY)
codes that indicate the type of material being
broadcast. The following list shows the
abbreviations used to indicate each PTY, along
with an explanation of the PTY:

• (RDS ONLY)

• (TRAFFIC)

• NEWS: News

• AFFAIRS: Current Affairs

• INFO: Infomation

• SPORT: Sports

• EDUCATE: Educational

• DRAMA: Drama

• CULTURE: Culture

• SCIENCE: Sciencek

• VARIED: Varied Speech Programs

• POPM: Popular Music

• ROCKM: Rock Music

• M.O.R.M.: Middle-of-the-Road Music

• LIGHTM: Classical Music

• CLASSICS: Serious Classical Music

• OTHERM: Other Music

• WEATHER: Weather Information

• FINANCE: Financial Programs

• CHILDREN: Children’s Programs

• SOCIAL A: Social Affairs Programs

• RELIGION: Religious Broadcasts

• PHONE IN: Phone-In Programs

• TRAVEL: Travel and Touring

• LEISURE: Leisure and Hobby

• JAZZ: Jazz Music

• COUNTRY: Country Music

• NATIONAL: National Music

• OLDIES: Oldies Music

• FOLK M: Folk Music

• DOCUMENT: Documentary Programs

• TEST: Emergency Test

• ALARM: Emergency Broadcast Information

You may search for a specific Program Type (PTY)
by following these steps:

1. Press the RDS button 

^

! until the 

current PTY is shown in the Main Information
Display 

˜.

2. While the PTY is shown, press the Preset
Up/Down button 

#

" or hold them pressed

to scroll through the list of available PTY types,
as shown above starting with the PTY currently
received. To simply search for the next station
transmitting any RDS data, use the Preset
Up/Down button 

#

" until 

RDS ONLY

appears in the display.

3. Press any of the Tuning Up/Down buttons
)

K, the tuner begins to scan the FM band

upwards or downwards for the first station that
has RDS data that matches the desired 
selection, and acceptable signal strength for
quality reception.

4. The tuner will make up to one complete scan
of the entire FM band for the next station that
matches the desired PTY type and has accept-
able reception quality. If no such station is
found, the display will read 

NONE

for some

seconds and the tuner will return to the last FM
station in use before the search.

NOTE: Some stations transmit constant traffic
information. These stations can be found by
selecting 

TRAFFIC

, the option in front of

NEWS

in the list. The AVR will find the next

appropriate station, even if it is not broadcasting
traffic information when the search is made.

40 PROGRAMMING THE REMOTE

The AVR 330 is equipped with a powerful remote
control that will control not only the receiver’s
functions, but also most popular brands of audio
and video equipment, including CD players, TV
sets, cable boxes, VCRs, satellite receivers and
other home-theater equipment. Once the AVR’s
remote is programmed with the codes for the
products you own, it is possible to eliminate most
other remotes and replace them with the con-
venience of a single universal remote control.

As shipped from the factory, the remote is fully
programmed for all AVR functions, as well as those
of most Harman Kardon CD changers, DVD play-
ers, CD players and cassette decks. In addition, by
following one of the methods below, you may pro-
gram the remote to operate a wide range of
devices from other manufacturers.

Direct Code Entry 
This method is the easiest way to program your
remote to work with different products.

1. Use the tables in the separate setup-code
guide to determine the three-digit code or codes
that match both the product type (e.g., VCR, TV),
and the specific brand name. If there is more
than one number for a brand, make note of the
different choices.

2. Turn on the unit you wish to program into the
AVR remote.

3. Press and hold both the Input Selector

4

for the type of product to be entered (e.g., VCR,
TV) and the Mute

button 

, at the same

time. When the Program/SPL Indicator

2

turns amber and begins flashing, release the
buttons. It is important that you begin the next
step within 20 seconds.

4. If the unit you wish to program into the 
AVR remote has a remotable Power on/off func-
tion, follow these steps:

a. Point the AVR’s remote towards the unit to be

programmed, and enter the first three-digit
code number using the Numeric buttons 

H.

If the unit being programmed turns off, the cor-
rect code has been entered. Press the Input
Selector

4 again, and note that the red

light under the Input Selector will flash three
times before going dark to confirm the entry.

b. If the product to be programmed does NOT

turn off, continue to enter the three-digit code
numbers until the equipment turns off. At this
point, the correct code has been entered. Press
the Input Selector

4 again and note that

the red light under the Input Selector will
flash three times before going dark to confirm
the entry.

5. If the Power function of the unit to be pro-
grammed cannot be remoted, follow these steps
(max. 20 seconds after step 3 above, or else step
3 must be repeated first):

a. Enter the first three-digit code number using

the Numeric buttons 

H and press the

4 again. Press the remote

button of any transport function remotable
with the unit, e.g. Pause or Play

fl

P. If

the unit being programmed starts that
function, the correct code has been entered.

b. If the unit does not start the function whose

button was pressed, repeat steps 3 and 5a
above with the next three-digit code number
listed in the setup code table for that brand
and product type, until the unit reacts properly
on the transport function transmitted.

6. Try all of the functions on the remote to make
certain that the product operates properly. Keep
in mind that many manufacturers use a number
of different combinations of codes, so it is a good
idea to make certain that not only does the
Power control work, but that the volume, channel
and transport controls work as they should. If
functions do not work properly, you may need to
use a different remote code.

7. If the unit does not react to any code
entered, if the code for your product does not
appear in the tables in the separate setup-code
guide, or if not all functions operate properly,
try programming the remote with the Auto
Search Method.

Note on Using the AVR remote with a
Harman Kardon CD Recorder.
As shipped from the factory. the remote is
programmed for controlling Harman Kardon CD
players. It can also control most functions of the
Harman Kardon CD-Recorders (see function list
on page 47) too after the code ”002” is
entered on the CD Selector button 

4 as

described above. For returning to the CD player
control commands the code ”001” must be
entered.

Auto-Search Method
If the unit you wish to include in the AVR’s
remote is not listed in the code tables in the
separate setup-code guide or if the code does
not seem to operate properly, you may wish to
program the correct code using the Auto Search
method that follows. Note that the Auto Search
method works only with units whose Power
functions can be remoted:

1. Turn on the product that you wish to include in
the AVR remote.

2. Press and hold both the Input Selector

4

for the type of product to be entered (e.g., VCR,
TV) and the Mute

button 

, at the same

time. When the Program/SPL Indicator

2

turns amber and begins flashing, release the
buttons. It is important that you begin the next
step within 20 seconds.

3. To find out if the code for your unit is pre-pro-
grammed, point the AVR remote towards the unit
to be programmed, and press and hold the 

⁄

but-

ton

D.This will send out a series of codes from

the remote’s built-in data base, with each flash of
the red light under the Input Selector

4 indi-

cating that a code has been sent. When the device
to be programmed turns off,immediately release
the 

⁄

button

D. Note that it may take one

minute or more until the right code is found and
the unit turns off.

4. When the 

⁄

button was not released in time

after the unit turned off, the proper code will be
”overrun”. That’s why a function test should be
made: Turn the unit on again and, while the
Input Selector

4 still lights red, press the 

⁄

button

D once, than the 

¤

button 

D once

too. When the unit turns off, the right code was
found, when not, the code was ”overrun”. To re-
find the correct, while the Input Selector

4

still lights red, press (not hold pressed) the 

¤

button 

D repeatedly to step backwards

through the codes available and observe the
reaction of the unit at each press. As soon as the
unit turns off the correct code is found.

5. Press the Input Selector

4 again, and

note that the red light will flash three times
before going dark to confirm the entry.

6. Try all of the functions on the remote to make
certain that the product operates. Keep in mind
that many manufacturers use a number of differ-
ent combinations of codes, and it is a good idea
to make certain that not only the Power control
works, but the volume, channel and transport
controls, as appropriate. If all functions do not
work properly, you may need to Auto-Search for
a different code, or enter a code via the Direct
Code Entry method.