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PROGRAMMING THE REMOTE  53

cable box or satellite receiver is connected
through the AVR you will most likely want to use
the AVR’s volume control commands even when
the remote has been set to issue all other com-
mands for the video device. “Punch-through”
enables you to easily program the remote to do
this.

Volume Punch-Through
Follow these steps to enable the Volume
Up/Down and Mute controls from one device to
be used when the remote is otherwise pro-
grammed for a different device.

Note for Volume Punch-Through:
The remote’s default settings are for the AVR’s
volume controls to be used when any input or
device is selected with the exception of the VID
2/TV button. There is no need to program the
remote for volume punch-through for the AVR’s
controls with other sources, such as DVD. To have
the AVR’s volume commands used when the TV
device is selected, follow these steps:

1. Press and hold the Program Button

& for

about three seconds while the message shown 
in Figure 15 appears in the remote’s LCD
Information Display 

2. Release the button

when the red light under the Set Button

F

appears.

2. The remote’s 

MAIN MENU

message (Figure

16), will appear in the LCD display and the
Set Button

F will remain illuminated in

red. Press the 

⁄¤

E until 

PUNCH-THROUGH

appears on the

bottom line of the LCD screen, as shown in
Figure 48. Press the Set Button

F to enter

the main punch-through menu branch.

3. At the next menu screen (Figure 49) press the 

F to begin programming the

remote for Volume punch-through.

4. The next display screen (Figure 50) is where

you select the device that will receive the
punch-through commands. In our example,
that is the VID 2/TV button, as that is where
we want the AVR’s volume controls to be
active. Press the 

⁄¤

E until the name of the base device appears
and then press the Set Button

F.

5. At the next display screen (Figure 51), you will

select the device whose Volume Up/Down and
Mute commands will be used. Press the 

⁄¤

E until the desired

device’s name appears to the right of the
device in use. In our example, that is the AVR
(indicated by 

AVR

). When the desired 

combination of devices appears, press the Set
Button

F.

6. When the Set button is pressed, the display

will change to show you that the new combi-
nation of control commands is being saved to
the unit’s memory, as shown in Figure 52. The
word 

SAVED

will flash four times and then

the remote will return to normal operation.

7. Once the punch-through is programmed, the

Volume Up/Down and Mute buttons of the
second device named will be used when those
buttons 

), are pressed while the master

device is in use.

Returning the Volume Control Settings to 
Default Operation:
If you wish to remove the Volume punch-through
so that the commands for Volume and Mute are
returned to the factory default setting, follow the
steps shown above, except that in Steps 4 and 5,
select the same device for both the 

DEVICE IN

USE

on the left side of the bottom line and the

PUNCH-THROUGH

device. In the example used,

the display to return the remote to default set-
tings will appear as shown in Figure 53.

Channel Punch-Through
Channel punch-through allows the Channel
Up/Down buttons to send commands to a differ-
ent device than the one that has been selected
for other commands. For example, you may wish
to use a cable box or satellite receiver as the
source for a VCR, so you would want the
Channel Up/Down Selectors

+ to transmit

commands to the cable box even though the
other button commands are programmed to
operate the VCR.

To program the AVR’s remote for Channel punch-
through, follow these steps. This example will
show how to program channel punch-through so
that the commands programmed for Channel
Up/Down for the VID 3/ Cable device will be
transmitted when the VID 1/VCR device has been
selected as the current device.

1. Press and hold the Program Button

& for

about three seconds while the message shown 
in Figure 15 appears in the remote’s LCD
Information Display

2. Release the but-

ton when the red light under the Set Button
F appears.

2. The remote’s 

MAIN MENU

message (Figure

16), will appear in the LCD display and the
Set Button

F will remain illuminated in

red. Press the 

⁄¤

E until 

PUNCH-THROUGH

appears on the

bottom line of the LCD screen, as shown in
Figure 48. Press the Set Button

F to enter

the main punch-through menu branch.

3. At the next menu screen, press the 

⁄¤

E until 

CHANNEL

appears on the bottom line of the LCD screen,
as shown in Figure 54. Press the Set Button
F to begin programming the remote for
Channel punch-through.

4. The next display screen (Figure 55) is where

you select the device that will receive the
punch-through commands. In our example,
that is the VID 1/VCR button, as that is where
we want the cable box’s channel controls to
be active. Press the 

⁄¤

E until the name of the base

device appears and then press the Set
Button

F.

5. At the next display screen (Figure 56), you will

select the device whose Channel Up/Down
commands will be used. Press the 

⁄¤

E until the desired

device name appears to the right of the device
in use. In our example, that is the cable box.
When the desired combination of devices
appears, press the Set Button

F.

6. When the Set button is pressed, the display

will change to show you that the new combi-
nation of control commands is being saved to
the unit’s memory, as shown in Figure 57. The
word 

SAVED

will flash four times and then

the remote will return to normal operation.

7. Once the punch-through is programmed, the

channel up/down buttons of the second device
named will be used when those buttons 

+

are pressed while the master device is in use.

V C R

< - C B L   [ C H A N ]

            S A V E D

P U N C H - T H R O U G H

V C R

< - C B L

D E V I C E   I N   U S E

V C R

P U N C H - T H R O U G H

C H A N N E L

P U N C H - T H R O U G H

T V

< - T V

T V

< - A V R   [ V O L ]

            S A V E D

P U N C H - T H R O U G H

T V

< - A V R

D E V I C E   I N   U S E

T V

P U N C H - T H R O U G H

V O L U M E

M A I N   M E N U

P U N C H - T H R O U G H

54 PROGRAMMING THE REMOTE

Returning the Channel Control Settings to
Default Operation:
If you wish to remove the Channel Punch-
Through so that the commands for Channel
Up/Down are returned to the factory default set-
ting, follow the steps shown above, except that
in Steps 4 and 5, select the same device for both
the 

DEVICE IN USE

on the left side of the bot-

tom line and the 

PUNCH-THROUGH

device. In

the example used, the display to return the
remote to default settings will appear as shown
in Figure 58.

Transport Punch-Through
Transport punch-through allows the Play

P,

P, Fast Forward/Reverse P, Pause

P, Record P and Skip Up/Down  but-
tons to send commands to a different device
than the one that has been selected for other
commands. For example, you may wish to oper-
ate the transport of a second VCR you have con-
nected to the VID 2/TV input, as shown in the
following example.

1. Press and hold the Program Button

& for

about three seconds while the message shown 
in Figure 15 appears in the remote’s LCD
Information Display

2. Release the but-

ton when the red light under the Set Button
F appears.

2. The remote’s 

MAIN MENU

message (Figure

16), will appear in the LCD display and the
Set Button

F will remain illuminated in

red. Press the 

⁄¤

E until 

PUNCH-THROUGH

appears on the

bottom line of the LCD screen, as shown in
Figure 48. Press the Set Button

F to enter

the main punch-through menu branch.

3. At the next menu screen, press the 

⁄¤

E until 

TRANSPORT

appears on the bottom line of the LCD screen,
as shown in Figure 59. Press the Set Button
F to begin programming the remote for
transport punch-through.

4. The next display screen (Figure 60) is where

you select the device that will receive the
punch-through commands. In our example,
that is the TV button, as that is where we want
the VCR’s transport controls to be active. Press
the 

⁄¤

E until the

name of the base device appears and then
press the Set Button

F.

5. At the next display screen (Figure 61), you will

select the device whose transport commands
will be used. Press the 

⁄¤

E until the desired device name

appears to the right of the device in use. In our
example, that is the VCR. When the desired
combination of devices appears, press the Set
Button

F.

6. When the Set button is pressed, the display

will change to show you that the new combi-
nation of control commands is being saved to
the unit’s memory, as shown in Figure 62. The
word 

SAVED

will flash four times and then

the remote will return to normal operation.

7. Once the punch-through is programmed, the

transport buttons of the second device named
will be used when those buttons are pressed
while the master device is in use.

Returning the Transport Control Settings
to Default Operation:
If you wish to remove the Transport Punch-
Through so that the transport commands are
returned to the factory default setting, follow the
steps shown above, except that in Steps 4 and 5,
select the same device for both the 

DEVICE IN

USE

on the left side of the bottom line and the

PUNCH-THROUGH

device. In the example used,

the display to return the remote to default set-
tings will appear as shown in Figure 63.

Harman Kardon’s patented EzSet feature makes
it easier than ever to calibrate the output levels
on your new AVR for maximum playback accura-
cy. In addition to automatically setting the levels,
the AVR remote’s LCD display allows the unit to
be used as a direct read-out SPL meter. Complete
instructions for using the EzSet features of the
AVR remote are found on page 27 of this
owner’s manual.

In most cases you will find it easier to access the
EzSet capabilities directly by pressing the SPL
Select Button

* and following the menu

prompts as detailed in page 27. However, there
is one function of the remote that is only avail-
able through the remote’s menu system being
described in this section.

To avoid having the calibration settings created
with EzSet changed accidentally, the remote
allows you to disable the SPL Select Button
* on the remote. To de-activate the button,
follow these steps:

1. Press and hold the Program Button

& for

about three seconds while the message shown 
in Figure 15 appears in the remote’s LCD
Information Display

2. Release the but-

ton when the red light under the Set Button
F appears.

2. The remote’s 

MAIN MENU

message (Figure

16), will appear in the LCD display and the
Set Button

F will remain illuminated in

red. Press the 

⁄¤

E until 

SET SPKR LEVELS

appears on the

bottom line of the LCD screen, as shown in
Figure 64. Press the Set Button

F to enter

the main EzSet menu branch.

3. At the next menu screen (Figure 65) press the

⁄¤

E once so that

EZSET DISABLE

appears in the lower line of

the LCD display.

4. Within five seconds, press the Set Button

F to disable the SPL Select Button *.
Once the Set Button

F is pressed the word

EXITING

will flash four times in the lower line

of the LCD display and then it will return to
normal operation.

Once these steps are completed, when the SPL
Select Button

* is pressed the remote will

show 

EZSET DISABLE

and it will not be activat-

ed.

To restore the EzSet feature to normal operation,
repeat the procedure outlined above, except that
in step #3 you should press the 

⁄¤

E so that 

EZSET

ENABLE

appears in the lower line of the LCD

display. When that display appears, press the Set
Button

F and the EzSet feature will be reacti-

vated. You may then press the Clear Button
# to exit the remote’s menu system and return
to normal operation or press the Set Button
F again to immediately use the EzSet feature
to calibrate the system as shown on page 27.

S E T   S P K R   L E V E L S

E Z S E T   D I S A B L E

M A I N   M E N U

S E T   S P K R   L E V E L S

P U N C H - T H R O U G H

T V

< - T V

T V

< - V C R   [ T R S ]

            S A V E D

P U N C H - T H R O U G H

T V

< - V C R

D E V I C E   I N   U S E

T V

P U N C H - T H R O U G H

T R A N S P O R T

P U N C H - T H R O U G H

V C R

< - V C R

PROGRAMMING THE REMOTE 55

While the names given to the buttons and inputs
on the AVR represent recognizable categories of
audio/ video products, system operation may be
easier if the displays shown in the remote’s LCD
screen are customized to reflect the specific char-
acteristics of a playback source’s brand name or
the new function given to a specific button when
one remote’s controls are programmed into the
AVR remote. The AVR remote allows you to
change the name of either a master device or
any button on the remote using the following
steps.

Renaming a Device
To rename a specific device/input source button,
follow these steps. For this example, we will
show you how to rename the Device/Input
Selector normally shown as “TV” to “HDTV
TUNER.”

1. Press and hold the Program Button

& for

about three seconds while the message shown 
in Figure 15 appears in the remote’s LCD
Information Display

2. Release the but-

ton when the red light under the Set Button
F appears.

2. The remote’s 

MAIN MENU

message (Figure

16), will appear in the LCD display and the
Set Button

F will remain illuminated in

red. Press the 

⁄¤

E until 

RENAME

appears on the bottom

line of the LCD screen, as shown in Figure 66.
Press the Set Button

F to continue the

program proces.

3. At the next menu screen press the 

⁄¤

E until 

RENAME

DEVICE

appears on the bottom line of the

LCD screen, as shown in Figure 67. Press the
Set Button

F to begin renaming a device.

4. The next display screen (Figure 68) is where

you select the device that will be renamed. In
our example, that is the TV button. Press the

⁄¤

E until the

name of the base device appears and then
press the Set Button

F.

5. At the next menu screen you will see the

device name on the bottom line of the display
with a blinking cursor box to the right of the
device name. Press the 

‹

E to return the blinking cursor to

the far left side of the display line. You may

then retitle the device name as shown in the
next step.

6. To enter the new name, press the Numeric

H. The letters above the numbered

buttons indicate which letter or symbol will
appear when the button is pressed during the
renaming process. The first press of the button
will enter the first letter shown, subsequent
presses of the same button will change the
display to the other letters above that num-
bered key. For example, since the first letter we
need to rename the input to HDTV Tuner is an
“H”, you would locate the “H” above the “4”
button, and press the button twice. The first
press shows a “G,” the second press changes
it to an “H.” Consult the table at the end of
this section to see which characters pressing a
particular button generates.

7. After you enter the first letter of the new

device name, there are three options for enter-
ing the next character:

a. To enter a letter that requires a different 

numeric key to be pressed, simply press
that button. The cursor will automatically
move to the next position and the first let-
ter accessed by the new button will appear.
Following our example, the next letter
needed is a “D,” so you would press the
“3” button once.

b. To enter a letter that uses the same numer-

ic key, you must first press the 

›

E to move the

blinking cursor block to the next position.
Then press the Numeric Key

H as

required to enter the desired letter.

c. To enter a blank space, press the 

›

E twice. The first

press will move the cursor to the right, and
the second press will move the cursor one
more space to the right, leaving a blank
space between the last letter and the next
one.

8. Repeat Step 7 as needed to enter all the

needed letters, numbers, characters and
spaces.

9. When the text entry is complete, press the 

F. The LCD display will blink

DEVICE RENAMED

three times and then

return to normal operation.

Once a device is renamed you will see the new
name on the top line of the remote’s LCD display
whenever the Input/Device Selector

4 is

pressed, or when any other command/function
button on the remote is pressed after the main
Device Selector is pressed. Note that renaming a
device in the remote will not change the name of
the input used by the on-screen menu system of
the AVR.

Notes on Renaming Devices:
• To move the cursor to the right or left of the

display during the renaming process, press the

‹

/

›

E as required.

• The table below shows the letters, numbers

and characters that may be accessed by press-
ing the Numeric Keys:

Key

Characters

Key

Characters

1

[,],/,1

6

M,N,O,6

2

A,B,C,2

7

P,Q,R,S,7

3

D,E,F,3

8

T,U,V,8

4

G,H,I,4

9

W,X,Y,Z,9

5

J,K,L,5

0

-,.,#,0

• Renaming a device changes the name of the

device only, not any of the individual key func-
tions within that device memory. To change the
name of an individual key, follow the instruc-
tions in the next section.

Renaming Individual Keys
Thanks to the programming flexibility of the AVR
remote, an individual button on the remote may
be assigned a feature or function that is different
from the name that appears as the factory
default when the button is pressed. However,
with the Rename Key function it is possible to
rename almost any button on the remote so that
when the button is pressed you will see a more
descriptive or appropriate name displayed.

To rename a specific button on the remote, fol-
low these steps. For this example, we will show
you how to rename the Tone Control Button

., which is normally not used when DVD is
selected so that it reads ZOOM in the remote’s
display.

1. Press and hold the Program Button

& for

about three seconds while the message shown 
in Figure 15 appears in the remote’s LCD
Information Display

2. Release the but-

ton when the red light under the Set Button
F appears.

2. The remote’s 

MAIN MENU

message (Figure

16), will appear in the LCD display and the
Set Button

F will remain illuminated in

red. Press the 

⁄¤

E until 

RENAME

appears on the bottom

line of the LCD screen, as shown in Figure 66.

3. At the next menu screen press the 

⁄¤

E until 

RENAME

KEY

appears on the bottom line of the LCD

screen, as shown in Figure 69. Press the Set
Button

F to continue.

4. The next display screen (Figure 70) is where

you select the device within which the key to
be renamed exists. Press the 

⁄¤

E until the name of

the base device appears. In our example, since
we want to rename a button within the DVD
device memory,

DVD

should appear in the

R E N A M E

R E N A M E   K E Y

R E N A M E   D E V I C E

T V

R E N A M E

R E N A M E   D E V I C E

M A I N   M E N U

R E N A M E

56 PROGRAMMING THE REMOTE

lower line of the LCD. When the desired device
name appears, press the Set Button

F.

5. At the next menu screen you will select the

first button within the device to be renamed,
as instructed in the display shown in Figure
71. Select the button by simply pressing it on
the remote.

6. Depending on whether or not the button

pressed already has a named function within
the device selected, one of two things will
happen.

a. If the button to be renamed already has a

pre-programmed, or previously renamed
title in the remote’s memory, you will see
that name on the top line of the LCD dis-
play, and a blinking block cursor will
appear on the far left side of the bottom
line of the display, as shown in Figure 72.

b. If the button to be renamed does not have

a function in the device selected, the top
line of the LCD screen will be blank, and a
blinking block cursor will appear on the far
left side of the bottom line of the display,
as shown in Figure 73.

7. To enter the new name for the key, press the

H. The letters above the

numbered buttons indicate which letters or
symbols will appear when the button is
pressed during the renaming process. The first
press of the button will enter the first charac-
ter shown, subsequent presses of the same
button will change the display to the other let-
ters above that numbered key. For example,
since the first letter we need to rename the
Tone button to Zoom is a “Z,” so you would
locate the “Z” above the “9” button, and
press the button four times. The first press
shows a “W,” the subsequent presses step
through the other letters available until the
“Z” appears. Consult the table on previous
page to see which characters are available by
pressing a particular button.

8. After you enter the first letter of the new 

key name, there are three options for
entering the next character:

a. To enter a letter that requires a different

numeric key to be pressed, simply press
that button. The cursor will automatically
move to the next position and the first let-
ter accessed by the new button will appear.
Following our example, the next letter
needed is an “O,” so you would press the
“6” button once.

b. To enter a letter that uses the same

numeric key, you must first press the 

›

E to move the

blinking cursor block to the next position.
Then press the Numeric Key

H as

required to enter the desired letter. This is
the way you would enter the second “O” in
the word ZOOM, and again for the letter
“M.”

c. To enter a blank space, press the 

›

E twice. The first

press will move the cursor to the right, and
the second press will move the cursor one
more space to the right, leaving a blank
space between the last letter and the next
one.

9. Repeat Steps 7 and 8 as needed to complete

entering the needed letters, numbers, charac-
ters and spaces.

10. When the text entry is complete, press the

F. The new name will be

entered into the remote’s memory, replacing
the default name.

11. At this point you have two options:

a. If you wish to program an additional key

within the same device, press the Set
Button

F as instructed by the bottom

line of the LCD display reading 

ANOTHER

KEY

. The remote will return to the 

SELECT

A KEY

menu option as shown in Step 6.

Repeat the instructions in Steps 6 though
11 to rename the next key.

b. If you have no additional keys to rename,

press the 

⁄

E

once so that the menu screen displays

EXIT

on the bottom line of the display.

Press the Set Button

F to return the

remote to normal operation.

Notes on Renaming Keys:
• Renaming a key does not change its function.

You may change the function of an individual
key by learning a new code into the remote.
See page 49 for more information.

• When a key is renamed it will only apply to the 

specific device selected in Step 4. The same key
may be renamed as needed for each individual
device with which it is used.

Resetting the Remote
Depending on the way in which the remote has
been programmed, there may be a situation
where you wish to totally erase all changes that
have been made to the remote and return it to
the factory defaults. You may do that by follow-
ing the steps shown below, but remember that
once the remote is reset, ALL changes that have
been made, including programming for use with
other devices, learned keys, macros, punch-
through settings and key names, will be erased
and any settings you had previously made will
have to be reentered.

To erase all settings and reset the remote to the 
original factory default settings and displays,
follow these steps:

1. Press and hold the Program Button

& for

about three seconds while the message shown 
in Figure 15 appears in the remote’s LCD
Information Display

2. Release the but-

ton when the red light under the Set Button
F appears.

2. The remote’s 

MAIN MENU

message (Figure

16), will appear in the LCD display and the
Set Button

F will remain illuminated in

red. Press the 

⁄¤

E until 

USER RESET

appears on the

bottom line of the LCD screen, as shown in
Figure 74.

3. Press the Set Button

F to reset the

remote. Note that once the Set Button is
pressed the process may not be stopped. While
the remote’s memory is being cleared a

RESETTING...

message will appear in the

upper line of the remote’s LCD screen as
shown in Figure 75.
It may take a few minutes for the reset process 
to take place, and the length of time will vary
depending on how much customization and 
programming has taken place. Please be
patient; as long as the message appears in the
display the remote is functioning properly.

4. When the remote has been totally reset and

returned to the factory default condition, a

REMOTE RESET COMPLETE

message will

appear (Figure 76) briefly, and then the remote
will return to normal operation.

R E M O T E   R E S E T

C O M P L E T E

R E S E T T I N G . . .

M A I N   M E N U

U S E R   R E S E T

D I S C   S K I P

S E L E C T   A   K E Y

S E L E C T   A   D E V I C E

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