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Setting Up the Receiver

press the Ok button and the TV-resolution screen will appear.

Initial Setup

Please select the highest resolution that your TV

supports. If you are unsure select ‘Auto’.

Auto

1080p

1080i

720p

480p/576p

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after selecting your TV’s highest resolution, press the Ok button, and the TV aspect-ratio 

screen will appear. Note: If you are unsure of your display’s highest resolution, select 

“auto” and the BDs receiver will select the optimal resolution for you.

Initial Setup

Please select the aspect ratio that fits your TV.

Auto/16:9 Full

16:9 Normal

4:3 Pan & Scan

4:3 Letterbox

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after selecting the aspect ratio that best fits your TV, press the Ok button and the Initial 

setup speaker package screen will appear.

Initial Setup

Select the speaker package

you are using with BDS.

This will enable processing

in the BDS that maximizes

your system.

SB10

HKTS 9

HKTS 16
HKTS 30
HKTS 60

Other

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This setting enables processing in the BDs receiver that will maximize your system’s 

audio performance. If you are using a Harman kardon speaker package with your BDs 

receiver, select its model number from the list. If you’re not using a Harman kardon 

speaker package, select “Other.”
press the Ok button to save your settings and then press it again to exit the Initial setup 

screens.

press the “Home” button on the remote control to select the Home Menu. from here you 

can choose a number of audio and video sources, and access the settings menu that lets 

you set up the receiver’s various functions.  To access the settings menu, scroll down 

through the Home Menu’s various options using the Cursor Down button until you reach 

the settings menu.

System
Language
Playback
Parental Control
Bluetooth
Network

Set your preferences for BDS and other general settings

General Settings

Use the remote’s Cursor Left/Right buttons to move from one menu to another, use the 

Cursor Up/Down buttons to navigate through the lists that appear on the various screens, 

and use the Ok button to select highlighted items. press the Back button at any time to 

return to the previous screen.
General Settings

System

Language

Playback

Parental Control

Bluetooth

Network

Front Panel Brightness

One Touch Play

System Standby

System Upgrade

Initial Setup

BD-Live Storage

100%

Off

Off

More...

More...

Information

Set your preferences for how BDS operates

General Settings

System: The system option allows you to set the following system features:
Front Panel Brightness: This option sets the brightness of the BDs receiver’s information 

Display, from Off/auto Dim to 100%.
One Touch Play: when this option is set to “On,” pressing the play button on the BDs 

receiver when a Blu-ray Disc or DVD is inserted will automatically turn on a connected 

TV and switch it to the input where the BDs receiver is connected. NOTe: The TV must 

support HDMI CeC (Consumer electronics Control).
System Standby: when this option is set to “On,” putting a connected TV into standby 

mode will automatically place the connected BDs receiver into standby mode. NOTe: The 

TV must support HDMI CeC (Consumer electronics Control).
System Upgrade: select this option when you want to install a firmware upgrade for your 

BDs receiver that you’ve downloaded from a Harman kardon web site or other Harman 

kardon source. such an upgrade can be performed via a UsB thumb drive, the Internet 

(through the BDs receiver’s Network connection) or via a CD-ROM disc. 
NOTe: we recommend using a UsB thumb drive or the Internet connection whenever 

possible, as upgrading via a CD-ROM disc takes several times longer.
Initial Setup: This option activates the receiver’s Initial setup process (see Initial Setup, 

on page 15).

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BD-Live Storage: when you select the BD-Live features from a disc’s menu, you may be 

able to download additional content or other information via the Internet (through the BDs 

receiver’s Network connection) and onto a memory device inserted into the receiver’s 

UsB port. This option lets you see how much space is available on the memory device, 

and lets you delete previously-stored BD-Live content from the device. (see BD-Live 

Interactivity, on page 23, for more details.)
Restore Defaults: This option restores the receiver to its factory-default setting values. 

NOTe: This procedure deletes all preset fM station settings and restores the parental-

control password back to the factory default of 0000.
Language: This setting lets you set the player Language for the Blu-ray Disc or DVD 

player and the Disc Menus, the preferred audio language, and the preferred subtitle 

language. NOTe: If the selected language is not available on the particular disc being 

played, use the disc’s menu to set the language from those available on the disc.
Playback: The playback option allows you to set the following disc playback features:
Show Angle Icon: This option lets you select whether or not the angle icon will 

automatically be displayed when a disc with multiple camera angles is played.
Auto Play: This option lets you select whether discs will automatically begin playing when 

they are inserted into the BDs receiver’s disc player.
Show PIP Icon: This option lets you select whether or not the picture-in-picture (pIp) icon 

will be displayed automatically when a Blu-ray Disc recording with pIp content is played.
Secondary Audio Icon: This option lets you select whether or not the secondary audio 

Icon will automatically be displayed when a Blu-ray Disc recording with secondary audio 

content is played.
Disc Resume: This option lets you select whether or not a disc that has been ejected 

while playing will resume play from that location when it is re-inserted into the receiver’s 

disc player.
DivX

VOD DRM: This option displays your receiver’s Divx Video-On-Demand Digital 

Rights Management registration information.
Parental Control: This option lets you set the receiver’s parental-control password and 

the level of parental control you want active. Use the pop-up alphanumeric keypad to 

enter a new or existing password. NOTe: The default password is 0000.
Bluetooth: The BDs receiver will automatically enter and remain in the Bluetooth pairing 

mode until you pair it with a Bluetooth device, which can then stream audio content to the 

BDs receiver. when you want to pair the BDs receiver with a different Bluetooth device, 

use this setting to force the BDs receiver back into the Bluetooth pairing mode so you 

can pair it with the new device.
Network: This option allows you to set the following network features:
Information: This displays your network’s Ip, subnet Mask, gateway and DNs addresses.
Connection Test: This option tests for a working network connection to the BDs receiver.
IP Setting: This option lets you enter your network settings, either automatically or 

manually. Unless your network administrator instructs you otherwise, you should use 

the auto option.
BD-Live Connection: This option lets you set the receiver’s BD-Live connection 

preferences. “always allow” allows downloading of BD-Live content whenever a disc 

with BD-Live content is played. “Limit” allows downloading only if the disc is officially 

BD-Live certified. “prohibited” does not allow any BD-Live access.
Proxy Setting: “Disabled” bypasses any proxy Host and proxy port settings and prevents 

their selection. “enabled” allows you to select and set the proxy host and proxy port if 

your network requires a proxy setting. This option is for advanced users only and, in most 

cases, should be left set to “Disabled.”

Configure and optimize the settings for your display

TV

Video Processing

Aspect Ratio

Resolution

Color Space

Film Mode

HDMI Deep Color

TV Standard

16:9 Full

Auto

RGB

Off

On

Auto

Display Settings

TV: This option allows you to set the following display parameters:
Aspect Ratio: This option lets you select how you want 4:3 programs displayed on a 

16:9 TV, or 16:9 programs displayed on a 4:3 TV. “16:9 full” stretches 4:3 material 

to fill a 16:9 TV screen. “16:9 Normal” displays 4:3 material on a 16:9 TV with black 

boxes on either side of the picture, preserving the program’s original visual composition 

without distortion. “4:3 pan & scan” zooms in on widescreen material to fill a 4:3 screen. 

“4:3 Letterbox” displays 16:9 material with black bars above and below the picture, 

preserving the program’s original visual composition without distortion.
Resolution: This option lets you select your TV’s highest resolution. “auto” automatically 

selects the best resolution for your TV or flat-screen display.
Color Space: This option lets you match the BDs receiver’s video output to the color 

space of the connected TV or video display. Check the documentation for your TV or video 

display to determine the color space it uses.
Film Mode: If your TV can handle a 1080p 24Hz signal (if it has 1080 resolution and a 

video-refresh rate that is a whole-number multiple of 24), set film Mode to “On” to get 

maximum resolution from Blu-ray disc content mastered at 24 frames per second. If 

your display cannot handle a 1080p/24Hz signal, set this option to “Off,” and the BDs 

receiver will upconvert 24-frame-per-second film material to the standard video 30Hz 

refresh rate.
HDMI Deep Color: This option allows you to adjust the resolution of color output to your 

TV. If your TV accepts Deep Color, this option allows your TV to display an enhanced color 

palette.

 

• On: The BDs receiver outputs 36-bit Deep Color if your TV supports it. If your TV does 

not support 36-bit Deep Color, the receiver will output 30-bit color.

 

• Off: The BDs receiver does not output Deep Color (color resolution remains at 24 

bits).

TV Standard: This option allows you to set the BDs receiver to match your area’s 

television standard. select NTsC for the Usa or paL for europe. select “auto” to allow the 

receiver to match the standard of the connected TV automatically.
NOTe: If you use the “auto” setting, the receiver may skip the first two seconds of paL 

Divx content while it switches to the paL mode. To avoid this, use the paL setting.
HDMI 3D: This option lets you determine how the BDs receiver will handle HDMI 3D 

content. If you have connected the receiver to a 3D capable TV, select “auto” to allow the 

receiver to play 3D content in 3D automatically. If you have connected the receiver to a 

TV that is not 3D capable, select “Off” to play 3D content in 2D.

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Video Processing: This option allows you to set the BDs receiver’s internal video 

processing.
Video Mode: This setting lets you select a preset video-processing option to optimize 

the picture for the current program by adjusting the brightness, contrast, color and 

sharpness:

 

• standard: Neutral control settings.

 

• Vivid: for video games.

 

• Cinema: for movies and many television broadcasts.

 

• Custom: This option lets you adjust the picture settings manually. The Brightness, 

saturation (color saturation), Hue, Contrast, sharpness and CTI settings appear 

as sliders. The default setting for each adjustment is 0. Use the Cursor Left/Right 

buttons to change each setting’s value.

Adjust bass and treble controls

Tone Controls

Audio Output

Speaker Settings

Bass

Treble

0dB

0dB

Audio Settings

Tone Controls: This option lets you increase or decrease the amount of bass (low 

frequencies) and treble (high frequencies) in the sound. The adjustment ranges from 

–10dB to +10dB, in 1dB increments.
Audio Output: This option lets you set the following items:
HDMI Audio Out: In addition to digital video signals, the BDs receiver’s HDMI connection 

also carries digital audio signals.

 

• pCM: This option outputs a two-channel downmix derived from the program’s native 

audio format via the HDMI output.

 

• Off: This option turns off the receiver’s HDMI audio output. we recommend setting 

this option to “Off,” so you can take full advantage of the superior audio capability 

of your BDs receiver.

Dynamic Range Control: This setting makes the loud and quiet parts of a movie or music 

sound closer to the same volume (a process known as compression). Compression lets 

you turn up the volume so you can hear the quiet parts without the loud parts disturbing 

other people. NOTe: This feature works only with Dolby Digital programs that have been 

specially encoded. Three settings are available:

 

• Off: Never applies compression. Use this setting when the volume may be as loud 

as you desire.

 

• On: always applies compression. Use this setting when you want the volume to be as 

quiet as possible without making it difficult to hear spoken dialogue.

 

• auto: applies compression based on information encoded within the Dolby Digital 

bitstream. The receiver will selectively apply compression only during the most 

dynamic parts of the soundtrack.

Component Audio Input: This setting lets you associate one of the BDs receiver’s audio 

input connections (Coaxial In, Optical In 1, Optical In 2, aux In 1, aux In 2) with the 

Component Video Input. The audio connection you designate here will be active whenever 

the Component input is selected.
Speaker Settings: This option allows you to set up the receiver to work properly with 

your loudspeakers. There are three settings:

EzSet/EQ: This option makes the supplied ezset/eQ microphone automatically detect the 

capabilities of each connected loudspeaker, and optimize the BDs receiver’s performance 

for your speakers. This will provide excellent results in most installations.
Manual Configuration: This option lets you manually configure the BDs receiver to work 

with your speakers. select this option if you wish to set up the receiver for your speakers 

manually or if you are unable to run ezset/eQ calibration.
with both options, the first step is to select the configuration of your speaker system:

 

• 2.0: This configuration consists of left and right main speakers but no subwoofer. 

selecting this configuration sends all of the bass to the left and right speakers, so be 

sure that they are full-range and can handle deep bass.

 

• 2.1: This configuration consists of left and right main speakers, plus a subwoofer.

 

• 3.1: This configuration consists of front left, center and front right speakers, plus a 

subwoofer. (This option is only available on BDs 575 and BDs 577 receivers.)

 

• 5.1: This configuration consists of front left, front right, center, surround left and 

surround right speakers, plus a subwoofer. (This option is only available on BDs 575 

and BDs 577 receivers.)

Speaker Package: This setting enables processing in the BDs receiver that will maximize 

your system’s audio performance. If you are using one of the listed Harman kardon 

speaker packages with your BDs receiver, select its model number from the list. If you’re 

not using one of the listed Harman kardon speaker packages, select “Other.”
EZ Set/EQ: The BDs receiver’s eZset/eQ™ system uses the supplied ezset/eQ 

microphone to perform this important step automatically. Before beginning, be sure you 

have correctly connected your speakers to the BDs receiver. 

3.  plug the supplied ezset/eQ microphone into the BDs receiver’s Headphone 

connector.

Headphone

Connector

EzSet/EQ Microphone

(supplied)

4.  place the microphone at ear height in your main listening position.
5.  select Continue in the ezset/eQ (automatic setup) box that appears.

Audio Settings

Off

2.0

2.1

3.1

5.1

The EzSet/EQ automatic setup can calibrate the BDS system and configure the

loudspeaker parameters automatically to get the best sound performance.

EzSet/EQ (Automatic Setup)

Continue

Cancel

Please plug the EzSet/EQ microphone into the front

panel of the BDS. Place it at ear level at your 

desired listening position. If a Subwoofer is

connected, set the level control (on the subwoofer)

to half.

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6.  Remain silent while the test noise plays through the speakers. as the test noise 

circulates among the speakers the screen will show which speaker is being tested.

EzSet/EQ automatic setup can calibrate the BDS system and configure

loudspeaker parameters automatically to get the best sound performance.

EzSet/EQ(Automatic Setup)

Testing...

Please keep room
silent during EzSet/EQ.

S

S

S

Audio Settings

7.  when the testing process is completed, the “Testing...” message on the screen will 

change to “all test done!”

8.  press the Back button to exit the ezset/eQ test procedure.

NOTe: If the test fails, the “Testing...” message on the screen will change to “Test failed, 

please make sure all speakers are connected correctly and the room is quiet then try 

again.” press the Back button, make sure all speakers are correctly connected and 

perform the test again from step 6. Make sure that the room remains quiet during the 

test.
Manual Configuration: after you select your speaker system’s configuration, the speaker 

setup screen will appear:

Tone Controls

Audio Output

Speaker Settings

Left (0.0 dB, 0.0m/0ft)

Right (0.0 dB, 0.0m/0ft)

SUB

L

LS

RS

R

C

Audio Settings

setting the speaker distances:

1.  The front left and front right speakers will be highlighted. press the Ok button. The 

Level and Distance selection screen will appear.

Tone Controls

Audio Output

Speaker Settings

Left (0.0 dB, 0.0m/0ft)

Right (0.0 dB, 0.0m/0ft)

SUB

L

LS

RS

R

C

Level

Distance

Audio Settings

2.  press the Cursor Down button to highlight Distance, and press the Ok button. The 

Distance adjustment bars will appear.

Tone Controls

Audio Output

Speaker Settings

Left (0.0 dB, 0.0m/0ft)

Right (0.0 dB, 0.0m/0ft)

SUB

L

LS

RS

R

C

Audio Settings

L

0

0

Left 
Right

3.  Measure the distance from the listening position to each of your system’s speakers, 

including the subwoofer. write down the distances. 

4.  Use the Cursor Left and Right buttons to adjust the “L” bar until it shows the distance 

you measured to the front left speaker (the arrowheads indicate which speaker is 

being adjusted).

5.  press the Cursor Down button to highlight the “R” bar. Use the Cursor Left and Right 

buttons to adjust the bar until it shows the distance you measured to the front right 

speaker.

6.  press the Back button twice to return to the speaker setup screen (the front left and 

front right speakers will still be highlighted). 

7.  press the Cursor Down button. The subwoofer will be highlighted. press the Ok 

button. The Level and Distance screen will appear.

8.  Repeat steps 2 – 7 for the center speaker, surround speakers and subwoofer. 
9.  when you have entered the distances to all of your system’s speakers, press the 

Back button repeatedly to return to the Home Menu screen.

NOTe: Leave all the speaker levels set at “0” for now. you will be able to adjust the 

individual speaker levels once your system is set up and you’re playing music or films. 

see Adjusting Individual Speaker Volumes, on page 20.
Information Menu 

MAC Address:

Softare Verison:

MCUVer : 41.0

MCU2Ver : 15

000 -1C -50 00 -D9 -50

BDS_275 EU V2.3.0

DspVer : 17

MFIVer : 6

Information

The Information menu will display the receiver’s software/firmware version number and 

the receiver’s factory-assigned network MaC address. This screen is for information only 

and has no user adjustments.

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