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J

 Stereo Mode Selector: Press this button to 

select a stereo playback mode. When the button 
is pressed so that 

DSp SURR OFF

 appears in 

the Main Information Display F, the AVR will 
operate in a bypass mode with true fully analog, 
two-channel left/right stereo mode with no surround 
processing or bass management as opposed to other 
modes where digital processing is used. When the 
button is pressed so that 

SURROUND OFF

 appears 

in the Main Information Display F, you may 
enjoy a two-channel presentation of the sound along 
with the benefits of bass management. When the 
button is pressed so that 

5 CH STEREO

 appears, 

the stereo signal is routed to all five speakers, if 
installed.(see page 15 for more information on stereo 
playback modes).

K

 Logic 7 Selector: Press this button to select one 

of the available logic 7 surround modes. (see page 19 
for the available logic 7 options).

L

 Dim Button: Press this button to activate the 

Dimmer function, which reduces the brightness of 
the front panel display, or turn it off entirely. The first 
press of the button shows the default state, which 
is full brightness by  indicating 

VFD FUll

 in the 

Main Information Display F. Press the button 
again within five seconds to reduce the  brightness by 
50%, as indicated by 

VFD HalF

. Press the button 

again within five  seconds and the main display will go 
completely dark. Note that this setting is temporary; 
the  display will always return to full brightness when 
the AVR is turned on. In addition,both the Power 
Indicator 2 and the blue accent  lighting inside the 
volume control will always remain at full brightness 
regardless of the  setting. This is to remind you that the 
AVR is still turned on.

M

 Transport Buttons: These buttons operate the 

DVD player.

N

 Skip Up/Down Buttons (DVD): 

(DWN): Press to go to beginning of current track. Press 
again quickly to go to beginning of previous track. 
After pressing the PAUSE button, each press of this 
button will move the image in reverse frame by frame. 

(UP): Press to go to beginning of next track. After 
pressing the PAUSE  button, each press of this button 
will move the image forwards frame by frame.

O

 Night Mode: Press this button to activate the 

Night mode. This mode is available only with Dolby 
Digital encoded digital sources, and it  preserves dialog 
(center channel) intelligibilty at low volume levels 
(see page 16 for more  information).

P

 DTS Digital Mode Selector: When a DTs 

source is in use the AVR will select the  appropriate 
mode automatically and no other mode will be 
available. Pressing this button will display the mode 
currently selected by the AVR´s decoder, depending on 
the surround material played and the speaker setting.

Q

 Dolby Mode Selector: This button is used to 

select one of the available Dolby surround processing 
modes. Each press of this button will select one of 
the Dolby Pro logic II modes, Dolby 3 stereo or Dolby 
Digital. Note that the Dolby Digital mode is only 
available with a  digital input selected and the other 
modes only as long as a Dolby Digital source is not 
playing. 

R

 Repeat (DVD): Each press of this button 

changes the playback mode to repeat a chapter or 
track or the entire disc. A repeat icon will appear in the 
upper right corner of the screen indicating the current 
repeat mode. If the Player Information screen is active, 
the changes will be displayed on screen.

S

 Random (DVD): Press for RANDoM playback in 

random order.

T

 Tone Mode/Progressive Scan/Interlaced 

Button: Pressing this button enables or disables the 
bass and Treble tone  controls. When the button is 
pressed so that the words 

TONE IN

 appear in the 

Main Information Display F, the settings of 
the Bass and Treble controls will affect the output 
 signals. When the button is pressed so that the words 

TONE OUT

 appear in the Main Information 

Display F, the output signal will be “flat,” without 
any bass or treble alteration.

for DVD: Press this button to change the resolution 
of the Component Video output between standard 
definition and  progressive definition (PAl interlaced 
and PAl progressive; NTsC interlaced and NTsC 
 progressive). 
The new setting will become effective after  quitting 
the setup menu.

U

 Tuning Up/Down: When the tuner is in use, 

these buttons will tune up or down through the 
selected frequency band. If the Tuner Mode  button 
W

 has been pressed or the Band button 8 on the 

front panel was held pressed so that 

aUTO

 appears 

in the Main Information Display F, pressing 
either of the buttons will cause the tuner to seek the 
next station with acceptable signal strength for quality 
reception. When the 

maNUal

 appears in the Main 

Information Display F, pressing these  buttons 
will tune stations in single-step  increments. (see page 
22 for more information).

V

 Direct Button: Press this button when the 

tuner is in use to start the sequence for direct entry 
of a station’s frequency. After pressing the button 
simply press the proper Numeric Keys X to select 
a station (see page 22 for more information on the 
tuner).

W

 Tuner Mode/Zoom: Press this button when 

the tuner is in use to select between automatic  tuning 
and  manual tuning. When the button is pressed 
so 

maNUal

 appears in the Main Information 

Display F, pressing the Tuning buttons U7 
will move the frequency up or down in single-step 
increments. When the fM band is in use and 

aUTO

 

appears in the Main Information Display F, 
pressing this button will change to monaural reception 
making even week stations audible. (see page 22 for 
more information.)

When a DVD or VCD is playing, press this button to 
zoom the picture so that it is enlarged. There are 4 
steps to the zoom  function, each progressively larger. 
Press through each of the zoom stages to return to a 
normal picture.

X

 Numeric Keys: These buttons serve as a ten-

button numeric keypad to enter tuner preset positions. 
for DVD play you may enter track numbers directly, 
followed by oK to go to the track.

Y

 Digital Select/Audio Mode: Press this button 

to assign one of the digital inputs 4G9L to a 
source. (see page 12 for more information on using 
digital inputs.) Audio Mode: When operating the 
DVD, press this button to switch between Audio 
Modes.

Z

 Navigation Buttons: These are multi-purpose 

buttons. They will be used most  frequently to select 
a surround mode. These  buttons are also used to 
increase or decrease output levels when  configuring 
the unit, to select speaker  configuration or to select the 
digital inputs.

a

 Channel Select /Disc Menu Button: This 

button is used to start the process of setting the AVR’s 
output levels with an external source. once this button 
is pressed, use the 

KL

 buttons Z to select the 

channel being adjusted, then press the OK button 
A

, followed by the 

KL

 buttons again, to change 

the level setting. (see page 21 for more information.)

DVD Disc Menu: Displays the actual DVD Disc Menu 
on the TV screen in play mode. When playing discs 
with JPEG images, pressing this button will access the 
thumbnails.

b

 V.OFF/Test Button: Press to turn off video 

output for improved performance from audio-only 
discs. Press again to restore video output.

Tone: Press this button to begin the sequence used 
to calibrate the AVR’s output levels. (see page 16 for 
more information on calibrating the AVR).

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c

 Surround Mode Selector/Program Down/

Subtitle Button: Press this button to begin the 
process of changing the surround mode. After the 
button has been pressed, use the 

KL

 buttons Z 

to select the desired surround mode. (see page 18 for 
more information). 

When a DVD is playing, press to select a subtitle 
language or to turn subtitles off.

Note: Due to the variations in how DVD discs are 
authored, the subtitle languages selected with the 
subtitle button may not accurately reflect the actual 
languages available on the disc. It is  recommended 
that subtitles be selected using the disc’s menu.  

d

 Sleep/Program Up>/Audio Select Button: 

Press this button to place the unit in the sleep mode. 
After the time shown in the  display, the AVR will 
automatically go into the standby mode. Each press 
of the button changes the time until turn-off in the 
following order:

Hold the button pressed for two seconds to turn off the 
sleep mode setting.

Note that this button is also used to change channels 
on your TV, VCR and sAT receiver when selected.

DVD: Press to access various audio languages on a DVD 
(If the DVD contains multiple audio streams).

e

 Title: When a disc is playing, press to make the 

player go back to the first section of the disc. If you are 
playing a DVD-Audio disc that contains other formats 
the DVD is  capable of playing, such as linear PCM or 
Dolby Digital 5.1, pressing this button may enable you 
to switch playback from one audio format to another.

f

 AM/FM Tuner Select: Press this button to select 

the AVR’s tuner as the listening choice. Pressing this 
button when the tuner is in use will select between 
the AM and fM bands.

g

 AVR Selector: Pressing this button will switch 

the remote so that it will operate the AVR’s functions. 
If the AVR is in the standby mode, it will also turn the 
AVR on.

Power on

Power on

Power off (press and release)

Power off (press and release)

Power off (press and hold)

Power off (press and hold)

Mute

Mute(AVR)

AVR Power on

AVR(AVR)

DVD

DVD(AVR)

VID 1

VID 1(AVR)

HDMI 1

HDMI 1(AVR)

AM/fM

AM/fM(AVR)

CD

CD(AVR)

VID 2

VID 2(AVR)

HDMI 2

HDMI 2(AVR)

AUX

AUX(AVR)

TAPE

TAPE(AVR)

VID 3

VID 3(AVR)

HDMI 3

HDMI 3(AVR)

sleep

Audio

Title

6CH

6CH(AVR)

Vol Up

Vol Up(AVR)

surround Mode

subtitle

Test Tone

Video off

HD Mode

Vol Down

Vol Down(AVR)

Channel select

Disc Menu

speaker select

setup

level+/Up

Up

left

left

sET

Enter

Right

Right

level-/Down

Down

Digital select

Audio Mode

Delay

status

1

1

2

2

3

3

4

4

5

5

6

6

7

7

8

8

Tuner Mode

Zoom

9

9

0

0

Memory

Angle

Tuning Up

Direct Tuning

Clear

Clear

Preset Up

slow Up

Tuning Down

Tone Mode

P/I

RDs

Info

Preset Down

slow Down

Random Play

Repeat Play

A-b Repeat Play

Playlist

Dolby surround

Dolby surround(AVR)

DTs surround

DTs surround(AVR)

DTs NEo:6

DTs NEo:6(AVR)

Night Mode

Night(AVR)

logic7

logic7(AVR)

stereo

stereo(AVR)

skip Down(DVD)

skip Down

skip Up(DVD)

skip Up

Dimmer

Dimmer

Rew(DVD)

Rew

Play(DVD)

Play

ff(DVD)

ff

open/Close(DVD)

open/Close

stop(DVD)

stop

Pause(DVD)

Pause

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High Definition Multimedia Interface (HDMI) for a 

 

single wire, digital connection to your HD-Ready 
screen.

Advanced sophisticated 10-bit MPEG-2 video 

 

decoding circuits.

Direct RGb output via sCART (selectable) for 

 

optimum video performance. sCART connector 
also configurable for Composite Video output.

Test screen videos available for testing video 

 

performance and setup.

Pure PAl with NTsC disc due to true NTsC/PAl 

 

conversion.

Dual-layer compatibility for extended play DVD.

 

Progressive scan component video ouputs (NTsC 

 

and PAl)

Playback of JPEG image files

 

built-in DVD-Audio decoder for improved musical 

 

realism.

by connecting a DTs (Digital Theater systems) or a 

 

Dolby Digital decoder, you can enjoy high quality 
5.1 digital surround sound from DTs or Dolby 
Digital discs.

With linear PCM audio at 16-24 bits and 

 

44-96 kHz (also on digital output, see table page 

 

33), audio quality exceeding that of CD becomes 
possible.

optical and coaxial digital audio output.

 

on-screen Menu lcons for disc information or 

 

player information and access to many major 
functions of this unit.

subtitles may be displayed in one of numerous 

 

languages*.

The multi-angle function allows you to choose 

 

the viewing angle of scenes which were shot from 
a number of different angles (limited to DVD’s 
recorded with multiple camera angles.)

Multiple options for dialog language and 

 

soundtrack selection (limited to DVD’s  recorded 
with multiple dialog languages or soundtracks).

Intuitive menu operating system.

 

4 step Zoom during play and pause.

 

backlit, ergonomically designed remote  control.

 

future software upgrades accessible via Internet. 

 

(see information below.)

The DVD will play any conventional Audio CD or 

 

recordable (CD-R) or erasable CD (CD-RW), MP3, 
WMA (v8) or any DivX or VCD or DVD/Video with 
the region code 0 or 2.

The unit can play the following disc formats (8 cm and 
12 cm size): 

DVD-AUDIo

 

DVD

 

DVD-R

 

DVD-RW

 

DVD+R

 

DVD+RW

 

CD

 

CD-R

 

CD-RW

 

VCD

 

WMA (v8)

 

•
NOTE: Due to differences in the format of certain 
discs, it is possible that some discs may include a mix 
of features that are not compatible with the DVD. 
similarly, although the DVD is capable of a wide range 
of features, not all discs include every capability of 
the DVD system. for example, although the DVD is 
compatible with multi-angle discs, that feature is 
only possible when the disc is specially encoded for 
multi pleangle play. In addition, the DVD is capable of 
playing back both Dolby Digital and DTs soundtracks, 
but the number and types of tracks  available will vary 
from disc to disc. To make  certain that a specific feature 
or soundtrack option is available, please check the 
options noted on the disc jacket.

Playback capability for CD-R, CD-RW, WMA, JPEG, 

 

■

MP3, DivX, VCD/sVCD, DVD-R, DVD+R, DVD-RW 
and DVD+RW discs may vary due to  variations 
in the quality of the disc and the recorder used to 
create the disc.

The DVD is compatible with most discs recorded 

 

■

with files encoded using MP3 or Windows Media 
9, as well as JPEG still images. However, note 
that variations in the encoder or codec used and 
the bit rate of the encoding may affect the DVD’s 
ability to play back a specific disc. As a result, we 
cannot guarantee complete compatibility with 
all encoders and versions of the codecs. for best 
results, we recommend that MP3 files be encoded 
at bit rates ranging between 32kbps and 320kbps. 
WMA files should be encoded at bit rates between 
64kbps and 320kbps. Although the DVD is capable 
of playing some WMA 9 files, not all features of 
version 9 are supported. JPEG files should contain 
no more than 5 megapixels, and the file size 
should be no larger than 5Mb.

DVD discs with a Region Code other than 2

 

DVD-RoM data discs

 

DVD-RAM discs

 

CD-I discs

 

CD-G discs

 

sVCD discs

 

Kodak Photo CD™ discs (Kodak Picture CD discs, 

 

available to consumers, may be viewed using the 
DVD).
Discs intended for use in video game consoles

 

Discs recorded in the “VR” mode or at any speed 

 

other than “sP” 
High-definition optical discs such as WMVHD, 

 

HD-DVD and blu-ray

The ”firmware” controlling the functionality of the 
Harman Kardon DVD is fully upgradeable. In the event 
of future improvements to its  operations and features, 
it will be possible to download firmware upgrades 
from  www.harmankardon.com/International

All you have to do is create a CD-R with the data and 
insert it in the DVD for an automatic upgrade.

1  Harman Kardon DVD Player

1   A/V cable for stereo analog audio and  

composite video

1  HDMI cable

fEATUREs

NOTE: This player is designed and manufactured 
for compatibility with Region Management 
Information that is encoded on most DVD discs. 
This player is designed only for playback of discs 
with Region Code 2, or for discs that do not contain 
Region Code infor mation. If there is any other 
Region Code on a disc, that disc will not play on 
the DVD.

   

ClAss 1

lAsER PRoDUCT

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1

3

4

5 6

7 8

2

fRoNT PANEl CoNTRols

0

  Main Information Display

1

  Power on/off (standby)

2

  open/Close

3

  Play

4

  Pause

5

  stop

6

  skip/search (Previous)

7

  skip/search (Next)

8

  Dimmer

0

 Main Information Display: This  display delivers 

messages and  status indications to help you  operate 
the DVD player.

1

 Power On/Off (Standby): Press the button once 

to turn the DVD player on, press it again to put the unit 
in the standby mode.

2

 Open/Close: Press this button to open or close 

the Disc Tray.

3

 Play: Press to initiate playback or to resume 

playback after Pause has been pressed.

4

 Pause: Press this button to momentarily pause 

playback. To resume playback, press the button again. 
If a DVD is playing, action will freeze and a still picture 
will be displayed when the button is pressed. 

5

 Stop: Press this button once to place the disc 

in the Resume mode, which means that playback 
will stop, but as long as the tray is not opened or 
the disc changed, DVD playback will continue from 
the same point on the disc when the Play button is 
pressed again. Resume will also work if the unit was 
turned off. To stop a disc and have play start from the 
beginning, press the button twice.

6

 Skip/Search (Previous): Press this button to 

move backward through the music tracks on a CD disc 
or the chapters on a DVD disc. Keep the button pressed 
to search backwards at one of the available speeds.

7

 Skip/Search (Next): Press to move forward 

through the music tracks on a CD or the  chapters on a 
DVD disc. Keep the button pressed to search forwards 
at one of the available speeds.

8

 Dimmer: Press this button to reduce the 

brightness of the Information Display by 50% or to 
turn the display off completely in the following order: 
fUll bRIGHTNEss ‘ HAlf bRIGHTNEss ‘ off ‘ fUll 
bRIGHTNEss.

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