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When the programmed time has elapsed
the unit will automatically turn off (to
Standby mode). Note that the front panel
display will dim to one half brightness
when the Sleep function is programmed.
To cancel the Sleep function, press the

button

î 

until the Sleep indicator

numbers disappear and the Information
Display shows the current source. Pressing
any control button while the Sleep control
is activated will momentarily return the
Information Display to full brightness for
increased legibility without interrupting the
Sleep function.

The HK3270 RDS’s tuner is capable of
tuning AM(MW), FM and FM Stereo
broadcast stations. Stations may be tuned
manually, automatically or they may be
stored as favorite station presets and
recalled from a 30-position memory.

Station Selection
1. Press the 

%

or 

^

buttons on

the front panel or on the remote 

ç

to

select the tuner as an input and the
appropriate Band.

2. To automatically search for the next
highest or lowest frequency station that
has an acceptable signal hold the 

⁄

or 

¤

button 

&

on the front or 

˚

or

π

on the remote pressed and release it

when the station frequency indication in
the display begins to increase or decrease.
Tap the 

button 

&˚π

to

advance one frequency increment at a
time, or press and hold it to locate a
specific station. When the 

indicator

illuminates in the display, the station is
properly tuned and should be heard with
clarity.

3. Stations may also be tuned directly by
pressing the 

button 

Q

, and then

pressing the 

R

that

correspond to the station’s frequency. The
desired station will automatically be tuned
as soon as all four (<100MHz) or five (up
from 100 MHz) frequency digits are
entered.

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

button 

Ó ø

until the 

indicator in the display

goes out.

Preset Tuning
Up to 30 stations may be stored in the
HK3270 RDS’s memory for easy recall.

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

1. Press the 

button 

¬

on the

remote. Note that 

and 

indicators will illuminate and flash in the
Information Display.

2. Within five seconds, press the 

R

corresponding to the location

where you wish to store this station’s
frequency.

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

Auto Preset
• Preset stations may also be programmed
automatically for the FM band. To
automatically enter each station that may
be tuned with acceptable quality into the
HK3270 RDS’s preset memories, first select
the FM band. Next, press and hold the

button 

S

until the 

and 

indicators begin to flash, and

the station frequency indication begins to

increase. Release the button and note that
the tuner will search the entire FM band,
and stop briefly at each station that has
acceptable signal strength. The HK3270
RDS will automatically assign a preset
number to each station, and then search
for the next station. The automatic scan
process will stop when all 30 preset
memory locations have been filled or the
entire FM band has been scanned three
times or the 

button 

S

is

pressed again.

NOTE: Using the automatic tuning mode in
areas with more than 30 FM stations will
completely fill the preset memories, and
over-write any previously memorized presets
for either AM or FM stations.

TIP: The automatic scan process may
enter stations that you do not wish to
retain in the memory, or it may enter the
same station on more than one frequency.
These unwanted stations may be removed
from the memory using the Preset Clear
function outlined below.

Recalling Preset Stations
• To manually select a station previously
entered in the preset memory, press the

R

that correspond to

the desired station’s memory location.

• To manually tune through the list of
stored preset stations one by one, press the

buttons 

( ∂

on the front panel

or remote.

• To automatically scan through the
stations entered in the preset memory,
press the 

button 

* µ

on

the front panel or remote. The tuner will
run through the list of preset stations,
stopping for five seconds at each one. Press
the button again to stop the scan at your
desired station.

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Clearing Preset Stations
Unwanted preset stations may be erased
from the unit’s memory to make it easier
to tune only those stations you want.

To remove a preset station from the
HK3270 RDS’s tuner memory, first tune to
the station using the 

buttons 

(

∂

on the front panel or remote, or by

entering the preset number directly, using
the 

R

.

When the preset station to be removed has
been tuned, first press the 

button 

V

. The 

and 

indicators in the Information Display will
flash, and the actual preset number will
disappear from the display. Next, press the

button 

U

within five seconds.

The preset station will be removed from
the memory, and the action will be
confirmed by the brief appearance of the
word 

CLEAR

and the preset number

location in the Information Display. That
memory location will now be empty, and
you may program a different station to
that location, or leave it empty.

The HK3270 RDS is equipped with RDS
(Radio Data System), which brings a wide
range of information 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 HK3270 RDS will
serve as an easy-to-use center for both
information and entertainment. This
section will help you take maximum
advantage of the RDS system.

RDS Tuning
When an FM station is tuned in and it
contains RDS data, the HK3270 RDS will
automatically display the station’s call
sign and the 

indicator will light in

the Information Display as well as
indicators for the RDS services program
type (PTY) and radiotext (RT) if
transmitted by the station. As soon as a
radiotext message is received completely to
be displayed a red LED will flash beneath
the RT indicator.

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 

button

©

enables you to cycle through the

various data types in the following
sequence:

• The Station name or other Program
information .

• The station’s frequency.

• The Program Type (PTY) as shown in
the following list in this manual.

• A “text” message 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 the meantime the word 

TEXT

will flash in the display.

• The current time as transmitted by the
station. It may take up to two minutes for
the time to appear, in the meantime the
word 

TIME

will flash in the display. Note

that the accuracy of the time message is set
by the radio station, not the HK3270 RDS.

• Some RDS stations may not choose to
include some of these additional features. If
the data required for the selected mode is
not being transmitted, the

Ú

will show a 

NO PTY

,

NO

TEXT

or 

NO TIME

message.

• In any FM mode the RDS function
requires a strong enough signal for proper
operation. If you receive a partial message, 
see blinking characters or an RDS
indicator going on and off, try slowly
adjusting the antenna to improve the
signal strength or tune to another, stronger,
RDS station.

Program Search (PTY)
A major benefit of RDS is its ability to
encode 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:

• 

TRAFFIC

:  Traffic Information 

and Road Conditions

• 

POP M

:  Popular Music

• 

ROCK M

:  Rock Music

• 

M.O.R  M

:  Middle-of-the-

Road Music

• 

LIGHT M

:  Classical Music

• 

CLASSICS

:  Serious Classical Music

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• 

OTHER M

:  Other Music

• 

NEWS

:  News

• 

INFO

:  Information

• 

SPORT

:  Sports

• 

AFFAIRS

:  Current Affairs

• 

EDUCATE

:  Educational

• 

DRAMA

:  Drama

• 

CULTURE

:  Culture

• 

SCIENCE

:  Science

• 

VARIED

:  Varied Speech Programs

• 

WEATHER

:  Weather Information

• 

FINANCE

:  Financial Programs

• 

CHILDREN

:  Children’s Programs

• 

SOCIAL

:  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

• 

NATION N

:  National Music

• 

OLDIES

:  Oldies Music

• 

FOLK M

:  Folk Music

• 

DOCUMENT

:  Documentary Programs

• 

TEST

:  Station Alarm Test Message

• 

ALARM

:  Emergency Broadcast

Information

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

1. Press the 

button 

˙

and note

that the Information Display will show

SEL PTY

.

2. After three seconds, the display will show
the last PTY in use. If you wish to use the
same PTY, press the 

button 

˙

again within six seconds, and the tuner will
begin to search for the first station with the
matching PTY and acceptable signal
strength.

3. To search for a different PTY, press the

buttons 

π &

while

the last PTY in use is still displayed to scroll
through the list of available PTY types. To
search for the next available station with
any RDS data, select 

RDS ONLY

as the

PTY type.

4. When the PTY is selected, press the 

button 

˙

within three seconds, and

note the 

indicator will flash in the

Information Display. The HK3270 RDS will
go into an automatic search mode and
attempt to find the next station with
acceptable signal strength that matches the
desired PTY type. Press the 

button 

˙

twice again to find another

matching station. When a station is tuned,
the search will stop and the Information
Display will show the station’s “Call
Letters” or other “Program Service”
identification.

5. The tuner will make one complete scan
of the entire FM band for stations that
match the desired PTY type and have
acceptable reception quality. If no such
station is found, the word 

NONE

will

appear briefly in the Information Display,
and the tuner will return to the last FM
station in use before the search.

In normal operation, the source selected for
listening through the HK3270 RDS is sent to
the Tape Mon Rec Out and Tape 2 Rec Out
outputs. This means that any program you
are listening to may be recorded simply by
placing machines connected to the outputs
for 

‚

or 

¤

in the

record mode.

When a tape recorder with separate record
and playback heads is used, you may
monitor the output of the recording by
selecting the 

!

or 

ç

.

Note that the previous source remains
selected as recording source and a red LED
will illuminate in the front panel above the

!

to remind you that you are

listening to the record playback instead of
the actual input source being recorded.

Note that changing the Bass, Treble or
Balance control will not affect the
recordings, only the preamp and speaker
outputs.

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This product is equipped with a memory
backup system that preserves tuner presets
for about two weeks if the unit is
accidentally unplugged, subject to a power
outage or tuned off completely with the

1

.

In the rare case where the unit’s operation
or the displays seem abnormal, the cause
may involve the erratic operation of the
system’s memory or microprocessor.

To correct this problem, first unplug the
unit from the AC wall outlet and wait at
least three minutes. After the pause,
reconnect the AC power cord and check the
unit’s operation. If the system still
malfunctions, a system reset may clear the
problem.

If the system still does not respond, it may
be necessary to perform a complete reset.
To reset the system, first turn the HK3270
RDS off by pressing the 

1

and then releasing it so that it

extends out beyond the front panel and the
word “OFF” is visible in red lettering at the
top of the switch.

Next, press and hold the 

and 

buttons 

! #

on the

front panel ONLY. While holding these
buttons in, press the 

1

in until it latches so that the

button is flush with the front panel.

The Information Display will briefly show
the word 

RESET

, and then return to

normal operation.

Note that when the system is reset in this
fashion, all tuner presets will be lost and
must be reentered.

If the system is still operating incorrectly,
there may have been an electronic
discharge or severe AC line interference
that has corrupted the memory or
microprocessor.

If these steps do not solve the problem,
consult an authorized Harman Kardon
service depot.