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All Harman Kardon 7.1-channel AVR receivers are easy to set up and use. Your Harman Kardon entertainment system will be there for one-room apartments. Which means Harman Kardon multiroom systems are built with multiroom applications in mind. So go ahead, spread out and enjoy yourself. MULTIROOM PRODUCTS One-room systems are only ideal for you. 24 25 All include assignable rear-channel amplifiers, all offer a second-zone control system, and the AVR 354 includes a second-zone remote control.
All Harman Kardon 7.1-channel AVR receivers are easy to set up and use. Your Harman Kardon entertainment system will be there for one-room apartments. Which means Harman Kardon multiroom systems are built with multiroom applications in mind. So go ahead, spread out and enjoy yourself. MULTIROOM PRODUCTS One-room systems are only ideal for you. 24 25 All include assignable rear-channel amplifiers, all offer a second-zone control system, and the AVR 354 includes a second-zone remote control.
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... sources (including your Harman Kardon AVR), you depart. ABH 4 HE 1000 Four-Room A-BUS Expansion Hub External Infrared Remote Sensor One ABH 4 = four rooms; We don't know of many more rooms. With A-BUS-equipped Harman Kardon products, the more music-hungry constituents you the option of your AVR from any receiver's "Tape" or "Multiroom" outputs to any Harman Kardon remote control.
... sources (including your Harman Kardon AVR), you depart. ABH 4 HE 1000 Four-Room A-BUS Expansion Hub External Infrared Remote Sensor One ABH 4 = four rooms; We don't know of many more rooms. With A-BUS-equipped Harman Kardon products, the more music-hungry constituents you the option of your AVR from any receiver's "Tape" or "Multiroom" outputs to any Harman Kardon remote control.
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... 5-15/16" x 2-13/16" Weight ABH: 1 lb; speakers: up to 14 AWG 4-1/4" x 1-3/4" x 2-1/4" 0.25 lb HE 1000 External infrared remote sensor Harman Kardon® or compatible products with computer Driver Two Ridge and two Atlas™ transducers Power 2 x 15W for tweeters; 2 x 30W for synchronizing iPod with "...M4A Yes (audio, video) MP3, WMA No Included Accessories Car Charger Yes Yes Yes Wall Charger Yes Yes Yes Wireless Remote Controller Yes No No Active Docking Mount Yes No No Fold-Flat Mounting Bracket Yes Yes Yes Bluetooth® Technology Hands-Free ...
... 5-15/16" x 2-13/16" Weight ABH: 1 lb; speakers: up to 14 AWG 4-1/4" x 1-3/4" x 2-1/4" 0.25 lb HE 1000 External infrared remote sensor Harman Kardon® or compatible products with computer Driver Two Ridge and two Atlas™ transducers Power 2 x 15W for tweeters; 2 x 30W for synchronizing iPod with "...M4A Yes (audio, video) MP3, WMA No Included Accessories Car Charger Yes Yes Yes Wall Charger Yes Yes Yes Wireless Remote Controller Yes No No Active Docking Mount Yes No No Fold-Flat Mounting Bracket Yes Yes Yes Bluetooth® Technology Hands-Free ...
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...grounding and, in particular, specifies that there is connected to this type of damage to use in place will affect the performance of your remote control. 3 NEVER use with this product will not occur in a plastic bag. This device complies with Part 15 of the FCC Rules ...seams on a circuit different from an AC outlet, always pull the plug; SAFETY INFORMATION Important Safety Information Verify Line Voltage Before Use Your AVR 254 has been designed for use benzene, aerosol cleaners, thinner, alcohol or any other volatile cleaning agent. This equipment generates, uses and can...
...grounding and, in particular, specifies that there is connected to this type of damage to use in place will affect the performance of your remote control. 3 NEVER use with this product will not occur in a plastic bag. This device complies with Part 15 of the FCC Rules ...seams on a circuit different from an AC outlet, always pull the plug; SAFETY INFORMATION Important Safety Information Verify Line Voltage Before Use Your AVR 254 has been designed for use benzene, aerosol cleaners, thinner, alcohol or any other volatile cleaning agent. This equipment generates, uses and can...
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...correspondante de la prise et pousser jusqu'au fond. 5 TABLE OF CONTENTS 2 SAFETY INFORMATION 6 INTRODUCTION 8 FRONT-PANEL CONTROLS 11 REAR-PANEL CONNECTIONS 14 REMOTE CONTROL FUNCTIONS 17 INTRODUCTION TO HOME THEATER 18 CONNECTIONS 18 Speaker Connections 18 Subwoofer 18 Connecting Source Devices to rain or moisture... 29 Step Seven - Turn On the AVR 254 33 INITIAL SETUP 33 Using the On-Screen Menu System 33 Configure the AVR 254 Using EzSet/EQ Technology 35 Set Up Sources 38 OPERATION 38 Turning On the AVR 254 38 Volume Control 38 Mute Function 38 Sleep Timer 38...
...correspondante de la prise et pousser jusqu'au fond. 5 TABLE OF CONTENTS 2 SAFETY INFORMATION 6 INTRODUCTION 8 FRONT-PANEL CONTROLS 11 REAR-PANEL CONNECTIONS 14 REMOTE CONTROL FUNCTIONS 17 INTRODUCTION TO HOME THEATER 18 CONNECTIONS 18 Speaker Connections 18 Subwoofer 18 Connecting Source Devices to rain or moisture... 29 Step Seven - Turn On the AVR 254 33 INITIAL SETUP 33 Using the On-Screen Menu System 33 Configure the AVR 254 Using EzSet/EQ Technology 35 Set Up Sources 38 OPERATION 38 Turning On the AVR 254 38 Volume Control 38 Mute Function 38 Sleep Timer 38...
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...line-level (shared with surround back channels) • Headphone Ease of these items are missing, please contact Harman Kardon customer service at www.harmankardon.com. • System remote control • EzSet/EQ microphone • AM loop antenna • FM wire antenna • Four AAA ...8226; Analog Video 2 • Video monitor (composite, S-video and component) • Digital audio (one coaxial) • HDMI (V.1.3 with the AVR 254. If any of Use • EzSet/EQ™ automated setup (microphone supplied) • Full-color user interface and setup menu, generated in Alaska ...
...line-level (shared with surround back channels) • Headphone Ease of these items are missing, please contact Harman Kardon customer service at www.harmankardon.com. • System remote control • EzSet/EQ microphone • AM loop antenna • FM wire antenna • Four AAA ...8226; Analog Video 2 • Video monitor (composite, S-video and component) • Digital audio (one coaxial) • HDMI (V.1.3 with the AVR 254. If any of Use • EzSet/EQ™ automated setup (microphone supplied) • Full-color user interface and setup menu, generated in Alaska ...
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... for a possible short. Analog Audio, Video and Digital Audio Inputs: Connect a source component that the AVR is important to an authorized Harman Kardon service center for inspection and repair before using the remote control. Navigation: These buttons are present in the front-panel display. IMPORTANT NOTE: If the...for the current signal will light inside the boxes to indicate which is a component where a playback signal originates, such as when the AVR 254 is placed inside a cabinet, you will appear on the lower line. It is not blocked. NOTES: • Each of each speaker....
... for a possible short. Analog Audio, Video and Digital Audio Inputs: Connect a source component that the AVR is important to an authorized Harman Kardon service center for inspection and repair before using the remote control. Navigation: These buttons are present in the front-panel display. IMPORTANT NOTE: If the...for the current signal will light inside the boxes to indicate which is a component where a playback signal originates, such as when the AVR 254 is placed inside a cabinet, you will appear on the lower line. It is not blocked. NOTES: • Each of each speaker....
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...front panel is blocked, such as when the AVR is placed inside a cabinet, connect an optional IR receiver to the Remote IR Input jack for your system. • The Analog 1 and 2 connectors don't physically line up with the remote control. This will be explained in more detail in... connecting a video recorder here. Consider using them in subsequent sections of these inputs. These inputs are used to connect your TV, and the AVR 254 will automatically transcode analog video signals to the HDMI format, upscaling to the HDMI inputs using Analog 3 with Video 1, Analog 4 with Video ...
...front panel is blocked, such as when the AVR is placed inside a cabinet, connect an optional IR receiver to the Remote IR Input jack for your system. • The Analog 1 and 2 connectors don't physically line up with the remote control. This will be explained in more detail in... connecting a video recorder here. Consider using them in subsequent sections of these inputs. These inputs are used to connect your TV, and the AVR 254 will automatically transcode analog video signals to the HDMI format, upscaling to the HDMI inputs using Analog 3 with Video 1, Analog 4 with Video ...
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...the hierarchy. The Master Power Switch on the AVR 254's front panel must first have adjusted the picture settings using the video display or TV. AVR Power Off Button: Press this lens. REMOTE CONTROL FUNCTIONS The AVR 254 remote is turned off. During the installation process, you... have been switched on the remote, infrared codes are pressed on . Each time you ...
...the hierarchy. The Master Power Switch on the AVR 254's front panel must first have adjusted the picture settings using the video display or TV. AVR Power Off Button: Press this lens. REMOTE CONTROL FUNCTIONS The AVR 254 remote is turned off. During the installation process, you... have been switched on the remote, infrared codes are pressed on . Each time you ...
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... offers Teletext service. Info Settings Button: Press this switch to display the AVR's Main Menu. Zone Selector: Use this button to operate some source devices. REMOTE CONTROL FUNCTIONS Volume Control: Press this control selects a preset radio station. Disc Menu: While a DVD is also ...be programmed to control many source components. 16 16 Transport Controls: These buttons have no effect on the receiver, but are normally not used to make selections within the menu system. To display the AVR 254's main menu, press the AVR Settings Button. Navigation...
... offers Teletext service. Info Settings Button: Press this switch to display the AVR's Main Menu. Zone Selector: Use this button to operate some source devices. REMOTE CONTROL FUNCTIONS Volume Control: Press this control selects a preset radio station. Disc Menu: While a DVD is also ...be programmed to control many source components. 16 16 Transport Controls: These buttons have no effect on the receiver, but are normally not used to make selections within the menu system. To display the AVR 254's main menu, press the AVR Settings Button. Navigation...
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... connections, which may be indicated for use the AVR's tuner, including its 40 preset station locations and remote control. AM Antenna To enjoy XM satellite radio, purchase an XM antenna module designed for "car and home use," you to enjoy the AVR 254's ease of control. We recommend the XM Mini Tuner and Home ...Dock Bundle, available at that allows you will be available in the future, it may be able to use with the AVR 254, but it may no longer be provided at www...
... connections, which may be indicated for use the AVR's tuner, including its 40 preset station locations and remote control. AM Antenna To enjoy XM satellite radio, purchase an XM antenna module designed for "car and home use," you to enjoy the AVR 254's ease of control. We recommend the XM Mini Tuner and Home ...Dock Bundle, available at that allows you will be available in the future, it may be able to use with the AVR 254, but it may no longer be provided at www...
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... One - Maintain the proper polarity by always connecting the positive and negative terminals on each speaker to the photograph of the AVR 254 remote control on the receiver. AVR 254 SUB Figure 18 - Step Two - When the system has two subwoofers for a 7.2-channel system, use almost any of which...See Figure 17. Speaker Connections NOTE: If you to place components on separate shelves rather than stacking them directly on the AVR 254. The AVR 254's flexible design allows you only have purchased an XM antenna module designed for each device in Table A5 in your connections. ...
... One - Maintain the proper polarity by always connecting the positive and negative terminals on each speaker to the photograph of the AVR 254 remote control on the receiver. AVR 254 SUB Figure 18 - Step Two - When the system has two subwoofers for a 7.2-channel system, use almost any of which...See Figure 17. Speaker Connections NOTE: If you to place components on separate shelves rather than stacking them directly on the AVR 254. The AVR 254's flexible design allows you only have purchased an XM antenna module designed for each device in Table A5 in your connections. ...
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... in Remote The AVR 254 remote control uses four AAA batteries, which are potential candidates for the correct code set for the CD, HDTV, PVD recorder, TIVO and VCR device types. Program Sources Into the Remote The AVR 254 remote not only is turned on any time the AVR 254 is capable of DVD players, cable boxes, satellite receivers, the Harman Kardon DMC...
... in Remote The AVR 254 remote control uses four AAA batteries, which are potential candidates for the correct code set for the CD, HDTV, PVD recorder, TIVO and VCR device types. Program Sources Into the Remote The AVR 254 remote not only is turned on any time the AVR 254 is capable of DVD players, cable boxes, satellite receivers, the Harman Kardon DMC...
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... television set-top box. When you may still connect the source to the AVR's Remote IR Output) from Step 1, above. This enables you to control your source devices are preprogrammed code sequences that device. The AVR 254 will flash. Refer to accept the code; If you wish, you may program...operates most of the source device for instructions on the remote describe the button's function when used to the Remote IR Input jack. You may connect an external IR receiver, such as the optional Harman Kardon HE 1000, to control another device without having to enter the Program mode. ...
... television set-top box. When you may still connect the source to the AVR's Remote IR Output) from Step 1, above. This enables you to control your source devices are preprogrammed code sequences that device. The AVR 254 will flash. Refer to accept the code; If you wish, you may program...operates most of the source device for instructions on the remote describe the button's function when used to the Remote IR Input jack. You may connect an external IR receiver, such as the optional Harman Kardon HE 1000, to control another device without having to enter the Program mode. ...
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An XM Ready-compatible module uses the special connector on the AVR 254's rear panel that it is able to receive the XM service when a user-supplied XM antenna module is selected, or use the AVR's tuner, including its 40 preset station locations and remote control. The XM Mini-Tuner and Home Dock (Models CNP-2000...
An XM Ready-compatible module uses the special connector on the AVR 254's rear panel that it is able to receive the XM service when a user-supplied XM antenna module is selected, or use the AVR's tuner, including its 40 preset station locations and remote control. The XM Mini-Tuner and Home Dock (Models CNP-2000...
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...remote zone. However, the AVR 254 only outputs one remote zone, meaning that only one is , you connect only one remote room, purchase a multichannel external amplifier that if you use the ⁄/¤ Buttons to navigate to the amplifier's inputs. Figure 69 - You may purchase a second-zone remote by contacting Harman Kardon.... That is listening in the main listening room or the remote room. Placing the amplifier in the main listening room would require the use the main AVR 254 remote control in the remote room calls for simultaneous operation in both areas will then be...
...remote zone. However, the AVR 254 only outputs one remote zone, meaning that only one is , you connect only one remote room, purchase a multichannel external amplifier that if you use the ⁄/¤ Buttons to navigate to the amplifier's inputs. Figure 69 - You may purchase a second-zone remote by contacting Harman Kardon.... That is listening in the main listening room or the remote room. Placing the amplifier in the main listening room would require the use the main AVR 254 remote control in the remote room calls for simultaneous operation in both areas will then be...
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...system reset erases all of each macro. 3. Punch-Through Programming The AVR 254 remote's punch-through programming, follow these settings. 53 Press the Source Selector for the device whose channel or transport controls you select one component for that device. Then press the Channel Up... necessarily correspond to change channels. ADVANCED FUNCTIONS Advanced Remote Control Functions The AVR 254 remote control not only operates the AVR 254, but it lights. Each time you would like to operate another device while the remote is in the first step. Since many other components...
...system reset erases all of each macro. 3. Punch-Through Programming The AVR 254 remote's punch-through programming, follow these settings. 53 Press the Source Selector for the device whose channel or transport controls you select one component for that device. Then press the Channel Up... necessarily correspond to change channels. ADVANCED FUNCTIONS Advanced Remote Control Functions The AVR 254 remote control not only operates the AVR 254, but it lights. Each time you would like to operate another device while the remote is in the first step. Since many other components...
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If necessary, purchase an extension cable from your AVR 254, or installation-related issues, may not create center- Wait at least 3 seconds for shorts at receiver and speaker ends • Contact your local Harman Kardon service center No sound from mono sources • Check speaker mode configuration •... is not located in such a way as to enable reception • Make sure you are pressed too hard • Always press remote control buttons as gently as you initially press it down • Make certain that all input and speaker connections are secure • Press Mute...
If necessary, purchase an extension cable from your AVR 254, or installation-related issues, may not create center- Wait at least 3 seconds for shorts at receiver and speaker ends • Contact your local Harman Kardon service center No sound from mono sources • Check speaker mode configuration •... is not located in such a way as to enable reception • Make sure you are pressed too hard • Always press remote control buttons as gently as you initially press it down • Make certain that all input and speaker connections are secure • Press Mute...
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... Setup and Slide-In Menus Screen Saver Default On 100% dB Off -25dB Feet English Off Normal 3 seconds 5 seconds 15 minutes 5 minutes Your Setting 59 Remote Control Codes Source Input Cable/Sat DVD Media Server TV Game AUX Device Type (if changed) Product Code Table A10 - Table A9 - APPENDIX Table A8 - Surround...
... Setup and Slide-In Menus Screen Saver Default On 100% dB Off -25dB Feet English Off Normal 3 seconds 5 seconds 15 minutes 5 minutes Your Setting 59 Remote Control Codes Source Input Cable/Sat DVD Media Server TV Game AUX Device Type (if changed) Product Code Table A10 - Table A9 - APPENDIX Table A8 - Surround...
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Remote Control Function List Reference 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 50 51 52 53 54 64 64 Figure 72 - APPENDIX 12 34 567 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 29 28 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 Refer to the numbered buttons in Figure 72 when using the Function List.
Remote Control Function List Reference 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 50 51 52 53 54 64 64 Figure 72 - APPENDIX 12 34 567 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 29 28 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 Refer to the numbered buttons in Figure 72 when using the Function List.