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Connecting to a wireless home network

 

 Wireless router

Configuring BDS for your speaker system

EzSet/EQ microphone

Before you use your BDS, you need to configure it to work with your particular speaker system. Harman Kardon’s EzSet/EQ system uses the 
supplied EzSet/EQ microphone to perform this important step automatically.

  From the home screen, select Settings, then Network.

  Make sure Network Connection is set to ‘On.’ 

  Set ‘Type’ to ‘Wi-Fi.’

  Select your preferred method of connecting to your wireless network     

 under ‘Setup Wi-Fi.’  Follow the detailed instructions given.

There are four options for setting up wireless networks
1. Choose a wireless network
2. Configure Wi-Fi by iOS
3. WPS PBC (Push Button Control)
4. WPS PIN

1. Choose a wireless network

Select ‘Choose a network’ from the ‘Setup Wi-Fi’ list.

  Follow the instructions on the screen to select your wireless home network and  

 enter your security password, if applicable

2. Configure Wi-Fi by iOS

  Connect any iOS device (iPhone, iPod touch or iPad) to the front panel USB port of  

  the BDS. Make sure Wi-Fi is enabled on your iOS device and that it is currently  
  connected to your wireless home network.

NOTE:

 iOS verison 5 or higher is required for iOS Wi-Fi sharing.

  Select ‘Configure Wi-Fi by iOS’ from the ‘Setup Wi-Fi’ list

  A pop up will appear on your iOS device. Select ‘Allow’ to confirm that you want to 

 share your Wi-Fi settings

  The connection should now be established automatically. Check the status on your 

 TV for confirmation

3. WPS PBC (Push button control)

  Select ‘WPS PBC’ from the ‘Setup Wi-Fi’ list

  Press the WPS button on the rear panel of the BDS

  Next go to your wireless router and press its WPS button

  The connection should now be established automatically 

  Check the status on your TV for confirmation

4. WPS PIN

  Select ‘WPS PIN’ from the ‘Setup Wi-Fi’ list

  A PIN code is shown on the screen

  Enter this same PIN on your wireless router’s internal web 

 page 

to connect. See your router’s user manual for more details

IMPORTANT:

 Press the remote control “Disc” button before performing the EzSet/EQ 

procedure. The EzSet/EQ procedure is only available when the Disc input is selected.
1. Plug the supplied EzSet/EQ microphone into the BDS’s front panel
  headphone connector.
2. Place the microphone at ear height in your main listening position.
3. Press the remote control’s Home button. The system’s Home Menu screen will 
  appear on the TV.
4. Use the cursor to highlight ‘Settings’ then press OK to select it. The system 
  settings menu will appear.
5. Use the down cursor button to select ‘Sound’ and press OK. Use the cursor to 
 select EzSet/EQ and press OK.
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.
7. When the testing process is complete, the ‘Testing’ message on the screen will 
 change 

to ‘All tests 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 ‘EzSet/EQ 

failed’. Make sure all speakers are connected and the room is quiet.Press the Back 
button, make sure all speakers are correctly connected and perform the test again 
from step 5.

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