Citation 7.0 Owner’s Manual
Preliminary Draft
Page # 52
Enitre Contents Copyright ©1995 - Harman Kardon Inc.
You may also return to multichannel sound by pressing the button for any of the available surround modes on the
remote, or by pressing the “Surround /\” and “Surround \/” buttons on the front panel.
Remote Illumination
To permit easier use to the 7.0’s remote control in the darkened environement common to many home theater
installations, many of the buttons at the top portion of the remote may be illuminated. Among the key buttons that
maybe lit up are the Surround Mode selection buttons, the volume adjustment controls, and some of the key direct
access controls.
To briefly illuminate these buttons, press the bar on the left side of the remote housing. (Figure #xx)
To conserve battery life, the light will stay on for a brief period, and then extinguish.
Surround Balance
The “Surround Balance” control may be thought of as the equivalent of the left/right “balance” controls and the
front/rear “fade” controls found on traditional audio equipment. If you wish to “push” the sound to one side or the other,
or more to the front or back by an increase in level to one direction, this is the place for that type of adjustment.
Pressing “Surround Balance” brings up a main menu with a choice of “Left to Right” or “Front to Back” (Figure #xx).
Press “Select” to adjust the left/right balance, or press “
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“ and then “Select” to adjust the front/back balance.
At the next screen a slider scale will appear. (Figure #xx) Use the “
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“ and “
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“ buttons to adjust the balance, until it is
at the desired level. Note that as you change the balance you will hear the change immediately, as well as see the on
screen slider graph move and the two digit display indicate how the balance has shifted on a particular direction.
When the balance has been adjusted to the desired setting, Press “Exit/OK” to return to the “Surround Balance” menu.
You may then adjust another balance setting, or press “Exit/OK” to return to normal operation.
NOTE:
Once the Surround Balance has been adjusted, the settings will remain in effect for all modes until the
setting is changed, or the global settings are reset.
Bass Eq
Pressing this button brings up the menu that enables you to control the amount by which low frequency sounds are
boosted. This control, which is analogous to the “bass” knob found on traditional audio equipment, emphasizes the
bass sound presentation.
Each mode may have a specific amount of bass eq preset as a factory settings, or by creating a custom mode. (see
page #xx) This button allows. Changing the Bass EQ setting directly will create a new setting for the surround mode
that is in use. If you change modes, the bass eq setting will switch to the level programmed for that specific mode. The
setting will remain the same, however, if you change sources, but keep the same mode.
To change the amount of bass boost, press “Bass Eq”. A status message will apper at the bottom of the on screen
display and on the frotn panel indicating the current bass eq setting. (Figure #xx). Press “Bass EQ” until the desired
degree of boost is in effect. After a short pause the system will return to normal operation.
NOTE:
An undesirable side effect of increased bass boost may be a loss of headrom in the subwoofer
channels. As you increase the bass boost setting, be careful to listen to any increase in system noise, and cut the
bass EQ setting back, if required.