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REMOTE CONTROL

Remote Control

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Power On/Source Selector Buttons:

Pressing one of these buttons will perform three
actions at the same time. First, if the HS System
is not turned on, this will power up the unit.
Next, it will select the source shown on the but-
ton as the input to the HS System. Finally, it will
change the remote control so that it controls the
device selected.

1

Power Off Button:

Turns off the 

HS system to standby mode.

2

Subtitle Button:

When a DVD is playing,

press to select a subtitle language or to turn
subtitles off.

3

Title Button:

When a disc is playing, press

to make the player go back to the first section of
the disc.

4

Angle Button:

Press to access various

camera angles on a DVD (If the DVD contains
multiple camera angles) or to rotate JPEG
images.

5

Audio Button:

Press to access various

audio languages on a DVD (If the DVD contains 
multiple audio streams).

6

Enter Button:

Press this button to activate

a setting or option.

7

Open/Close Button:

Press to open or

close the disc tray.

8

Set-up/OSD:

Press to access the On Screen

Display Menu.

9

Arrow buttons (

M

/

N

/

K

/

L

) Buttons:

Use to move the cursor in the OSD.

A

Mute Button:

Mutes the sound.

B

Menu Button:

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.

C

Pause Button:

Freezes a picture (with

DVD/VCD) and pauses the playback signal (CD)
when a disc is playing. Press again for normal
playback.

D

Status Button:

Press while a disc is play-

ing to view banner display. Use the ARROW but-
tons to move through the different features in
the Banner Display. When a symbol is highlight-
ed, press ENTER on the remote to select it.

E

Skip/Step (Previous) Button:

Press to go

to beginning of current track. Press again quickly
to go to beginning of previous track. After press-
ing the PAUSE button, each press of this button
will move the image in reverse frame by frame.

F

Skip/Step (Next) Button:

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.

G

Play Button:

Begins to play disc (closes

disc tray first, if it is open).

H

Search/Slow (Rev.) Button:

Allows you

to search in reverse through a disc while it is in
play mode. Each time you press this button, the
search speed changes as indicated by a number
of arrows on the right top of your screen.
After pressing the 

PAUSE

button, each press of

this button will change the slow down speed
indicated by a number of arrows in the right top
of the screen.

I

Stop Button:

Stops playing a disc. When a

disc is playing, if you press STOP and PLAY, the
disc will resume play, i.e. it will start from the
same point on the disc where the unit was
stopped. If you press STOP twice and the PLAY
button, the disc will start play from the begin-
ning.

J

Search/Slow (Fwd.) Button:

Allows you

to search forward through a disc while it is in
play mode. Each time you press this button, the
search speed changes as indicated by a number
of arrows on the right top of your screen.
After pressing the 

PAUSE

button, each press of

this button will change the slow down speed as
indicated by a number of arrows in the right top
of the screen.

K

Macro Buttons:

Press these buttons to

store or recall a “Macro”, which is a pre-pro-
grammed sequence of commands stored in the
remote. (See page 26 for more information on
storing and recalling macros.).

L

Pic +/Pic - Button:

Pressing these buttons

in JPEG mode will move to the previous or next
image.

M

Zoom Button:

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. The Zoom function is not available when
watching High Definition material.

N

Playlist Button:

Press this button to

change the playback order of the disc.

O

Random Button:

Press for RANDOM

playback in random order.

P

A-B Button:

Press to select section A-B and

to play repeatedly.

Q

Volume Up/Down:

Increase/

decrease the master volume level.

LIGHT Button:

Press to illuminate remote 

controller.

Numeric Keys Button:

Select numbers by 

pressing these buttons.

Repeat Button:

Press to go to the Repeat

menu. You can repeat a chapter, track or the
entire disc.

Clear Button:

Press to remove the Banner

menu from the screen.

Video output Button:

Press to toggle

between the S-Video, Component Video Outputs
and SCART RGB video output of the HS Sysrem
player. Note that the Composite and SCART
Composite Video Outputs on the player are
always active, which could help you make your
initial setup.

Video format Button:

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).

Learn Button:

Press this button to begin

the process of “learning” the codes from another
product’s remote into the HS System’s remote.
(See page 25 for more information on using the
remote’s learning function.)

to 

These buttons do not have a direct

function with the HS 500, but can be
programmed to control some of the functions of
your TV using the Learning function of the
remote control.

IR Transmitter Window:

Point this window

towards the HS when pressing buttons on the
remote to make certain that infrared commands
are properly received.

Program Indicator:

This three-color

indicator is used to guide you through the
process of learning commands from a remote
into the HS’s remote code memory. (See page 
25 for more information on programming the
remote.)

Mode Button:

This button enables you to

switch the remote to another mode so that it
operates another device without selecting it as
the source. Each press of the Mode button
changes the remote’s mode in this order: TV,
DVD, CD, RADIO, AUX, D-IN, USB 1 and USB 2,
and then back to TV again. The corresponding
Source Selector will light to indicate the mode.

Summary of Contents for HS 500

Page 1: ...ENGLISH HS 500 Home Cinema System OWNER S MANUAL...

Page 2: ...rder to help you use this manual with the remote control front panel controls and rear panel connections certain conventions have been used EXAMPLE bold type indicates a specific remote control or fro...

Page 3: ...but this may nevertheless be the first DVD player you ve owned Although many of the features of the DVD resemble those of standard CD players there are a number of functions that you may be unfamilia...

Page 4: ...n a carpeted surface Avoid installation in extremely hot or cold locations or an area that is exposed to direct sunlight or heating equipment Avoid moist or humid locations Do not obstruct the ventila...

Page 5: ...lution To conserve bandwidth analog compression interlacing is employed first the odd numbered lines of a frame are displayed followed by the even numbered lines The result is that only half of the vi...

Page 6: ...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...

Page 7: ...emporarily connect a USB thumb device or portable hard disk for direct playback of audio image of video files or a USB hub The USB inputs are designed to power a single USB device at a time If additio...

Page 8: ...is playing these indicators will show the current track time time remaining in the current track or the total remaining time on the disc NOTE The Indicators NOE will also display text messages about...

Page 9: ...lled by a switch make certain that it is in the ON position 5 FM Antenna Connect to the supplied FM antenna 6 Audio In Connect to a line level analog audio source TV tape player Minidisc PC etc 7 Subw...

Page 10: ...rigger output to the trigger input of the Harman Kardon subwoofer so that the subwoofer will switch on and off at the same time as the rest of the system G USB On The Go Input This input may be used t...

Page 11: ...tton Skip Step Next Button Play Button Search Slow Reverse Button STOP Button Search Slow Forward Button Macro Buttons Pic Pic Button Zoom Button Playlist Button Random Button A B Repeat Button Volume...

Page 12: ...orward through a disc while it is in play mode Each time you press this button the search speed changes as indicated by a number of arrows on the right top of your screen After pressing the PAUSE butt...

Page 13: ...sources such as hot air ducts or leave it in a car parked in direct sunlight as there can be a considerable rise in temperature inside the car After playing store the disc in its case Do not write on...

Page 14: ...ng the TV and optional components NOTE To be able to listen to the sound of a live TV show through the loudspeakers of your HS system you need a connection between the audio output of your TV and the...

Page 15: ...ter speaker either directly above or below your TV or in the center behind a perforated front projection screen Once the center channel speaker is installed position the left front and right front spe...

Page 16: ...tting of the video input used on your TV most SCART inputs on TVs can be configured in the TV s menu If this doesn t work connect your TV with different cables to the HS Controller e g via Composite y...

Page 17: ...ing DivX movie discs please note the following multi session DVD containing Windows Media Audio files may not be supported open session discs are not supported the DVD player does not support PC data...

Page 18: ...ting on the Lower Menu Line Once the setting is highlighted pressing ENTER will show an M and N icon next to the current setting to indicate that the setting can be changed by pressing the left or rig...

Page 19: ...es the Bass and Treble settings Once either the Bass or Treble Settings are changed the Tone Control automatically switches to ON Bass Level Sets the level of low frequencies Treble Level Sets the lev...

Page 20: ...lets the HS System analyze the signals from the DVD and adjust the output accordingly Movie Choose this option for optimal play back of material that was shot on film even though you are viewing it o...

Page 21: ...pictures of natural faces flowers fruit and vegetables and other well known natural articles of our life most usefull for an optimal setting of the color intensity 2 If your TV has a Tint option with...

Page 22: ...ded will show up on the right top of the screen when scrolling though the contents list In the PLAYER Menu the chapter track or picture currently playing will be marked with an arrow symbol in front o...

Page 23: ...3 and in the Upper Menu Line to store all your radio stations in the tuner s memory Rearranging the station list Once all the stations have been stored in the memory you can rearrange the station lis...

Page 24: ...bility to increase or decrease the input level of the analog input so that its sound will have the same level as the radio the DVD player or the other audio inputs DIGITAL IN MENU In addition to all a...

Page 25: ...en the HS 500 is in play mode pressing the PLAY button on the remote control will highlight the track being played If you have a USB device that contains both music files MP3 WMA and JPEG images you c...

Page 26: ...the individual button for which the code is to be erased The Program Indicator will blink green two times and then return to amber 6 To erase other buttons within the same device press them as noted i...

Page 27: ...ungarian 7285 Icelandic 7383 Indonesian 7378 Interlingua 7365 Interlingue 7369 Iunpiak 7375 Irish 7165 Italian 7384 Japanese 7465 Javanese 7487 Kannada 7578 Kashmiri 7583 Kazakh 7575 Kinyarwanda 8287...

Page 28: ...ker settings see page 19 The left and right channels are unbalanced or reversed Check that the speakers and components are connected correctly and securely Severe hum or noise is heard Check that the...

Page 29: ...ited on the DVD In that case the audio language must be selected by the main menu on the DVD The subtitle language cannot be changed when you play a DVD Multilingual subtitles are not recorded on the...

Page 30: ...all channels are recorded discretely and processed digitally Manufactured under license from Digital Theater Systems Inc US Pat No 5 451 942 and other worldwide patents issued and pending DTS and DTS...

Page 31: ...5 Ohms C PAL 0 3 Vp p 75 Ohms NTSC 0 286 Vp p 75 Ohms Audio line Outputs Audio L R 2 Vrms 1 kilohms General Power requirements AC 230 V 50 Hz Max power consumption 500 W Idle power consumption Less th...

Page 32: ...ve Woodbury New York 11797 516 422 HKHK 4545 Fax 516 682 3523 USA only www harmankardon com Harman Consumer Group Inc 2 route de Tours 72500 Ch teau du Loir France 2007 Harman Kardon Incorporated Part...

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