Instruction/ maintenance manual of the product BDS 300 Harman Kardon
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BDS In teg rat ed hom e the at er syste m Ow ner ’ s Manual ENGLISH.
BDS 2 T able of Contents INTRODUCTION 3 VERIFY LINE V OL T AGE B EFORE US ING 3 UNP ACKING 3 INST ALLA TION LOCA TION 3 CLE ANING 3 MOVING THE RECEIVER 3 SYSTEM CO MPONENTS 4 SUPPLIED AC CESS ORIE S 4.
BDS 3 ENGLISH V erif y Lin e V olta ge Before U sing , U npa ckin g, I nstal la tion L ocation , Cl ea ni ng , Mo vin g the R ece iv er a nd I ntr oduction Intro duc tion Please register y our product on our W eb site at www.harmankardon.com. Note: Y ou’ll need the product’ s serial number .
BDS 4 S ys te m C om pone nts an d Su ppl ied A cc essori es S ystem Components Y our BDS system includes the following components: BDS 800 System 1 x BDS 5 5.1-channel Blu-ray Disc receiver 4 x SA T- TS60 satellite speakers 1 x SA T- TS60 center speaker 1 x HKTS200SUB pow ered subwoofer BDS 700 System 1 x BDS 5 5.
BDS 5 ENGLISH Rec ei ve r Fr ont -Pa ne l C ontr ol s Disc Slot : Inser t a compatible disc int o the slot. The BDS r eceiver’ s disc player will acc ept 5-inch (12cm) and 3-inch (8cm) discs.
BDS 6 Receiver Rear - Pa nel Connec tions NOTE: See the C onnections section, on page 14, for detailed information about making connections. AC P ower Connector : After y ou have made and v erified all other connections, plug the supplied AC pow er cord int o this input and into an unswitched A C outlet.
BDS 7 PL 00 04 -0 100 1 ENGLISH Su bw oofe r C ontr ol s an d C onn ec ti ons Phase Switch : This swit ch determines whether the subwoofer driv er’ s piston-like action moves in and out in phase with the sat ellite speakers .
BDS 8 Remot e Control Functions Eject Button : Press this button to eject a disc from the BDS r eceiver’ s built-in disc player . Before pressing this button, mak e sure no objects are blocking the disc slot opening . Pow er Button : Pr essing this button toggles the BDS rec eiver between the On and Standby modes.
BDS 9 ENGLISH Re mot e Con trol F un c tio ns Find Button : Pr essing this button during disc playback activates the sear ch function, allowing you to jump t o a specific location on the disc. Y ou can find a location by title, chapter or time. NO TE: This featur e is disc-dependent.
BDS 10 Placing th e Speakers ( BDS 800 , BDS 7 00, B DS 400 and BDS 3 0 0 S ystems ) Placin g the Front Lef t an d Front Right Sp eakers Front Right Speaker Front L eft Speaker Place the front speak ers the same distance from each other as they ar e from the listening position.
BDS 11 ENGLISH Pl acin g the S pea k ers ( BDS 600 S ys t em ) an d Mou nti ng Op tio ns for Sa te l l ite a nd C ente r S pea k ers Placing th e Speakers ( BDS 60 0 S ystem ) Placin g the Front Lef t.
BDS 12 Mou nti ng Op tio ns for Sa te l l ite a nd C ente r S pea k ers Attach the wall portion of the wall-mount brack et onto the wall using har dware that is 4.
BDS 13 ENGLISH Mou nti ng Op tio ns for Sa te l l ite a nd C ente r S pea k ers Wall-Mounti ng the BDS 800 Cente r Speaker Decide on the location for the speaker (see 1. Placing the Speakers (BDS 800, BDS 700, BDS 400 and BDS 300 Systems) , on page 10).
BDS 14 Mou nti ng Op tio ns for Sa te l l ite a nd C ente r S pea k ers , and Connec tions Y ou can pivot the wall-mounted speak er from side to side; how ever , attempting to tilt it up or down will damage the bracket and possibly the w all, which would not be c overed b y your warranty .
BDS 15 ENGLISH Connec tions Connec tin g the Satell ite and Center Spe akers ( BDS 700 and BDS 30 0 s y s t e ms) + – + – + – + – + – Surround Right* Front Right * Speakers included only in .
BDS 16 Connec tions Connec tin g the Subwoofe r ( all sys tems) Use the supplied mono RCA audio cable (purple connectors) to connect the subwoofer’ s Line- Level LFE In c onnector to the BDS receiv er’ s S ubw oofer output.
BDS 17 ENGLISH Connec tions Connecting Audio Sources TV T ape Deck -OR- T o Audio Output T o Play Output T o Coaxial Output T o Optical Output T o O ptical Output Cable/Satellite Tuner Digital Audio S.
BDS 18 Pr epa rin g the Re mo te C ontro l Preparing the Re mote Co ntrol Installing the Batteries Y our BDS system remote contr ol uses 3 AAA batteries (supplied). Insert the batteries as shown in the illustration, making sur e to observe the correct polarity .
BDS 19 ENGLISH Pr epa rin g the Re mo te C ontro l an d Set ti ng Up t he Rec ei ve r Setting Up the Receiv er NOTE: The menu screens shown in this manual ar e for illustrativ e purposes and may differ somewhat from the actual displays .
BDS 20 Set ti ng U p the Rec eive r Settings Menus Pressing the r emote’ s Settings button displays the r eceiver’ s settings menus, which allow y ou to configure the r eceiver’ s various functions.
BDS 21 ENGLISH Display Settings Select to adjust display settings TV Video Processing Aspect Ratio Resolution Color Space Film Mode HDMI Deep Color 16:9 Full Auto RGB Off Off Display Settings TV : Thi.
BDS 22 Set ti ng U p the Rec eive r Speaker Settings : T his setting allows you t o set up the receiver t o work properly with the speakers included in your BDS syst em. The available c onfigurations are: 2.0: This configura tion consists of left and right main speakers but no subw oofer .
BDS 23 ENGLISH Us in g the R ece iv er Using the rec eiver NOTE: Before using y our new BDS system, be sure t o set the speaker distances , as explained in Audio Settings: Speaker Settings , on page 22 . Home Me nu Press the Home butt on to display the Home Menu scr een: 1 / 5 E xit Option Ty pe:Disc Size:23684.
BDS 24 Us in g the R ece iv er a nd U si ng the D isc P l ay er Notes on Setting Subwoofer Volume: Sometimes the ideal subwoofer volume setting for music is t oo loud for films, while the • ideal setting for films is too quiet for music.
BDS 25 ENGLISH Suppo rte d Disc For mats The BDS rec eiver can play the following types of discs (in 5"/12cm and 3"/8cm size): BD-Video (single-lay er or double-layer) • DVD-V ideo • DVD+R/+RW • DVD-R/-RW • CDDA ( CD digital audio) • CD-R/RW • NOTE: The compatibility and performance of dual-layer discs is not guaranteed .
BDS 26 Us in g the Di sc Pl ay er , Listen in g to Y our i Pod /i Pho ne a nd U si ng the Ra di o Press the right Na vigation button and use the Naviga tion Up/Down buttons to select the 3. chapter for your first pr ogram entry (Blu-ray Disc/DVD only).
BDS 27 ENGLISH Us in g the Ra di o , List en ing t o Aud io So ur ces an d Pl a yi ng Fi les from U S B Devi c es and C D Da ta Di scs OK Button : Pressing this butt on sets the currently tuned-in frequency as a preset station. See Setting and Recalling Preset Stations , below , for details.
BDS 28 Pl ayin g Fi les from U S B Devi ces a nd CD Da ta Discs Viewing Phot os In the top directory , select “Photo . ” Select a folder containing photo files and highlight a photo file in the folder . A thumbnail of the highlighted photo will appear on the right of the screen.
BDS 29 ENGLISH Pl ayin g Fi les from U S B Devi ces a nd CD Da ta Discs an d Us in g Pl a yl ists Use the Play , Pause, Stop , Prev/Step , Nex t/Step , Search Down/Slow and Search Up/Slow buttons to contr ol music-file playback. See Remote C ontrol F unctions , on page 8, for more information about the functions of these buttons.
BDS 30 T roub lesho oting T ro ubleshooting If your BDS system isn ’t performing the way you think it should , check to see if the problem is c overed in this section before calling y our dealer or contacting a harman kardon repr esentative .
BDS 31 ENGLISH Aux Compon ent Remot e-Control Code List T V/ D V R Manufacturer Code Numbers ADMIRAL 0192 0123 1088 1105 AIW A 1110 AKAI 1011 1020 1022 1042 1053 1056 1089 1093 ALBA 1020 1040 ANAM 012.
BDS 32 A ux Co mpo nen t Re mo te-Co ntr ol C ode Li st T V/ D V R Manufacturer Code Numbers MEMOREX 0128 0069 METZ 0084 MGA 0128 0123 0115 MITSUBISHI 0168 0167 0160 0128 0123 0115 0077 MTC 0176 0175 .
BDS 33 ENGLISH Cab le T un ers Manufacturer Code Numbers ABC 3011 3001 ALLEGRO 3111 AMERICAST 3212 ARCHER 3112 BEL COR 3113 BT CABLE 4007 CABLE ST AR 3113 3033 CABLETIME 4008 4011 4012 4016 CITIZEN 31.
BDS 34 A ux Co mpo nen t Re mo te-Co ntr ol C ode Li st Sate llite Tuner s Manufacturer Code Numbers AIW A 6041 AKAI 6033 ALBA 6001 6011 AMSTRAD 6032 ANKARO 6021 ASTRO 6076 6077 6078 6079 6080 6081 60.
BDS 35 ENGLISH Sate llite Tuner s Manufacturer Code Numbers PREMIERE 6008 PRESIDENT 5004 5081 QUADRAL 6066 6067 6068 6069 6070 6071 QUELLE 6090 RADIOLA 6053 RADIX 6047 RCA 5090 5065 5039 5001 5058 505.
BDS 36 Spe cif icat ions Specif ications BD S 5 r ec e iv e r (BD S 8 0 0, BD S 70 0, BD S 6 0 0 s ys t em s) BDS 2 recei ver (BDS 400, BDS 300 sys tems ) Audio Section Continuous av erage power , stereo mode (BDS 5, BDS 2): 65 watts per channel, 20Hz – 20kHz, @ <0.
BDS 37 ENGLISH Spe cif icat ions SAT- TS 6 0 S at el l it e s (BDS 800 and BDS 4 00 sy stems) CEN- T S60 Center (BDS 800 sy stem) Midrange transducer: T wo x 3" (75mm) flat-panel drivers , video-.
www.harmankardon.com Harman Consumer , Inc. 8500 Balboa Boulevard, Northridge, CA 91329 USA 516.255.4545 (USA only) Made in P .R.C. © 2010 Harman International Industries , Incorporated . All rights reserved. Featur es, specifications and appearanc e are subject to change without notice.
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