Harman kardon avr125 plays only on fm

SOURCE: Harman Kardon AVR 7000

This is most likely a problem with the processing chip/system. It could be as simple as a bad connection at the chips or the chips are having problems internally. This is not a problem that is likely to be fixed without bench time and test equipment. You're going to need to get this unit to a service shop for proper diagnosis.
Dan

SOURCE: My Harman Kardon receiver (

I used the live chat and the problem was resolved.
Usually the problem are strands of speaker wires which cause shorting and protection shuts off the receiver in order to prevent damage. There was one speaker that I repositioned recently which was causing shorting. I twisted the wires and tightened them in place and my receiver has been working w/o a glitch. I was lucky that I did not have to check all the wire strands on the receiver and all the speakers.
Problem solved and I learned valuable lesson.

Frank Fulton

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• Posted on Jul 01, 2009

SOURCE: no sound,no video,front panel display will display.harman kardon

Check your audio settings on the main menu of the receiver. The audio input should be set to "auto" Next, make sure you don't have the unit in "6 channel input" mode or "direct" mode. This is usually a small button on the front panel. If you check all this and you still have a problem, post a comment and I will help you troubleshoot some more. Hope this helps

SOURCE: ipod to harman/kardon

Using a headphone to RCA adaptor plug the headphone jack into the headphone connector of the Ipod. Then plug the RCA jacks into any available Analogue input on the receiver. Increase the volume on the Ipod to 80% then adjust the receiver's volume according.

Or get a dock that will allow remote control and charging, such as Roth, DLO or Wadia.

SOURCE: Harman Kardon AVR 500 Only works in NON-Surff mode ?

This is a good indication that the surround processing section has a problem. This can be anything from a supply voltage being missing to a defective processing IC. Without testing inside the unit, it wil be difficult to determine. With surround procesing turned off, the entire section is bypassed. This is why standard stereo mode sounds OK. The static sound is digital noise and can be poor processing or a bad D/A converter IC.

Hope this helps,
Dan