HARMAN KARDON AVR 2600/AVR 3600/AVR 360/AVR 460 SOFTWARE UPGRADE INSTRUCTIONS
Harman Kardon is pleased to offer this product upgrade, which improves the performance of your AVR and addresses software issues. Unlike many consumer products, which are designed with fixed memory, the AVR 2600, AVR 3600, AVR 360 and AVR 460 feature flash memory that is upgradable by loading the new software on a standard USB memory stick and docking it in the receivers front-panel USB port.
What this Upgrade Addresses
This new software upgrades your receivers HDMI to HDMI v. 1.4a with 3D. It also makes other improvements to HDMI performance, and includes all the benefits of the previous software upgrade for these models.

Important Note

This software is specially designed for use with Harman Kardon AVR 2600, AVR 3600, AVR 360 and AVR 460 receivers. Use with any other models or brands may cause damage to the product. DO NOT USE THIS SOFTWARE WITH ANY OTHER PRODUCTS.
How Can I Tell if My Receiver Needs this Upgrade?
This software upgrade is the following version: V 1.1 AFW v1.6.1.1 USB Version 17-03-DSP VERSION 1.1.1 Depending on when your AVR was manufactured, it may have already had the latest software installed at the factory. To see if its software requires an upgrade, please follow these steps: With the AVR turned on, press the remotes Setup button, and then press 1-2-3-0-OK on the remote. If the second line of the receivers front-panel display reads AFW v1.6.1.1, your receiver has this latest software version and no further action is needed. If the displays second line shows any other readout, please proceed with the upgrade.

System Requirements

To install the software upgrade, you will need a USB memory stick with at least 400Mb of available storage capacity. We recommend that there be no other files in the main root directory the memory device. If the root directory does contain any existing files, we recommend that you either remove them or save them to a separate folder on the memory stick. The presence of any other files with a.bin extension in the main root directory of the memory stick may cause the update process to fail and may possibly cause damage to your AVR that is not covered by the warranty.
Installation Instructions
PLEASE READ THESE INSTRUCTIONS CAREFULLY BEFORE PROCEEDING.
Upgrading your receiver is easy, but for the upgrade to work properly, it is important to carefully follow the instructions below. The upgrade will take less than 15 minutes, and once it begins you must complete the entire process in one session. Please allow sufficient time to complete all the steps. Installing the new software will erase all information in your AVRs system memory, which means that any configuration settings or tuner presets that you have entered will be lost. To make it easier to reestablish the settings after completing the upgrade, the upgrade download includes a worksheet that you can print-out and use to write down your current system configurations in the provided spaces. 1. If you have not already downloaded the upgrade file to your computer, do so now. Save the file in an easy-to-find location. 2. Unzip the file you downloaded. It will contain four items: an Instructions.pdf file, a Settings Worksheets.pdf file, an avr3601.bin file, a torino.bin file. If you wish to have a printed copy of these instructions available to follow as you install the software, save a copy of the Upgrade Instructions.pdf file to your computer for printout. If you want to write down your system configurations, also save a copy of the Settings Worksheets.pdf file to your computer. NOTE: Although one of the upgrade files is named avr3601.bin, it is correct for the AVR 3600, AVR 2600, AVR 460 and AVR 360 model receivers. 3. Copy the avr3601.bin and torino.bin files to the root directory of a USB memory stick. Before proceeding, make sure that your AVR is connected to a TV or video display so you can see its onscreen menu (OSD). You will use the OSD to perform the following upgrade steps in your receiver. 4. Insert the USB memory stick into the receivers front-panel USB port. (If necessary, remove the frontpanel connector cover to expose the port.) 5. Press the remotes Setup button. The OSD will appear on the connected TV/video display. 6. Scroll-down to and select System. The System Settings screen will appear. 7. Scroll-down to System Info and select Upgrade Software. The System Upgrade screen will appear. 8. Select Continue, and then select Continue again. The receiver will search the USB stick for the new.bin files. 9. Once the receiver detects the new files, select Continue again. The receivers front-panel display will go blank and the volume control will slowly blink on and off. The front-panel display will show a progress report as the upgrade is carried out. IMPORTANT: DO NOT TURN OFF OR UNPLUG THE RECEIVER AT THIS TIME! Doing so could cause damage to your receiver that is not covered by the units warranty. 10. When the receiver has completed the upgrade it will briefly go into the Standby mode. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO TURN THE RECEIVER ON AT THIS TIME. 11. The receiver will automatically turn on, and then will momentarily reset. 12. After a moment, the receivers front-panel display will read Successful Continue, and the OSD will display Software version 1.1, Continue. 13. Press the OK button (select Continue). The OSD will shut off and the upgrade is now complete. Before using your receiver, you should re-enter the input and speaker configuration settings and tuner presets that you copied to your owners manual.