Audio Setup - Harman Kardon AVR 435 Owner's Manual

SYSTEM CONFIGURATION
altera setting. T heconfiguration settings torspeaker
"size" andcrossover points aresetonceandapplied
to allinputs.
Whenusing the fullOSDsystem to makethe setup
adjustments, pressthe OSDButton _ onceso
thatthe MAS T E R ME NU (Figure 1) appears. The
• -> cursorwillbe nextto the I NP UT SE T U P
line.Press the Set Button _ andthe I NP UT
SE T UP menu(Figure 2) willappear o n the screen.
Press the ,/_, NavigationButton _ untilthe
desired inputname appears inthe highlighted v ideo,
as wellasbeingindicated inthe front-panel Input
Indicatorsi11 Whenyouarescrolling through the
listof avaihble inputs, y ouwillheara slightclickfrom
time to time.Thisis normal, a s it is caused bythe
relaythatis usedto switchbetween thetwo
Component Videoinputs.
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INPUT SETUP
SOURCE :_
TITLE
COMPONENT iN;mm_mmml
DIGITAL IN :_
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@ure 2
When oneof thefourVideoinputsis selected asthe
source, you havetheoptionof renaming the inputasit
appears inthe on screen andfrontpanelmessages.
Thisis helpful i f youhavemorethanoneVCR.if you
wishto associate a specific product b randnamewith
the input,or to simply enteranynamethatwill help
youto remember w hichsaurceis beingselected.
Tochange the inputname, p ressthe A/•
NavigationButton _ on the remote sothatthe
cursoris pointing to T I T L E. Next.pressandhold
the Set Button _ fora fewseconds until a flashing
boxappears to the rightof thecolon.Immediately
release the Set Button li_iJ, asyouarenowready
to enterthe devicename.
Press the A./• NavigationButton _ andnote
thata complete setof alphanumeric charactem will
appear w iththe startof thealphabet i n capital l etters
followedbythe lowercase l etters andthennumbers
andsymbols. Whenyoupressthe • Navigation
Button lil_. a seriesof symbols a ndnumbers will
appear, followedbya reverse listof thealphabet i n
lowercase l etters. P ressthe button eitherwayuntilthe
firstletterof the desired nameappears. Ifyouwishto
entera blankspaceasthe firstcharacteT, press the _.
NavigationButton li]_.
When the desired character a ppeam, pmsathe_.
NavigationButton _ andrepeat t he process for
the nextletteT, andcontinue un11 t he desired nameis
entered, u pto a maximum of 14 charactera. Press
the Set Button _ to enterthe inputnameintothe
system memory andto proceed withthe configuration
process.
If yoursystem includes anysources thatareequipped
withY/PFPbcomponent videooutputs, theAVR435
is ableto switch themto sendthe propersignals to
yourvideodisplay. Eachof thelwo Component
VideoInputs_) maybeassigned to anysource
foraddedsystem flexibility. Thedefaultsetting is for
the Component V ideo 1 Jacks_ to be assigned
to the DVD and6/8 Channel Directinputs, w iththe
ComponentVideo2 Jacks _) assigned to all other
inputs. I fyoursystem doesnot include component
videoat thistime,or if youdo notneedto change
thesedefaults, pressthe • NavigationButton
to go to the nextsetting.
Tochange the Component Videoassignment, first
makecertain thatthe -->curaor is pointing to the
C0 MP 0 N EN T I N lineon the menuscreen.
andthenpressthe ._/_. NavigationButton
untilyouseethe desired inputinthe highlighted
video. T heclicking noisethatyouwill hearwhenthe
component videoinputsareswitched is normal, d ue
to the relayusedto ensure properisolation belween
thelwo inputs.
When the desired component inputhasbeenselected.
pressthe • NavigationButton _ to go to the
nextsetting.
If youwishto associate o neofthe digitalinputs with
the selected inputsourceor change the detault d igital
inputselection, pressthe • NavigationButton
on the remote whilethe I N/ 0 U T SE T UP
menu(Figure 2) ison the screen, a ndthe on screen
cursorwilldropdownto the D I GI T AL I N line.
Press the ,/_, NavigationButton _ until t he
nameof the desired digital i nputappears. Toreturn
to theanaloginput, p ressthe buttonuntilthe word
ANALOG
appears.
Whenconfiguring t he digitalinputfora sourcedevice
suchasa digitalcableboxor othersettop tuner
product w itha digital a udiooutputwhere youhave
connected boththe digital a ndanalogoutputs of the
source to the AVR. s electtheappropriate d igitalinput
on thismenu. T hedigital s ource will become the
default, a ndtheAVRwillalwayslooktherefirstto
seewhether a signal i s present. H owever. if thedigital
datastreamis interrupted f orany reason, t heAVRwill
automatically switch to the analog connection a sa
backup. T hisis particularly useful w henconfiguring
the connection f or digital s ettop boxes, w here some
channels f eature digitalsound, b ut others do not.
Tochange thedigitalinputat anylimeusingthedis
cretefunction buttons andthesemiOSDsystem,
pressthe DigitalSelectButton _ on the remote.
Within5 seconds, makeyourinputselection using
the A/• NavigationButton _ untilthedesired
digitalor analog inputis shown in theUpper Display
Line [] andinthe lowerlineof theon-screen
display.
Whenall needed adjustments havebeenmade.pmsa
the • NavigationButton _ until t he .-> curaor is
nextto BACK TO MASTER MENU tocon
tinuewiththesystemconfiguration.
Audio Setup
Thismenuallows youto configure the tonecontrols
andto turnthe upsampling o nor oft Ifyoudo not
wishto change anyof thosesettings at thistime,pro
teed to the nextmenuscreen. H owever. to make
configuration c hanges t o thoseparameters, make
certain thatthe MAST ER MEN U is onscreen
withthe.->cursorpointing t o the AUD I 0 S ET UP
line. a ndpresstheSet Button i_i,. TheA UD I 0
S ET UP menu(Figure 3) will appeal
* AUDIO SETUP *
TONE :m OUT
BASS :0
TREBLE :0
ADC SAMPLING:_ 96k
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F_gure 3
Thefirstlinecontrols whether o r notthe basa/treble
toneconhols areinthe signal p ath.Thenormal d efault
isforthemto be indine, b ut if youwishto remove
themfromthecircuittor"flat"response, firstmake
certain thatthe .-> cursoris pointing to the T 0 N E
lineon themenuandpressthe ._/_. Navigation
Button _ sothat 0 U T is highlighted i nreverse
video.
Ifyouwishto leave thetonecontrols inthe signal
path. t he amount o ff boost o r cutforbassandtreble
maybe adjusted by pressing the A/• Navigation
Button _ sothatthe.-> cursoris nextto bassor
trebledepending on whichsettingyouwishto adjust.
Next, p ressthe ._/11_ NavigationButton _ until
the desired sa_ngis shown.
Thismenualsoincludes a settingto turnthe unit's
upsampling f eature on or off.Innormal u se,this
feature is turned off.whichmeans thatdigital s ources
areprocessed a t theirnativesample rate.For
example, a 48kHzdigital s ourcewillbe processed
at 4SkHz. H oweveL t he AVR435 allows youto