Advanced Features - Harman Kardon AVR 335 Owner's Manual

ADVANCED FEATURES
TheAVR335 is equipped witha number o f advanced
features thataddextraflexibility t o theunit'soperation.
Whileit is not necessary t o usethesefeatures to
operate the unit,theyprovide additional options that
youmaywishto use.
Front-Panel Display Fade
innormal o peration, thefront-panel displays andindi-
cators remainonat fullbrightness, although y ou may
alsodimthemor turnthemoff asshowninthe next
section. Asan additional option,youmayalsosetthe
A\/Rsothatthe displays a m on whenever a buttonis
pressad onthe frontpanel o r remote, b ut thenfade
outaftera setperiodof time.
Tosetthefront-panel displays to the Fade mode,
pressthe OSDButton _, to bring the Master
Menu(Figure 1) to the screen. P ressthe A/V
NavigationButtons_ sothatthe Ib"cursor18
pointed to the AD VAN CE D line, a ndpressthe
Set Button @ to enterthe AD VA NC ED
SEL EC T menu(Figure 13).
f
* ADVANCED SELECT *
_VFD FADE TZME OUT!OFF
VFD !FULL
VOLUME DEFAULT!OFF
DEFAULT VBL SET_-2BdB
SENZ OSD TZME OUT_ BS
FULL BSD TZME BUT!20S
DEFAULT SBRR MBDE_BN
BACK TO MASTER MENU
#/Fum13
Withthe ADVANCED
SELECT
menu on
yourvideodisplay, pressthe A/V Navigation
Buttons _ sothatthe_' cursoris pointing to the
VFD FADE TIME
OUT line.Next, p ressthe
_/_' NavigationButtons@ sothatthe amount
of timethatyouwishthe displays to fadeoutafter
a buttonis pressed isshown. S elect0 F F if youdo
notwishto havethe frontpanel d isplays fadeout.
Once thistimeis setandthe unitreturned to normal
operation, the displays willremain on for thetimeperi
od selected whenever a buttonis pressed on the flont
panel o r remote. Afterthattimetheywillgradually f ade
out,withthe exception of thePower Indicator_"1,
whichwillremainonto remindyouthattheAVRis
turned on. Notethatif thedisplays havebeenturned
completely o ff usingthe DimButton t1_I, asshown
inthe nextsectionandon page11, the Fade function
willnot operate.
Ifyouwishb makeadjustments to otheritemson
the ADVANCED
SELECT
menu,press117e
A/• NavigationButtons _ to placethe It' cur
soynextto thedesireditem,or placethe _" cursor
nexttothe BACK TO MASTER MENU line
andpresstheSet Button @ b makean adjust-
mentb another m enu.If youhavecompleted all
adjustments, presstheOSDButton _, to exitthe
menusystem.
Display Brightness
TheAVR335's front-panel displays a m setat a default
brightness l evel t hatissufficient for viewing ina nor
reallylit room.However, insomehometheater i nstal-
btions, y ou maywishto occasionally lowerthe bright-
nessof the display, or turnit off completely. Tochange
thedisplay brightness s a11:ing fora specific listening
session, youwill needto makean adjusbnent inthe
ADVANCED SELECT menu. T ostartthe
adjustment, presstheOSDButton _, to bringthe
MA ST ER MEN U to the screen. P ressthe •
Button qi_), untiltheon-screen • cursoris nextto
the ADVANCED linePress the Set Button
to enterthe ADVANCED SELECT menu
(Figure 13)
Tochange thebrightness setting, atthe A DVANCED
SE L E CT menu, m akecertain thatthe on-screen
• cursoris nextto the V F D line, a ndpressthe •
Button @ untilthe desired brightness l evel i s shown
inthe videodisplay. WhenF U L L is highlighted, the
display isat its normal b rightness. WhenHA L F is
shown, t he display isat halfthenormal b rightness
bvel.When0 F F isshown,allof the front-panel
indicators w ill go dark.Howeveh t he PowerIndicator
[] willalways r emain lit to remind youthattheunitis
turned on.Thebrightness ofthe frontpanel d isplay may
alsobeadjusted bypressing t he DimButton Q, as
described o n page 11.
Oncethe desired brightness l evel i s selected, i t will
remainineffectunfilit is changed againor un11 t he
unitis turned oft
If youwishto makeotheradjustments, pressthe
A/• Buttons _ unfilthe on-screen •cumor
is nextto thedesired settingor the BA CK T 0
MA ST ER MEN U lineandpress the Set Button
41_. Ifyou haveno otheradjushnents to make,press
the OSDButton _, to exitthemenusystem.
Turn-On Volume Level
Asis thecasewithmostaudio/video receivers, when
theAVR335 isturnedon, it willalways return to the
volume settingineffect w henthe unitwasturned oft
However, you mayprefer t o always havetheAVR335
turnon ata specific setting, r egardless o f whatwas
lastin usewhentheunitwasturned oft Tochange
thedefaultcondition sothatthe samevolume level
is always usedat turn-on, y ouwill need to makean
adjustment inthe ADVANCED SELECT
menu, T ostarttheadjustment, pressthe OSDButton
_, to bringthe MASTER MENU (Figus1)
to the screen, Pressthe• Button qi_, until t t_eon-
screen • cursoris nextto the AD VAN CED line,
Press t heSet Button@ to enter t he AD VANCE D
SELECT menu (Figure 13)
Atthe ADVANCED
SELECT
menu,make
certain thatthe on screen • cursoris nextto the
V 0 L UME DE F AU L T linebypressing the
A/• Buttons _ as needed. N ext, p ressthe•
Button _ sothattheword0 N is shown in
the videodisplay. Next, p ressthe • Button
oncesothatthe on screen • cursorisnextto the
D EF AUL T V 0 L SE T line. T osetthe desired
turn onvolume, p ressthe_/• Buttons_ untilthe
desired volume levelis shown on the DE F A UL T
V 0 L S ET line. T hissettingmayNOT be made
withthe regular v olumecontrols,
NOTE: S incethe setting forthe turnon volume can
notbe heardwhilethe settingis beingmade,youmay
wishto determine thesettingbeforemaking the
adjustment. Todo this,listen to anysource andadjust
the volume to thedesired levelusingthe regular
VolumeControls_r'_o. Whenthedesired
volume levelto be usedat turnon is reached, makea
noteof thesettingasit appears inthe lowerthirdof
thevideoscreen or inthe Lower DisplayLine B'I_.
(Atypical v olume bvelwillappear a sa negative n um
bersuchas 25dB.) W henmaking theadjustment,
usethe _/• Buttons@ to enterthissetting.
Unlike someofthe otheradjustments inthismenu,the
turn onvolume default w ill remain ineffectuntilit is
changed or turned off inthismenu,evenwhenthe
unitis turned oft
Ifyouwishto makeotheradjustments, pressthe
A/• Buttons _ untilthe on-semen > cursoris
nextto the desired setting or the B AC K T 0
MAS T E R ME NU lineandpressthe Set Button
41_. If youhaveno otheradlustments to make, p ress
the OSDButton _ to exitthe menusystem.
Semi-OSD Settings
ThesembOSD system placesonelinemessages a t
the lowerthirdof thevideodisplay screen whenever
thevolume, i nputsource, sun-ound m ode,tuner
frequency or anyof the configuration settings am
changed. T hesemiOSDsystem is helpful i n thatit
provides f eedback onanycontrol c hanges or remote
commands usingthevideodisplay whenit is difficult
to viewthefront panel d isplays. However, youmay
occasionally p refer t o turnthesedisplays off fora par
titularlistening session. Youmayalsowanttoadlust
the length of timethe displays remain on thescreen.
Bothofthoseopfions arepossible withtheA\/R335.