Advanced Features - Harman Kardon AVR 235 Owner's Manual

ADVANCED FEATURES
TheAVR235 is equipped witha number o f advanced
features thataddextraflexibility t o the unit'soperation,
Whileit is notnecessary t o usethesefeatures to
operdethe unit,theyprovide additional options that
youmaywishto use.
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* ADVANCED SELECT *
_VFD FADE TIME OUT:OFF
VFD :FULL
VOLUME DEFAULT:OFF
DEFAULT VOL SET:-25dB
SEMI OSD TIME OUT: 5S
FULL OSD TIME OUT:20S
DEFAULT SURR MODE:ON
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Front-PaneFDispJay Fade
innormal o peration, thefront-panel displays andindi
catorbrerrdr orat fullbdghthess, although youmay
alsodimthemor turnthemoRasshowninthe next
section. A san addi17onal option,youmayalsosetthe
AVRsothatthe displays a m onwhenever a buttonis
pressed on the frontpanel o r remote, b utthenfade
out afteraset period of time.
Tosetthettuut-panel displays t u lbeParle mode.
pressthe OSD Button @ to bringthe Master
Menu(Figure 1) to thescreenPressthe ,&/V
NavigationButtons @ sothatthe_ cursoris
pointed to the ADVANCED line, a ndpressthe
Set Button @ to enterthe AD VA NC ED
SE L E CT menu(Figure 10),
Withthe ADVANCED
SELECT
menuon
yourvideodisplay, press1heA/'_ Navigation
Buttons 0 so thatthet_ cursoris pointing Io the
VFD FADE TIME OUT line.Next, p ressthe
_J_ NavigationButtons @ sothattheamount
of timethatyouwishthedisplays to fadeout a11er
a buttonispressed is shown Select0 F F if you do
notwishto havethefronbpanel displays fadeout,
Oncethistimeis setandthe unitreturned to normal
operation, the displays willremainonforthe timeperi
od selected whenever a button is pressed on thefront
panel o r remote A11er thattimetheywillgradually f ade
out,withtheexception of the PowerIndicator_,
whichwinremain on to remind youthattheAYRis
turned on, Note thatif the displays havebeenturned
cornplelely o Rusing the Dim Button @, asshown
in thenextsection andon page11, the Fadefur_otior/
will notoperate.
If youwishto makeadjusth_ents to otheritemson
the ADVANCED
SELECT
menu,pressthe
,_/_' NavigationButtons _[_ to place the _' cur
sot nextto 1hedesired item.or placethe _ cursor
rlexttethe BACK
TO MASTER MENU
line
andpressthe Set Button @ to makeanaqust-
meetto another m enu Ifyou havecompleted a ll
adjustments, pressthe OSDButton 0 b exitthe
menusystem
TheAVR235'5front panel d isplays aresetat a default
brightness levelthatis suRicient tot viewing ina nor
really lit room However. insomehometheater i nslal
latices, y oumaywishtu occasionally lowerthe bright-
ness of the display, or turnit oRcompletely T ocharge
the display brightness settingfora specifics listening
session, youwinneedto makean adjustment inthe
ADVANCED SELECT
menu, T ostartthe
adjustment, pressthe OSD Button 0 to bring the
MA ST ER MEN U tothe screenPressthe '_'
Button _D, hlntil t he on-screen _ cursorisnextto
the ADVANCED line Press t he Set Button@
t_." enterthe ADVANCED
SELECT
meeu
Figure10'
Toc, hange the brightness setting, atthe ADV ANCED
SE L E CT menu,makec, erlainthatthe on screen
cursoris nexttu the VF D line,andpressthe
Button @ untilthedesisd brightness l evelisshown
inthe videodisplay. WhenF UL L is hi@lighted, the
display is at itsnormal b rkjhtness. WhenH AL F is
shown, t hedisplay is at halfthe normal b rightness
level. W hen0 F F is shown, a ll of thefront-panel
indicators w ingo dark Howeve< t hePowerIndicator
winabaysremain littu remind youthatthe unitis
turned on Thebrightness of theauntpanel d isplay may
alsobeadjusted bypressing t he DimButton _jl_, as
described o n page11,
Oncethe desired brightness l evel i s selected, i t will
remain inerect untilit ischanged a%in or urttil t he
unitis turned oft
Ifyouwishto makeotheradjusth_ents, pressthe
A/'_' Buttons 0 untilthe on screen _ cursor
is nextto the desired settingor the B AC K T 0
MA ST ER ME NU lineandpressthe Set Button
@, Ifyouhaveno otheradjustments to make, p ress
the OSDButton 0 to exitthe menusystem
Turn-On Volume Level
As isthe casewithmostaudio/video r eceivers, when
the AVR235 is turned on, it winalwaysreturn to the
volume settinginerect whenthe unitwasturned oft
However, yournayprefer 1 0alwayshavethe£VR235
turnon at a specific so@g,regardless of whatwas
lastinusewhenthe unit_as turned oft Tochange
the default c ondition sothatthe samevolume level
isalws/ys u sedatturn on,youwill needto makean
adjusth/ent inthe AD VA NC ED SE L E CT
menuqb start t headjustment, pressthe OSDButton
tobringthe MASTER MENU (Fi%re1)
to thescreenPress the V Button_, untilthe on
screen _ cursorisnexttothe ADVANCED line
Press theSetButton@ to enter t he ADVAN CED
SEL E CT menu (Figure 1O)
Atthe ADVANCED SELECT menu,make
certain thattheon screen _ cursoris nextto the
V0 L U ME DE F A UL T lineby pressing the
,_/'_' Buttons O as needed. N ext,pressthe
Button @ sothatthewold 0 N is shownin
the videodisplayNext,pressthe v Button 0
onceso thattheon-screen _ cursorisnextto the
DEFAULT VOL SET linelo setthe desired
turn onvolume, p ressthe _l/_ Buttons@ untilthe
desired volume levelis shown on the DEF AU L T
V 0 L S ET line. T hissetting mayNOTbe made
withthe regular v olume cent/ols,
NOTE: S incethesettingtot the turnon volume can
not be heardwhilethe selting is beingmade, y ou may
wishtu delermine t he settingbefore making the
adjustment Todothis,listen to arNsourceandadjust
the volume to the desired levelusingthelegular
VolumeControls_0 When the desired
volume level t o be usedat turuou is reached, retake a
noteof the setting as it appears inthe lowerthirdof
thevideoscreen or inthe Lower DisplayUne
(Alypical v olume levelwillappear a sa negative nun
bet suchas 25dB)Whenmaking theadjustment,
usethe_/_ Buttons @ to enterthissetting
Unlike sorneof theotheradjustments inthismenu, t he
turn on volume dd_ultwill remain inerect untilit is
changed or turned off inthisrnenu, e venwhenthe
unitisturnedoft
Ifyouwishto makeotheradjustrnents, pressthe
,_/'_" Buttons @ until t he on screen > cursorJs
nextIo the desired settingor the BA CK T 0
MAST ER MEN U lineandpresstheSet Button
@, If youhaveno otheradjustments to make,press
the OSDButton @ to exitthe menusystem
Semi-OSD Settings
ThesemiOSDsystemplaces onelinemessages a t
the lower t hild of the videodisplay sereen whenever
the volume, i nputsource, s urround mode, t uner
frequency o r anyof theconfiguration settings are
changed ThesemiOSDsyslem is helpful i nthatit
provides t eedbac, k on anycontrol c hanges o r lemote
commands u shgthe v@o display whenit is diffrcult
to viewthe front-panel displays. Howeve< y oumay
occasionally pr@r to turnthesedisplays o ff fora par
ticularlistening session. Youmayalsowantto adjust
the length of timethe displays remain on the screen.
Bothof those@tionsarepossible withthe/4VR P35,