Harman Kardon AVR 225 Owner's Manual page 29

OPERATION
Output Level Trim Adjustment
Normal outputlevel a djustment fortheAVR225 is
established usingthe testtone,asoutlined on pages
21 and22. In somecases, h owever, )tmaybe desir-
abletoadjust
the output levels using program material
such asa _est disc, oraselection youare familiar with.
Additionally, the output level for the subwoofer can
only b eadjusted using this procedure,
!o adjust t he outputlevelsusingprogram material, first
setthe reference volume forthe front-left a ndfront-
rightchannels u singthe VolumeControl_[_'J_.
Ifyouareusinga discwithtestsignals or anexternal
signalgenerator asthe source fromwhichto trimthe
outputlevels, you mayusethe EzSet f eature of the
remoteto guideyouto thereference SPLlevel. I o
usethe remote forthispurpose, pressandquickly
release theSPL Button _ to activate the sensor.
Whilethetesttoneis circulating, the Program/SPL
Indicator _ will change colorto indicate the level.
Adjustthe level a sshown on pages 21 and22 until
the LEDlights greenfor allchannels. Whenit is red
the levelistoo high;whenit is amber the levelis too
low.Press the SPL Button _ to turnthesensor a nd
indicator o ff.
Oncethe reference levelhasbeenset,pressthe
ChannelSelectButton ql]_lP]_rd andnotethat
F L L EV EL willappear i n the Main Information
Display[/_J.[0 changethe level, f i_st p ressthe Set
Button qi_}P'_"I, a ndthenusethe SelectorButtons
[] or the A/T Buttons qi_4i_) to raiseor lower
the level.DONOT usethe volume control,asthiswill
alterthe reference setting.
Oncethechangehasbeenmade, p ressthe Set
Button Ii_II andthenpress the SelectorButtons
[] or the ,_/'v Buttons li_l[_ll to select t he next
outputchannel location thatyouwishto adjust. I 0
adjustthesubwoofer l evel, p ressthe Selector
Buttons [] or the ,A/T Buttons ti_)_ until
SW L EVE L appears i ntheMain Information
Display[] or on-screen display.
Press the Set Button qi_ P_i"l whenthe nameofthe
desired channel appears inthe Main Information
Display[] andon-screen display, andfollowthe
instructions shownearlier t o adjustthelevel.
Repeat t he procedure a sneeded untilall channels
requiring adiustmem havebeenset,Whenall adjust-
ments havebeenmadeandno furtheradiustments
aremade forfiveseconds, the AVR225 willreturnto
normal o peration.
Thechannel outputforanyinputmayalsobe adjusted
usingthe MI-OSDon-screen menusystem. F irst,set
the volume to a comfortable l istening levelusingthe
VolumeControl_'Zi_. Then, p ressthe OSD
Button _ to bring upthe M A S T E R M E N U
(figure1).Press the _' Button _ untilthe on-
screen • cursoris nextto the CH AN NE L
AD ,.IU ST line.Press theSet Button _ to acti-
vatethe CHANNEL
ADJUST
menu(Figure 8),
r
* CHANNEL ADJUST *
FRONT LEFT : OdB
CENTER : OdB
FRONT RIGHT : _dB
SURR RIGHT : OdB
SURR LEFT : _dB
SUBWOOFER : _dB
CHANNEL RESET:
_
RETURN TO MENU
Once the menuappears onyourvideoscreen,usethe
A/'_' Buttons ti_)li_ to movethe on-screen •
cursorso thatit is nextto the channel thatyouwishto
adjust, T hen, u sethe _/• Buttons li_ to raise
or lowerthe outputlevel, R emember, the goalis _o
have the outputlevel a t eachchannel b eequal w hen
heardatthe listening position.
Whenall adjustments aredone,pressthe A/'v
_i_ buttons [o movetheon-screen • cursorso
that i t i s next t oRETURN
TO MENU andthen
press the SetButton _ if y ou wish t o goback to the
main menutomakeother adiustmenb. If y ouhave no
other adjustments tomake, p ress the OSD Button
to ex)t the menusystem,
NOTES:
• Theoutputlevelsmaybe separately trimmed for
eachdigital a ndanalog surround mode.Ifyouwish
to havedifferent trimlevelsfora specific mode,
se}edtha modeandthenfollowthe instructions in
the s_eps s hown earlier.
• In Stereo-Digital (Surround Off)mode,onlythe
frentdeft, f ront-right andsubwoofer channels m ay
be trimmed. I t isnot possible to tr)mtheoutput
levelsinStereo-Dimd mode,since thatmode
bypasses t hedigitalcircuitry usedfor output-level
_rimming,
6-Channel Direct Input
The AVR225 isequipped for futureexpansion
through the useof optional, external adapters forfor-
matsthattheAVR225 maynot be capable of pro-
cessing. Whenanadapter i seonneded_othe
6-ChannelDirect Inputs_, youmayselect i t by
pressing the 6-Ch Direct InputSelector _, the
6-Channel Direct i nputmayalsobe selected bypress-
i% the Input SourceSelectorButton [] on the
frontpanel u ntil6 C H D I R E C T appears inthe
Main InformationDisplay[] anda greenLED
lighb nextto 6 CHinthe Input IndicatorsF,I_,
Whenthe6-Channel Direct i nputis inuse,you may
not select a surround mode, a sthe external d ecoder
determines p rocessing. Inaddition, thereis no s)gnal
atthe recordoutputs whenthe 6-Channel Directinput
is inuse,
Memory Backup
Thisproduct i s equipped witha memory backup
system thatpreserves t he system configuration
information a ndtunerpresets if the unitis accidentally
unplugged o r subjected t o a power outage. T his
memory will lastforapproximately oneweek,after
whichtimeall information m ustbereentered.