Advanced Features - Harman Kardon AVR 225 Owner's Manual

ADVANCED FEATURES
the AVR225 is equipped w itha number o f advanced
features thataddextraflexibility t o the unit'soperation.
Whileit is notnecessary t o usethesefeatures [ o
operate the unit,theyprovide additional options that
you maywishto use.
DisplayBrightness
rhe AVR225's MainInformation Display[] is set
at a default b rightness l evel t hatissufficient for viewing
h a normally l it room.However, insomehometheater
installations, youmaywishto occasionally lowerthe
brightness of the display, or turnit off completely.
lt} changethedisplay brightness sect(% fora specific
listening s ession, y ouwill needto makean adjustment
inthe ADVANCED
SELECT
menu. I o starl
the adjustment, pressthe OSDBu_oni_ to bring
the MA ST E R ME NU _othe screen. P ressthe•
Button _ untilthe on-screen • cursorisnextto
the AD VAN CE D line.Press the Set Button I_
to enterthe ADVANCED
SELECT
menu
(Figure 9).
* ADVANCED SELECT *
_VFD :T_
VOLUME DEFAULT:_ON
DEFAULT VOL SET:-25dB
SEMI OSD :_
SEMI OSD TI_ DUT: 3S
FULL OSD T_ME OUT:20S
RETURN TO MENU
Ib change the brigI1ness s etting, a t the
ADVANCED SELECT
menu.makece@in
thattheon-screen • cursoris nextto the V F D line,
andpressthe • Button _ until t he desired bright-
hess levelis highlighted i nthe videodisplay. When
F UL L is highlighted, thedisplay is at itsnormal
brightness. WhenH AL F is highlighted, thedisplay
isat halfthe normal b rightness l evel. W hen0 F F
ishighlighted, all of the indicators i nthe Main
InformationDisplay[] will go dark.Note, h owever,
thatthegreenLEDs forthe Input IndicatorsI_".".".".".'D_ and
the SurroundMode Indicators[], aswellasfor
the PowerIndicatorIFl, will always r emainlit to
remindyouthatthe unitisturnedon.
Thedisplay brightness mayalsobe changed by press-
ingandholding the Set Button [] on the frontpanel
forthreeseconds untilthe message inthe Main
InformationDisplay[] readsVF D F UL L,
Within fiveseconds, p ressthefront-panel Selector
Buttons [] until t he desired brightness d isplay level
isshown. A t thatpo)nt, p resstheSet Button []
againto enterthesetting.
Once the desired brigl@ess levelisselected, i t will
remainindied untilit is changed againor until t he
unitisturnedoff.
Ifyouwishto makeotheradjustments, press the
A/'_ Buttons _IP untiltheon-screen • cursor
is nextto the desired setting or the RE T U RN T 0
II EN U lineandpresstheSet Button lil_. Ifyou
haveno otheradjustments to make,presstheOSD
Button _ to exitthe menusystem.
Turn-OnVolumeLevel
As isthe casewithmostaudio/video r eceivers, when
the AVR225 is turned on_it will always r eturnto the
vobmesettingin effect w henthe unitwasturnedoff.
Ftowever, youmaypreferto always havetheAVR225
turnon at a specific setting, r egardless o f whatwas
lastinusewhenthe unitwasturnedoff Io change the
defaultcondition sothatthe samevolume levelis
always usedat turn-on, y ou willneedto makean
adjustment inthe ADVANCED
SELECT
menu.rb startthe adjustment, presstheOSDButton
to bringthe MA ST ER MEN U (Figure 1)
to the screen. P ressthe • Button _ untilthe
on-screen • cursoris nexttothe A D V A N C E D
line, Press t he SetButton _ toenter the
ADVANCED SELECT menu(Figure 9),
Atthe ADVANCED
SELECT
menumake
certain thattheon-screen • cursoris nextto the
VOLUME DEFAULT lineby pressing t he
A/• Buttons li_)li_l_ asneeded. N ext, p ressthe
• Button _ so thatthewordON is highlighted i n
the videodisplay. Next,pressthe • Button sothat
the on-screen • cursoris nextto the DEF AU L ?
V OL S ET line.Tosetthe desired turn-onvolume,
pressthe_/• Buttonsli_)_ until t he desired
volumehvelis shown on the D EF AU L T V OL
S ET line. N otethatthissettingmayNOT be made
withtheregular , volume c ontrols.
NOTE: S ince the setting forthe turn-onvolume can-
notbe heardwhilethe settingis beingmade,youmay
wishto de,ermine the se_ting b efore making the
adiustment. Io do this,listen to anysource andadjust
the volume to thedesiredlevel u singthe regular
VolumeControls[k'_'_ _. Whenthe desired volume
level t o be usedatturn-onis reached, makea noteof
the se_ting a sit appears inthe lower t hirdof thevideo
screenor inthe Main InformationDisplay[].
(Atypical v olume level w ill appear a sa negative num-
bersuchas-25dB.)Whenmaking the adjustment,
usethe _/• Buttons_ _ to enterthissetting.
Unlike someof theotheradjustments inthismenu, t he
turn-onvolume default w ill remainineffectuntilit is
changed or turned off inthismenu,evenwhenthe
unitisturnedoff.
Ifyouwishto makeotheradjustments, press the
A/• Buttons _li_ untilthe on-screen • cursor
is nextto the desired settingor the R ET UR N T O
11 EN U lineandpressthe Set Bu_on _. Ifyou
haveno otheradjustments to make, p ressthe OSD
Button _ to exitthe menusystem.
Semi-OSDSettings
TheSemi-OSD s ystemplaces one-line messages a t
thelowerthirdofthe videodisplay screen whenever
the Volume, inputSource, S urround m odeor tunerfre-
quency of anyofthe configuration settings is changed.
lhe Semi-OSD systemis helpful i nthatit enables you
to havefeedback on anycontrol c hanges o r remote
commands u sin 9 the videodisplay whenit is difficult
to viewthe front-panel displays. However, you may
occasionally prefer t o turnthesedisplays o ff fora par-
ticularlistening s ession. Y oumayalsowantto adjust
thelengthof timethedisplays remain on the screen.
%th of thoseoptions arepossible withthe AVR225.
ro turnoff theSem)-OSD s ystem, y ou willneedto
makeanadjustment inthe A D VAN CE D
SEL EC T menu(Rgure9).Io startthe adjustment,
pressthe OSDButton _ to bring the MA ST ER
MEN U to the screen. P ress the • Bu_on untilthe
omscreen • cursoris next[o the AD VAN CE D
line.Press the Set Button _ to enterthe
ADVANCED SELECT
menu.
Atthe ADVANCED
SELECT
menu. m ake
certain thattheon-screen • cursoris next_othe
S E M I 0 S D linebypressi%the A/• Buttons
li_l, liD asneeded. N ext. p ressthe • Button
sothatthewordOF F is highlighted i nthe video
display,
No_e thatthissetting is temporary andwillremain
adiveonlyuntilit is changed or until t he AVR225 is
turned off.Oncethe unitisturnedoff,the Semi-OSD
displays w ill remain act)vated, evenif theywere
sw)tched o ff tot the previous l istening session.
Io change the length of timethatthe Semi-OSD
displays remain on thescreen, g o to the
ADVANCED SELECT menuasoutl#ned
earlier, andpresstheA/• Bul_ons li_l, li_l, as
needed, u ntil t he on-screen • cursoris nextto the
SEMI OSD TIME
OUT line,Next, p ress
the4/• Buttons (i_)_ untilthedesired time in
seconds is d)splayed. Notethat,unlikemostof the
otheroptions inthismenu,thisis a permanent setting
change andthe time-out e ntrywillremainineffect
untilit is changed, evenwhenthe unitisturnedoff
Ifyouwishto makeotheradjustments, pressthe
A/• Buttons _i_IPIIDuntilthe on-screen • cursor
is nextto the desired settingor the R ET UR N T O