Advancedfeatures; Displaybrightness; Semi-Osd Settings - Harman Kardon AVR 220 Owner's Manual

Advanced Features
TheAVR220 isequippedwith a numberof readsVF D F UL L. Within five seconds, p ress
advanced featuresthat addextra flexibilityto the front panelSelector Buttons [] until the
the unit's operation. W hile it isnot necessary .......................................
to usethesefeaturesto operatethe unit, they that point, pressthe Set Button [] againto
provideadditionaloptions that you maywish enterthe setting.
to use.
Controls p:ri11_).Whenthe desiredvolume
levelto be usedat turn-on is reached,makea
note of the settingas it appearsin the lower
third of the video screenor in the Main
Information Display [1:41. (A typical volume
levelwill appearas a negativenumbersuch as
Oncethe desiredbrightnesslevelis selected,it -25dB._When makingthe adjustment,usethe
Display Brightness will remainin effect until it is changedagainor 41• ButtonsliD _ to enterthis setting.
TheAVR220's Main Information Display until the unit is turned off.
[] is set at a default brightnesslevelthat is
sufficientfor viewing in a normallylit room. Ifyou wish to makeother adjustments, p ress
However, i n somehome theater installations, the AIT Buttons li_l_ until the on-screen
you may wish to occasionallylower the bright- • cursoris next to the desiredsettingor the
hessof the display,or turn it off completely. RE T U RN T 0 MEN U line ant pressthe Set
Button li]_. If you haveno otheradjustments
Tochangethe displaybrightnesssettingfor a to make,pressthe OSDButton _ to exit
specificlisteningsession,youwill needto make the menu system.
an adjustmentin the ADVANCED
SELECT menu.Tostart the adjustment,
pressthe OSD Button _ to bring the
MA ST ER ME NU to the screen.Press the T
Button _ until the on-screen• cursoris
next to the ADVANCED line.Pressthe Set
Button _ to enterthe ADVANCED
SELECT menu(Figure9).
f
* ADVANCED SELECT *
"VFD :m_ HALF OFF
VOLUME DEFAULT:BI'_Oh
DEFAULT VOL SET:-25dB
SEMI OSD :OFF m
SEMI OSD TIME OUT: 3_
FULL OSD TIME OUT:20_
RETURN TO MENU
Figure 9
Turn On Volume Level
Asis the casewith mostaudio/videoreceivers,
when the AVR220 is turned on, it will always
returnto the volumesetting in effectwhen the
unit wasturned off. However, y ou may preferto
alwayshavethe AVR220 turn on at a specific
setting, regardless of what was last in use
when the unit wasturned off. Tochangethe
default condition sothat the samevolume level
s alwaysusedat turn-on,you will needto
makean adjustment inthe ADVANCED
SE L E CT menu.Tostart the adjustment,
_ressthe OSD Button _ to bring the
MASTER MENU (FigureI) to the screen.
Press the • Button _ until the on-screen•
cursoris next to the ADVANCED line. Press
the Set Button _ to enterthe
ADVANCED SELECT menu(Figure9).
Tochangethe brightnesssetting,at the
ADVANCED SELECT menu,makecer-
tain that the on-screen• cursoris next to the
VFD line,and pressthe • Button _ until
the desiredbrightnesslevelis highlightedin the
video display. W hen F U L L is qighlighted,the
displayis at its normal 3rightness. When
HALF is highlighted,the display s at half the
normalbrightnesslevel.When 0 F F is high-
lighted, all of the indicatorsin the Main
Unlikesomeof the other adjustmentsin this
menu,the turn-on volumedefault will remainin
effect until it is changedor turnec off in this
menu,evenwhen the unit is turned off.
Ifyou wish to makeother adjustments, p ress
the AI• Buttons qi_ until the on-screen
• cursoris next to the desiredsetting or the
RETURN TO MENU ine and pressthe Set
Button li]_. If you haveno other adjustments
to make,pressthe OSD Button _ to exit
the menu system.
Semi-OSD Settings
Thesemi-OSD systemplacesone-linemessages
at the lower third of the video displayscreen
wheneverthe Volume,Input Source, S urround
mode or tunerfrequencyof any of the configu-
ration settingsis changed.Thesemi-OSD sys-
tem is helpfulin that it enablesyou to have
feedbackon anycontrol changesor remote
commandsusingthe video displaywhen it is
difficult to view the front-paneldisplays.
However, y ou may occasionallypreferto turn
thesedisplaysoff for a particularlisteningses-
sion.Youmay alsowant to adjustthe length of
time the displaysremainon the screen.Bothof
thoseoptions are possiblewith the AVR220.
Atthe ADVANCED SELECT menu make
certainthat the on-screen• cursoris next to
the VOLUME DEFAULT line by pressing
the AI• Buttons (_)qi_l asneeded.Next,
aressthe • Button _ sothat the word 0 N
s highlightecin the video display.Next, press
the • Button so that the on-screen• cursor
s nextto the DEFAULT VOL SET line.
Toset the desiredturn-on volume,pressthe
Information Display[] will go dark. Note, ,/• Buttons li_tl_i) until the desiredvol- SELECT menu.
however, t hat the greenLEDs for the Input ume levelis shown on the DEFAULT VOL
SET line. Notethat this setting may NOTbe
madewith the regularvolumecontrols.
Indicators [] andthe Surround Mode
Indicators [], aswell asfor the Power
Indicator [], will alwaysremainlit to remind
you that the unit is turned on
NOTE:Since the settingfor the turn-on volume
cannot be heardwhile the setting is being
made,you may wish to determinethe setting
Thedisplaybrightnessmayalso be changedby
presslnganc holding the Set Button [] on
the front panelfor three seconds until the mes-
sagein the Main Information Display []
Toturn off the semi-OSD system, y ou will neec
to makean adjustment inthe ADVANCED
SELECT menu(Figure9).Tostart the
adjustment,pressthe OSD Button _ to
bring the MA ST ER ME NU to the screen.
Press the • Button until the on-screen• cur-
sor is next to the ADVANCED line. Press the
Set Button _ to enterthe A DV AN CE D
Atthe ADVANCED
SELECT
menu,
makecertainthat the on-screen• cursoris
next to the SEMI OSD DEFAULT line by
pressingthe AI• Buttons (_)qi_l as needed.
Next,pressthe • Button _ so that the
word OFF is hghlighted in the video display.
3eforemaking the adjustment.Todo this, listen
to any sourceand adjustthe volumeto the Notethat this setting is temporaryand will
desiredlevelusing the regularVolume remainactiveonly until it is changedor until
31 ADVANCED FEATURES