Harman Kardon AVR 525 Owner's Manual page 34

ADVANCED FEATURES
]he AVR525 isequipped witha number o f advanced
features thataddextraflexibility t o the unit'soperation
Whileit isnot necessary t o usethesefeatures to
operate the unit,theyprovide additional options that
youmaywishto use
SurroundAmplifier ChannelAssignment
]he AVR525 isequipped withsevenflJllpower
amplifier c hannels to allowforcomplete 71 channel
operation without t he needforadditional external
amplifiers However. in someinstallations youmaywish
to usethe traditional 51 channel configuration for the
mainlistening room,whichallowsthesurround back
left/right a mplifier c hannels t o be usedto power
speakers p lacedina remotezonelocation
if you wishto usethe Surround Backchannel ampli
tiersto power the remote zone, y oumustchange a
settinginthe ADVANCED SELECT menu
]b makethatchange, f irstcallup themenusystem
by pressing theOSDButton _ to bringthe
MA ST ER MEN U (Figure 1) to the screenNext,
pressthe • Button _ untilthe• cursoris nextto
the A DV AN CE D line,Press the Set Button
to enterthe ADVANCED
SELECT
menu
(Figure 10)
* ADVANCED SELECT *
,SB AMPS:_MR SP
VFD :_ HALF OFF
VOLUME DEFAULT:_ON
DEFAULT VOL SET:-25dB
SEMI OSD :OFF m
SEMI OSD TIME OUT: 3SEC
FULL OSD TIME OUT:20SEC
BACK TO MASTER MENU
k,_ j
F_igum 70
]b changetheseltingsothatthe %rroundBack
amplifiers a refed bythe source selected through the
Multiroom system, p ressthe,/• Buttons qi_}'_i_
so thatMR SP ishighlighted i nreverse videoand
pressthe Set Button
Remember thatoncethissetting is made youwill not
be ableto takeadvantage of anyof the6 1/7 1
channel decoding or processing modes, a ndthatthe
speakers u sedfortheremote zonemustbeconnected
to the SurroundBack/MultiroomSpeakerOutputs
@ lhe volume forthesespeakers i s setbythe
multiroom system, a sexplained on page36 of this
manual
Oncethisselfingis made, y ou maypressthe •
Button _ to makeanyof theotheradjustments
available onthismenu If nootheradjustments are
needed, p ressthe OSDButton _ to exitthe menu
system
DisplayBrightness
]he AVR525's Main InformationDisplay[] is set
at a default b rightness l evel t hatissufficient f orviewing
ina normally l it room However, insomehometheater
installations, you maywishto occasionally lowerthe
brightness of the display, or turnit off completely
]o change thedisplay brightness s elling for a specific
listening session, youwillneedto makean adjustment
inthe ADVANCED SELECT menu staff
the adjustment, presstheOSDButton _ to bring
the MA ST E R ME NU to thescreenPressthe •
Button qi_}lP, untilthe on-screen • cursoris nextto
the ADV ANC ED line.Press theSet Button
to entertheADVANCED SELECT menu
(Hgure 10)
]o change the brightness setting, a t the
ADVANCED SELECT
menu,makecertain
thattheon-screen • cursoris nextto the VF D line,
andpressthe • Button _ untilthe desired bright-
nesslevel i s highlighted i nthe videodisplayWhen
F UL L is highlighted, thedisplay is at itsnormal
brightness W henHA L F is highlighted, the display
isat haltthenormal b rightness l evelWhen0 F F
is highlighted, allof the indicators i nthe Main
InformationDisplay[] will go dark However, the
greenLEDsforthe Input Indicators[] andthe
SurroundMode Indicators1_'1, a swellasforthe
PowerIndicatorLI_"I, willalways r emainlittoremind
youthattheunitisturned on
Oncethedesired brightness l evelisselected, i t will
remain ineffectuntilit is changed againor untilthe
unitisturned off
Ifyouwishto makeotheradjustments, pressthe
A/• Buttons _ until t he on-screen • cursoris
nextto the desired selling or the B AC K T 0
MAST ER MEN U lineandpressthe Set Button
If youhaveno otheradjustments to make, p ress
the OSDButton _ to exitthe menusystem
Turn-OnVolumeLevel
As isthe casewithmostaudio/video r eceivers, when
the AVR525 is turned on, it willalwaysreturn to the
volume settinginerredwhenthe unitwasturnedoff
However, youmayprefer t o always havetheAVR525
turnon at a specific setting, r egardless o f whatwas
lastinusewhenthe unitwasturnedoff lo changethe
de%Jlt c ondition sothatthe samevolume levelis
alwaysusedatturn-on, y ou willneedto makean
adjustment inthe ADVANCED SELECT
menu start t he adjustment, press the OSDButton
to bringthe MASTER MENU (F:igure 1)
to the screenPressthe• Buttonqi_}lJ, untiltheon
screen • cursoris nextto the AD VAN CED line
Press t heSet Button_ toentertheAD VANCE D
SE L ECT menu (/igure1O)
Atthe ADVANCED
SELECT
menumake
ceflainthatthe on-screen • cursoris nextto the
VOLUME DEFAULT lineby pressing the
A/• Buttons _ asneededNext,pressthe •
Button_ so thatthe word0 N is highlighted i n
thevideodisplayNext,pressthe • Button
oncesothatthe on-screen • cursoris nextto the
D EF AU L T V 0 L S ET lineto setthedesired
turn-onvolume, p ressthe 4/• Buttons_
untilthedesired volumelevel i s shown on the
DEFAULT VOL SET lineThisse_%g may
NOt be madewiththe regular v ofiJme controls
NOTE: S ince the settingfortheturn-onvolume can-
not be heardwhilethesettingis beingmade, y oumay
wishto determine the settingbefore making the
adjustment lo do this,listen to anysourceandadjust
thevolume to the desired levelusing the regular
VolumeControls_"_(_ll 0 When the desired
volume level t o be usedat turn-onis reached, makea
noteof the setting as it appears inthe lowerthirdof
thevideoscreenor inthe Lower DisplayLine []
(Atypical v olume levelwillappear a sa negative num
bersuchas 25dB)Whenmaking theadjustment,
usethe4/• Buttons qi_t,_lP to enterthissetting
Unlike someof the otheradjustments inthismenu,the
turn-onvolume default w illremainineffectuntilit is
changed or turned off inthismenu,evenwhenthe
unitisturnedof[
Ifyouwishto makeotheradjustments, pressthe
A/• Buttons _ untiltheon-screen • cursoris
nextto the desired sellingor the B AC K T 0
MAS T E R ME NU lineandpressthe Set Button
Ifyouhavenootheradjustments to make, p ress
theOSDButton _ to exitthemenusystem
Semi-OSDSettings
]he semiOSDsystemplaces onelinemessages at
thelowerthirdof thevideodisplay screen whenever
theVolume, InputSource, S urround m odeor tuner
%quency of anyof theconfiguration s ettings are
changed lhe semiOSDsystem is helpflJl inthatit
enables youto havefeedback on anycontrol c hanges
or remote commands usingthe videodisplay whenit
is difficult t o viewthe frontpaneldisplays However,
you mayoccasionally prefer t o turnthesedisplays off
fora particular listening sessionYoumayalsowantto
adjust t he length of timethe displays remain on the
screenBothof thoseoptions arepossible withthe
AVR525
1oturnoffthe semiOSDsystem, y ou'llneed
to makean adjustment inthe A DV AN CE D
S EL EC T menu(Figure 10) lo start t he adjust-
ment,presstheOSDButton _ to bring the
MAS T E R ME NU to thescreenPress the•