Advanced Features; Surround Amplifier Channel Assignment; Display Brightness; Turn-On Volume Level - Harman Kardon AVR 507 Limited Edition Owner's Manual

Advanced Features

The AVR 507 is equipped with a number of
advanced features that add extra flexibility to
the unit's operation. While it is not necessary to
use these features to operate the unit, they pro-
vide additional options that you may wish to
use.

Surround Amplifier Channel Assignment

The AVR is equipped with seven full-power
amplifier channels to allow for complete
7.1-channel operation without the need for
additional external amplifiers. However, in some
installations you may wish to use the traditional
5.1-channel configuration for the main listening
room, which allows the surround back left/right
amplifier channels to be used to power speakers
placed in a remote zone location.
If you wish to use the Surround Back channel
amplifiers to power the remote zone, you must
change a setting in the
menu. To make that change, first call
up the menu system by pressing the OSD
Button to bring the
(Figure 1) to the screen. Next, press the
Button until the cursor is next to the
line. Press the Set Button
to enter the
(Figure 11).
Figure 11
To change the setting so that the Surround Back
amplifiers are fed by the source selected through
the Multiroom system, press the / Buttons
so that is highlighted in
reverse video and press the Set Button
Remember that once this setting is made you
will not be able to take advantage of any of the
6.1/7.1- channel decoding or processing modes,
and no Surround Back speakers must be
selected in the speaker setup procedure outlined
earlier. In addition the speakers used for the
remote zone must be connected to the
Surround Back/Multiroom Speaker
Outputs . The volume for these speakers is
set by the multiroom system, as explained on
page 36 of this manual.
Once this setting is made, you may press the
Button to make any of the other
adjustments available on this menu. If no other
adjustments are needed, press the OSD Button
to exit the menu system.

Display Brightness

The AVR's front panel Main Information
Display is set at a default brightness level
that is sufficient for viewing in a normally lit
room. However, in some home theater installa-
tions, you may wish to occasionally lower the
brightness of the display, or turn it off completely.
To change the display brightness setting for a
specific listening session, you will need to make
an adjustment in the
menu. To start the adjustment, press the OSD
button to bring the
the screen. Press the
on-screen cursor is next to the
line. Press the Set Button
To change the brightness setting, at the
certain that the on-screen
line, and press the
desired brightness level is highlighted in the
video display. When
display is at its normal brightness. When
is highlighted, the display is at half the normal
brightness level. When
menu
of the indicators in the Main Information
Display will go dark.
If you wish to make other adjustments in the
menu, press the
/
screen cursor is next to the desired setting or
the
press the Set button
adjustments to make, press the OSD Button
to exit the menu system.
The display brightness may also be changed by
pressing and holding the Set button
front for three seconds until the message in the
Main Information Display
. Within five seconds, press the front
panel Selector buttons
brightness display level is shown. At that point,
.
press the Set button
setting.
You can also adjust the Display Brightness by
pressing the Dim Button
control. Note that the blue lighting inside the
volume control and the Power Indicator
will remain lit at normal brightness to remind
you that the unit is still turned on.
Once the desired brightness level is selected, it
will remain in effect until it is changed again or
until the unit is turned off.
Turn On Volume Level
As is the case with most audio/video receivers,
when the AVR is turned on, it will always return
to the volume setting in effect when the unit
was turned off. However, you may prefer to
always have the AVR turn on at a specific set-
ting, regardless of what was last in use when
the unit was turned off. To change the default
condition so that the same volume level is
always used at turn-on, you will need to make
an adjustment in the
menu. To start the adjustment, press the OSD
to
button
Button , until the
(Figure 1) to the screen. Press the
to enter the
menu (Figure 11).
enter the
(Figure 11).
menu, make
At the
cursor is next to the
certain that the on-screen
Button until the
/
is highlighted, the
button
in the video display. Next, press the
is highlighted, all
to the
desired turn-on volume, press the
volume level is shown on the
Buttons until the on-
be made with the regular volume controls.
line and
NOTE: Since the setting for the turn-on volume
. If you have no other
cannot be heard while the setting is being made,
you may wish to determine the setting before
making the adjustment. To do this, listen to any
source and adjust the volume to the desired
level using the regular volume controls
on the
When the desired volume level to be used at
turn-on is reached, make a note of the setting as
reads
it appears in the lower third of the video screen
or in the Main Information Display
until the desired
A typical volume level will appear as a negative
number such as -25dB. When making the
again to enter the
adjustment, use the
enter this setting.
Unlike some of the other adjustments in this
on the remote
menu, the turn-on volume default will remain in
effect even when the unit is turned off
completely, unless it is changed or turned off in
this menu.
If you wish to make other adjustments in the
menu, press the
screen
the
press the Set button
adjustments to make, press the OSD Button
to exit the menu system.
to bring the
button
, until the on-screen cursor is next to the
line. Press the Set button
menu
menu make
cursor is next to the
line by pressing the
buttons as needed. Next, press the
so that the word is highlighted
once so that the on-screen cursor is next
line. To set the
/
or hold them pressed until the desired
line. Note that this setting may NOT
buttons
/
Buttons until the on-
/
cursor is next to the desired setting or
line and
. If you have no other
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