Harman Kardon AVR 245 Owner's Manual page 33

TITLE: You may change the display name for any source (except the
tuner). Not only does this enable you to customize your system; it helps
you to select the correct source device even when you have forgotten
which physical connections were used.
Move the cursor down to the TITLE line and press the Set Button.
A block cursor will blink. See Figure 54.
Figure 54 – Retitling a Source Input
Use the ⁄ / ¤ Buttons to scroll through the alphabet in upper and
lower case, as well as numbers and a variety of punctuation marks.
When you have selected the desired character, press the › Button to
move to the next space. You may also press the › Button to leave a
blank. Press the Set Button when you have finished spelling out the new
display name for the source.
COMPONENT IN: If you connected the source to one of the component
video inputs, make sure the correct set of inputs is displayed at this line. If it
isn't, move the cursor to this line, and then press the
the setting.
If your video display has component video inputs but your source device
only uses S-video or composite video (e.g., an older VCR), then you
may benefit from the AVR 245's video transcoding, in which composite
and S-video signals are transcoded to higher-quality component video,
enabling a single cable connection from the AVR to the television.
The CONVERT option that appears on the COMPONENT IN line in
Figure 53 indicates that the source is connected using either composite
or S-video. The video signal will be transcoded to component video and
will be available at the component video monitor outputs. If your televi-
sion is not component-video-capable, you may view this source using
the composite or S-video monitor outputs.
NOTE: Although the video signal is transcoded to the component
video format, it is not processed or upscaled.
AUDIO IN: By default, the analog audio inputs are assigned at the factory
to all sources, with the following exceptions:
Source Input
DVD
Video 2
HDMI1
HDMI2
Table 4 – Default Digital Audio Assignments
If you used a digital audio connection for another source, you will need
to change this setting to assign the correct digital audio input to the
source, even if you also connected the analog audio outputs of the
source to the receiver. Move the cursor to this line, and press the
Buttons until the correct digital input appears.
AUTO POLL: The Auto Poll feature is used when both an analog audio
and digital audio connection have been made for one source device.
If for some reason no digital signal is available, the AVR 245 will switch
to the analog inputs for the source. This situation can occur with some
cable or satellite television broadcasts, where some channels are broad-
cast with digital audio and others with analog audio.
For some sources, the Auto Poll feature is unnecessary and may be
undesirable. For example, if your DVD player is stopped, you may not
want to use the analog audio signal or you may have decided not to
connect analog audio. Move the cursor to this line, and press the
Buttons until OFF appears, disabling the Auto Poll feature. With Auto Poll
turned off, the receiver will only check for a signal at the audio input
›
Button to change
assigned to the source.
DMP SETTING: If you select DMP/The Bridge as your source input,
you will notice that the AUDIO IN line of the INPUT SETUP menu has
been replaced by the option GO TO DMP SETTING. See Figure 55.
Figure 55 – Input Setup Menu Screen for DMP/The Bridge source
Since The Bridge is connected to the AVR using a dedicated audio con-
nection, it isn't possible to select a different audio input for this source.
However, there are several special settings used only with The Bridge.
Selecting GO TO DMP SETTING displays the DMP SETTING menu
(see Figure 56).
INITIAL SETUP
Default Digital Audio Input
Coax 1
Optical 1
Coax 2
Optical 2
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