Input Setup - Harman Kardon AVR 335 Owner's Manual

SYSTEM CONFIGURATION
4. Install the threesupplied AAAbatteries inthe
remote asshown.Becertain to followthe (+)
and() polarity indicators t hatareon thetop of
thebatterycompaMment.
5.TurntheAVR335 on either b y pressing t he
Standby/On Switch [] on thefrontpanel, o r
viathe remote bypressing t he PowerOnButton
O, theAVRSelectorO or anyofthe Input
SelectorsI1_ li_, onthe remote. ThePower
Indicator[] will t urn blueto confirm thatthe
unitison,andtheFront-PanelDisplayswill
alsolight.
Usingthe On-ScreenDisplay
Whenmaking the following adjustments, you mayfind
it easier to usetheAVR335'8on-screen display sys
tern.These easyto readdisplays g iveyoua clearpic
tureof the current s tatusofthe unitandmakeit easy
to seewhichspeaker, delay, i nputor digital s election
youam making.
Toviewthe on semen menus, m akecertain thatyou
havemadea connection f romtheVideoor S-Video
Monitor OutJack _._ on the rearpanel t o the
composite or S videoinputof yourTVor projector.
Inorderto viewtheAVR335'sdisplays, the correct
videosourcemustbe selected on thevideodisplay.
Theon-screen menus arenot available w hena com-
ponent % eo display isin use.
IMPORTANT NOTE: When viewi% theon semen
menus using aCR_based p rojectoh p lasma d isplay or
anydirect v iewCBTmonitor or television, it is important
thathey notbelefton thescreen toranextended p eriod
oftime. T heconstant display o f a static image suchas
these menus or video gameimages maycause the
image to be permanently "burned i nto"theprojecbon
tubes, p lasma s creen or CR1. Thistyped damage isnot
covered bytheAVR 335 waH-anty andmaynot becov
eredbytheprojecto_fP,/set's warranty.
TheAVR335 hasb_vo o n semen display modes.
"Semi O SD"and"FullOSD/' W hen making configura
tionadjustments, it isrecommended t hatthe FullOSD
modebeused. T hiswillplacean option listingon the
screen, m aking it easier to viewthe available options.
Making ConfigurationAdjustments
ThefullOSDsystem isavailable by pressing t he OSD
Button _,. Whenthisbuttonis pressed, t he
MASTER MENU (Figure 1) will appear; and
adjustments aremadefromthe individual menus.
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_ MASTER NENU _
_INPUT SETUP
SURROUND SELECT
SPEAKER SETUP
DELAY ADJUST
CHANNEL ADJUST
NULTI-ROON
EzSET+
ADVANCED
F_gure 1
ThesemEOSD system is alsoavailable, allowing you
to makeadjustments directly, by pressing theappm
priatebuttons on thefrontpanel o r remote control f or
thespecific parameter to beadjusted. F orexample, to
change the digitalinputforanyof thesources, press
the DigitalSelectButton _ andthenpressthe
A/V Buttons _ to scrollthrough thelistof
options astheyappearinthe on screen display or the
Lower DisplayLine F'_.
Tousethe fullOSDmenusystem, p ressthe OSD
Button _,. Whenthe menuis on thescreen, p ress
the A/V Buttons _ untiltheon-screen • cursor
is nextto theitemyouwishto adjust, a ndthenpress
theSet Button _ to adjust t hatitem.Themenus
willremainonthe screen for 20 seconds, andthen
theywill "timeout"anddisappear fromthe screenThe
timeout maybe increased t o asmuchas50 seconds
bygoingto the AD VA NC ED menu,andchanging
the itemfitled FULL
OSD TIME OUT.
Whenthefull-OSD menusystem is used.0 SD 0 N
willappear i nthe UpperDisplayLine [] to remind
youthata videodisplay mustbe used. W hen the
semEOSD systemisusedinconjunction w iththe dis
creteconfiguration b uttons, the on screen display will
showthecurrentmenuselection. Thatselection will
alsobe showninthe UpperDisplayLine [] or the
Lower DisplayLine Ft_, depending onwhich
parameter i s beingadjusted.
Setting the SystemConfigurationMemory
TheAVR335 features an advanced m emon/system
thatenables youto establish d ifferent c onfigurations
forthe speaker c onfigurafion, digital i nput,surround
mode.delaytimes, c rossover trequency andoutput
levelsforeachinputsource. Thisflexibility e nables you
to customize t he wayinwhichyou listen to each
source andhavetheAVR335 memorize t hoseset
tings. T hismeans, forexample, thatyou mayusedif-
ferent o utputlevels or trimsfordifferent s ources, or
setdifferent s peaker c onfigurations withtheresultant
changes t o the bassmanagement system. O nce these
settings am made. t heywillautomaficafly be recalled
whenever youselect t hatinput.
However. we recommend t hatthefirsttimeyouuse
theA\/R335. youtakeadvantage o f the simplicity o f
configuring t he system usingthe EzSet+ process.
whichtakestheguesswork o ut of speaker s izeand
delaysettings, andbalances t he speaker o utputlevels
to tailortheAVR's sound presentation t oyourspecific
systemandroom.Beforebeginning t he EzSet+ pro
cedure, t hereareafewadjustments thatneedto be
madeto ensure accurate, results.
Thefactory default s ettings fortheAVR335 haveall
inputs configured forananalogaudioinputexcept f or
the DVDinput, w here the CoaxialDigitalAudio
Input 1 €_)isthe default. Thedetault s peaker s ettings
are"Small" f orthe frontleft!right, c enterandsurround
left/right p ositions, and"None" forthe surround back
left/right a ndthe subwoofer. Thedetault s ettingforthe
surround modesforallanalog inputsis the Logic7
Music mode.DolbyDigital o r DTSwillautomaficafly be
selected asappropriate w heneitherof thosebitstream
typesisdetected. W hena 2 channel DolbyDigital
sourceis present, D olbyProLogicIIwill alsobe
selected automatically.
Beforeusing the unit.youwill probably wantto
change the setl]ngs formostinputssothattheyare
propedy configured t o reflecttheuseof digitalor ana-
loginputs andthesurround modespecifics of your
hometheater s ystem. R emember thatsincethe
AVR335 memorizes the settings f or eachinputindi
vidually, youwill need to maketheseadjustments for
eachinputused.However. oncetheyaremade. f urther
adjustment is onlyrequired whensystem components
arechanged.
Tomakethisprocess as quickandeasyaspossible.
wesuggest t hatyouusethefullOSDsystem with
the on-screen menus, andstepthrough eachinput.
Onceyou havecompleted t he settings forthe first
input, m anysettings maybe duplicatad forthe
remaining i nputs. I t isalsoa goodideato setthe
configuration d atainthe ordertheseitemsarelisted
inthe MAS T E R MEN U. as somesettings require
a specific entryina priormenuitem.Remember that
oncethe settings aremadeforoneinput, t heymust
be made forall otherinputsources inyoursystem.
Input Setup
Thefirststepinconfiguring t heAVR335 is toconfigure
eachinput. O nceaninputisselectad, all settings for
the Digital I nput.Speaker C onfiguration. Surround
ModeandDelay Timing will"attach" t hemselves to that
inputandbe storedina nonvolatile m emory. This
means thatoncemade. t he selection of an inputwill
automatically recall t hosesettings. F orthatreason, t he
procedures described belowmustbe repeated for
eachinputsource sothatyouhavethe opportunity t o
customize e achsource to yourspecific listening
requirements. However. oncemade. t heyneednotbe
changed againunless youneedto altera se11:ing.