System Configuration - Harman Kardon AVR 235 Owner's Manual

SYSTEM CONFIGURATION
5 TurntheAVR235 on eitherbypressing t he
Standby/On Switch _ on thefrontpanel, o r
viatheremote by preyingthe PowerOnButton
@, theAVRSelector@ or anyofthe Input
Selectors@0 on the remote ThePower
Indicator_ willturnblueto confirm thatthe
unitis on,andtheFront-Panel D isplayswill
alsolight.
Usingthe On-ScreenDisplay
Whenrnaking the %owingaqustments, youmayfind
it easier to usethe/@'R 235'son screen display sys-
tem Theseeasyto readdisplays giveyoua dear pic
lureof thecurrent s tatusof the unitandrnakeit easy
to seewhichspeaker, delay, i nputor digitalselectior_
youaremaking.
Toviewthe on screen rrenus, m akecertain thatyou
havemade a conr_ection fromthe Videoor S-Video
Monitor OutJack @@ onthe rearpanel t o the
composite or S Videoinputof your_ or projector
Inciderto viewtheAVR235%displays, the eorrect
videosourcemustbe selected on thevideodisplay.
Theon screen menus arenot available w hena corn
ponent v ideodisplay is in use.
IMPORTANT NOTE: W hen viewing t heon screen
menus using a C, R Tbased pqe(',to/, p lasma d ispl_y or
anydirect-view C R7 monitor o r television, it isimportant
tfat theyrotbe leR on?e screen foranextended p eriod
of lime. T heconstant display ofa stahc image (such as
thesemenus or videogame images) m aycause the
image to bepermanently "burned into" tr/eprojection
hbes,plasma screen or CR-[ T his typeof damage i s
notcovered bylt_e AVR235warranty a id maynotbe
covered bytheprojeeto_ set'swarranty.
TheAVR285 hastwoon screen display rnodes,
"Semi-OSD" and"FullOSD." W henn]aking conflgula
tionadjustments, it is recommended thatthe FullOSD
modebe used. T hiswill placean option listingon the
screen, m aking it easier to viewthe available o ptions.
Making Oonfiguration Adjustments
ThefullOSDsystemisavailable by pressing t he OSD
Button @. Whenthisbuttonis pressed, t he
MASTER MENU (Figure 1) willappear, and
adjustments am madefromthe individual menus.
** MASTER MENU **
•
ZNPUT
SETUP
SURROUND SELECT
SPEAKER SETUP
DELAY ADJUST
CNANNEL ADJUST
ADVANCED
Fioue 1
ThesemiOSDsystem is alsoaw_ilabie, allowing you
to makeadjustments direclly, by pressing theappro
pnatebuttons on thelrontpanel o r remote control t ot
thespecific parameter to beadjusledForexample, to
chargethe digital i nputforanyof thesources, press
the DigitalSelectButton _ andthenpressthe
,a,/v Buttons @ to scroll t hrough the listof
options astheyappear i n theoil scrpen display or
theLower DisplayLine _[_.
TousethefullOSDmenusystem, p ressthe OSO
Button 0. Whenthenlenuison the screen, p ress
the,a,/v Buttons 0 unillthe on-screen _ cursor
isnextto the itemyouwishto adjust, a ndthenpress
the Set Button @ to adjust t hatitem Themenus
will remain on the screen tot 20 seconds, andthen
theywill"timeout"anddisappear frornthescreenThe
time outmaybe increased to asmuchas50 seconds
bygoingto tile A D V A N C ED meriu,andchanging
theitem1711ed FULL OSD TIME OUT
WhenthefullOSDmenusystem is used,0 SD 0 N
willappearinthe UpperDisplayLine _ to remind
youthata videodisplay mustbe usedWhen the
semiOSDsystem is usedinconjunction w iththe dis-
creteconfi%ration buttons, theon screen display will
showthecurrent m enuselection. Thatselectior_ will
alsobe shown in theUpper DisplayLine _ or
theLower DisplayLine _, depending on which
parameter is beingadjusled.
Setting the System6onfigurationMemory
TheAVR235 leatures anadvanced r r/erllory system
thatenables youto est-blish diftdentconfigurations
forthe speaker c onfigu/a8on, digitalinput, s urround
mode,delaytimes,crossover frequency andoutput
levelsforeachinputsource. Thisflexibility e nables
youto customize t he wayinwhichyoulislento each
source andhavetheAVR235 memorize t hoseset-
tingsThisrneans, forexample, thatyoumay usedif
ferent o utputlevelsor trimslot different s ources, or
setdifferent s peaker c onflgulations withthe resultant
changes t o the bassmanagement syslemOncethese
settings aremade, t heywinautomalTcdly berecalled
whenever youselect t %t input
Thefactorydefault s etllngs tot theAVR235 haveall
inpuls configured foran analog audioinputexcept
forthe DVD input, w herethe 6oaxialDigitalAudio
Input 1 @ is thedefaultThedelault s peaker s ettings
areIor "Large" s peakers a t the font lelt/nght, " Small"
at all otherpositions, andthe subwooter on However,
oncethe DSPprocessing s ystem is usedthefirsttime
forany input, t hespeaker s ettings willautornatically
ddaultto "Small" at allposillons withthe subwooter
setto "LFE." Thedefault s ellingforthesunound
modesforallanaloginputs is the Logic: 7 Music
mode,although Dolby[/gital or DTS winautomallcally
be selected asappropriate w heneitherof thosebit-
stream typesisdetectedWhena 2 channel D olby
Digital s ource is present, D olbyProLogicIIwillalso
beselected automallcally
Beloreusing file unit,youwill probably w antto
change the settings tot mostinputssothattheyare
properly configured t o reflectthe useof digitalor ana
log inputs, t hetypeof speakers i nstalled andthe sur
roundmodespecifics of yourhometheater s ystem.
Remember thatsince theAVR235 memorizes the
settings toreachinputindividually, youwill needto
maketheseadjuslments f oreachinputused.
However, oncetheyaremade, f urther a djusthTent is
onlyrequired whensystem components a re{',hanged
Tornakethisprocess asquickandeasyaspossible,
wesuggest t hatyou usethe full-OSD systom withthe
on screen menus, a ndstepthrough eachinputOnce
youhaveCOrT pleiad1he settings forthe firstinput,
manys@ngsmaybe duplicated t ot theremaining
inputs. I tis alsoa goodideato settheconfigure
tion datain theordertheseitemsarelisted in the
MAS 1,E R ME NU. assornesettings/equire a
specific entryina priormenuitem Remember that
oncethe settings aremadeforoneinput, t heymust
be madeforall otherinputsources inyoursystem
Thefirststepinconfiguring t heAVR285 isto configure
eachinputOnce an inputis selected, all setlngstot
theDigital I nput, S peaker C onfiguration, Surround
ModeandDelay Timing will"attadf'themselves t o
thatinputandbe storedina nonvolatile m emory. This
means thatoncemade,theselection of aninputwill
automatica@ recall t hosesettingsForthatreason, t he
procedures described belowmustbe repeated for
eachinputsource sothatyouhavethe oppodunHy
to custornize eachsourceto yourspecific lislening
requirernents However, oncemade, t heyneednot be
changed againunless youneedto altara setting
Whenusingthefull OSDsyslem to makethesetup
adjustments, pressthe OSDButton 0 oncesothat
the MASTER MENU (Figure 1)appears. The_
cursorwinbenextto the I NP U1" SE 1"U P line
PresstheSet Button @ to enterthemenuandthe
I N PU 1" SE1,UP menu(Figure 2) willappear o n
thescreen.Press the _/_ Buttons @ until t he
desired inputname appears inthe highlighted v ideo,
aswellas beingindicated i nthe front-panel Input
Indicators_. Jfthe
input
wJlJ u sethestanda/d
left/right a nalog inputs, n ofurther a djustment
is needed