Taperecording; Output Level T Rimadjustment - Harman Kardon AVR 220 Owner's Manual

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the next station, 3ressthe button again, f the
Tape Recording
and 23 until the LEDlights greenfor all chan-
ST ER E0 Indicator [] is not illuminated, nels.When it is red the levelis too high;when
tap the Tuning Selector Button 17tI_) to In normaloperation,the audio or video source it is amberthe love is too low. Pressthe SPL
advanceonefrequencyincrementat a time, or selectedfor listeningthrough the AVR220 is Button _ to turn the sensorandindicatoroff.
pressand hold it to locatea specificstation, sent to the recordoutputs.Thismeansthat any
Whenthe T UN ED Indicator [] lights,the programyou are watchingor listeningto mar, Oncethe referencelove has beenset, press
station is properlytuned and shouldbe hearc be recorded s imply byplacingmachinescon- the Channel Select Button _[4'_ and note
with clarity, nectedto the outputsfor Tape Outputs O or that F ff 0 N T L L EV will appear in the
Video 1 or 2 Outputs O_ in the record Main Information Display [C4J. Tochange
5. Stationsmay also be tuned directlyby press- mode the level,first 3rossthe Set Button li]_FJ[I,
ing the Direct Button I_), and then pressing
the Numeric Keys _ that correspond to the
station'sfrequency. T he desiredstation wi]
automaticallybe tuned. If you pressan incor-
rect buttonwhile enteringa direct frequency,
pressthe Clear Button _ to start over.
NOTE:When the FM receptionof a station is
and then usethe Selector Buttons [] or the
When a digital audio recorderis connectedto A/V Buttonsqi_t_ to raiseor lower the
the Digital Audio Outputs _), you are able level. DO NOTusethe volume control,as this
to recordthe digital signalusinc a CD-R, will alter the reference setting.
MiniDiscor other digital recordingsystem.
Oncethe changehas beenmade,pressthe Set
NOTES: Button li]_ F_'Iandthen pressthe Selector
* Thedigital outputsare activeonly when a Buttons [] or the A/v Buttons _ to
weak, audio quality will be increased by digital signal is present,andthey do not selectthe next output channellocationthat you
switching to Mono mode by pressingthe convertan analoginput to a digital signal, wish to adjust.Toadjustthe subwooferlevel,
FM Mode Button [] _ until the or changethe format of the d gital signal, pressthe Selector Buttons[] or the A/v
STEREO Indicator [] goesout. n addition,the digital recordermust be Buttons I[_)Ii_ until WOOFER LEV
compatiblewith the output signal.For appearsin the Main Information Display[]
Preset Tuning example, t he PCMdigital inputfrom a CD or on-screen display.
Usingthe remote,up to 30 stations maybe 3layermay be recordedon a CD-Ror
storedin the AVR220's memoryfor easyreca MiniDisc,but DolbyDigitalor DTS signals Press the Set Button li]_l_il when the name
usinc the front panelcontrolsor the remote, may not. of the desiredchannelappearsin the Main
Information Display [] and on-screendis-
Toentera station into the memory, f irst tune
the station usingthe steps outlinedabove.
Then:
1. Pressthe Memory Button _ on the
• Pleasemakecertainthat you are awareof play, andfollow the instructionsshown earlier
anycopyrightrestrictionson any materialyou to adjustthe love]
copy.Unauthorizedduplicationof copyrighted
_naterials is prohibitedby federallaw Repeat t he procedure as neededuntil all chan-
nels requiringadjustmenthavebeenset.When
remote. _ote that the MEM0 R Y Indicator
Output Level Trim Adjustment
[] will be illuminatedand flash in the Main
Information Display I_J. Norma output ]eve] adjustmentfor the
2. Within five seconds, p ressthe Numeric
Keys _) corresponding to the locationwhere
you wish to storethis station's frequency. O nce
entered,the presetnumberwill appear in the
Preset Number/Sleep Time Displayii!.
3. Repeatthe process after tuning any
additionalstationsto be preset.
Recalling Preset Stations
• To manuallyselecta station previously
AVR220 is establishedusing the test tone, as
outlined on pages21 and 22. Insomecases,
however,it may be desirableto adjustthe out-
put levelsusing programmaterialsuch asa test
disc,or a selectionyou are familiar with
Additionally,the output levelfor the subwoofer
can only be adjustedusingthis procedure.
Toacjust the output levelsusing program
material,first setthe reference volumefor the
front-left and front-right channelsusingthe
Volume Control _1_I_]1.
entered
Numeric Keys _) that correspond to the
desired station's memory location.
• To manuallytune through the list of stored
presetstationsone by one,pressthe Preset
Stations Selector Buttons [[i]l_ on the
front panelor remote.
nthe presetmemory,pressthe
If you are usinga discwith test signalsor an
externalsignalgeneratorasthe sourcefrom
which to trim the output levels,you may use
the EzSetfeatureof the remoteto guideyou to
the referenceSPLlevel.Tousethe remotefor
this purpose,pressand quicklyreleasethe SPL
Button _ to activatethe sensor. W hile the
test tone is circulating,the Program/SPL
Indicator O will changecolorto indicatethe
level.Adjust the levelas shownon 3ages22
all adjustmentshavebeen madeand no further
adjustmentsare madefor five seconds, t he
AVR220 will return to normaloperation.
Thechanneloutput for any input mayalso be
adjustedusingthe fulI-OSDon-screenmenu
system.First,setthe volumeto a comfortable
listeninglevelusing the Volume Control
_1"_I_]t.Then,pressthe OSDButton _ to
brinc upthe MASTER MENU (Figure1).
Press the • Button _ until the on-screen•
cursoris next to the CHANNEL ADJUST
line. Pressthe Set Button _ to activatethe
CHANNEL ADJUST menu (Figure8).
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* CHANNEL ADJUST *
FRONT LEFT : _dB
CENTER OdB
FRONT RIGHT : OdB
SURR RIGHT : _dB
SURR LEFT :
_dB
SUBWOOFER : CHANNEL RESET: ON
RETURN TO MENU
F@ure 8
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