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seconds, it will move to the center channel, then the front right channel,
surround right, surround back right, surround back left, surround left and
finally the subwoofer, displaying the channel name on the front of the
receiver and in the semi-OSD display, as well as the current level setting
(varies between –10dB and +10dB). Press the
adjust the level setting, and the tone will remain at that channel until
several seconds after your last adjustment. When you have finished
adjusting the levels, press the Test Button again to stop the tone.
Measure the levels by ear, or using an SPL meter, as described above.
B. Using the Front-Panel or Remote-Control Channel
Command
You may adjust the levels by pressing the Channel Button on the front
panel, and the FRONT L LEVEL message will appear. Use the
Buttons on the front panel to select the desired speaker channel to
adjust, and press the Set Button when the desired channel is displayed.
The current level for that channel will appear, and you may adjust it
using the
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channel choices. This method is not recommended, as you will not be
able to measure the channel levels at the listening position. In addition,
this method requires a source to be playing.
You may also access the Channel command by pressing the Channel
Button on the remote. Use the
speaker channel and press the Set Button, then use the
again to adjust the level. As with the front-panel controls, a source
should be playing for best results. However, the source may be mixed
to highlight certain channels at various times during the selection, which
could skew the results when a different program is played.
C. Using the Full-OSD Menu
Next to EzSet/EQ, the full-OSD menu system offers the easiest and
most flexible manner of setting output levels. Press the OSD Button to
display the Menu System, and then navigate to the Speaker tab. Press
the Set Button to display the Speaker Setup menu. Select Manual
Configuration, press the Set Button and then navigate to the Channel
Adjust line. Press the Set Button to display the Channel Adjust menu.
See Figure 92.
Figure 92 – Channel Adjust Menu Screen
All of the speaker channels will appear with their current level settings.
RESET: If you wish to start by resetting all of the levels to their factory
defaults of 0dB, navigate to this line and press the Set Button. The
levels will be reset.
ADVANCED FUNCTIONS
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If you are using an external source to set your output levels, simply
navigate to each channel, press the Set Button and use the
Buttons to adjust the level as desired.
If you would like to set your levels using the AVR 350's internal test
tone, adjust the TEST TONE SEQ and TEST TONE lines as follows.
TEST TONE SEQ: When this setting reads AUTO, the test tone will auto-
matically circulate to all channels, pausing for a few moments at each
channel and then moving to the next channel several seconds later, as
indicated by the highlight bar. You may adjust the level for any channel
when the test tone is paused there by using the
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When this setting reads MANUAL, the test tone will not move to the
next channel until you use the
TEST TONE: This line determines whether the test tone is active. To
begin the process of setting the levels press the Set Button and use
the
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Buttons to change the setting to ON. Any time you manually
move the cursor out of the channel listings area of the screen, this
setting will automatically change to OFF, stopping the test tone.
NOTE: Setting the channel levels while one surround mode is
active does not necessarily carry over to all other modes. We
recommend that after you have set the levels satisfactorily in
Buttons
one mode, you note the results and change to other surround
modes. For those modes that don't reflect your level settings,
you may either copy the settings you obtained (as a short cut),
or redo the procedure to determine the correct settings for
those surround modes.
Video Adjustments
The AVR 350 includes sophisticated Faroudja DCDi Edge
cessing that delivers enhanced video quality, even for older analog video
source components, as well as upgraded on-screen displays. When
upscaling video materials from a lower resolution to a higher one (the
AVR 350 upscales to a maximum of 720p), the processor is adding
pixels to the original image. Sometimes when converting interlaced video
(displays all odd rows then all even rows of the frame) to progressive-
scan video (displays all rows at once) and increasing the resolution, the
interpolation of new pixels can cause jagginess, or a staircase effect, at
edge transitions, such as the stripes in an American flag. Faroudja engi-
neers developed the DCDi (Directional Correlational Deinterlacing) algo-
rithm to ensure that the additional pixels follow the edge, virtually elimi-
nating the jagginess and enhancing upscaled images.
The video processor is set at the factory to automatically provide the
best picture as it detects the capabilities of your video display and the
incoming source video signals. However, you may experiment with the
Video Setup menu adjustments to try to improve the picture further.
The Video Setup menu includes a reset feature in the event you wish
to return to the factory defaults and try again.
To access the Video Setup menu, press the OSD Button to display the
menu system, and navigate to the Video tab. Press the Set Button to
access the Video Setup menu, shown in Figure 93.
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