Harman Kardon AVR 140 Owners Manual - Page 34

OPERATION

the PCM digital input from a CD player may be

recorded on a CD-R or MiniDisc, but Dolby Digital

or DTS signals may not.

• Please make certain that you are aware of any

copyright restrictions on any material you copy.

Unauthorized duplication of copyrighted materials

is prohibited by federal law.

Using

When Harman Kardon’s

(optional) is connected

and a compatible iPod

®

is docked in The Bridge, press

the

DMP Selector Button

½

to choose

the iPod as the input source. Pressing the

DMP Selector Button

½

will also activate the AVR

remote’s control codes for the iPod, and you may also

use the front-panel controls to operate the iPod. You

may also select

DMP as the source from the

front panel by repeatedly pressing the

Input Source

Selector

^

until

DMP

appears in the

Upper

Display Line

P

, although no

Input Indicator

Ú

will light.

When The Bridge is properly connected and a com-

patible iPod is properly docked,

DMP/THE

BRIDGEISCONNECTED

will scroll

across the

Upper Display Line

P

. Once that

message appears, use the remote or front-panel

buttons to control the iPod. See the Function List

Table on pages 41–42 for a listing of the remote

control buttons that have been programmed to

control the iPod. In brief, the

Reverse Search, Play,

Pause

and

Forward Search Buttons

`

and the

/

/

¤

/

‹

/

›

Buttons

no

and

Set Button

p

may be used in a similar manner to the corresponding

controls on the iPod. Complete details on operating an

iPod using

and an AVR remote are furnished

with

.

The front-panel controls may be used to access a lim-

ited number of iPod functions. Press the

Tuner Mode

Button

&

to play or pause the current track. The

Tuning Selector

9

may be used to search reverse

(left side of button) or forward (right side of button)

through the tracks. Press the

Tuner Band Selector

!

to call up the iPod’s menu. Press the

Preset

Station Selectors

$

to scroll, and the

Set Button

@

to select. For complete information on using the

AVR’s remote or front-panel controls to operate an

iPod, see the instructions packed with The Bridge.

Output Level Trim Adjustment

Normal output level adjustment for the AVR 140 is

established using the test tone, as outlined on pages

23–24. In some cases, however, it may be desirable

to adjust the output levels using program material such

as a test disc, or a selection you are familiar with.

Additionally, the output level for the subwoofer can

only be adjusted using this procedure.

To adjust the output levels using program material, first

set the reference volume for the front left and front right

channels using the

Volume Control

Ò

±

.

If you are using a disc with test signals or an external

signal generator as the source from which to trim the

output levels, you may use a handheld SPL meter to

guide you to the correct SPL levels. Set the meter to

the C-Weighting Slow scale, and adjust the volume

until the meter reads 75dB.

Once the reference level has been set, press the

Channel Select Button

m

and

FRONTL

LEVEL

will appear in the

Lower Display Line

Q

and semi-OSD. To change the level, first press

the

Set Button

p

, and then use the

/

/

¤

Buttons

n

to raise or lower the level. DO NOT

use the volume control, as this will alter the

reference setting.

Once the change has been made, press the

Set

Button

p

and then press the

/

/

¤

Buttons

n

to select the next output channel location you wish to

adjust. To adjust the subwoofer level, press the

/

/

¤

Buttons

n

until

WOOFERLEVEL

appears in

the

Lower Display Line

Q

and on screen.

Repeat the procedure as needed until all channels

requiring adjustment have been set. When all adjust-

ments have been made and no further adjustments

are made for five seconds, the AVR 140 will return to

normal operation.

The channel output for any input may also be adjusted

using the full-OSD on-screen menu system. First, set

the volume to a comfortable listening level using the

Volume Control

Ò

±

. Then, press the

OSD

Button

v

to bring up the

MASTERMENU

(Figure 1). Press the

¤

Button

n

until the on-

screen

›

cursor is next to the

MANUAL

SETUP

line. Then, press the

Set Button

p

to display the

MANUALSETUP

submenu,

and use the

/

/

¤

Buttons

n

to scroll to the

CHANNELADJUST

line. Press the

Set

Button

p

again to display the

CHANNEL

ADJUST

submenu.

Once the menu appears on your video screen, first

use the

/

/

¤

Buttons

n

to move the on-screen

›

cursor so that it is next to the

TEST TONE

line. Press the

‹

/

›

Buttons

o

so that

OFF

appears. This will turn off the test tone and allow you

to use your external test disc or other source material

as the reference. Then, use the

/

/

¤

Buttons

n

until the

›

cursor is next to the

TESTTONE

SEQ

line so that you may select between automatic

and manual movement of the test tone from one

channel to the next. When

AUTO

appears, the test

tone will automatically circulate from one channel to

the next, pausing momentarily at each channel. If you

adjust the level of any channel, the test tone will

remain paused at that channel until several seconds

after your last adjustment before continuing to the next

channel. When

MANUAL

appears, the test tone will

remain paused at the last channel until you use the

/

/

¤

Buttons

n

to select another channel.

At each channel position, use the

‹

/

›

Buttons

o

to change the output level. Remember, the goal is to

have the output level at each channel be equal when

heard at the listening position.

Regardless of the method used to adjust the output

levels, whether the test tone or an external source is

used, when the AVR is configured for 6.1 operation

with only a single surround back speaker you will still

have an output adjustment for both a surround back

left and surround back right speaker location even

though there is only one speaker. This is not a dupli-

cate adjustment. Rather, it is needed so that the prop-

er balance is achieved for 7.1-channel processing

modes when the discrete surround back channels are

mixed to a single output.

If you wish to reset all the levels to their original

factory default of 0dB offset, press the

/

/

¤

Buttons

n

so that the on-screen cursor is next to the

CHANNEL RESET

line and press the

‹

/

›

Buttons

o

so that the word

ON

appears.

After the

levels are reset, resume the procedure outlined above

to reset the levels to the desired settings. When all

adjustments are done, press the

/

/

¤

Buttons

n

to move the on-screen

›

cursor so that it is next to

BACKTOMANUALSETUP

and then press

the

Set Button

p

if you wish to go back to the

manual setup menu to make other adjustments. If you

have no other adjustments to make, press the

OSD

Button

v

to exit the menu system.

NOTE:

The output levels may be separately trimmed for

each digital and analog surround mode, by selecting that

mode and following the instructions shown above.

Dim Function

Since the AVR 140 will often be used when movies

or other video programming is viewed under low-light

conditions, you may wish to lower the brightness of

the front-panel displays and indicators so that they do

not distract from the video presentation. You may dim

the displays using the remote.

Simply press the

Dim Button

7

once to dim the

front panel to half the normal brightness level; press

it again to turn the displays off. Note that when the

displays are dimmed or turned off, the blue

Power

Indicator

1

will remain lit as a reminder that the

AVR is still turned on. The accent lighting for the

Volume Control

M

will dim when the panel displays

are at half-brightness.

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