Harman Kardon AVR 335 Owners Manual - Page 18

SYSTEM CONFIGURATION When using the full-OSD system to make the setup adjustments, press the OSD Button v once so that the MASTER MENU (Figure 1) appears. The › cursor will be next to the INPUT SETUP line. Press the Set Button p to enter the menu and the INPUT SETUP menu (Figure 2) will appear on the screen. Press the ‹/› Buttons o until the desired input name appears in the highlighted video, as well as being indicated in the front-panel Input Indicators ı. If the input will use the standard left/right analog inputs, no further adjustment is needed. * INPUT SETUP * INPUT :VIDEO 1 DIGITAL IN:ANALOG AUTO POLL :OFF BACK TO MASTER MENU Figure 2 If you wish to associate one of the digital inputs with the selected input source, press the ¤ Button n on the remote while the INPUT SETUP menu (Figure 2) is on the screen, and the on-screen cursor will drop down to the DIGITAL IN line. Press the ‹/› Buttons o until the name of the desired digital input appears. To return to the analog input, press the buttons until the word ANALOG appears. When the correct input source appears, press the ¤ Button n once so that the › cursor appears next to BACK TO MASTER MENU, and press the Set Button p. To change the digital input at any time using the discrete function buttons and the semi-OSD system, press the Digital Select Button q on the remote. Within 5 seconds, make your input selection using the ⁄/¤ Buttons n until the desired digital or analog input is shown in the Upper Display Line ˜ and in the lower line of the on-screen display. Press the Set Button p to enter the new digital input assignment. Some digital video input sources, such as a cable box or HDTV set-top, may change between analog and digital outputs, depending on which channel is in use. The AVR 335's Auto Polling feature allows you to avoid losing the audio feed when this happens by permitting both analog and digital connections to the same source on the AVR. Digital audio is the default, and the unit will automatically switch to the analog audio if the digital audio stream stops. In cases where only a digital source is used, you may wish to disable the Auto Polling feature to prevent the AVR from trying to "find" an analog source when the digital source is paused. To turn the Auto Polling off for any input, first make certain that the › cursor is pointing to the AUTO POLL line on the menu screen. Next, press the ‹/› Navigation Buttons o so that OFF appears. Repeat the procedure so that ON appears to restore the Auto Polling feature. When all needed adjustments have been made, press the ¤ Button n until the › cursor is next to BACK TO MASTER MENU to continue with the system configuration. Surround Setup The next step is to set the surround mode you wish to use with the input that was previously selected in the INPUT SETUP menu. Since surround modes are a matter of personal taste, feel free to select any mode you wish - you may change it later. However, to make it easier to establish the initial parameters for the AVR 335, it is best to select Dolby Pro Logic II or Logic 7 for most analog inputs and Dolby Digital for inputs connected to digital sources. In the case of inputs such as a CD Player, Tape Deck or Tuner, you may wish to set the mode to Stereo ("Surround off") as they are not typically used with multichannel program material, and it is unlikely that surround-encoded material will be used. Alternatively, the Logic 7 Music mode is a good choice for stereoonly source material. See page 29 for more information on available surround modes. When selecting surround modes for digital program material, the AVR 335 will always examine the data stream and automatically select Dolby Digital or DTS as applicable. It is easiest to complete the surround setup using the full-OSD on-screen menus. From the MASTER MENU (Figure 1), press the ⁄/¤ Buttons n until the › cursor is next to the SURROUND SELECT line. Press the Set Button p until the SURROUND SELECTmenu (Figure 3) is on the screen. * SURROUND SELECT * DOLBY SURROUND DTS LOGIC 7 DSP (SURR) VMAx STEREO BACK TO MASTER MENU Figure 3 Each of the option lines on this menu (Figure 3) selects the surround mode category, and within each of those categories there will be a choice of the specific mode options. The choice of modes will vary according to the speaker configuration in your system. When the SURR BACK line of the SPEAKER SETUP menu (Figure 9) is set to NONE the AVR 335 will be configured for 5.1channel operation, and only the modes appropriate to a five-speaker system will appear. When the SURR BACK line of the SPEAKER SETUP menu (Figure 9) is set to SMALL or LARGE the AVR 335 will be configured for 6.1/7.1-channel operation, and additional modes such as Dolby Digital EX and DTS-ES will appear, as they are only available when seven main speakers are present. In addition, some of the modes available in the AVR 335 will not appear unless a digital source is selected and is playing the correct bitstream. Remember that when 6.1-channel program material is playing, the same information will be heard through both of the surround back speakers. To select the mode that will be used as the initial default for an input, first press the ⁄/¤ Buttons n until the on-screen cursor is next to the desired mode's master category name, such as DOLBY, DTS, DSP (SURR) or VMAX. Next, press the Set Button p to view the submenu. Press the ‹/› Buttons o to scroll through the available choices, and then press the ¤ Button n so that the cursor is next to BACK TO MASTER MENU to continue the setup process. The following few paragraphs detail the instructions needed for modes with multiple choices. On the DOLBY menu (Figure 4), choices include Dolby Digital, Dolby Pro Logic II-Music, Dolby Pro Logic II-Movie, Dolby Pro Logic, Dolby 3 Stereo, Dolby Pro Logic IIx (Movie and Music) and Dolby Virtual Speaker Reference or Wide. The Dolby Digital EX and Dolby Pro Logic IIx modes are only available when the system is set for 6.1/7.1 operation by configuring the Surround Back speakers to "Small" or "Large" as described on page 20 or 23. When a disc is playing that contains a special "flag" signal in the digital audio data stream, the EX mode will be selected automatically. It may also be selected using this menu or through the front-panel or remote controls, as shown on page 28. A complete explanation of these modes is found on page 29. When a Dolby Surround mode is selected, a menu will be shown, as detailed in Figure 4. The choices on this menu include the selection of the actual surround mode, the selection of rear channel post-processing when the system is configured for 7.1 operation, adjustments to the Night Mode when available with a Dolby Digital soundtrack, the adjustment of special parameters available when either Dolby Pro Logic II Music or Dolby Pro Logic IIx Music is selected as 18 SYSTEM CONFIGURATION