Harman Kardon AVR 1700 Owners Manual - Page 19

English AVR Operating Your AVR c) When you have finished, select "Apply & Save," and press the OK button. The AVR will enter the Standby mode. When you turn the AVR back on, it will attempt to connect to the network again, using the settings you manually entered. If the AVR cannot connect to the network using the manual settings, contact your ISP or network administrator for assistance. • Proxy Config: If you have connected the AVR's Network connection to a proxy network, use the Left/Right buttons to set this to "On", and use the number buttons to enter tne proxy network's IP address and port. • Network Status: This line indicates the AVR's current network-connection status (Connected/Not Connected/Network Problem). • Apply & Save: Any time you make a change in any of the Network settings, the Apply & Save line will become available. Select this line and press the OK button. The AVR will go into the Standby mode. After you turn the AVR back on, the new network settings will be in effect. IMPORTANT: You must select "Apply & Save" for your network settings to take effect. NOTE: If you have trouble connecting to the network at any time, cycle the AVR into the Standby mode, and then turn it back on. Additional Source Setup Menu Items You can also adjust the following settings independently for each source: Title: You may change the display name for any source (except the radio). This feature may help you to select the correct source device even when you have forgotten which physical connections you used. 1. Move the cursor to the Title line and press the OK button. A block cursor will blink. 2. Use the Up/Down buttons to scroll through the alphabet in upper and lower case, the numbers and many punctuation marks. When you have selected the desired character, press the Right button to move to the next space. Press the Right button twice to leave a blank space. 3. Press the OK button when you have finished. Tone: This setting determines whether the treble and bass controls are active. When this line is set to Off, the tone controls are out of the circuit, with no changes to the sound. When this line is set to On, the bass and treble frequencies are boosted or cut, depending upon the Bass and Treble settings (see below). Bass and Treble: Boost or cut the low or high frequencies by up to 10dB by using the Left/Right buttons to change the setting by 2dB at a time. Night Mode: This setting activates Night mode with specially encoded Dolby Digital discs or broadcasts. Night mode compresses the audio so that louder passages are reduced in volume to avoid disturbing others, while dialogue remains intelligible. Each press of the right arrow button advances through the following settings: • Off: No compression is applied. Loud passages in the program remain as they were recorded. • Mid: Loud passages in the program are reduced moderately in volume. • Max: Loud passages in the program are reduced more in volume. Record Out: This setting determines the source of the signal that appears at the Analog Audio Rec Out connectors for the Cable/Sat, TV, Disc, Server, Aux, Game, STB and Audio sources: • DSP Down mix: This setting outputs audio from digital audio input connections (HDMI, optical, coaxial) and analog audio input connections (Analog 1/2, Aux). • Analog: This setting outputs audio only from the analog audio input connections (Analog 1/2, Aux). NOTE: Although the USB, FM/AM, AirPlay, DLNA, and Internet Radio sources do not have Record Out settings, they are also available for recording. When you're finished, press the remote's OSD button to turn off the on-screen menu. Operating Your AVR Now that you have installed your components and completed a basic configuration, you are ready to begin enjoying your home theater system. Controlling the Volume Adjust the volume either by turning the front-panel Volume knob (clockwise to increase volume or counterclockwise to decrease volume) or by pressing the Volume Up/Down buttons on the remote. The volume is displayed as a negative number of decibels (dB) below the 0dB reference point. 0dB is the maximum recommended volume for your AVR. Although it's possible to turn the volume to a higher level, doing so may damage your hearing and your speakers. For certain more dynamic audio materials, even 0dB may be too high, allowing for damage to equipment. Use caution with regard to volume levels. Muting the Sound To mute all speakers and the headphones, press the Mute button on the remote. Any recording in progress will not be affected. The MUTE message will appear in the frontpanel display as a reminder. To restore the sound, press the Mute button again, or adjust the volume. Listening Through Headphones Plug the 1/4-inch stereo plug on a pair of headphones into the front-panel Phones jack for private listening. The default Headphone Bypass mode delivers a conventional 2-channel stereo signal to the headphones. Press the Surround Modes button on the front panel or use the remote and OSD to switch to HARMAN headphone virtual surround processing, which emulates a 5.1-channel speaker system. No other surround modes are available for the headphones. Selecting a Source There are two different ways to select a source: • Press the front-panel Source Select buttons. • Directly select any source by pressing its Source Selector button on the remote. The AVR selects the audio and video inputs you assigned to the source and any other settings you made during setup. The source name and the surround mode will appear on the front panel. Video Troubleshooting Tips If there is no picture: • Check the source selection. • Check all connections for a loose or incorrect connection. • Check the video-input selection on the TV/display device. Additional Tips for Troubleshooting HDMI Connections • Turn off all devices (including the TV, the AVR and any source components). • Unplug the HDMI cables, starting with the cable between the AVR and the TV, and continuing with the cables between the AVR and each source device. • Carefully reconnect the cables from the source devices to the AVR. Connect the cable from the AVR to the TV last. • Turn on the devices in this order: TV, AVR, source devices. NOTE: Depending upon the particular components involved, the complexity of the required communication between HDMI components may cause delays of up to a minute in the completion of some actions, such as input switching or switching between SD and HD channels. 19