Harman Kardon AVR 235 Owners Manual - Page 18

SYSTEM CONFIGURATION * INPUT SETUP * INPUT :VIDEO 3 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 five 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 235'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 at any time 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 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 235, 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 surroundencoded material will be used. Alternatively, the Logic 7 Music mode is a good choice for stereo-only source material. See page 27 for more information on available surround modes. When selecting surround modes for digital program material, the AVR 235 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 SETUP line. Press the Set Button p until the SURROUND SETUP menu (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 5) is set to NONE the AVR 235 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 5) is set to SMALL or LARGE the AVR 235 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 235 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 sub-menu. 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 paragraphs detail the instructions needed for modes with multiple choices. 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 the surround mode and control over digital upsampling, when available. * DOLBY SURROUND * MODE:DOLBY DIGITAL CENTER WIDTH:---- DIMENSION :---- PANORAMA :---- NIGHT :OFF UPSAMPLING :----- BACK TO SURROUND SELECT Figure 4 When the cursor is at the MODE line, press the ‹/› Buttons n to select the desired Dolby Surround mode. If a Dolby Digital source is playing, the initial mode will automatically be selected, depending on the configuration of your system (e.g., 5.1 or 7.1) and the number of channels in the source being played, you may also select a combination mode that applies postprocessing so that Dolby Pro Logic IIx may be used to create back surround channels from a 5.1 source. This will appear in the MODE line by showing both the Dolby Digital mode and the second mode, separated by a plus sign (e.g., DOLBY D+DOLBY PRO LOGIC IIX MUSIC). Keep in mind that the Dolby Digital EX and Dolby Pro Logic IIx modes are only available when the AVR is set for 18 SYSTEM CONFIGURATION