Harman Kardon AVR 245 Owners Manual - Page 34
TITLE, AUDIO IN, AUTO POLL, DMP SETTING, Source Input, Default Digital Audio Input
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INITIAL SETUP TITLE: You may change the display name for any source (except the tuner). Not only does this enable you to customize your system; it helps you to select the correct source device even when you have forgotten which physical connections were used. Move the cursor down to the TITLE line and press the Set Button. A block cursor will blink. See Figure 54. AUDIO IN: By default, the analog audio inputs are assigned at the factory to all sources, with the following exceptions: Source Input DVD Video 2 Default Digital Audio Input Coax 1 Optical 1 HDMI 1 Coax 2 HDMI 2 Optical 2 Table 4 - Default Digital Audio Assignments If you used a digital audio connection for another source, you will need to change this setting to assign the correct digital audio input to the source, even if you also connected the analog audio outputs of the source to the receiver. Move the cursor to this line, and press the ‹/› Buttons until the correct digital input appears. Figure 54 - Retitling a Source Input Use the ⁄/¤ Buttons to scroll through the alphabet in upper and lower case, as well as numbers and a variety of punctuation marks. When you have selected the desired character, press the › Button to move to the next space. You may also press the › Button to leave a blank. Press the Set Button when you have finished spelling out the new display name for the source. COMPONENT IN: If you connected the source to one of the component video inputs, make sure the correct set of inputs is displayed at this line. If it isn't, move the cursor to this line, and then press the › Button to change the setting. If your video display has component video inputs but your source device only uses S-video or composite video (e.g., an older VCR), then you may benefit from the AVR 245's video transcoding, in which composite and S-video signals are transcoded to higher-quality component video, enabling a single cable connection from the AVR to the television. AUTO POLL: The Auto Poll feature is used when both an analog audio and digital audio connection have been made for one source device. If for some reason no digital signal is available, the AVR 245 will switch to the analog inputs for the source. This situation can occur with some cable or satellite television broadcasts, where some channels are broadcast with digital audio and others with analog audio. For some sources, the Auto Poll feature is unnecessary and may be undesirable. For example, if your DVD player is stopped, you may not want to use the analog audio signal or you may have decided not to connect analog audio. Move the cursor to this line, and press the ‹/› Buttons until OFF appears, disabling the Auto Poll feature. With Auto Poll turned off, the receiver will only check for a signal at the audio input assigned to the source. DMP SETTING: If you select DMP/The Bridge as your source input, you will notice that the AUDIO IN line of the INPUT SETUP menu has been replaced by the option GO TO DMP SETTING. See Figure 55. The CONVERT option that appears on the COMPONENT IN line in Figure 53 indicates that the source is connected using either composite or S-video. The video signal will be transcoded to component video and will be available at the component video monitor outputs. If your television is not component-video-capable, you may view this source using the composite or S-video monitor outputs. NOTE: Although the video signal is transcoded to the component video format, it is not processed or upscaled. Figure 55 - Input Setup Menu Screen for DMP/The Bridge source Since The Bridge is connected to the AVR using a dedicated audio connection, it isn't possible to select a different audio input for this source. However, there are several special settings used only with The Bridge. Selecting GO TO DMP SETTING displays the DMP SETTING menu (see Figure 56). 34