Harman Kardon AVR 245 Owners Manual - Page 38

OPERATION The Bridge sources, and the HDMI 1 and HDMI 2 sources. The first press of any of these three Input Selectors will select the source whose name appears on the button (i.e., DVD, Tape or HDMI 1), as indicated by the button lighting up in red. Press that Input Selector again quickly to select the source whose name appears above the button (i.e., CD, The Bridge or HDMI 2), and the selector will light in green to indicate that you have selected the source whose name is printed above the button. The AVR 245 will switch to the audio and video inputs assigned to the source. If you set the BASS MGR setting in the Speaker X-over menu to INDEPENDENT, as described in the Advanced Functions section, the AVR 245 will change the speaker size configuration to the one you programmed for the source. If you selected a surround mode for the source, the AVR 245 will switch to that mode. The source name will appear in the upper line of the front-panel display. If you retitled the source, only the new title will appear. Otherwise, the audio input assigned to the source (analog or one of the digital audio inputs) will also appear. The surround mode will be displayed on the lower line. The same information will also appear on screen in the semi-OSD, unless you have set the semi-OSD to OFF in the System Setup menu, as described in the Advanced Functions section. Audio Input Selection The AVR 245 is programmed at the factory to use the analog audio inputs for each source (except for the DVD, Video 2, HDMI 1 and HDMI 2 sources; see Table 4). To assign a digital audio input to a source (if you have not done so using the Input Setup menu during Initial Setup), press the Digital Button on the remote or front panel. The current audio input selection will flash in the display, and you may press the ⁄/¤ (or ‹/› on the front panel) Buttons to scroll through the audio inputs. When the desired input appears, press the Set Button to select it. See Figure 66. Figure 66 - Digital Input Selection If the Auto Poll feature is ON in the Input Setup menu, and if a digital audio input has been assigned to the source, the AVR 245 will first check the digital audio input for a signal. If a signal is present, the AVR 245 will select the digital audio input. If no signal is present, the AVR 245 will switch to the analog audio inputs for the source. Video Input Selection When a source is selected, the AVR 245 switches to a video input as follows: The COMPONENT IN line of the Input Setup menu indicates which of the component video inputs on the AVR 245 is assigned to each source. By default the Component Video 1 input is assigned to the DVD source, the Component Video 2 input is assigned to the Video 1 source, and the Component Video 3 input is assigned to the Video 2 source. All other sources default to the CONVERT setting, meaning that they may only be used with their composite or S-video inputs (or the HDMI inputs for the two HDMI sources). The AVR 245 will transcode the incoming composite or S-video signal and make it available using the component video monitor outputs, enabling a single-cable connection to your television. Only signals originating at one of the two HDMI inputs will be available at the HDMI output. The component video inputs may be reassigned to other source inputs as needed, depending on the physical connections you made during the Installation procedure. If a signal is present at the component video input assigned to that source, it will be selected. If no signal is present at the component video input, then the S-video or composite video input for the source will be selected. It is not possible to reassign the S-video or composite video inputs to other sources. For audio-only sources, such as the tuner or CD inputs, when no component video signal is present, the last-used video source will be selected. 6-/8-Channel Direct Inputs If you wish to hear audio through the 6-/8-Channel Direct Inputs together with video, then connect your multichannel player to the Component Video 1 Inputs, and connect the player's 6- or 8-channel analog audio outputs to the 6-/8-Channel Inputs on the AVR. Assign the component video inputs you selected to the 6-/8-Channel Input source. The AVR will automatically select the correct component video and audio inputs when you select this source. If you need to use composite or S-video for your multichannel player, e.g., if your video display does not have component video inputs, then you will need to use the video inputs for another source. Since the AVR automatically selects the last-used video inputs for audio sources, you would first select the source you connected the video cables to, and then the 6-/8-Channel Inputs for the audio. Example 1: You would like to connect a DVD-Audio player to the AVR 245. You plan on playing a variety of discs using this player, including conventional DVDs and even CDs as well as multichannel discs. When playing DVDs and CDs, it is preferable to use a digital audio connection to obtain the best sound quality and the benefit of any digital surround formats contained on the DVD. However, when playing DVDAudio discs, you will need to use the 6-/8-channel analog audio connections. In addition, some of these discs contain video materials, although the player does not have an HDMI output. We recommend that you connect this player as follows: a) Connect the player's coaxial digital audio output to the Coaxial 1 input on the AVR. This input is assigned by default to the DVD source. b) Connect the player's component video outputs to the Component Video 1 inputs on the AVR, which are assigned by default to the DVD 38