Harman Kardon AVR 7200 Owners Manual - Page 20

SYSTEM CONFIGURATION the MASTER MENU (Figure 1) appears. The › cursor will be next to the IN/OUT SETUP line. Press the Set Button p to enter the menu and the IN/OUT SETUP menu (Figure 2) will appear on the screen. Press the ‹/› Navigation Button n until the desired input name appears in the highlighted video, as well as being indicated in the frontpanel Input Indicators ˆ by the green LED next to the desired input name. If the input will use the standard left/right analog inputs, no further adjustment is needed. * IN/OUT SETUP * INPUT :VIDEO 1 DIGITAL IN :OPTICAL 1 COAXIAL 3 :IN OUT VIDEO 4 :IN OUT BACK TO MASTER MENU Figure 2 If you wish to associate one of the digital inputs with the selected input source, press the ¤ Navigation Button n on the remote while the IN/OUT SETUP menu (Figure 2) is on the screen, and the on-screen cursor will drop down to the DIGITAL IN line. Press the ‹/› Navigation Button n until the name of the desired digital input appears. To return to the analog input, press the button until the word ANALOG appears. When the correct input source appears, press the ¤ Navigation 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 o on the remote. Within five seconds, make your input selection using the ⁄/¤ Navigation Button n until the desired digital or analog input is shown in the Upper Display Line A and in the lower line of the on-screen display. Press the Set Button p to enter the new digital input assignment. NOTE: When a source such as an HDTV receiver or a digital cable set-top box is used, you may wish to connect both the coaxial digital output and the standard, analog output of the source to the AVR's VID 2 and Coax 2 inputs since the program sources and channels received by these devices often switch between analog and digital audio. To simplify operation, the AVR 7200 will automatically select whichever output is active and change the AVR's input setting. An exclusive Harman Kardon feature is the ability to switch the front-panel coaxial digital audio and analog audio/video jacks from their normal use as inputs to output connections so that portable recording devices may easily be connected. On the AVR 7200, the Digital Coax 3 Jack ( is normally an input, but this may also be switched to a digital output for use with CD-R/RW decks, MD recorders or other A/V recorders. To change the jack to an output, press the ⁄/¤ Navigation Button n while the IN/OUT SETUP menu is on the screen until the › cursor is next to COAXIAL 3. Then press the ‹/› Navigation Button n so that the word OUT is highlighted. The Input/Output Status Indicator * will turn red, indicating that the jack is now a record output. NOTE: A signal will be sent to this jack only when the input selected for use by the AVR 7200 is digital. Digital signals will be passed through regardless of their format, and which digital input (optical or coax) they are fed from. However, analog signals are not converted to digital, and the format of the signal (e.g., PCM, Dolby Digital or DTS) may not be changed. The front-panel analog Video 4 Inputs Ó are normally set as an input for use with camcorders, video games and other portable audio/video products, but they may be switched to an output for connection to portable audio/video recorders. To temporarily switch them to outputs, you must first be at the IN/OUT SETUP menu. Press the ¤ Navigation Button n until the on-screen › cursor is pointing to the VIDEO 4 line. Press the › Navigation Button n so that the word OUT is highlighted. The Input/Output Status Indicator * between the Sand composite video jacks will turn red, indicating that the analog Video 4 jacks are now record outputs. Selection of the front-panel jacks as an output will remain effective as long as the AVR 7200 is on. Once the unit is turned off, the jacks will revert to their normal use as an input when the unit is turned on again. When all needed adjustments have been made, press the ¤ Navigation 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 IN/OUT 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 7200, 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 29 for more information on available surround modes. When selecting surround modes for digital program material, the AVR 7200 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 ⁄/¤ Navigation Button n until the › cursor is next to the SURROUND SELECT menu. Press the Set Button p until the SURROUND SELECT menu (Figure 3) is on the screen. ** SURROUND SELECT ** DOLBY 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 group, and within each of those groups 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 7200 will be configured for 5.1-channel 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 7200 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 7200 will not appear unless a digital source is selected and is playing the correct bitstream. To select the mode that will be used as the initial default for an input, first press the ⁄/¤ Navigation Button n until the on-screen cursor is next to the desired mode's master group name, such as 20 SYSTEM CONFIGURATION