Harman Kardon AVR 140 Owner's Manual

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OPERATION 33Advanced FeaturesOperationTo adjust the output levels using program materi-al, first select the surround mode for which youwant to trim the speakers (see NOTE below), startyour program material source and set thereference volume for the front left and front rightchannels using the Volume Control ).Once the reference level has been set, press theChannel Select button CÙ and note thatFRONT L LEVEL will appear in the MainInformation Display Ò. To change the level,first press the Set button F @, and then usethe Selector buttons 7 or the ⁄/ ¤ buttonsD to raise or lower the level. DO NOT use thevolume control, as this will alter the referencesetting.Once the change has been made, press the Setbutton F @ and then press the Selector but-tons 7 or the ⁄/¤ buttons D to select thenext output channel location that you wish toadjust. To adjust the subwoofer level, press theSelector buttons 7 or the ⁄/¤ buttons Duntil WOOFER LEVEL appears in the MainInformation Display Ò or on-screen display(only available if the subwoofer is turned on).Press the Set button F @ when the name ofthe desired channel appears in the MainInformation Display Ò and on-screen display,and follow the instructions shown above toadjust the level.Repeat the procedure as needed until all chan-nels requiring adjustment have been set. Whenall adjustments have been made and no furtheradjustments are made for five seconds, the AVRwill return to normal operation.The channel output may also be adjusted usingthe full-OSD on-screen menu system. First, set thevolume to a comfortable listening level using theVolume Control ı). Then, press the OSDbutton L to bring up the MASTER MENU(Figure 1). Press the ¤ Button D three timesuntil the on-screen › cursor is next to theMANUAL ADJUST line. Press the Set ButtonF to activate the MANUAL ADJUST anduse the ⁄/¤ D to scroll to the CHANNELADJUST line. Press the Set Button F to dis-play the CHANNEL ADJUST submenu.Figure 10When the menu appears, the internal test tonewill be turned off. This will allow you to use yourexternal test disc or other source material as thetest signal. Then, use the ⁄/¤ Buttons D toselect the channels to be adjusted. At eachchannel position use the ‹ /› Buttons Eto change the output level.Remember, when you are using a disc with testsignal (e.g. pink noise) or an external signalgenerator as the source, the goal is to have theoutput level at each channel be equal whenheard at the listening position, with any surroundmode selected. When your test source is a normaldisc with music signals, you may adjust the levelfor each channel and surround mode as you pre-fer, e.g. you may lower the center channel levelwhen you find it to be too high or increase thelevel of the rears when you find it to be too lowwith specific surround modes.If you wish to reset all the levels to their originalfactory default of 0dB offset, press the ⁄/¤Buttons D so that the on-screen cursor is nextto the CHANNEL RESET line and press the‹ /› Buttons E so that the word ON ishighlighted. After the levels are reset, resume theprocedure outlined above to reset the levels tothe desired settings. When all adjustments aredone, press the ⁄/¤ Buttons D to move theon-screen cursor so that it is next to BACKT O MASTER MENU and then press the SetButton F if you wish to go back to the mainmenu to make other adjustments. If you have noother adjustments to make, press the OSDButton L to exit the menu system.NOTE: The output levels may be separatelytrimmed for each digital and analog surround mode.If you wish to have different trim levels for a specificmode, select that mode and then follow the instruc-tions in the steps shown above.With Stereo and Vmax modes the adjustmentprocedure described above is the only way to trimthe output level, e.g. to match the Stereo or Vmaxlevel with other modes.Memory BackupThis product is equipped with a memory backupsystem that preserves tuner presets and systemconfiguration information if the unit is turned offcompletely, accidentally unplugged or subjectedto a power outage. This memory will last forapproximately two weeks, after which time allinformation must be reentered.* C H A N N E L A D J U S T *F L : 0 d B S B R : 0 d BC E N : 0 d B S B L : 0 d BF R : 0 d B S L : 0 d BS R : 0 d B S U B : 0 d BC H A N N E L R E S E T : O F FT E S T T O N E S E Q : A U T OT E S Y T O N E : O F FB A C K T O M A N U A L S E T U PThe AVR 140 is equipped with a number of ad-vanced features that add extra flexibility to theunit’s operation. While it is not necessary to usethese features to operate the unit, they provideadditional options that you may wish to use.Front-Panel-Display FadeIn normal operation, the front-panel displays andindicators remain on at full brightness, althoughyou may also dim them or turn them off asshown on page 34. As an additional option, youmay also set the AVR so that the displays are onwhenever a button is pressed on the front panelor remote, but then fade out after a set period oftime.To set the front-panel displays to the Fade mode,press the OSD Button L to bring the MasterMenu to the screen. Press the ⁄/¤ NavigationButton D so that the cursor is pointed tothe ADVANCED line, and press the SetButton F to enter the ADVANCEDSELECT menu (Figure 11).Figure 11With the ADVANCED SELECT menu onyour video display, press the ⁄/¤ NavigationButton D so that the cursor is pointed tothe VFD FADE TIME OUT line. Next, pressthe ‹ /› Navigation Button E so thatthe amount of time that you wish the displays tofade out after a button is pressed is shown.Once this time is set and the unit returned to nor-mal operation, the displays will remain on for thetime period selected whenever a button ispressed on the front panel or remote. After thattime they will gradually fade out, with the excep-tion of the lighting surrounding the Standby/OnSwitch 3, which remains on to remind you thatthe AVR is turned on. Note that if the displayshave been turned completely off using the DimButton, as shown on page 34, the Fade functionwill not operate.If you wish to make adjustments to other itemson the ADVANCED SELECT menu, pressthe ⁄/¤ Navigation Button D to place the cursor next to the desired item, or place the cursor next to the BACK T O MASTERMENU line and press the Set Button F tomake an adjustment to another menu. If youhave completed all adjustments, press the OSDButton L to exit the menu system.* A D V A N C E D S E L E C T *V F D F A D E T I M E O U T : O F FV O L U M E D E F A U L T : O F FD E F A U L T V O L S E T : 7 2 5 d BS E M I O S D T I M E O U T : 5F U L L O S D T I M E O U T : 2 0D E F A U L T S U R R M O D E : O NO S D B A C K G R O U N D : B L U EB A C K T O M A S T E R M E N U