Harman Kardon AVR 145 Owner's Manual

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SYSTEM CONFIGURATION 17ENGLISHSystem ConfigurationOnce the speakers have been placed in the roomand connected, the remaining steps are to pro-gram the system configuration memories.Although it is necessary to assign input/outputsettings and surround mode choices manually, werecommend that you take advantage of thepower and precision of EzSet to automaticallyselect and enter the settings for all other audioparameters. This will not only save you time; itwill ensure that your room is calibrated andequalized with an accuracy not possible whenthese settings are made manually. You are nowready to power up the AVR 145 to begin thesefinal adjustments.First Turn OnYou are now ready to power up the AVR to beginthese final adjustments.1. Plug the Power Cable into an unswitchedAC outlet.2. Press the Main Power Switch 1 in until itlatches and the word “OFF” on the top of theswitch disappears inside the front panel. Notethat the Power Indicator 3 will turnorange, indicating that the unit is in theStandby mode.3. Remove the protective plastic film from themain front-panel lens. If left in place, the filmmay affect the performance of your remotecontrol.4. Install the three supplied AAA batteries in theremote as shown. Be certain to follow the (+)and (–) polarity indicators that are on the topof the battery compartment.5. Turn the AVR on either by pressing the SystemPower Control 2 or the Input SourceSelector % on the front panel, or via theremote by pressing the Power On Button3, AVR Selector 5 or any of the InputSelectors 46 on the remote. The PowerIndicator 3 will turn blue to confirm that theunit is on, and the Main InformationDisplay Ò will also light up.NOTE: After pressing one of the Input Selectorbuttons 4 to turn the unit on, press the AVRSelector 5 to have the remote control the AVRfunctions.Using the On-Screen DisplayWhen making the following adjustments, youmay find them easier to make via the unit’s on-screen display system. These easy-to-readdisplays give you a clear picture of the currentstatus of the unit and facilitate speaker, delay,input or digital selection you are making.To view the on-screen displays, make certain youhave made a connection from the Video MonitorOut jack on the rear panel to the compositeor S-Video input of your TV or projector. In orderto view the AVR’s displays, the correct video inputmust be selected on your video display. Note thatthe on-screen menus are not available when acomponent video display is in use.IMPORTANT NOTE: When viewing the on-screenmenus using a CRT-based projector, plasma displayor any direct-view CRT monitor or television, it isimportant that they not be left on the screen for anextended period of time. As with any video display,but particularly with projectors, constant display ofa static image such as these menus or video gameimages may cause the image to be permanently“burned into” the CRT. This type of damage is notcovered by the AVR warranty and may not becovered by the projector TV set’s warranty.The AVR has two on-screen display modes,“Semi-OSD” and “Full-OSD.” When makingconfiguration adjustments, it is recommendedthat the Full-OSD mode be used. This will place acomplete status report or option listing on thescreen, making it easier to view the availableoptions and make the settings on the screen. TheSemi-OSD mode uses one-line displays only.Note that when the full OSD system is in use, themenu selections are not shown in the Infor-mation Display Ò. When the full OSD menusystem is used, OSD O N will appear in theMain Information Display Ò to remind youthat a video display must be used.When the semi-OSD system is used in conjunc-tion with the discrete configuration buttons, theon screen display will show a single line of textwith the current menu selection. That selectionwill also be shown in the Main InformationDisplay Ò.The full OSD system can always be turned on oroff by pressing the OSD button L. When thisbutton is pressed the MASTER MENU(Figure 1) will appear, and adjustments are madefrom the individual menus. Note that the menuswill remain on the screen for 20 seconds after thelatest action was made on the screen menu, thenthey will “time-out” and disappear from thescreen. The time-out may be increased to asmuch as 50 seconds by going to the SYSTEMSETUP menu, and changing the item titledFULL OSD TIME OUT.The semi-OSD system is also available as a sys-tem default, although it may be turned off byusing the SYSTEM SETUP menu. (See page37). With the semi-OSD system, you may makeadjustments directly, by pressing the buttons onthe front panel or remote control for the specificparameter to be adjusted. For example, to changethe digital input for any of the sources, press theDigital Select Button ÛG and then any ofthe Selector buttons ‹/› 7 or ⁄/¤ D onthe front panel or remote.Figure 1System SetupThe AVR 145 features an advanced memorysystem that enables you to establish differentconfigurations for the speaker configuration,digital input, surround mode, delay times,crossover frequencies and speaker setting foreach input source. To ease the speaker setting,the same speaker setting can also be made for allinputs. This flexibility enables you to custom tailorthe way in which you listen to each source andhave the AVR memorize them. This means, forexample, that you may associate differentsurround modes and analog or digital inputs withdifferent sources, or set different speaker configu-rations with the resultant changes to the bassmanagement system or the use of the centerspeaker and/or the Subwoofer. Once thesesettings are made, they will automatically berecalled whenever you select that input.The factory default settings for the AVR 145 haveall inputs configured for an analog audio inputexcept for the DVD input, where the CoaxialDigital Input is the default and the Video 2input, where the Optical Digital Audio Input is the default. Once the DSP processing sys-tem is used for the first time for any input, thespeaker settings will automatically default to“Small” at all positions with the subwoofer set to“LFE.” The default setting for the surround modesis Logic 7 Music, although Dolby Digital or DTSwill automatically be selected as appropriatewhen a source with digital encoding is in use.30935_AVR145_ENG 01/12/06 9:53 Side 17