Harman Kardon AVR 145 Owner's Manual

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36 OPERATIONOperationbe used in a similar manner to the correspondingcontrols on the iPod. Complete details on operat-ing an iPod using and an AVR remoteare furnished with .The front-panel controls may be used to access alimited number of iPod functions. Press the RDSselect button ^ to play or pause the currenttrack. The Tuning Selector ) may be used tosearch reverse (left side of button) or forward(right side of button) through the tracks. Pressthe Tuner Band Selector ! to call up theiPod’s menu. Press the Preset StationsSelector # to scroll, and the Set Button @to select.Output Level AdjustmentWith Source SignalsNormal output level adjustment for the AVR isestablished using the test tone, as outlined onpage 26. In some cases, however, it may bedesirable to adjust the output levels usingprogram material such as a test disc, or aselection you are familiar with. Additionally, theoutput level for the subwoofer and those for theStereo modes can only be adjusted using thisprocedure.To adjust the output levels using programmaterial, first select the surround mode for whichyou want to trim the speakers (see NOTE below),start your 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 dis-play, 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, setthe volume to a comfortable listening level usingthe Volume Control ı . Then, press theOSD button L to bring up the MASTERMENU (Figure 1). Press the ¤ Button D threetimes until 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 12When 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 nor-mal disc with music signals, you may adjust thelevel for each channel and surround mode as youprefer, e.g. you may lower the center channellevel when you find it to be too high or increasethe level of the rears when you find it to be toolow with 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 isnext to the CHANNEL RESET line and pressthe ‹ /› Buttons E so that the word O Nis highlighted. After the levels are reset, resumethe procedure outlined above to reset the levelsto the 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 surroundmode. If you wish to have different trim levels for aspecific mode, select that mode and then follow theinstructions in the steps shown above.With Stereo modes the adjustment proceduredescribed above is the only way to trim the out-put level, e.g. to match the Stereo level withother modes.Dim FunctionSince the AVR will often be used when movies orother video programming is viewed under low-light conditions, you may wish to lower thebrightness of the front-panel displays and indica-tors so that they do not distract from the videopresentation. You may dim the displays using themenu system, as shown on page 37, or you maycontrol the brightness directly from the remote.Simply press the Dim Button once to dimthe front panel to half the normal brightnesslevel; press it again to turn the displays off. Notethat when the displays are dimmed or turned off,the blue lighting around the Standby/OnSwitch 2 will continue to stay lit as a reminderthat the AVR is still turned on.Note that all changes to the front-panel bright-ness level are temporary; the displays will returnto full brightness after the AVR is turned off andthen on again. To return the displays to fullbrightness without turning the unit off, press theDim Button as needed until the displaysare on.In addition to lowering the brightness of the dis-plays or turning them off completely, you maywish to have them appear whenever a button onthe remote or front panel is pushed, and thengradually fade out after a set time period. Youmay do this by making the appropriate settings inthe VFD FADE TIME OUT line of theSYSTEM SETUP menu, as shown on page37.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.30935_AVR145_ENG 01/12/06 9:53 Side 36