Harman Kardon AVR 147 Owner's Manual

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49ADVANCED FUNCTIONSYou may also access the Channel command by pressing the ChannelButton on the remote. Use the ⁄/¤ Buttons to select the desiredspeaker channel and press the Set Button, then use the ⁄/¤ Buttonsagain to adjust the level. As with the front-panel controls, a sourceshould be playing for best results. However, the source may be mixed tohighlight certain channels at various times during the selection, whichcould skew the results when a different program is played.C. Using the Full-OSD MenuNext to EzSet/EQ, the full-OSD menu system offers the easiest andmost flexible manner of setting output levels. Press the OSD Button todisplay the Master Menu, and then navigate to the MANUAL SETUP line.Press the Set Button to display the Manual Setup menu, and then navi-gate to the CHANNEL ADJUST line. Press the Set Button to display theChannel Adjust menu. See Figure 85.Figure 85 – Channel Adjust Menu ScreenAll of the speaker channels will appear at the top of the screen with theircurrent level settings. Any channels that have not been programmedusing the Speaker Size menu will display four dashes and will not beaccessible. If you have selected a surround mode that does not utilizeall speakers, such as Surround Off, you will see dashed lines next to thespeakers that aren’t needed for that mode.CHANNEL RESET: If you wish to start by resetting all of the levels totheir factory defaults of 0dB, navigate to this line and change the settingto ON. The levels will be reset, and this setting will then revert to OFF.If you are using an external source to set your output levels, simplynavigate to each channel and use the ⁄/¤ Buttons to adjust the levelas desired.If you would like to set your levels using the AVR 147’s internal testtone, adjust the TEST TONE SEQ and TEST TONE lines as follows.TEST TONE SEQ: When this setting reads AUTO, the test tone willautomatically circulate to all channels, pausing for a few moments ateach channel and then moving to the next channel several secondslater, as indicated by the blinking cursor. You may adjust the level for anychannel when the test tone is paused there by using the ‹/› Buttons.You may also use the ⁄/¤ Buttons at any time to move the cursorto another line, and the test tone will follow the cursor.When this setting reads MANUAL, the test tone will not move to thenext channel until you use the ⁄/¤ Buttons to move it.TEST TONE: This line determines whether the test tone is active. Tobegin the process of setting the levels, use the ‹/› Buttons to changethe setting to ON. Any time you manually move the cursor out of thechannel listings area of the screen, this setting will automatically changeto OFF, stopping the test tone.NOTE: Setting the channel levels while one surround mode isactive does not necessarily carry over to all other modes. Werecommend that after you have set the levels satisfactorily inone mode, you note the results and change to other surroundmodes. For those modes that don’t reflect your level settings,you may either copy the settings you obtained (as a short cut),or re-do the procedure to determine the correct settings forthose surround modes.System SettingsThe AVR 147 offers several system settings that allow you to make thereceiver easier to use rather than directly affecting performance. Most ofthese settings may be accessed from the SYSTEM SETUP menu, whichis selected by pressing the OSD Button and navigating to the SYSTEMSETUP line of the MASTER MENU. Press the Set Button to display thesubmenu. See Figure 86.Figure 86 – System Setup Menu ScreenVFD FADE TIME OUT: Some people find the brightness of the AVR’sfront-panel display distracting during movies or listening sessions. It’spossible to dim the front-panel display completely using the Dim function(see below). This sets the display to remain dark most of the time, lightingup only when a button is pressed or a remote command is received,and going dark again 5 seconds after the last command. The VFD FADETIME OUT feature also causes the display to light up only when a buttonis pressed or a change in the incoming signal is detected, but the displayimmediately begins to fade to dark. This setting allows you to programthe length of the fade time.Select a time-out period of between 3 and 10 seconds, or selectOFF if you prefer to leave the displays on at all times or to use theDim function.