Harman Kardon AVR 158 Owner's Manual

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22AVR 158 Advanced Functions, continuedSystem Setupthe AVr’s System Setup menu lets you customise in what way many of the AVr’sfeatures operate. press the oSd button and navigate to the System Setup line. press theok button to display the System Setup menu.VFD Fade Time Out: Some people find the brightness of the AVr’s front-panel displaydistracting during movies or listening sessions. It’s possible to dim the front-paneldisplay completely using the remote’s display dimmer button (seeSystem remotecontrol Functions, on pages 8 and 9). the VFd Fade time out sets the display to remaindark most of the time, lighting up only when a button is pressed or a remote commandis received, and going dark again five seconds after the last command. the feature alsocauses the display to light up only when a button is pressed but the display immediatelybegins to fade to dark. this setting allows you to program the length of the fade time.Select a time-out period of between three and ten seconds, or select off if you prefer toleave the displays on at all times or to use the display dimmer button.Volume Default and Default Volume Set: these two settings are used together toprogram the volume level when you turn on the AVr. Set Volume default to on, and thenset the default Volume Set to the desired turn-on volume. when Volume default is setto off, the AVr will turn on at the last-used volume setting from the previous listeningsession.HDMI Audio To TV: this setting determines whether hdMI audio signals are passedthrough the hdMI Monitor out connector to the video display. In normal operation, leavethis setting at off, as audio will be played through the AVr. to use the tV by itself, withoutthe home theatre system, turn this setting to on. In this case, you will need to mute thetV’s speakers (or switch the setting to off) when using the AVr for audio.Semi OSD Time Out: program the amount of time (2 to 5 seconds) the two-line semi-oSd status messages remain on screen, or deactivate the semi-oSd display altogetherif you find it distracting. these messages will continue to appear on the front panel ofthe AVr.Full OSD Time Out: program the amount of time (20, 30, 40 or 50 seconds) the full oSdmenus remain visible on screen. the full oSd system may not be deactivated. NOTE: Itisn’t possible to view video sources while the full oSd menus are displayed.HDMI Link: this setting allows the communication of control information among thehdMI devices in your system. turn this setting to on to allow control communicationamong the hdMI devices; turn the setting to off to forbid control communication.Advanced Remote Control ProgrammingRemote Channel-Control Punch-Throughthe punch-through feature allows you to operate one component while setting certaingroups of controls to operate another component. For example, while using the AVrcontrols for surround modes and other audio functions, you may also use the remoteto operate the transport controls of your blu-ray disc player. or while using the remoteto control video functions on your tV, you may also use the remote to change channelson your cable box.to program punch-through control while operating any device:For three seconds, press and hold the Source Selector button (or the AVr button) for1.the main device the remote will be operating. the program Indicator led will flash,indicating that the remote is in program mode and that you may release the button.Select the type of punch-through programming.2.to program volume-control punch-through, press the Volume up button.a)to program channel-control punch-through, press the Volume down button.b)to program transport-control punch-through, press the play transport-controlc)button.press the Source Selector button for the device whose volume, channel or transport-3.controls you will use while operating the device selected in the first step. the programIndicator led will flash to confirm.to undo punch-through programming, follow the same steps as above, but press thesame Source Selector button in Steps 1 and 3.You may reassign the transport-control punch-through programming for the AVr, VId2and VId3 devices to another device, such as a cd player. If you wish to remove transport-control punch-through altogether for the AVr, VId2 or VId3 device, follow the sameprocedure as for programming punch-through, but in Step 3 press either of the othertwo of these three special selector buttons. For example, to remove transport-controlpunch-through from the VId3 device so that pressing any of the transport controls willhave no effect, press and hold the VId3 button until the program Indicator led flashes,then press the play button, followed by either the AVr or VId2 button.Programming Macro Commandseach of the AVr remote’s four Macro buttons and the power on button (seeSystemremote control Functions, on pages 8 and 9) can be programmed to send out up to19 commands at one time from a single button push. Any AVr remote control button’sfunction from any mode (except the Mute button, the dim button and the channel up/down buttons) can be programmed into a macro.NOTE: use caution when programming complicated macros. It isn’t possible to programa pause or delay before sending additional commands after a “power on” command,and the component may not be ready to respond to commands immediately afterpowering on.to program a macro:Simultaneously press one of the four Macro buttons, or the power on button, and the1.Mute button to enter the programming mode.press in up to 19 commands that you want stored in that Macro button. press the2.Source Selector button for each device (or AVr button for the AVr itself) before youenter individual commands. this step counts as one of the 19 commands allowed foreach Macro.For the power on command, do not press the power on button. press the Mute3.button instead.press the power off button to program the power off command.4.press the Sleep button to end the programming process.5.It isn’t possible to “edit” a command within a macro. however, you may erase the macroas follows:Simultaneously press and hold the Mute button and the Macro button containing the1.macro until the program Indicator led flashes.press the channel down button to erase the macro.2.to execute a macro, press the Macro button (or the power on button) into which youprogrammed the macro.Recordingtwo-channel analogue audio signals, as well as composite video signals, are normallyavailable at the appropriate recording output connectors. to make a recording, connectyour audio or video recorder to the appropriate AVr output connectors as described intheMaking connections section, insert blank media in the recorder and make sure therecorder is turned on and recording while the source is playing. refer to the recordingdevice’s instructions for complete information about making recordings.NOTES:the AVr does not convert digital signals to analogue signals.1.hdMI and component video sources are not available for recording.2.please make certain that you are aware of any copyright restrictions on any material3.you record. unauthorised duplication of copyrighted materials is prohibited by law.