Harman Kardon AVR 347 Owner's Manual

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41OPERATIONof any of these three Input Selectors will select the source whose nameappears on the button (i.e., DVD, Tape or HDMI 1), as indicated by thebutton lighting up in red. Press that Input Selector again quickly to selectthe source whose name appears above the button (i.e., CD, The Bridgeor HDMI 2), and the selector will light in green to indicate that you haveselected the source whose name is printed above the button.The AVR 347 will switch to the audio and video inputs assigned to thesource. If you selected a surround mode for the source, the AVR 347will switch to that mode.The source name will appear in the upper line of the front-panel display.If you retitled the source, only the new title will appear. Otherwise, theaudio input assigned to the source (analog or one of the digital audioinputs) will also appear. The surround mode will be displayed on thelower line. The same information will also appear on screen in thesemi-OSD, unless you have set the semi-OSD to OFF in the SystemSetup menu, as described in the Advanced Functions section.Audio Input SelectionThe AVR 347 is programmed at the factory to use the analog audioinputs for each source (except for the DVD, Video 2, HDMI 1 andHDMI 2 sources; see Table 4). To assign a digital audio input to asource (if you have not done so using the Input Setup menu duringInitial Setup), press the Digital Button on the remote or front panel. Thecurrent audio input selection will flash in the display, and you may pressthe ⁄/¤ (or ‹/› on the front panel) Buttons to scroll through theaudio inputs. When the desired input appears, press the Set Button toselect it. See Figure 72.Figure 72 – Digital Input SelectionIf the Auto Poll feature is ON in the Input Setup menu, and if a digitalaudio input has been assigned to the source, the AVR 347 will firstcheck the digital audio input for a signal. If a signal is present, theAVR 347 will select the digital audio input. If no signal is present,the AVR 347 will switch to the analog audio inputs for the source.Video Input SelectionWhen a source is selected, the AVR 347 switches to a video inputas follows:The VIDEO IN line of the Input Setup menu indicates which of the videoinputs on the AVR 347 is assigned to each source. As shown in Table 5,by default the Component Video 1 input is assigned to the DVD source,the Component Video 2 input is assigned to the Video 1 source, and theComponent Video 3 input is assigned to the Video 2 source. The twoHDMI inputs obtain the video signal from their own inputs, and may notbe reassigned to another video input.If your iPod is capable of playing still images and videos, it may be usedas a video source. However, you may reassign the video input for TheBridge to another device for viewing while listening to audio files storedon the iPod.All other sources default to the COMPOSITE setting, meaning that theymay only be used with their composite or S-video inputs. The AVR 347will transcode the incoming composite or S-video signal and make itavailable using the HDMI or component video monitor outputs, enablinga single-cable connection to your television.NOTES:• Due to copy-protection restrictions, there is no output at theComponent Video Monitor Outputs for copy-protected sources.• High-resolution 1080i and 1080p video signals are not avail-able at the HDMI Output, but 1080i signals are passed through,as is, to the Component Video Monitor Outputs. If your sourceoutputs analog high-resolution video, either use the ComponentVideo Outputs, change the output resolution of your sourcedevice to 720p, or connect your source’s component videooutputs directly to your video display.• Due to the design of some video displays, analog 480p or720p component video source signals may produce artifactswhen used with the AVR’s analog video outputs (composite,S-video or component video). If this occurs, try changing theVideo Mode setting in the INPUT SETUP menu, or connectingthe source device’s video output directly to your video display.However, for best results, we recommend you considerupgrading to an HDMI-capable video display.• The AVR 347 cannot convert 1080i or 1080p analog videosignals to the HDMI format, but passes 1080i signals to theComponent Video Outputs (affecting users of MicrosoftXbox 360 systems and some older set-top boxes). If yourdigital cable television set-top box outputs 1080i or highervideo via component video outputs and is not equipped withan HDMI output, contact your cable operator for a replacement.For Xbox 360 or satellite receivers with no HDMI output,change the settings on your source device so that it outputsonly 720p video through its component video outputs, whichthe AVR can convert to the HDMI format, or connect the AVR’sComponent Video Outputs to the TV. Although you couldconnect the source device’s component video outputs directlyto your video display, you would then have to select the correctvideo input on the display to match the AVR’s input.The component video inputs may be reassigned to other source inputsas needed, depending on the physical connections you made during theInstallation procedure.If a signal is present at the component video input assigned to thatsource, it will be selected.If no signal is present at the component video input, then the S-video orcomposite video input for the source will be selected. It is not possibleto reassign the S-video or composite video inputs to other sources.For audio-only sources, such as the tuner or CD inputs, when no compo-nent video signal is present, the last-used video source will be selected.