Harman Kardon AVR 350 Owner's Manual

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57ADVANCED FUNCTIONSseconds, it will move to the center channel, then the front right channel,surround right, surround back right, surround back left, surround left andfinally the subwoofer, displaying the channel name on the front of thereceiver and in the semi-OSD display, as well as the current level setting(varies between –10dB and +10dB). Press the ⁄/¤ Buttons toadjust the level setting, and the tone will remain at that channel untilseveral seconds after your last adjustment. When you have finishedadjusting the levels, press the Test Button again to stop the tone.Measure the levels by ear, or using an SPL meter, as described above.B. Using the Front-Panel or Remote-Control ChannelCommandYou may adjust the levels by pressing the Channel Button on the frontpanel, and the FRONT L LEVEL message will appear. Use the ‹/›Buttons on the front panel to select the desired speaker channel toadjust, and press the Set Button when the desired channel is displayed.The current level for that channel will appear, and you may adjust itusing the ‹/› Buttons. Press the Set Button to return to the speakerchannel choices. This method is not recommended, as you will not beable to measure the channel levels at the listening position. In addition,this method requires a source to be playing.You 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 mixedto highlight 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 Menu System, and then navigate to the Speaker tab. Pressthe Set Button to display the Speaker Setup menu. Select ManualConfiguration, press the Set Button and then navigate to the ChannelAdjust line. Press the Set Button to display the Channel Adjust menu.See Figure 92.Figure 92 – Channel Adjust Menu ScreenAll of the speaker channels will appear with their current level settings.RESET: If you wish to start by resetting all of the levels to their factorydefaults of 0dB, navigate to this line and press the Set Button. Thelevels will be reset.If you are using an external source to set your output levels, simplynavigate to each channel, press the Set Button and use the ‹/›Buttons to adjust the level as desired.If you would like to set your levels using the AVR 350’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 will auto-matically circulate to all channels, pausing for a few moments at eachchannel and then moving to the next channel several seconds later, asindicated by the highlight bar. You may adjust the level for any channelwhen the test tone is paused there by using the ‹/› Buttons. You mayalso use the ⁄/¤ Buttons at any time to move the cursor to anotherline, 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 press the Set Button and usethe ‹/› Buttons to change the setting to ON. Any time you manuallymove the cursor out of the channel listings area of the screen, thissetting will automatically change to 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 redo the procedure to determine the correct settings forthose surround modes.Video AdjustmentsThe AVR 350 includes sophisticated Faroudja DCDi Edge™ video pro-cessing that delivers enhanced video quality, even for older analog videosource components, as well as upgraded on-screen displays. Whenupscaling video materials from a lower resolution to a higher one (theAVR 350 upscales to a maximum of 720p), the processor is addingpixels to the original image. Sometimes when converting interlaced video(displays all odd rows then all even rows of the frame) to progressive-scan video (displays all rows at once) and increasing the resolution, theinterpolation of new pixels can cause jagginess, or a staircase effect, atedge transitions, such as the stripes in an American flag. Faroudja engi-neers developed the DCDi (Directional Correlational Deinterlacing) algo-rithm to ensure that the additional pixels follow the edge, virtually elimi-nating the jagginess and enhancing upscaled images.The video processor is set at the factory to automatically provide thebest picture as it detects the capabilities of your video display and theincoming source video signals. However, you may experiment with theVideo Setup menu adjustments to try to improve the picture further.The Video Setup menu includes a reset feature in the event you wishto return to the factory defaults and try again.To access the Video Setup menu, press the OSD Button to display themenu system, and navigate to the Video tab. Press the Set Button toaccess the Video Setup menu, shown in Figure 93.