Harman Kardon AVR 435 Owner's Manual

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SYSTEM CONFIGURATION 21DVD. Note that once an input is selected, all set-tings for the Digital Input, Speaker Configurationand Surround Mode will ”attach” themselves tothat input and be stored in a non-volatile memo-ry. This means that once made, the selection of aninput will automatically recall those settings. Forthat reason, the procedures described below mustbe repeated for each input source so that youhave the opportunity to custom tailor each sourceto your specific listening requirements. However,once made they need not be changed againunless you need to alter a setting.When using the full-OSD system to make thesetup adjustments, press the OSD button Lonce so that the MASTER MENU (Figure 1)appears. Note that the cursor will be next tothe IN/OUT SETUP line. Press the Set but-ton F to enter the menu and the IN/OUTSETUP menu (Figure 2) will appear on thescreen. Press the ‹/› buttons E until thedesired input name appears in the highlightedvideo, as well as being indicated in the frontpanel Input Indicators ˆ. If the input will usethe standard left/right analog inputs, no furtheradjustment is needed (except with DVD).When you are scrolling through the list of avail-able inputs, it is possible that you hear a slightclick from time to time. This is normal, as it iscaused by the relay that is used to switchbetween the two Component Video Inputs.Figure 2When one of the four Video inputs is selected asthe source, you have the option of renaming theinput as it appears in the on-screen and frontpanel messages. This is helpful if you have morethan one VCR, if you wish to associate a specificproduct brand name with the input, or to simplyenter any name that will help you to rememberwhich source is being selected.To change the input name, press the ⁄/¤Navigation Button E on the remote so thatthe cursor is pointing to TITLE. Next, pressand hold the Set Button F for a few secondsuntil a flashing box appears to the right of thecolon. Immediately release the Set Button F,as you are now ready to enter the device name.Press the ⁄/¤ Navigation Button E andnote that a complete set of alpha-numeric charac-ters will appear with the start of the alphabet incapital letters followed by the lower-case lettersand then numbers and symbols. When you pressthe ¤ Navigation Button E, a series of sym-bols and numbers will appear, followed by areverse list of the alphabet in lower-case letters.Press the button either way until the first letter ofthe desired name appears. If you wish to enter ablank space as the first character, press the ›Navigation Button E.When the desired character appears, press the ›Navigation Button E and repeat the processfor the next letter, and continue until the desiredname is entered, up to a maximum of fourteencharacters.Press the Set Button F to enter the inputname into the system memory and to proceedwith the configuration process.If your system includes any sources that areequipped with Y/Pr/Pb component video outputs,the AVR is able to switch them to send the propersignals to your video display. Each of the threeComponent Video Inputs may beassigned to any source for added system flexibili-ty. The default setting is for the ComponentDVD Jacks to be assigned to the DVD and6/8-Channel Direct Inputs, with the ComponentVideo 1 Jacks assigned to the other inputs. Ifyour system does not include component video atthis time, or if you do not need to change thesedefaults, press the ¤ Navigation Button Eto go to the next setting.To change the Component Video assignment, firstmake certain that the cursor is pointing to theCOMPONENT I N line on the menu screen,and then press the ‹/› Navigation Button Euntil you see the desired input in the highlightedvideo. The clicking noise that you will hear whenthe component video inputs is switched is nor-mal, due to the relay used to ensure proper isola-tion between the three inputs.When the desired component input has beenselected, press the ¤ Navigation Button Ego to the next setting.If you wish to associate one of the digital inputswith the selected input source, press the ¤Button E on the remote while the IN/OUTSETUP menu (Figure 2) is on the screen, andnote that the on-screen cursor will drop down tothe DIGITAL I N line. Press the ‹/› ButtonsE until the name of the desired digital inputappears. To return to the Analog input, press thebuttons until the word ANALOG appears.To associate an analog or digital input with theinput source currently selected at any time usingthe discrete function buttons, press the DigitalInput Select Button ÛG on the front panelor the remote while the full-OSD is not in use.Within five seconds, make your input selectionusing the Selector buttons on the front panel7$ or the ⁄/¤ E Buttons on the remoteuntil the desired digital or analog input is shownin the Main Information Display ˜ and inthe lower third of the video display connected tothe AVR. Press the Set Button F to enter thenew input assignment.Some digital video input sources, such as a cablebox or HDTV set-top may change between analogand digital outputs, depending on which channelis in use. The AVR 435’s Auto Polling featureallows you to avoid losing the audio feed whenthis happens by permitting both analog and digi-tal connections to the same source on the AVR.Digital audio is the default, and the unit will auto-matically switch to the analog audio if the digitalaudio stream stops.In cases where only a digital source is used, youmay wish to disable the Auto Polling feature toprevent the AVR from trying to “find” an analogsource when the digital source is paused. To turnAuto Polling off for any input, please refer to theexplanations on page 42.The AVR 435 uses high-quality video decodingcircuitry that makes it possible to convert compo-nent inputs to an S-video or composite video out-put when a receiver that is capable of displayinga component signal is not available.When all needed adjustments have been made,press the ¤ Navigation Button E until the➔ cursor is next to BACK T O MASTERMENU to continue with the system configura-tion.Audio SetupThis menu allows you to configure the tone con-trols and to turn the upsampling on or off. If youdo not wish to change any of those settings atthis time, proceed to the next menu screen.However, to make configuration changes to thoseparameters, make certain that the MASTERMENU is on the screen with the cursor point-ing to the AUDIO SETUP line, and press theSet Button F. The AUDIO SETUP menu(Figure 3) will appear.Figure 3The first line controls whether or not the bass/tre-ble tone controls are in the signal path. The nor-mal default is for them to be in-line, but if youwish to remove them from the circuit for “flat”response, first make certain that the cursor ispointing to the TONE line on the menu and pressthe ‹/› Navigation Button E so that OUTis highlighted in reverse video.If you wish to leave the tone controls in the signalpath, the amount off boost or cut for bass andtreble may be adjusted by pressing the ⁄/¤Navigation Button E so that the cursor isnext to the line for the setting you wish to adjust.Next, press the ‹/› Navigation Button Euntil the desired setting is shown.This menu also includes a setting to turn theunit’s upsampling feature on or off. 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