Harman Kardon AVR 435 Owner's Manual

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42 ADVANCED FEATURES / MULTIROOM OPERATIONAdvanced Features / Multiroom OperationTo turn off the semi-OSD system, you will need tomake an adjustment in the ADVANCEDSELECT menu (Figure 13). To start the adjust-ment, press the OSD button L to bring theMASTER MENU to the screen. Press the ⁄Button E, until the on-screen › cursor is next tothe ADVANCED line. Press the Set Button Fto enter the ADVANCED SELECT menu.At the ADVANCED SELECT menu makecertain that the on-screen › cursor is next to theSEMI OSD line by pressing the ⁄/¤ buttonsE as needed. Next, press the › button E sothat the word OFF is highlighted in the videodisplay.Note that this setting is temporary and will re-main active only until it is changed or until theAVR is turned off. Once the unit is turned off, thesemi-OSD displays will remain activated, even ifthey were switched off for the previous listeningsession.To change the length of time that the semi-OSDdisplays remain on the screen, go to theADVANCED SELECT Menu as outlined ear-lier, and press the ⁄/¤ buttons E as needed,until the on-screen › cursor is next to theSEMI-OSD TIME OUT line. Next, press the‹/› Buttons E until the desired time in sec-onds is displayed. Note that unlike most of theother options in this menu, this is a permanentsetting change, and the time-out entry will remainin effect until it is changed, even when the unit isturned off.If you wish to make other adjustments in themenu, press the ⁄/¤ Buttons E until the on-screen › cursor is next to the desired setting orthe BACK T O MASTER MENU line andpress the Set button F. If you have no otheradjustments to make, press the OSD Button Lto exit the menu system.Full-OSD Time Out AdjustmentThe FULL OSD menu system is used tosimplify the setup and adjustment of the AVRusing a series of on-screen menus. The factorydefault setting for these menus leaves them onthe screen for 20 seconds after a period of inac-tivity before they disappear from the screen orTime Out. This Time Out is a safety measure toprevent the menu text from burning into the CRTsin your monitor or projector, which might happenif they were left on indefinitely. However, someviewers may prefer a slightly longer or shorterperiod before the Time Out display.To change the Full-OSD Time Out, you will needto make an adjustment in the ADVANCEDSELECT menu (Figure 13). To start the adjust-ment, press the OSD button L to bring theMASTER MENU to the screen. Press the ⁄button E, until the on-screen ¤ cursor is nextto the ADVANCED line. Press the Set ButtonF to enter the ADVANCED SELECTmenu (Figure 13).At the ADVANCED SELECT menu makecertain that the on-screen › cursor is next to theFULL OSD TIME OUT line by pressing the⁄/¤ Buttons E as needed. Next, press the‹ /› buttons E until the desired time is dis-played in seconds. Note that unlike most of theother options in this menu, this is a permanentsetting change, and the time-out entry will remainin effect until it is changed, even when the unit isturned off.If you wish to make other adjustments in themenu, press the ⁄/¤ Buttons E until theon-screen › cursor is next to the desired settingor the BACK T O MASTER MENU line andpress the Set button F. If you have no otheradjustments to make, press the OSD Button Lto exit the menu system.Digital Auto-Poll SettingsIn order to provide the greatest flexibility inaccommodating the widest range of sources, theAVR 435 includes both analog and digital audioinputs for all sources. In most cases you will wantto use one or the other, but not both. However, insome circumstances it is desirable to make bothan analog and digital connection between asource device and the AVR.An important application for dual audio connec-tions is with cable or satellite boxes, where theaudio output may change depending on thechannel being viewed and the type of audio thecable system or satellite receiver associates withit. To eliminate the need to constantly switch backand for to select an audio type each time youchange channels, the AVR 435 is programmed bydefault to automatically “poll” the audio inputs.When a digital audio stream it is selected first,but if the digital audio is removed the AVR willswitch to the analog inputs associated with thatinput as a back-up. In most systems this is thecorrect operation and no further change isrequired.However, if this configuration does not suit yoursystem application the AVR 435 gives you theflexibility to turn the digital audio auto polling onor off on an input-by-input basis. When the AutoPolling is set to OFF, the system will keep thedigital audio input active and not attempt toswitch to the analog source even when the digitaldata stream stops.If you wish to change the auto poll setting, firstselect the input you wish to configure by pressingthe appropriate Input Selector ) on theremote, or on the SOURCE line pf theIN/OUT SETUP menu (Figure 2). Next, withthe ADVANCED SELECT MENU (Figure13) on the screen, press the ‹/› NavigationButton E so that the cursor is pointing to theAUTO POLL line. Press the ‹/› NavigationButton E to change a default setting so thatOFF is shown in highlighted video or to O N sothat the original setting is restored and the autopolling is once again activated.Since this setting is unique to each input, youmust return to the IN/OUT SETUP menu tochange any other inputs. To do that, press the‹/› Navigation Button E so that the cursoris pointing to the BACK T O MASTERMENU line and press the Set Button F. Atthe MASTER MENU (Figure 1), press the ‹/›Navigation Button E so that the cursor ispointing to the IN/OUT SETUP line. Pressthe Set Button F and then follow the instruc-tions shown on page 20 to change the inputsource. Return to the ADVANCED MENU toreconfigure the auto poll setting for the newlyselected input.When all changes to the Auto Poll settings havebeen made, press the ‹/› Navigation ButtonE to select another configuration option on theADVANCED SETUP Menu, move the cursorto BACK T O MASTER MENU line and pressthe Set Button F to make a change to anoth-er menu option, or simply press the OSD ButtonL to exit the menu system.Multiroom OperationThe AVR is fully equipped to operate as the con-trol center for a complete multiroom system thatis capable of sending one source to a secondzone in the house while separate source is lis-tened to in the main room. In addition to provid-ing for control over the selection of the remotesource and its volume, the AVR offers a com-prehensive range of options for powering thespeakers in the second zone.• Using the line-level Multiroom AudioOutputs , the selected source may be fed tooptional, external power amplifiers that may bematched to the specifics of the installation.• When the main room system is configured for5.1 operation, the Surround Back Left/Rightamplifier channels may be used to power theremote zone so that no additional amplifiers arerequired.• Using built-in A-BUS Ready technology, option-al A-BUS modules may be connected to the AVRvia a single Category Five wire, so that remotezone speakers may be powered directly from themodule or keypad without the need for additionalpower, IR sensor or volume control wires to berun to the second zone.In addition, the AVR includes a remote IR sensorinput so that remote control commands from theZone II remote included with the unit may betransmitted to the unit, while standard IRinput/output jacks allow the remote zone’s com-mands to be sent to compatible IR-controlledsource devices.