Harman Kardon AVR 435 Owner's Manual

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ADVANCED FEATURES 39ADVANCED FEATURESThe AVR 435 is equipped with a number of advancedfeatures that add extra flexibility to the unit’s operation.While it is not necessary to use these features tooperate the unit, they provide additional options thatyou may wish to use.Figure 22Front-Panel-Display FadeIn normal operation, the front-panel displays and indi-cators remain on at full brightness, although you mayalso dim them or turn them off as shown on page 35.As an additional option, you may also set the AVR sothat the displays are on whenever a button is pressedon the front panel or remote, but then fade out after aset period of time.To set the front-panel displays to the Fade mode,press the OSD Button U to bring the MasterMenu to the screen. Press the ⁄/¤ NavigationButton o so that the Ô cursor is pointed to theADVANCED line, and press the Set Button qto enter the ADVANCED SELECT menu(Figure 22).With the ADVANCED SELECT menu onyour video display, press the ⁄/¤ NavigationButton o so that the Ô cursor is pointed to theVFD FADE TIME OUT line. Next, press the‹/› Navigation Button o so that the amountof time that you wish the displays to fade out aftera button is pressed is shown. When OFF is selectedthere is no display fade-out.Once this time is set and the unit returned to normaloperation, the displays will remain on for the time peri-od selected whenever a button is pressed on the frontpanel or remote. After that time they will gradually fadeout, with the exception of the lighting surrounding theStandby/On Switch 1, which remains on to remindyou that the AVR is turned on. Note that if the displayshave been turned completely off using the DimButton, as shown on page 38, the Fade function willnot operate.If you wish to make adjustments to other items onthe ADVANCED SELECT menu, press the⁄/¤ Navigation Button o so that the Ô cursoris next to the desired item, or place the Ô cursor nextto the BACK TO MASTER MENU line andpress the Set Button q to make an adjustment toanother menu. If you have completed all adjustments,press the OSD Button U to exit the menu system.Display BrightnessThe AVR 435’s front-panel displays and indicators areset at a default brightness level that is sufficient forviewing in a normally lit room. However, you may wishto occasionally lower the brightness of the display, orturn it off completely.To change the display brightness setting for a specificlistening session, you will need to make an adjustmentin the ADVANCED SELECT menu. To start,press the OSD Button U to bring the MASTERMENU to the screen. Press the ¤ NavigationButton o, until the cursor is next to theADVANCED line. Press the Set Button q toenter the ADVANCED SELECT menu(Figure 22).Next, press ‹/› Navigation Button o the until thecursor is next to the VFD line. Press the › NavigationButton o until the desired brightness level is high-lighted in the video display. When FULL is highlighted,the display is at its normal brightness. When HALF ishighlighted, the display is at half the normal brightnesslevel. When OFF is highlighted, all of the front-panelindicators will go dark. However, the blue lighting sur-rounding the Standby/On Switch 1 will remain litto remind you that the AVR is still turned on.Once the desired brightness level is selected, it willremain in effect until it is changed again or until theunit is turned off.If you wish to make other adjustments, press the⁄/¤ Navigation Button o until the Ô cursor isnext to the desired setting or the BACK TOMASTER MENU line and press the Set Buttonq. If you have no other adjustments to make, pressthe OSD Button U to exit the menu system.Turn-On Volume LevelAs is the case with most audio/video receivers, whenthe AVR 435 is turned on, it will always return to thevolume setting in effect when the unit was turned off.However, you may prefer to always have the AVR 435turn on at a specific setting, regardless of what waslast in use when the unit was turned off. To change thedefault condition so that the same volume level isalways used at turn-on, you will need to make anadjustment in the ADVANCED SELECTmenu. To start, press the OSD Button U to bringthe MASTER MENU (Figure 1) to the screen.Press the ¤ Navigation Button o, until the cursoris next to the ADVANCED line. Press the SetButton q to enter the ADVANCED SELECTmenu (Figure 22).Next, make certain that the cursor is next to theVOLUME DEFAULT line by pressing the⁄/¤ Navigation Button o as needed. Press the› Navigation Button o so that the word ON ishighlighted. To set the actual turn-on level, press the¤ Navigation Button o once so that the cursoris next to the DEFAULT VOL SET line. Pressthe ‹/› Navigation Button o until the desiredvolume level is shown on the DEFAULT VOLSET line. This setting may NOT be made with theregular volume controls.NOTE: Since the setting for the turn-on volume can-not be heard while the setting is being made, youmay wish to determine the setting before making theadjustment. To do this, listen to any source and adjustthe volume to the desired level using the regularVolume Controls )r î. When the desiredvolume level to be used at turn-on is reached, make anote of the setting as it appears in the lower third ofthe video screen or in the Lower Display Line $.(A typical volume level will appear as a negativenumber such as –25dB.) When making the adjust-ment, use the ‹/› Navigation Button o to enterthis setting.Unlike some of the other adjustments in this menu, theturn-on volume default will remain in effect until it ischanged or turned off in this menu, even when theunit is turned off.If you wish to make other adjustments, press the⁄/¤ Navigation Button o until the on-screenÔ cursor is next to the desired setting or theBACK TO MASTER MENU line, and pressthe Set Button q. If you have no other adjust-ments to make, press the OSD Button U to exitthe menu system.Semi-OSD SettingsThe semi-OSD system places one-line messages atthe lower third of the video display screen wheneverthe Volume, Input Source, Surround mode, tunerfrequency or any of the configuration settings ischanged. The semi-OSD system is helpful in that itenables you to have feedback on any control changesor remote commands using the video display when itis difficult to view the front-panel displays. However,you may also prefer to turn these displays off perma-nently. You may also want to adjust the length of timethe displays remain on the screen. Both of thoseoptions are possible with the AVR 435.To adjust the on-screen appearance of the semi-OSDsystem, press the OSD Button U to bring theMASTER MENU to the screen. Press the ¤Navigation Button o, until the on-screen Ôcursor is next to the ADVANCED line.* A D V A N C E D S E L E C T *→→ V F D F A D E T I M E O U T : O F FV F D : F U L L H A L F O F FV O L U M E D E F A U L T : O F F O NS E M I O S D T I M E O U T : 5 SF U L L O S D T I M E O U T : 2 0 SA U T O P O L L : O F F O NB A C K T O M A S T E R M E N U