Harman Kardon AVR 630 Owner's Manual

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36 ADVANCED FEATURESADVANCED FEATURESThe AVR 630 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.Surround Amplifier Channel AssignmentThe AVR 630 is equipped with seven full-poweramplifier channels to allow for complete 7.1-channeloperation without the need for additional externalamplifiers. However, in some installations you may wishto use the traditional 5.1-channel configuration for themain listening room, which allows the surround backleft/right amplifier channels to be used to powerspeakers placed in a remote zone location.If you wish to use the Surround Back channel ampli-fiers to power the remote zone, you must change asetting in the ADVANCED SELECT menu.To make that change, first call up the menu systemby pressing the OSD Button to bring theMASTER MENU (Figure 1) to the screen. Next,press the ¤ Navigation Button o until the ➔cursor is next to the ADVANCED line. Press theSet Button q to enter the ADVANCEDSELECT menu (Figure 15).Figure 15To change the setting so that the Surround Backamplifiers are fed by the source selected through theMultiroom system, press the ‹/› Navigation Buttono so that MR SP is highlighted in reverse videoand press the Set Button q.Remember that once this setting is made, you willnot be able to take advantage of any of the 6.1/7.1-channel decoding or processing modes, and that thespeakers used for the remote zone must be connectedto the Surround Back/Multiroom Speaker Outputs‚. The volume for these speakers is set by themultiroom system, as explained on page 38 of thismanual.Once this setting is made, you may press the ¤Navigation Button o to make any of the otheradjustments available on this menu. If no other adjust-ments are needed, press the OSD Button to exitthe menu system.Front-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 to bring the MasterMenu to the screen. Press the ⁄/¤ NavigationButton o so that the ➔ cursor is pointed to theADVANCED line, and press the Set Button qto enter the ADVANCED SELECT menu(Figure 15).With the ADVANCED SELECT menu onyour video display, press the ⁄/¤ NavigationButton o so that the ➔ 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.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 35, the Fade function willnot operate.If you wish to make adjustments to other items onthe ADVANCED SELECT menu, press the⁄/¤ Navigation Button o to place the ➔ cur-sor next to the desired item, or place the ➔ cursornext to the BACK TO MASTER MENU lineand press the Set Button q to make an adjust-ment to another menu. If you have completed alladjustments, press the OSD Button to exit themenu system.Display BrightnessThe AVR 630’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 startthe adjustment, press the OSD Button to bringthe MASTER MENU to the screen. Press the ¤Navigation Button o, until the on-screen ➔ cur-sor is next to the ADVANCED line. Press the SetButton q to enter the ADVANCEDSELECT menu (Figure 15).To change the brightness setting, at theADVANCED SELECT menu, make certainthat the on-screen ➔ cursor is next to the VFD line,and press the › Navigation Button o until thedesired brightness level is highlighted in the video dis-play. When FULL is highlighted, the display is at itsnormal brightness. When HALF is highlighted, thedisplay is at half the normal brightness level. WhenOFF is highlighted, all of the front-panel indicatorswill go dark. However, the blue lighting surrounding theStandby/On Switch 1 will remain lit to remind youthat 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 on-screen➔ cursor is next to the desired setting or the BACKTO MASTER MENU line and press the SetButton q. If you have no other adjustments tomake, press the OSD Button to exit themenu system.Turn-On Volume LevelAs is the case with most audio/video receivers, whenthe AVR 630 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 630turn 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 the adjustment, press the OSD Button to bring the MASTER MENU (Figure 1)to the screen. Press the ¤ Navigation Button o,until the on-screen ➔ cursor is next to theADVANCED line. Press the Set Button q toenter the ADVANCED SELECT menu (Fig. 15).At the ADVANCED SELECT menu, makecertain that the on-screen ➔ cursor is next to theVOLUME DEFAULT line by pressing the⁄/¤ Navigation Button o as needed. Next,press the › Navigation Button o so that the wordON is highlighted in the video display. Next, press the¤ Navigation Button o once so that the on-screen ➔ cursor is next to the DEFAULT VOLSET line. To set the desired turn-on volume, 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.→* A D V A N C E D S E L E C T *S B A M P S : S B S P M R S PV 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 ND E F A U L T V O L S E T : 2 5 d BS 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 SB A C K T O M A S T E R M E N U