Harman Kardon HS 300 Owner's Manual

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26Before you begin enjoying your new home theater, a few adjustmentsshould be made to configure the system.Make sure that you have connected a video display to one of the videomonitor outputs. When you turn on your display and the HS 300, youshould see the HS 300’s splash screen. The last-used source will beselected. If it was the Disc Player, the HS 300 will determine whether adisc is loaded and, if so, begin play. If not, the splash screen will remain.For other sources the corresponding screen will be displayed.Using the On-Screen Menu SystemThe HS 300 uses two types of menu screens: Setup menus andSource menus.Press the Setup Menu button on the remote to display the SystemSetup menu. See Figures 32 and 33.Figure 32 – Setup Menu ButtonFigure 33 – System Setup Menu ScreenAll of the HS 300’s menu screens follow the same basic format.The top line is the Main Menu line. The first six selections correspondto the source inputs. Selecting one of these menus also selects thatsource. The last item is the Setup menu that is used to configure theHS 300’s system settings.The HS 300 displays instructions at the bottom of the screen to guideyou in making your selections. When adjusting a setting, availableoptions will appear below the instructions line.On the left side of the screen are navigation icons that may be used toaccess the submenus or display information. Use the Navigation buttonson the remote to highlight an icon, and press the Enter button to selector deselect it. When the icon is selected, it will look like a button thathas been pressed in. When it is deselected, it looks like a button in theout position.Most of the screen contains the various configuration settings, with thecurrent setting displayed to the right. Use the Navigation buttons tohighlight a setting. See Figure 34.Figure 34 – Selecting a SettingPress the Enter Button to make changes to the setting. The screen’sappearance will change to alert you that you are affecting the systemconfiguration. The selected setting line will remain fully lit, and the settingitself will change from a button to plain text with arrows on both sides.The remaining setting lines on the screen will dim. On the options lineat the bottom of the screen, the current setting will be highlighted asa button. Use the ‹/› buttons to scroll through the options list. Asvarious options are highlighted at the bottom of the screen, the newsetting will appear on the setting line. See Figure 35.Figure 35 – Choosing a New Option for a SettingPress the Enter Button when the desired setting is highlighted, and usethe ⁄/¤ buttons to select another setting line.When you have made all desired adjustments to the current submenu,use the Navigation buttons to highlight the icon for the next submenu,and press the Enter Button to switch to that submenu.When you have finished adjusting all settings, press the OSD button(but not the Setup Menu button) to clear the menu from the display.See Figure 32.Step One – System SetupIn this step you will configure some basic system settings using theSystem Setup submenu. Press the Setup Menu button and the Enterbutton as explained above to access the settings in this submenu. Yourscreen should look similar to the one shown in Figure 33.DISPLAY LANGUAGE: This setting selects the language that will beused for the HS 300’s OSD menus and other system messages.The default is English, but you may select French, Spanish, Germanor Italian.INITIAL SETUP