AVR 430 (serv.man16) - Harman Kardon Audio User Guide / Operation Manual. Page 37

ADVANCED FEATURES 37

The AVR is equipped with a number of advanced
features that add extra flexibility to the unit’s
operation. While it is not necessary to use these
features to operate the unit, they provide addi-
tional options that you may wish to use.

The AVR is equipped with seven full-power
amplifier channels to allow for complete 7.1-
channel operation without the need for
additional external amplifiers. However, in some
installations you may wish to use the traditional
5.1-channel configuration for the main listening
room, which allows the surround back left/right
amplifier channels to be used to power speakers
placed in a remote zone location.

If you wish to use the Surround Back channel
amplifiers to power the remote zone, you must
change a setting in the 

ADVANCED

SELECT

menu. To make that change, first call

up the menu system by pressing the OSD
Button

L to bring the 

MASTER MENU

(Figure 1) to the screen. Next, press the 

¤

Button 

E until the 

›

cursor is next to the

ADVANCED

line. Press the Set Button

F

to enter the 

ADVANCED SELECT

menu

(Figure 11).

To change the setting so that the Surround Back
amplifiers are fed by the source selected through
the Multiroom system, press the 

‹

/

›

E so that 

M R S P

is highlighted in reverse

video and press the Set Button

F.

Remember that once this setting is made you will
not be able to take advantage of any of the
6.1/7.1- channel decoding or processing modes,
and no Surround Back speakers must be selected
in the speaker setup procedure outlined earlier. In
addition the speakers used for the remote zone
must be connected to the Surround
Back/Multiroom Speaker Outputs

(. The

volume for these speakers is set by the multiroom
system, as explained on page 39 of this manual.

Once this setting is made, you may press the 

¤

Button 

E to make any of the other adjustments

available on this menu. If no other adjustments
are needed, press the OSD Button

L to exit

the menu system.

In normal operation, the front-panel displays and
indicators remain on at full brightness, although
you may also dim them or turn them off as
shown on page 36. As an additional option, you
may also set the AVR so that the displays are on
whenever a button is pressed on the front panel
or remote, but then fade out after a set period of
time.

To set the front-panel displays to the Fade mode,
press the OSD Button

L to bring the Master

Menu to the screen. Press the 

⁄

/

¤

E so that the ➞ cursor is pointed to

the 

ADVANCED

line, and press the Set

F to enter the 

ADVANCED

SELECT

menu (Figure 11).

With the 

ADVANCED SELECT

menu on

your video display, press the 

⁄

/

¤

E so that the ➞ cursor is pointed to

the 

VFD FADE TIME OUT

line. Next, press

the 

‹

/

›

E so that the

amount of time that you wish the displays to fade
out after a button is pressed is shown.

Once this time is set and the unit returned to nor-
mal operation, the displays will remain on for the
time period selected whenever a button is
pressed on the front panel or remote. After that
time they will gradually fade out, with the excep-
tion of the lighting surrounding the Standby/On
Switch 3, which remains on to remind you that
the AVR is turned on. Note that if the displays
have been turned completely off using the Dim
Button, as shown on page 36, the Fade function
will not operate.

If you wish to make adjustments to other items
on the 

ADVANCED SELECT

menu, press

the 

⁄

/

¤

E to place the

➞ cursor next to the desired item, or place the

➞ cursor next to the 

BACK T O MASTER

MENU

line and press the Set Button

F to

make an adjustment to another menu. If you
have completed all adjustments, press the OSD
Button

L to exit the menu system.

The AVR’s front panel Main Information
Display ˜ is set at a default brightness level
that is sufficient for viewing in a normally lit
room. However, in some home theater installa-
tions, you may wish to occasionally lower the
brightness of the display, or turn it off completely.

To change the display brightness setting for a
specific listening session, you will need to make
an adjustment in the 

ADVANCED SELECT

menu. To start the adjustment, press the OSD
button 

L to bring the 

MASTER MENU

to

the screen. Press the 

⁄

Button 

E, until the on-

screen 

›

cursor is next to the 

ADVANCED

line. Press the Set Button 

F to enter the

ADVANCED SELECT

menu (Figure 11).

To change the brightness setting, at the

ADVANCED SELECT

menu, make certain

that the on-screen 

›

cursor is next to the 

VFD

line, and press the 

›

Button 

E until the desired

brightness level is highlighted in the video dis-
play. When 

FULL

is highlighted, the display is

at its normal brightness. When 

HALF

is high-

lighted, the display is at half the normal bright-
ness level. When 

OFF

is highlighted, all of the

indicators in the Main Information Display
˜ will go dark. Note, however, that the Power
Indicator 3, will always remain lit to remind
you that the unit is turned on.

If you wish to make other adjustments in the
menu, press the 

⁄

/

¤

Buttons 

E until the on-

screen 

›

cursor is next to the desired setting or

the 

BACK T O MASTER MENU

line and

press the Set button 

F. If you have no other

adjustments to make, press the OSD Button 

L

to exit the menu system.

The display brightness may also be changed by
pressing and holding the Set button @ on the
front for three seconds until the message in the
Main Information Display ˜ reads 

VFD

FULL

. Within five seconds, press the front

panel Selector buttons 7$ until the desired
brightness display level is shown. At that point,
press the Set button @ again to enter the 
setting.

Once the desired brightness level is selected, it
will remain in effect until it is changed again or
until the unit is turned off.

As is the case with most audio/video receivers,
when the AVR is turned on, it will always return
to the volume setting in effect when the unit was
turned off. However, you may prefer to always
have the AVR turn on at a specific setting, regard-
less of what was last in use when the unit was
turned off. To change the default condition so
that the same volume level is always used at
turn-on, you will need to make an adjustment in
the 

ADVANCED SELECT

menu. To start the

adjustment, press the OSD button 

L to bring

the 

MASTER MENU

(Figure 1) to the screen.

Press the 

⁄

button 

E, until the on-screen 

›

cursor is next to the 

ADVANCED

line. Press

the Set button 

F to enter the 

ADVANCED

SELECT

menu (Figure 11).

At the 

ADVANCED SELECT

menu make

certain that the on-screen 

›

cursor is next to the

VOLUME DEFAULT

line by pressing the

⁄

/

¤

buttons 

E as needed. Next, press the 

›

button 

E so that the word 

O N

is highlighted

in the video display. Next, press the 

¤

button

E once so that the on-screen 

›

cursor is next

to the 

DEFAULT VOL SET

line. To set the

desired turn-on volume, press the 

‹

/

›

buttons

E or hold them pressed until the desired vol-

  *   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 P

V F D   F A D E   T I M E   O U T : O F F

V F D             :

F U L L

  H A L F   O F F

V O L U M E   D E F A U L T :

O F F

  O N

D E F A U L T   V O L   S E T :

2 5 d B

S E M I   O S D / T I M E   O U T : 5 S

F U L L   O S D   T I M E   O U T : 3 S

 

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