AVR 8500 (serv.man12) - Harman Kardon Audio User Guide / Operation Manual. Page 39

ADVANCED FEATURES 39

The AVR 8500 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 pro-
vide additional options that you may wish to
use.

In some cases you may wish to reset the speaker
configuration to the factory settings. To restore
those settings you will need to make an adjust-
ment in the ADVANCED menu. To start the
adjustment, press the OSD button 

L to bring

the MASTER MENU to the screen. Press the

⁄

Button 

D twice, until the on-screen 

›

cur-

sor is next to the ADVANCED line. Press
the Set Button 

F to enter the

ADVANCED

menu (Figure 11).

To reset the speaker configuration to the factory
default, press the 

›

Button 

' so that the

word ON is highlighted and then press the Set
Button 

F.

Once the speaker settings are reset you may
press the 

¤

Buttons 

D to continue with

adjustments on this menu. If no other
adjustments are needed, press the OSD Button
L to exit the menu system.

The AVR 8500’s front panel Main Information
Display ˆ 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 brightness setting, at the
ADVANCED

menu, make certain that the

on-screen 

›

cursor is next to the V F D line,

and press the 

›

Button 

' until the desired

brightness level is highlighted in the video dis-
play. When F U L L is highlighted, the display is
at its normal brightness. When H A L F is high-
lighted, the display is at half the normal bright-
ness level. When O F F is highlighted, all of the
indicators in the Main Information Display
ˆ will go dark. Note, however, that the green
LEDs for the Input Indicators ı and the
Surround Mode Indicators ¯, as well as for
the Power Indicator 3, will always remain lit
to remind you that the unit is turned on.

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

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

⁄

/

¤

Buttons 

D until the on-

screen 

›

cursor is next to the desired setting or

the B A C K T O MASTER M E N U 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.

As is the case with most audio/video receivers,
when the AVR 8500 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 set-
ting, regardless 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 menu. To
start the adjustment, press the OSD button 

L

to bring the MASTER MENU (Figure 1) to
the screen. Press the 

⁄

button 

D twice, until

the on-screen 

›

cursor is next to the

ADVANCED

line. Press the Set button 

F

to enter the ADVANCED menu (Figure 11).

At the ADVANCED menu make certain that
the on-screen 

›

cursor is next to the VOLUME

DEFAULT

line by pressing the 

⁄

/

¤

buttons

D as needed. Next, press the 

›

button 

' so

that the word O N is highlighted in the video
display. Next, press the 

¤

button 

D once so

that the on-screen 

›

cursor is next to the

DEFAULT V O L S E T

line. To set the

desired turn-on volume, press the 

‹

/

›

buttons

E' or hold them pressed until the desired
volume level is shown on the DEFAULT
V O L S E T

line. Note that this setting may

NOT be made with the regular volume controls.

NOTE: Since the setting for the turn-on volume
cannot be heard while the setting is being made,
you may wish to determine the setting before
making the adjustment. To do this, listen to any
source and adjust the volume to the desired
level using the regular volume controls 

*î.

When the desired volume level to be used at
turn-on is reached, make a note of the setting as
it appears in the lower third of the video screen
or in the Main Information Display ˆ.
A typical volume level will appear as a negative
number such as -25dB. When making the adjust-
ment, use the 

‹

/

›

buttons 

E' to enter this

setting.

Unlike some of the other adjustments in this
menu, the turn-on volume default will remain in
effect even when the unit is turned off
completely, unless it is changed or turned off in
this menu.

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

⁄

/

¤

Buttons 

D until the on-

screen 

›

cursor is next to the desired setting or

the B A C K T O MASTER M E N U 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.

        *   A D V A N C E D   *

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   : O F F  

O N

S E M I   O S D   T I M E   O U T :   3 5

F U L L   O S D   T I M E   O U T : 2 0 5  

B A C K   T O   M A S T E R   M E N U