Harman Kardon AVR 525 User Manual

SYSTEM CONFIGURATION
Whenusingthefull OSDsystemto makethesetup
adjustments,presstheOSDButton_ oncesothat
theMAS TE R ME NU (Figure1)appears,lhe •
cursorwillbenextto theI N / 0 UT S ET UP line
PresstheSet Button_ to enterthemenuandthe
I N/ 0 UT S ET UP menu(_:igure2) willappear
onthescreenPressthe_/• Buttons_
untilthedesiredinputnameappearsinthehighlighted
video,aswellas beingindicatedinthefront-panel
InputIndicators[] bythegreenLEDnexttothe
desiredinputnameIftheinputwillusethestandard
left/rightanaloginputs,noflJrlheradjustmentis
needed
* IN/OUT SETUP *
INPUT :_
DIGITAL IN :_
COAXIAL 3 :m OUT
VIDEO 4 :m OUT
BACK TO MASTER MENU
Ifyouwishtoassociateoneof thedigitalinputswith
theselectedinputsource,pressthe• Button
ontheremotewhiletheIN/OUT SETUP
menu(Figure2)is or]thescreen,andtheon-screen
cursorwilldropdownto theD I GI TAL I N line
Pressthe_/• Buttonsql]_D untilthenameof
thedesireddigitalinputappearslo returnto theana
loginput,pressthebuttonsuntilthewordANA-
L 0 G appearsWhenthecorrectinputsource
appears,pressthe• Button_ onceso thatthe
• cursorappearsnextto BA CK T0 MAS TE R
ME NU, andpresstheSetButton
lb changethedigitalinputat anytimeusingthedis
cretefunctionbutlonsandthesemiOSDsystem,
presstheDigitalSelectButton_ ontheremote
Withinfiveseconds,makeyourinputselectionusing
the A/• Buttons_ untilthedesireddigitalor
analoginputisshownintheUpperDisplayLine[]
andinthelowerlineoftheon-screendisplayPress
theSetButton_ to enterthenewdigitalinput
assignment
AnexclusiveHumanKardonfeatureistheabililyto
switchfront-panelcoaxialdigitalaudioandanalog
audio/videojacksfromtheirnormaluseasinputsto
outputconnectionsso thatporlablerecordingdevices
mayeasilybeconnectedOntheAVR525, the
DigitalCoax3 Jack [] isnormallyaninput,but
thismayalsobeswitchedto a digitaloutputforuse
withCDR/RWdecks,MDrecordersorotherA/V
recorders]o changethejacktoanoutput,press
theA/'v Buttons_ whiletheI N/ 0 UT
S ETUP menuisonthescreenuntilthe• cursor
isnextto C0 AX I A L 3 lhen pressthe,/•
Buttons_ _ so thattheword0 UT ishigh-
lightedTheInput/OutputStatusIndicator[]
willturnred,indicatingthatthejackisnowa record
output
NOTE:A signalwillbesenttothisjackonlywhenthe
inputselectedfor usebytheAVR525 isdigitalDigital
signalswillbepassedthroughregardlessof theirfor
mat,andwhichdigitalinput(opticalorcoax)theyare
fedfrom However,analogsignalsarenotconverledto
digital,andtheformatofthesignal(eg, PCM,Dolby
DigitalorDIS)maynotbechanged
lhe front-panelanalogVideo4 Inputs [] arenor-
mallysetasaninputfor usewithcamcorders,video
gamesandotherporlableaudio/videoproducts,but
theymaybeswitchedtoanoutputforconnectionto
porlableaudio/videorecorderslo temporarilyswitch
themto outputs,youmustfirstbeatthe I N/ 0 UT
SETUP menuPressthe• Button_ untilthe
on-screen• cursorispointingto theV I DE0 4
linePressthe• Button _ sothattheword0 UT
ishighlightedTheInput/OutputStatus Indicator
[] betweentheS andcompositevideojackswill
turnred,indicatingthattheanalogVideo4jacksare
nowrecordoutputs
Selectionof thefront-paneljacksasanoutputwill
remaineffectiveaslongastheAVR525 ison Once
theunitisturnedof[ thejackswillreverltotheirnor
maluseasaninputwhentheunitisturnedonagain
Whenallneededadjustmentshavebeenmade,press
the• Button_ untilthe• cursoris nextto
BACK TO MASTER MENU to continuewith
thesystemconfiguration
Surround Setup
]he nextstepisto setthesurroundmodeyouwish
to usewiththeinputthatwaspreviouslyselectedin
the I N/ 0 UT menuSincesurroundmodesarea
matterofpersonaltaste,feelfreeto selectanymode
youwish youmaychangeit laterHowever,to make
iteasiertoestablishtheinitialparametersforthe
AVR525, it isbestto selectDolbyProLogicIIor
Logic7 formostanaloginputsandDolbyDigitalfor
inputsconnectedto digitalsourcesInthecaseof
inputssuchasa CDPlayer,]ape Deckor[uner,you
maywishto setthemodeto Stereo("Surroundoff")
astheyarenottypicallyusedwithmultichannel
programmaterial,anditis unlikelythatsurround
encodedmaterialwillbeusedAlternatively,theLogic7
Musicmodeisa goodchoiceforstereoonlysource
materialSeepage29 formoreinformationonavail
ablesurroundmodes
Whenselectingsurroundmodesfordigitalprogram
material,theAVRwillalwaysexaminethedatastream
andautomaticallyselectDolbyDigitalorDIS asappli
cable
It iseasiestto completethesurroundsetupusingthe
fullOSDon-screenmenusFromtheM AS T E R
MENU (Figure1),presstheA/• Buttons
untiltile• cursoris nexttotheS UR ROUND
S EL ECT menuPresstileSet ButtonI1_ until
theSURROUND SELECT menu(Figure3)is
ontile screen
** SURROUND SELECT **
• DOLBY
DTS
LOGIC 7
DSP (SURR)
VMAx
STEREO
BACK TO MASTER MENU
@urE,S
Eachof theoptionlinesonthismenu(Figure3)
selectsthesurroundmodecategory,andwithineach
ofthosecategoriestherewillbeachoiceof the
specificmodeoptionslhe choiceofmodeswill
varyaccordingto thespeakerconfigurationinyour
systemWhentheS UR R BACK lineofthe
SPEAKER SETUP menu(Figure5) issetto
NONE theAVR525 willbeconfiguredfor 51
channeloperation,andonlythemodesappropriateto
a fivespeakersystemwillappearWhentheS UR R
BACK lineofthe SPEAKER SETUP menu
(Figure5)is setto SMALL or LARGE the
AVR525 willbeconfiguredfor 61/71 channeloper
ation,andadditionalmodessuchasDolbyDigitalEX
andDIS ESwillappear,astheyareonlyavailable
whensevenmainspeakersarepresentIn addition,
someof themodesavailableintheAVR525 will
notappearunlessa digitalsourceis selectedandis
playingthecorrectbitstream
lo selectthemodethatwillbeusedastheinitial
defaultforaninput,firstpresstheA/• Buttons
untiltheon-screencursorisnextto thedesired
mode'smastercategoryname,suchas D0 L B Y,
DTS, DSP (SURR) or VMAx Next,press
theSet Button_ to viewthesubmenuPressthe
4/• Buttons_ _ toscrollthroughtheavailable
choices,andthenpressthe• Button_ sothat
thecursoris nextto BA CK T0 MAST ER
MENU tocontinuethesetupprocess
lhe followingfewparagraphsdetailtheinstructions
neededfor modeswithmultiplechoices

Harman Kardon AVR 525 Specifications

General

Brand	Harman Kardon
Model	AVR 525
Category	Receiver
Language	English