Advanced features, 33 advanced features – Harman-Kardon AVR 510 User Manual

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33 ADVANCED FEATURES

Advanced Features

The AVR 510 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 additional options that you may wish
to use.

Display Brightness
The AVR 510’s Main Information Display
Û is set at a default brightness level that is
sufficient for viewing in a normally lit room.
However, in some home-theater installations,
you may wish to occasionally lower the bright-
ness 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

v to bring the

MASTER MENU to the screen. Press the

button

n six times, until the on-screen

›

cur-

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

p to enter the ADVANCED

SELECT menu (Figure 9).

Figure 9

To change the brightness setting, at the
ADVANCED SELECT menu, make cer-
tain that the on-screen

›

cursor is next to the

VFD line, and press the

›

button until

the desired brightness level is highlighted in the
video display. When FULL is highlighted, the
display is at its normal brightness. When
HALF is highlighted, the display is at half the
normal brightness level. When OFF is high-
lighted, all of the indicators in the Main
Information Display

Û will go dark. Note,

however, that the green LEDs for the Input
Indicators

 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.

The display brightness may also be changed by
pressing and holding the Set button

Ô on the

front for three seconds until the message in the
Main Information Display

Y reads VFD

FULL. Within five seconds, press the front
panel Selector buttons

5 until the desired

brightness display level is shown. At that point,
press the Set button

Ô 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.

If you wish to make other adjustments, press
the

⁄

buttons

n until the on-screen

›

cursor is next to the desired setting or the
RETURN TO MENU line and press the Set
button

p. If you have no other adjustments

to make, press the OSD button

v to exit the

menu system.

Turn-On Volume Level
As is the case with most audio/video receivers,
when the AVR 510 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 510 turn on at a specific
setting, 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
SELECT menu. To start the adjustment,
press the OSD button

v to bring the

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

button

n six times, until the on-

screen

›

cursor is next to the ADVANCED

line. Press the Set button

p to enter the

ADVANCED SELECT menu (Figure 9).

At the ADVANCED SELECT menu make
certain that the on-screen

›

cursor is next to

the VOLUME DEFAULT line by pressing
the

⁄

buttons

n as needed. Next, press

the

›

button

so that the word ON is

highlighted in the video display. Next, press the

button

n 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

until the desired vol-

ume level is shown on the DEFAULT VOL
SET 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

о. 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

Y. (A typical volume level will appear

as a negative number such as –25dB.) When
making the adjustment, use the

‹

›

buttons

to enter this setting.

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

If you wish to make other adjustments, press
the

⁄

buttons

n until the on-screen

›

cursor is next to the desired setting or the
RETURN TO MENU line and press the Set
button

p. If you have no other adjustments

to make, press the OSD button

v to exit the

menu system.

Semi-OSD Settings
The semi-OSD system places one-line messages
at the lower third of the video display screen
whenever the Volume, Input Source, Surround
mode or tuner frequency of any of the configu-
ration settings are changed. The semi-OSD sys-
tem is helpful in that it enables you to have
feedback on any control changes or remote
commands using the video display when it is
difficult to view the front panel displays.
However, you may occasionally prefer to turn
these displays off for a particular listening ses-
sion. You may also want to adjust the length of
time the displays remain on the screen. Both of
those options are possible with the AVR 510.

To turn off the semi-OSD system, you will need
to make an adjustment in the ADVANCED
SELECT menu (Figure 9). To start the
adjustment, press the OSD button

v to bring

the MASTER MENU to the screen. Press
the

button

n six times, until the on-screen

cursor is next to the ADVANCED line.

Press the Set button

p to enter the

ADVANCED SELECT menu.

At the ADVANCED SELECT menu,
make certain that the on-screen

›

cursor is

next to the SEMI OSD DEFAULT line by
pressing the

⁄

buttons

n as needed.

Next, press the

›

button

so that the word

OFF is highlighted in the video display.

Note that this setting is temporary and will
remain active only until it is changed or until

* A D V A N C E D S E L E C T *

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

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