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SYSTEM CONFIGURATION

20 SYSTEM CONFIGURATION20 SYSTEM CONFIGURATION

When using the full-OSD system to make the setup

adjustments,press the OSD Button v once so that

the MASTER MENU (Figure 1) appears.The

›

cursor will be next to the IN/OUT SETUP line.

Press the Set Button p to enter the menu and the

IN/OUT SETUP menu (Figure 2) will appear

on the screen. Press the

‹

›

Buttons o

until the desired input name appears in the highlighted

video,as well as being indicated in the front-panel

Input Indicators ˆ by the green LED next to the

desired input name.If the input will use the standard

left/right analog inputs,no further adjustment is

needed.

Figure 2

If you wish to associate one of the digital inputs with

the selected input source,press the

Button n

on the remote while the IN/OUT SETUP

menu (Figure 2) is on the screen, and the on-screen

cursor will drop down to the DIGITAL IN line.

Press the

‹

›

Buttons o until the name of

the desired digital input appears.To return to the ana-

log input, press the buttons until the word ANA-

LOG appears.When the correct input source

appears,press the

Button n once so that the

›

cursor appears next to BACK TO MASTER

MENU, and press the Set Button p.

To change the digital input at any time using the dis-

crete function buttons and the semi-OSD system,

press the Digital Select Button q on the remote.

Within five seconds,make your input selection using

the

⁄

Buttons n until the desired digital or

analog input is shown in the Upper Display Line A

and in the lower line of the on-screen display. Press

the Set Button p to enter the new digital input

assignment.

An exclusive Harman Kardon feature is the ability to

switch front-panel coaxial digital audio and analog

audio/video jacks from their normal use as inputs to

output connections so that portable recording devices

may easily be connected. On the AVR 525, the

Digital Coax 3 Jack ( is normally an input, but

this may also be switched to a digital output for use

with CD-R/RW decks,MD recorders or other A/V

recorders.To change the jack to an output, press

the

⁄

Buttons n while the IN/OUT

SETUP menu is on the screen until the

›

cursor

is next to COAXIAL 3.Then press the

‹

›

Buttons o so that the word OUT is high-

lighted.The Input/Output Status Indicator *

will turn red, indicating that the jack is now a record

output.

NOTE: A signal will be sent to this jack only when the

input selected for use by the AVR 525 is digital. Digital

signals will be passed through regardless of their for-

mat, and which digital input (optical or coax) they are

fed from. However, analog signals are not converted to

digital, and the format of the signal (e.g., PCM, Dolby

Digital or DTS) may not be changed.

The front-panel analog Video 4 Inputs Ó are nor-

mally set as an input for use with camcorders,video

games and other portable audio/video products,but

they may be switched to an output for connection to

portable audio/video recorders.To temporarily switch

them to outputs,you must first be at the IN/OUT

SETUP menu. Press the

Button n until the

on-screen

›

cursor is pointing to the VIDEO 4

line.Press the

›

Button so that the word OUT

is highlighted.The Input/Output Status Indicator

* between the S- and composite video jacks will

turn red, indicating that the analog Video 4 jacks are

now record outputs.

Selection of the front-panel jacks as an output will

remain effective as long as the AVR 525 is on.Once

the unit is turned off, the jacks will revert to their nor-

mal use as an input when the unit is turned on again.

When all needed adjustments have been made,press

the

Button n until the

›

cursor is next to

BACK TO MASTER MENU to continue with

the system configuration.

Surround Setup

he next step is to set the surround mode you wish

to use with the input that was previously selected in

the IN/OUT menu. Since surround modes are a

matter of personal taste,feel free to select any mode

you wish – you may change it later. However, to make

it easier to establish the initial parameters for the

AVR 525,it is best to select Dolby Pro Logic II or

Logic 7 for most analog inputs and Dolby Digital for

inputs connected to digital sources.In the case of

inputs such as a CD Player,Tape Deck or Tuner, you

may wish to set the mode to Stereo (“Surround off”)

as they are not typically used with multichannel

program material, and it is unlikely that sur

round-

encoded material will be used.Alternatively, the

Logic 7

Music mode is a good choice for stereo-only source

material. See page 29 for more information on avail-

able surround modes.

When selecting surround modes for digital program

material, the AVR will always examine the data stream

and automatically select Dolby Digital or DTS as appli-

cable.

It is easiest to complete the surround setup using the

full-OSD on-screen menus.From the MASTER

MENU (Figure 1), press the

⁄

Buttons n

until the

›

cursor is next to the SURROUND

SELECT menu. Press the Set Button p until

the SURROUND SELECT menu (Figure 3) is

on the screen.

Figure 3

Each of the option lines on this menu (Figure 3)

selects the surround mode category,and within each

of those categories there will be a choice of the

specific mode options.The choice of modes will

vary according to the speaker configuration in your

system.When the SURR BACK line of the

SPEAKER SETUP menu (Figure 5) is set to

NONE the AVR 525 will be configured for 5.1-

channel operation, and only the modes appropriate to

a five-speaker system will appear.When the SURR

BACK line of the SPEAKER SETUP menu

(Figure 5) is set to SMALL or LARGE the

AVR 525 will be configured for 6.1/7.1-channel oper-

ation, and additional modes such as Dolby Digital EX

and DTS-ES will appear, as they are only available

when seven main speakers are present. In addition,

some of the modes available in the AVR 525 will

not appear unless a digital source is selected and is

playing the correct bitstream.

To select the mode that will be used as the initial

default for an input, first press the

⁄

Buttons

n until the on-screen cursor is next to the desired

mode’s master category name,such as DOLBY,

DTS, DSP (SURR) or VMAx. Next, press

the Set Button p to view the sub-menu. Press the

‹

›

Buttons o to scroll through the available

choices,and then press the

Button n so that

the cursor is next to BACK TO MASTER

MENU to continue the setup process.

The following few paragraphs detail the instructions

needed for modes with multiple choices.

** SURROUND SELECT **

DOLBY

DTS

LOGIC 7

DSP (SURR)

VMAx

STEREO

BACK TO MASTER MENU

* IN/OUT SETUP *

INPUT :VIDEO 1

DIGITAL IN :OPTICAL 1

COAXIAL 3 :IN OUT

VIDEO 4 :IN OUT

BACK TO MASTER MENU