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SYSTEM CONFIGURATION 23
SYSTEM CONFIGURATION
SYSTEM CONFIGURATION 23
Input Setup
The first step is to configure each input. Once an
input is selected,
the settings for the Digital Input,
Component Video assignment and Surround Mode will
attach” themselves to that input and be stored in a
nonvolatile memory. This means that once made, the
selection of an input will automatically recall those
settings. For that reason, the procedures described
below must be repeated for each input source so that
you have the opportunity to custom tailor each source
to your specific listening requirements. However, once
made they need not be changed again unless you
need to alter a setting. The configuration settings for
speaker “size” may be set once and applied to all
inputs, or you may select a different speaker configura-
tion for each input using the INDEPENDENT
setting, as described on page 26.When using the full-
OSD system to make the setup adjustments, press the
OSD Button once so that the MASTER
MENU (Figure 1) appears. The cursor will be
next to the IN/OUT SETUP line. Press the
Set Button q and the IN/OUT SETUP
menu (Figure 2) will appear on the screen. Press the
/
Navigation Button o until the desired input
name appears in the highlighted video, as well as
being indicated in the front-panel Input Indicators
$. When you are scrolling through the list of avail-
able inputs you may hear a slight click. This is normal,
as it is caused by the relay that is used to switch
between the two Component Video Inputs.
Figure 2
When a Video input is selected as the source, you
have the option of changing the name that appears in
the on-screen and front-panel messages. This is help-
ful if you have more than one VCR, if you wish to
associate a specific product brand name with the
input, or to simply enter any name that will help you to
remember which source is being selected.
To change the input name, press the
/¤
Navigation Button o on the remote so that the
cursor is pointing to NAME. Next, press and hold
the Set Button q for a few seconds until a flashing
box appears to the right of the colon. Immediately
release the Set Button q, as you are now ready
to enter the device name.
Press the
/¤ Navigation Button o and a
complete set of alpha-numeric characters will be avail-
able with the start of the alphabet in capital letters fol-
lowed by the lower-case letters and then numbers and
symbols. Press the button either way until the first
letter of the desired name appears. If you wish to
enter a blank space as the first character, press the
Navigation Button o.
When the desired character appears, press the
Navigation Button o and repeat the process for
the next letter. Continue until the desired name is
entered, up to fourteen characters. When the name is
complete, press the Set Button q to enter it into
the system memory.
If your system includes sources equipped with Y/Pr/Pb
component video outputs, the DPR is able to switch
them to send the proper signals to a video display.
Either Component Video Input ij may be
assigned to any source for added system flexibility.
The default setting is for the Component Video 1
Jack i to be assigned to the DVD and 6/8-Channel
Direct Inputs, with the Component Video 2 Jack j
assigned to all other inputs. If your system doesn’t
include component video, or if you do not need to
change these defaults, press the
¤ Navigation
Button o to go to the next setting.
To change the Component Video assignment, first
make certain that the cursor is pointing to the
COMPONENT IN line on the menu screen;
then press the / Navigation Button o until
you see the desired input in the highlighted video.
When the desired component input has been selected,
press the ¤ Navigation Button o to go to the
next setting.
Some digital video input sources, such as a cable box
or HDTV set-top may change between analog and
digital outputs, depending on which channel is in use.
The AVR 7 300’s Auto Polling feature allows you to
avoid losing the audio feed when this happens by per-
mitting both analog and digital connections to the
same source on the DPR. Digital audio is the default,
and the unit will automatically switch to the analog
audio if the digital audio stream stops.
In cases where only a digital source is used, you may
wish to disable the Auto Polling feature to prevent the
DPR from trying tofind an analog source when the
digital source is paused. To turn Auto Polling off for
any input, first make certain that the cursor is
pointing to the AUTO POLL line on the menu
screen. Next, press the
/
Navigation Button o
so that OFF is highlighted in reverse video. Repeat
the procedure at any time by highlighting ON to
restore the Auto Polling feature.
When any changes to the Auto Polling configuration
are complete, press the
¤
Navigation Button o
to go to the next setting.
If you wish to associate a digital input with an input
source or change the default digital input selection,
press the
¤
Navigation Button o while the
IN/OUT SETUP menu (Figure 2) is on the
screen, until the cursor moves to the DIGITAL
IN line. Press the
/
Navigation Button o until
the desired digital input appears. To return to the ana-
log input, press the button until ANALOG appears.
To change the digital input at any time using the dis-
crete function buttons and the semi-OSD system,
press the Digital Select Button p on the remote.
Within five seconds, make your input selection using
the
/
¤
Navigation Button o until the desired
digital or analog input is shown in the Upper Display
Line ^ and in the lower line of the on-screen dis-
play. Press the Set Button q to enter the new
digital input assignment.
An exclusive Harman Kardon feature is the ability to
switch the 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 7300, the
Coaxial 3 Digital Jack J 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 digital
recorders. To change the jack to an output, press the
/
¤
Navigation Button o while the IN/OUT
SETUP menu is on the screen until the cursor
is next to COAXIAL 3. Then press the
/
Navigation Button o so that OUT is highlighted.
The Input/Output Status Indicator I will turn red,
indicating that the jack is now a record output.
NOTE: A signal will be sent to this jack only when a
digital input is selected. Digital signals will be passed
through, regardless of their format and which digital
input (optical or coax) they are fed from.
The front-panel analog Video 5 Inputs K 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 audio/video recorders. To temporarily switch them
to outputs, you must first be at the IN/OUT
SETUP menu. Press the
¤
Navigation Button
o until the on-screen cursor is pointing to the
VIDEO 5 line. Press the
Navigation Button
o so that the word OUT is highlighted. The
Input/Output Status Indicator I between the S-
and composite video jacks will turn red, indicating that
the analog Video 5 jacks are now record outputs.
* IN/OUT SETUP *
INPUT: VIDEO 1
NAME:
COMPONENT IN :
COMP V 2
DIGITAL IN: ANALOG
AUTO POLL: OFF ON
COAXIAL 3: IN OUT
VIDEO 5:
IN OUT
REC OUT: ANALOG
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