Harman Kardon AVR 525 User Manual

SYSTEM CONFIGURATION
4 InstallthethreesuppliedAAAballeriesinthe
remoteas shownBecertainto followthe(+)
and( ) polarityindicatorsthatareonthetopof
thebatterycomparlment
5 lurntheAVR525 oneitherbypressingthe
SystemPowerControl[] onthePontpanel,
orviatheremotebypressingthePowerOn
Buttonq_l_,theAVRSelector0 oranyof
theInputSelectorsql_lJO ontheremotelhe
PowerIndicator[] willturngreento confirm
thattheunitison,andtheMain Information
Display[] willalsolight
Usingthe On-ScreenDisplay
Whenmakingthefollowingadjustments,youmayfind
it easierto usetheAVR525'son-screendisplaysys
ternTheseeasy-toreaddisplaysgiveyoua clearpic-
tureof thecurrentstatusof theunitandmakeiteasy
toseewhichspeaker,delay,inputordigitalselection
youaremaking
lo viewtheon-screenmenus,makecerlainyouhave
madea connection%m theVideoMonitor Out
Jack _ ontherearpaneltothecompositeorS
VideoinputofyourlV or projedo_Inordertoview
theAVR525'sdisplays,thecorrectvideosourcemust
beselectedonthevideodisplayTheon-screen
menusarenotavailablewhena componentvideo
displayisinuse
IMPORTANTNOTE:Whenviewingtheon-screen
menususinga CRlbasedprojector,plasmadisplayor
anydired-viewCRl monitorortelevision,it isimporlant
thattheynolbeleftonthescreenforanexlendedperi
odoftimelhe constantdisplayd a staticimagesuch
asthesemenusorvideogameimagesmaycausethe
imageto bepermanently"burnedinto"theprojection
tubes,plasmascreenorCRIIlhis typed damageisnot
coveredbytheAVR525warranlyandmaynol becov
eredbytheprojedor/rVset'swarranly
lhe AVR525 hastwoon-screendisplaymodes,
"SemiOSD"and"FullOSD"Whenmakingconfigura
tionadjustments,itisrecommendedthattheFullOSD
modebeusedThiswillplaceanoptionlistingonthe
screen,makingit easierto viewtheavailableoptions
MakingConfigurationAdjustments
lhe flJllOSDsystemisavailablebypressingtheOSD
Button_ Whenthisbuttonis pressed,the
11AS TE R 11EN U (Figure1)willappear,and
adjustmentsaremade%m theindividualmenus
f
* MASTER MENU *
IN/OUT SETUP
SURROUND SETUP
SPEAKER SETUP
DELAY ADJUST
CHANNEL ADJUST
MULTI-ROOM
ADVANCED
EXIT
lhe semiOSDsystemisalsoavailable,allowingyou
to makeadjustmentsdirectly,bypressingtheappro
priatebuttonsonthe%nt panelorremotecontrolfor
thespecificparametertobeadjustedForexample,to
changethedigitalinputfor anyof thesources,press
theDigitalSelect Button_ andthenpressthe
A/V Buttons_ to scrollthroughthelistof
optionsastheyappearintheon-screendisplayorthe
LowerDisplayLine[]
lo usethefullOSDmenusystem,presstheOSD
Button_ Whenthemenuis onthescreen,press
the A/V Buttons_ untiltheon-screen_,cursor
isnextto theitemyouwishtoadjust,andthenpress
theSetButton_ to adjustthatitem lhe menus
willremainonthescreenFor20 seconds,andthen
theywill"timeout"anddisappearfromthescreenlhe
timeoutmaybeincreasedtoas muchas50 seconds
bygoingto theADVANC ED menu,andchanging
theitemtitledFULL OSD TIME OUT
WhenthefullOSDsystemisinuse,themenuselec-
tionsarenotshownif]theMainInformationDisplay
[]11_[] WhenthefullOSDmenusystemisused,
OSD ON willappearintheUpperDisplayLine
[] andtheOSDIndicator[] willlightto remind
youthata videodisplaymustbeusedWhenthe
semiOSDsystemisusedin conjunctionwiththedis
creteconfigurationbuttons,theon-screendisplaywill
showa singlelineoftextwiththecurrentmenuselec-
tion fhat selectionwillalsobeshownintheUpper
DisplayLine [] ortheLower DisplayLine [],
dependingonwhichparameteris beingadjusted
Settingthe SystemConfigurationMemory
]he AVR525 featuresanadvancedmemorysystem
thatenablesyouto establishdifferentconfigurations
forthespeakerconfiguration,digitalinput,surround
mode,delaytimes,crossoverfrequencyandoutput
levelsforeachinputsource]his flexibililyenablesyou
tocustomtailorthewayinwhichyoulistento each
sourceandhavetheAVR525 memorizethoseset-
tingsThismeans,forexample,thatyoumayusedif
ferentoutputlevelsor trimsfor differentsources,or
setdifferentspeakerconfigurationswiththeresultant
changesto thebassmanagementsystemOncethese
settingsaremade,theywillautomaticallyberecalled
wheneveryouselectthatinput
lhe factoryddaultsettingsfortheAVR525 haveall
inputsexceptforDVDconfiguredforananalogaudio
inputexceptfor theDVDinput,wheretheCoaxial
DigitalAudioInput 1 _ istheddault,lhe default
speakersellingsarefor"Large"speakersatthePont
left/right,"Small"atallotherpositions,andforthe
Subwoofersetasbeingon However,oncetheDSP
processingsystemis usedforthefirsttimeforany
input,thespeakersettingswillautomaticallydefaultto
"Small"atallpositionswiththesubwoofersetto"LFE"
]he defaultsettingforthesurroundmodesis
"SurroundOffi"or twochannelstereo,althoughDolby
Digitalor DIS willautomaticallybeselectedasappro
priatewhena sourcewithdigitalencodingisinuse
Beforeusingtheunit,youwillprobablywantto
changethesettingsfor mostinputsso thattheyare
properlyconfiguredto reflecttheuseof digitalorana
loginputs,thetyped speakersinstalledandthesur
roundmodespecificsofyourhometheatersystem
RememberthatsincetheAVR525 memorizesthe
settingsforeachinputindividuallyyouwillneedto
maketheseadjustmentsforeachinputused
However,oncetheyaremade,flJHheradjustmentis
onlyrequiredwhensystemcomponentsarechanged
lb makethisprocessasquickandaseasyaspossi
ble,wesuggestthatyouusethefullOSDsystemwith
theon-screenmenus,andstepthrougheachinput
Onceyouhavecompletedthesettingsforthefirst
input,manysettingsmaybeduplicatedfortheremain-
inginputsIt is alsoa goodideato settheconfigura
fiondataintheordertheseitemsarelistedinthe
11ASTE R 11ENU, assomesellingsrequirea
specificentryina priormenuitem Rememberthat
oncethesettingsaremadeforoneinput,theymust
bemadeforallotherinputsourcesinyoursystem
Input Setup
Ihe firststepinconfiguringtheAVR525 istoconfigure
eachinputOnceaninputisselected,allsellingsfor
theDigitalInput,SpeakerConfiguration,Surround
ModeandDelayTimingwill"attach"themselvesto that
inputandbestoredina non-volatilememory]his
meansthatoncemade,theselectionof aninputwill
automaticallyrecallthosesellings_:orthatreason,the
proceduresdescribedbelowmustberepeatedfor
eachinputsourcesothatyouhavetheopporlunityto
customtailoreachsourceto yourspecificlistening
requirementsHowever.oncemadetheyneednotbe
changedagainunlessyouneedto altera setting

Harman Kardon AVR 525 Specifications

General

Brand	Harman Kardon
Model	AVR 525
Category	Receiver
Language	English