Harman-Kardon AVR 430 Memory Backup, Set Button Fto activate the Channel Adjust menu Figure

Operation

The channel output may also be adjusted using the full-OSD on-screen menu system. First, set the volume to a comfortable listening level using the Volume Control ı î. Then, press the OSD button Lto bring up the MASTER MENU (Figure 1). Press the ¤ Button Efour times until the on-screen › cursor is next to the CHANNEL ADJUST line. Press the

Set Button Fto activate the CHANNEL ADJUST menu (Figure 10).

* C H A N N E L A D J U S T				*
F L	: 0 d B	S B R	:	0 d B
C E N : 0 d B		S B L	:	0 d B
F R	: 0 d B	S L	:	0 d B
S R	: 0 d B	S U B	:	0 d B
C H A N N E L R E S E T :			O F F	O N
T E S T T O N E		:	O F F	O N
B A C K T O M A S T E R			M E N U

Figure 10

When the menu appears, the internal test tone will be turned off. This will allow you to use your external test disc or other source material as the test signal. Then, use the ⁄/¤ Buttons Eto select the channels to be adjusted. At each channel position use the ‹/ › Buttons Eto change the output level.

Remember, when you are using a disc with test signal (e.g. pink noise) or an external signal generator as the source, the goal is to have the output level at each channel be equal when heard at the listening position, with any surround mode selected. When your test source is a nor- mal disc with music signals, you may adjust the level for each channel and surround mode as you prefer, e.g. you may lower the center channel level when you find it to be too high or increase the level of the rears when you find it to be too low with specific surround modes.

If you wish to reset all the levels to their original factory default of 0dB offset, press the ⁄/¤ Buttons Eso that the on-screen cursor is next to the CHANNEL RESET line and press the ‹/ › Buttons Eso that the word ON is highlighted. After the levels are reset, resume the procedure outlined above to reset the levels to the desired settings. When all adjustments are done, press the ⁄/¤ Buttons Eto move the on-screen › cursor so that it is next to BACK TO MASTER MENU and then press the Set Button Fif you wish to go back to the main menu to make other adjustments. If you have no other adjustments to make, press the OSD Button Lto exit the menu system.

NOTE: The output levels may be separately trimmed for each digital and analog surround mode. If you wish to have different trim levels for a specific mode, select that mode and then follow the instructions in the steps shown above.

With Stereo and VMAx modes the adjustment procedure described above is the only way to trim the output level, e.g. to match the Stereo or VMAx level with other modes.

Dim Function

Since the AVR will often be used when movies or other video programming is viewed under low- light conditions, you may wish to lower the brightness of the front-panel displays and indica- tors so that they do not distract from the video presentation. You may dim the displays using the menu system, as shown on page 37, or you may control the brightness directly from the remote.

Simply press the Dim Button Donce to dim the front panel to half the normal brightness level; press it again to turn the displays off. Note that when the displays are dimmed or turned off, the blue lighting around the Standby/On Switch 3 will continue to stay lit as a reminder that the AVR is still turned on.

The accent lighting for the Volume Control ı will remain at its normal level, rather than dim when the panel displays are at half brightness.

Note that all changes to the front-panel bright- ness level are temporary; the displays will return to full brightness after the AVR is turned off and then on again. To return the displays to full brightness without turning the unit off, press the Dim Button Das needed until the displays are on.

In addition to lowering the brightness of the dis- plays or turning them off completely, you may wish to have them appear whenever a button on the remote or front panel is pushed, and then gradually fade out after a set time period. You may do this by making the appropriate settings in the VFD FADE TIME OUT line of the ADVANCED Menu, as shown on page 37.

Memory Backup

This product is equipped with a memory backup system that preserves tuner presets and system configuration information if the unit is turned off completely, accidentally unplugged or subjected to a power outage. This memory will last for approximately two weeks, after which time all information must be reentered.

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