Harman-Kardon AVR 500 21 OPERATION, Source Selection, Volume Control, Surround-Mode Selection

21 OPERATION

Operation

Main Information Display Vwill now

read VFD FULL.

• Within five seconds,press either of the

Selector Buttons

to choose either half

brightness,as indicated by the display VFD

HALF,or completely off with the display

blank.You may cycle through all of the options

by continually pressing the Selector

Buttons

• When the desired brightness setting is reached,

Press SetButton

twice to return to normal.

Source Selection

• To select a source at any time,press any of

the Source Selectorbuttons on the remote

b m nor front panel 9)!@

• The front-panel Video 3 Inputs8may be

used to connect a device such as a video game

or camcorder to your home entertainment

system on a temporary basis.

• When an audio source is selected the last

video input used remains routed to the Video

Outputs 1™and TV Monitor Video

Outputb. This permits simultaneously

viewing and listening to different sources.

• When a Video Input source is selected,the

video signal for that input will be routed to the

TV Monitor Video Outputjack band will

be viewable on a TV monitor connected to the

AVR 500.Make certain that your TV is set to the

proper input to view the signal.

Volume Control

• Adjust the volume to a comfortable level

using the front-panel Volume Controlˆor

remote Volume Up/Down buttons.

• When listening in the Stereo mode,with the

surround circuits off,the Balance Control 7

may be used to adjust the relative sound output

between the left-front and right-front speakers.

• To temporarily silence all speaker outputs

press the Mutebutton fı.This will inter-

rupt the output to all speakers and the head-

phone jack,but it will not affect any recording

or dubbing that may be in progress.When the

system is muted the MUTEindicator Xwill

light in the Information Display

.Press

the Mute button fıagain to return to

normal operation.

• During a listening session you may wish to

adjust the Bass Control 5and Treble

Control 6to suit your listening tastes or

room acoustics.

• For private listening,plug the 1/4" stereo

phone plug from a pair of stereo headphones

into the front-panel HeadphoneJack 4.

• In normal operation,when the AVR 500 is

turned on,it will always return to the volume

setting in effect when the unit was turned off.

However,for some installations you may prefer

to always have the AVR turn on at a specific

setting,regardless of the level when the unit

was turned off.To enter that mode and setting,

folow these steps:

1.Press both of the Selector

Buttons

.at the same time. Note that

VFD DIMMERwill appear in the

Main Information DisplayV.

2.Quickly release both buttons, and then

press either one of the Selector

Buttons

.again and note that VOL

DEFAULTwill appear in the Main

Information DisplayV.

3.To have the volume control

always

turn on

at the same level,press the Set Button

iand then release it.The Main

Information Display will now read Vol

Set Ð xxDB,with the actual

number being the current volume level.

4.Within five seconds, use the Volume

Control ˆ to set the desired volume level

for turn on.

5.When the volume level is set, press the

SetButton i

twice to return to

normal operation.

• To return the Volume Control setting at

turn on to the last volume level in use,follow

these steps:

1.Press both of the Selector Buttons

.at the same time. Note that VFD

DIMMERwill appear in the Main

Information DisplayV.

2.Quickly release both buttons, and then

press either one of the Selector

Buttons

.again and note that VOL

DEFAULT will appear in the Main

Information Display V.

3.Press the Set Button i

31 .

4.Press the Selector Buttons

.until

DEFAULT OFFappears in the Main

Information Display V.

5.Press the Set Button i

31 .

twice to

return to normal operation.

Surround-Mode Selection

One of the most important features of the

AVR 500 is its ability to reproduce a full multi-

channel surround-sound field from digital

sources,analog matrix surround-encoded pro-

grams and standard stereo programs.In all, a

total of eight listening modes are available on

the AVR 500.

Selection of a surround mode is based on per-

sonal taste,as well as the type of program

source material being used.For example, motion

pictures or TV programs bearing the logo of one

of the major surround-encoding processes,such

as Dolby Surround,DTS Stereo or UltraStereo††

may be played in either the Dolby Digital,Dolby

Pro Logic or Movie Surround modes depending

on the source material.

NOTE:Once a program has been encoded with

surround information,it retains the surround

matrix as long as the program is broadcast in

stereo.Thus,movies with surround sound will

carry surround information when they are broad-

cast via conventional TV stations,cable, pay TV

and satellite transmission.In addition, a growing

number of made-for-television programs,sports

broadcasts,radio dramas and music CDs are also

recorded in surround sound.You may view a list

of these programs at the Dolby Laboratories Web

site at www.dolby.com.

When a program is not listed as carrying inten-

tional surround information,you may find that

the Pro Logic,Dolby 3 Stereo, Logic 7 and VMAx

modes often deliver enveloping surround presen-

tations through the use of the natural informa-

tion present in all stereo recordings.However, for

stereo,but non-surround programs, we suggest

that you try the Logic 7,VAMx or Theater modes.

Surround modes are selected using either the

front-panel controls or the remote.To select a

surround mode from the front panel,simply

press the button that corresponds to the

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