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SYSTEM CONFIGURATION

the settings for each input individually, you will
need to make these adjustments for each input
used. However, once they are made, further
adjustment is only required when system compo-
nents are changed.

To make this process as quick and as easy as pos-
sible, we suggest that you use the full-OSD sys-
tem with the on-screen menus, and step through
each input. Once you have completed the set-
tings for the first input, many settings may be
duplicated for the remaining inputs.

The items that follow will describe the individual
settings required for each input. Remember that
once the settings are made for one input, they
must be made for all other input sources in your
system.

Input Setup

The first step in configuring the AVR4500 is to
select an input, i.e. to associate an analog or dig-
ital input with each input source in use, e.g.

DVD

. This may be done by pressing the front

panel

Input Source Selector

until the

desired input’s name appears momentarily in the

Main Information Display

, and the green

LED lights next to the input’s name in the front
panel

Input Indicators

. The input may also

be selected by pressing the appropriate Input
Selector on the remote control

When using the full-OSD system to make the
setup adjustments, press the

OSD

button

once so that the

MASTER MENU

(Figure

1) appears. Note that the

›

cursor will be next to

the

IN/OUT SETUP

line. Press the

Set

button

to enter the menu and the

IN/OUT S E T U P

menu (Figure 2) will

appear on the screen. Press the

‹

›

buttons

until the desired input name appears in

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

Input Indicators

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 (except
with DVD).

Figure 2

If you wish to associate one of the digital inputs
with the selected input source, press the

Button

on the remote while the

IN/OUT S E T U P

menu (Figure 2) is on

the screen, and note that the on-screen cursor
will drop down to the

DIGITAL I N

line.

Press the

‹

›

Buttons

until the name

of the desired digital input appears. To return to
the Analog input, press the buttons until the
word

ANALOG

appears. When the correct

input source appears, press the

button

until the

›

cursor appears next to

BACK T O

MASTER MENU

, and press the

Set Button

To associate an analog or digital input with the
input source currently selected at any time using
the discrete function buttons, press the

Digital

Input Select Button

on the front panel

or the remote while the full-OSD is not in use.
Within five seconds, make your input selection
using the

Selector

buttons on the front panel

or the

⁄

Buttons

on the remote

until the desired digital or analog input is shown
in the

Main Information Display

and in

the lower third of the video display connected to
the AVR 4500. Press the

Set Button

enter the new input assignment.

An exclusive Harman Kardon feature is the ability
to switch front panel jacks from their normal use
as inputs to output connections so that portable
recording devices may easily be connected.

On the AVR 4500, the

Coaxial 3 Digital Jack

is normally an input, but it may also be

switched to a digital output for use with CD-
R/RW decks, MD recorders or other digital audio
recorders. To change the jack to an output, press
the

⁄

buttons

while the

I N / O U T

S E T U P

menu is on the screen so that the

›

cursor is next to

COAXIAL 3

. Then press

the

‹

›

buttons

so that the word

O U T

is highlighted. Note that the

Digital

Coax 3 Status Indicator

(

will turn red, indi-

cating 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 4500 is dig-
ital. Digital signals will be passed through regard-
less of their format, and which digital input (opti-
cal or coax) they are fed from. However, analog
signals are not converted to digital, and the for-
mat of the signal (e.g., PCM, Dolby Digital or
DTS) may not be changed.

Selection of the jack as an output will remain
effective as long as the AVR 4500 is on. However,
once the unit is turned off, the jack will revert to
its normal use as an input when the unit is
turned on again.

Speaker Setup

This menu tells the AVR 4500 which type of
speakers are in use. This is important as it adjusts
the settings that determine which speakers
receive low-frequency (bass) information. For
each of these settings use the

LARGE

setting

if the speakers for a particular position are
traditional full-range loudspeakers that are
capable of reproducing sounds below 100Hz. Use

the

SMALL

setting for smaller, frequency-

limited satellite speakers that do not reproduce
sounds below 100Hz. Note that when “small”
speakers are used, a subwoofer is required to
reproduce low-frequency sounds. Remember that
the “large” and “small” descriptions do not refer
to the actual physical size of the speakers, but to
their ability to reproduce low-frequency sounds. If
you are in doubt as to which category describes
your speakers, consult the specifications in the
speakers’ owner’s manual, or ask your dealer.

Notes:

• As the speaker settings need to be made for

each input individually, you can determine
which speaker should be used depending on
the input source selected. So it´s possible e.g.
to turn off the Center and/or the Sub with any
music source selected and to use them with
any movie input source.

• With the currently selected input all speaker

settings will be copied to all other surround
modes (as far as speakers are used with them)
and need not be repeated when another sur-
round mode is selected with that input.

To start with the speaker setting, first select any
of the DTS Neo:6 modes as with them all speak-
ers and all speaker modes are available. It is easi-
est to select these modes directly, without the on-
screen display, so press the

OSD

button

turn the on-screen display off if it is still visible.
Then press the

DTS Neo:6

button

on the

front panel or

on the remote.

1. It is easiest to enter the proper settings for the
speaker setup through the

SPEAKER

S E T U P

menu (Figure 3). So press the