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SYSTEM CONFIGURATION

the

MASTER MENU

(Figure 1) appears. The

›

cursor will be next to the

IN/OUT SETUP

line.

Press the

Set Button

to enter the menu and the

IN/OUT SETUP

menu (Figure 2) will appear

on the screen. Press the

‹

›

Navigation Button

until the desired input name appears in the high-

lighted 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 stan-
dard left/right analog inputs, no further adjustment is
needed.

Figure 2

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

Navigation

Button

on the remote while the

IN/OUT

SETUP

menu (Figure 2) is on the screen, and the

on-screen cursor will drop down to the

DIGITAL

line. Press the

‹

›

Navigation Button

until

the name of the desired digital input appears. To return
to the analog input, press the button until the word

ANALOG

appears. When the correct input source

appears, press the

Navigation Button

once so that the

›

cursor appears next to

BACK

TO MASTER MENU

, and press the

Set

Button

To change the digital input at any time using the dis-
crete function buttons and the semi-OSD system,
press the

Digital Select Button

on the remote.

Within five seconds, make your input selection using
the

⁄

Navigation Button

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

to enter the new digi-

tal input assignment.

NOTE:

When a source such as an HDTV receiver

or a digital cable set-top box is used, you may wish
to connect both the coaxial digital output and the
standard, analog output of the source to the AVR’s
VID 2 and Coax 2 inputs since the program sources
and channels received by these devices often switch
between analog and digital audio. To simplify opera-
tion, the AVR 7200 will automatically select whichever
output is active and change the AVR’s input setting.

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 7200, the

Digital Coax 3 Jack

(

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 A/V
recorders. To change the jack to an output, press
the

⁄

Navigation Button

while the

IN/OUT SETUP

menu is on the screen until

the

›

cursor is next to

COAXIAL 3

. Then press

the

‹

›

Navigation Button

so that the word

OUT

is highlighted. The

Input/Output Status

Indicator

will turn red, indicating 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 7200 is digital.
Digital signals will be passed through regardless of
their format, and which digital input (optical or coax)
they are fed from. However, analog signals are not
converted to digital, and the format of the signal (e.g.,
PCM, Dolby Digital or DTS) may not be changed.

The front-panel analog

Video 4 Inputs

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
portable audio/video recorders. To temporarily switch
them to outputs, you must first be at the

IN/OUT

SETUP

menu. Press the

Navigation Button

until the on-screen

›

cursor is pointing to the

VIDEO 4

line. Press the

›

Navigation Button

so that the word

OUT

is highlighted. The

Input/Output Status Indicator

between the S-

and composite video jacks will turn red, indicating that
the analog Video 4 jacks are now record outputs.

Selection of the front-panel jacks as an output will
remain effective as long as the AVR 7200 is on. Once
the unit is turned off, the jacks will revert to their nor-
mal use as an input when the unit is turned on again.

When all needed adjustments have been made, press
the

Navigation Button

until the

›

cursor is

next to

BACK TO MASTER MENU

to con-

tinue with the system configuration.

Surround Setup

The next step is to set the surround mode you wish
to use with the input that was previously selected in
the

IN/OUT

menu. Since surround modes are a

matter of personal taste, feel free to select any mode
you wish – you may change it later. However, to make
it easier to establish the initial parameters for the
AVR 7200, it is best to select Dolby Pro Logic II or
Logic 7 for most analog inputs and Dolby Digital for

inputs connected to digital sources. In the case of
inputs such as a CD player, tape deck or tuner, you
may wish to set the mode to Stereo (“Surround off”)
as they are not typically used with multichannel
program material, and it is unlikely that surround-
encoded material will be used. Alternatively, the Logic 7
Music mode is a good choice for stereo-only source
material. See page 29 for more information on avail-
able surround modes.

When selecting surround modes for digital program
material, the AVR 7200 will always examine the data
stream and automatically select Dolby Digital or DTS
as applicable.

It is easiest to complete the surround setup using the
full-OSD on-screen menus. From the

MASTER

(Figure 1), press the

⁄

Navigation

Button

until the

›

cursor is next to the

SUR-

ROUND SELECT

menu. Press the

Set Button

until the

SURROUND SELECT

(Figure 3) is on the screen.

Figure 3

Each of the option lines on this menu (Figure 3)
selects the surround mode group, and within each of
those groups there will be a choice of the specific
mode options. The choice of modes will vary accord-
ing to the speaker configuration in your system. When
the

SURR BACK

line of the

SPEAKER

SETUP

menu (Figure 5) is set to

NONE

the

AVR 7200 will be configured for 5.1-channel opera-
tion, and only the modes appropriate to a five-speaker
system will appear. When the

SURR BACK

line

of the

SPEAKER SETUP

menu (Figure 5) is

set to

SMALL

LARGE

the AVR 7200 will

be configured for 6.1/7.1-channel operation, and
additional modes such as Dolby Digital EX and DTS-ES
will appear, as they are only available when seven
main speakers are present. In addition, some of the
modes available in the AVR 7200 will not appear
unless a digital source is selected and is playing the
correct bitstream.

To select the mode that will be used as the initial
default for an input, first press the

⁄

Navigation

Button

until the on-screen cursor is next to the

desired mode’s master group name, such as

* * S U R R O U N D S E L E C T * *

D O L B Y
D T S
L O G I C 7
D S P ( S U R R )
V M A x
S T E R E O

B A C K T O M A S T E R M E N U

* I N / O U T S E T U P *

I N P U T

V I D E O 1