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32 ADVANCED FEATURES
Advanced Features
The AVR 310 is equipped with a number of
advanced features that add extra flexibility to
the unit’s operation.While it is not necessary
to use these features to operate the unit, they
provide additional options that you may wish
to use.
Display Brightness
The AVR 310’s Main Information Display
Û is set at a default brightness level that is
sufficient for viewing in a normally lit room.
However, in some home theater installations,
you may wish to occasionally lower the bright-
ness of the display, or turn it off completely.
To change the display brightness setting for a
specific listening session, you will need to make
an adjustment in the
ADVANCED
SELECT
menu. To start the adjustment,
press the
OSD button v to bring the main
AUDIO SETUP menu to the screen. Press
the
¤
Button n six times, until the on-screen
›
cursor is next to the ADVANCED line.
Press the
Set Button p to enter the
ADVANCED SELECT menu (Figure 9).
Figure 9
To change the brightness setting, at the
ADVANCED SELECT menu, make cer-
tain that the on-screen
›
cursor is next to the
VFD line, and press the press the
›
Button
until the desired brightness level is high-
lighted in the video display. When
FULL is
highlighted, the display is at its normal bright-
ness. When
HALF is highlighted, the display
is at half the normal brightness level. When
OFF is highlighted, all of the indicators in the
Main Information Display Û will go dark.
Note, however, that the green LEDs for the
Input Indicators and the Surround
Mode Indicators
˜, as well as for the
Power Indicator 3, will always remain lit to
remind you that the unit is turned on.
The display brightness may also be changed by
pressing and holding the
Set button Ô on the
front for three seconds until the message in the
Main Information Display Y reads VFD
FULL
. Within five seconds, press the front
panel Selector buttons 5 until the desired
brightness display level is shown. At that point,
press the
Set button Ô again to enter the
setting.
Once the desired brightness level is selected, it
will remain in effect until it is changed again or
until the unit is turned off.
If you wish to make other adjustments, press
the
⁄
/
¤
Buttons n until the on-screen
›
cursor is next to the desired setting or the
RETURN TO MAIN MENU line and
press the
Set button p. If you have no other
adjustments to make, press the
OSD Button
v to exit the menu system.
Turn-On Volume Level
As is the case with most audio/video receivers,
when the AVR 310 is turned on, it will always
return to the volume setting in effect when the
unit was turned off. However, you may prefer to
always have the AVR 310 turn on at a specific
setting, regardless of what was last in use
when the unit was turned off.To change the
default condition so that the same volume level
is always used at turn-on, you will need to
make an adjustment in the
ADVANCED
SELECT
menu. To start the adjustment,
press the
OSD button v to bring the main
AUDIO SETUP menu (Figure 1) to the
screen. Press the
¤
button n six times,
until the on-screen
›
cursor is next to the
ADVANCED line. Press the Set button p
to enter the ADVANCED SELECT menu
(Figure 9).
At the
ADVANCED SELECT menu make
certain that the on-screen
›
cursor is next to
the
VOLUME DEFAULT line by pressing
the
⁄
/
¤
buttons n as needed. Next, press
the press the
›
button so that the word
ON is highlighted in the video display. Next,
press the
¤
button n once so that the on-
screen
›
cursor is next to the DEFAULT
VOL SET
line. To set the desired turn-on
volume, press the
‹
/
›
buttons o until
the desired volume level is shown on the
DEFAULT VOL SET line. Note that this
setting may NOT be made with the regular vol-
ume controls.
NOTE: Since the setting for the turn-on volume
cannot be heard while the setting is being
made, you may wish to determine the setting
before making the adjustment. To do this, listen
to any source and adjust the volume to the
desired level using the regular volume controls
Ó
î
. When the desired volume level to
be used at turn-on is reached, make a note of
the setting as it appears in the lower third of
the video screen or in the
Main Information
Display
Y. (A typical volume level will appear
as a negative number such as –25dB.) When
making the adjustment, use the
‹
/
›
buttons
o to enter this setting.
Unlike some of the other adjustments in this
menu, the turn-on volume default will remain in
effect until it is changed or turned off in this
menu, even when the unit is turned off.
If you wish to make other adjustments, press
the
⁄
/
¤
Buttons n until the on-screen
›
cursor is next to the desired setting or the
RETURN TO MAIN MENU line and
press the
Set button p. If you have no other
adjustments to make, press the
OSD button
v to exit the menu system.
Semi-OSD Settings
The semi-OSD system places one line messages
at the lower third of the video display screen
whenever the Volume, Input Source, Surround
mode or tuner frequency of any of the configu-
ration settings are changed.The semi-OSD sys-
tem is helpful in that enables you to have feed-
back on any control changes or remote com-
mands using the video display when it is diffi-
cult to view the front-panel displays. However,
you may occasionally prefer to turn these dis-
plays off for a particular listening session. You
may also want to adjust the length of time the
displays remain on the screen. Both of those
options are possible with the AVR 310.
To turn off the semi-OSD system, you will need
to make an adjustment in the
ADVANCED
SELECT
menu (Figure 9). To start the
adjustment, press the
OSD button v to bring
the main
AUDIO SETUP menu to the
screen. Press the
¤ Button n six times, until
the on-screen
¤ cursor is next to the
ADVANCED line. Press the Set Button p
to enter the ADVANCED SELECT menu.
At the
ADVANCED SELECT menu make
certain that the on-screen
› cursor is next to
the
SEMI OSD DEFAULT line by press-
ing the
⁄
/
¤
buttons n as needed. Next,
press the
› Button so that the word
OFF is highlighted in the video display.
Note that this setting is temporary and will
remain active only until it is changed or until
the AVR 310 is turned off. Once the unit is
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* ADVANCED SELECT *
VFD :FULL HALF OFF
VOLUME DEFAULT:OFF ON
DEFAULT VOL SET:25dB
SEMI OSD :OFF ON
SEMI OSD TIME OUT: 35
FULL OSD TIME OUT:205
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