Manual Setup - Harman Kardon AVR 240 Owner's Manual

SYSTEM CONFIGURATION
your listening room.) For that reason, we strongly
recommend that you try to listen as the tone circu-
lates, matching the name shown for each channel to
the location of the speaker. If a tone is heard from a
speaker position that does not match the on-screen
message, stop EzSet+, exit the menus, turn your
receiver off and check for proper speaker connec-
tions on the rear panel before resuming the setup.
When this test is complete, YES will be shown
to the right of SPEAKER CHECK on the
menu screen.
• Speaker Delay: This test will circulate the tones
again as the name of each channel is shown to
measure the distance from the microphone to each
speaker. The results of these tests will be used to
set the delay time settings for each active speaker
position. When this test is complete, a speaker-to-
microphone (listening position) distance will be
shown to the right of the SPEAKER DELAY
line on the menu screen.
NOTE: A/V Sync Delay must be set manually (see
page 30).
• Speaker Level: This test circulates a test signal
and measures the output from each active speaker
position. The results of the measurements are used
to adjust the individual channel outputs as needed,
so that they are identical. This is an essential ele-
ment of ensuring that surround sound fields are
properly reproduced. If desired, you may use the
results of the automated testing as a baseline and
then make manual adjustments to trim the output
levels to your personal taste, following the instruc-
tions shown on page 30 or 40. When this test is
complete, an output level adjustment number will be
shown to the right of the SPEAKER LEVEL
line on the menu screen.
• Speaker Size: The measurements and calculations
for this test take place at the same time as the test
signals are circulated to calculate the output levels;
they are used to determine whether the speakers in
your system are "large" or "small" for the purposes
of bass management. (If desired, you may use the
results of the automated testing as a baseline and
then make manual adjustments to the speaker size
settings independently for each source, following the
instructions shown on page 27.) When this test is
complete, an output level adjustment number will be
shown to the right of the SPEAKER SIZE
line on the menu screen.
• Speaker Crossover: The measurements and cal-
culations for this test take place at the same time as
the test signal is circulated to calculate the levels,
and they are used to determine the crossover set-
ting for each speaker in your system to create a
seamless transition between the frequencies sent to
your main speakers and subwoofer (if available). If
26 SYSTEM CONFIGURATION
desired, you may use the results of the automated
testing as a baseline and then make manual adjust-
ments to the crossover settings, following the
instructions shown on page 28. When this test is
complete, a crossover frequency will be shown to
the right of the SPEAKER X-OVER line
on the menu screen.
Step 9: When all measurements are successfully
completed, the test signals will stop and a TEST
DONE UNPLUG MIC message will appear
in the second line. The cursor will pause at SAVE
SETTINGS, allowing you the option of selecting
YES or NO. Unplug the microphone and store it in
a safe place so that it is available to recalibrate your
system if needed due to a change in speakers, pre-
ferred listening position, or a major change in the
room's furnishings (such as the addition of thick car-
peting or plush furniture) that might require different
settings. To enter the settings to the receiver's memory
and return to the Master Menu, make sure that YES
appears at the SAVE SETTINGS line, press
Buttons n so that the on-screen cur-
the /
⁄ ¤
sor is pointing to RETURN TO MASTER
MENU and press the Set Button p.
NOTE: If you wish to check the test results before
exiting the EzSet+ menu, press the
⁄
n so that the on-screen cursor is at the second line
of the menu listings, and then press the
o to scroll through the list of speaker positions.
The data on each line will also be entered into the
listings on the individual SPEAKER SETUP,
DELAY ADJUST and CHANNEL
ADJUST menus once you exit EzSet+.
Step 10: If the measurements are not successful due
to a missing or malfunctioning speaker, an ERROR
message and menu will appear (Figure 10). The
EzSet+ system is programmed to look for speaker
pairs at the front left/front right, surround left/surround
right and surround back left/surround back right posi-
tions. If the tests to any of those three channel pairs
indicates that one, but not both of the speakers in the
pair is present, the menu will show NONE next to
the speaker position where the tests did not report
back that a speaker is present. Should this message
appear, make note of the suspect speaker location,
exit all menus and turn the receiver off. Check all
speaker wire connections and then rerun EzSet+.
* S P E A K E R S I Z E *
L E F T / R I G H T : S M A L L
C E N T E R : S M A L L
S U R R O U N D : S M A L L
S U R R B A C K : S M A L L
S U B W O O F E R : S U B
B A S S M G R : G L O B A L
B A C K T O M A N U A L S E T U P
Figure 10
When you have successfully completed the EzSet+
process and made any needed adjustments to the
input and surround mode configurations, your receiver
is ready for use. If you do not wish to make any man-
ual adjustments to the settings, you may skip the rest
of this section and proceed to the Basic Operation
section of this manual on page 32 to learn how to
operate the AVR 240, although we recommend that
you first record your system's settings using the work-
sheet on page 62 in case the settings need to be
reentered due to a power loss or for some other rea-
son. For those situations where you may wish to make
a change to the settings entered by EzSet+, follow the
instructions on the following pages.

Manual Setup

Harman Kardon recommends that you use the EzSet+
procedure described on pages 24–26 to configure
your receiver for operation. However, you may manu-
ally configure your AVR if you have fewer than six
speakers in your system, if you have run EzSet+ but
wish to make adjustments, if your EzSet+ microphone
is not available, or if you simply prefer to make your
adjustments manually. In addition, the A/V Sync Delay
setting must be performed manually (see Delay
Settings section, page 30).
/ Buttons
¤
To begin manual setup using the full-OSD menu
system, press the OSD Button v so that the
/ Buttons
‹ ›
MASTER MENU appears on screen. Press the
Buttons n until the › cursor points to
/
⁄ ¤
the MANUAL SETUP line, and press the Set
Button p. The MANUAL SETUP menu
(Figure 11) will appear.
* M A N U A L
E z S e t
S P E A K E R
S P E A K E R
D E L A Y
C H A N N E L
B A C K T O
Figure 11
The first line of the MANUAL SETUP menu
indicates whether EzSet+ has been run and its
settings saved. If this line indicates YES, then
you will be able to see the settings determined by
EzSet+ as you view the SPEAKER SIZE,
SPEAKER X-OVER, DELAY
ADJUST and CHANNEL ADJUST
submenus. If you wish to reset the speaker size,
crossover, output level and delay settings to their fac-
tory defaults, use the
the › cursor to point to this line, and then use the
‹ ›
Buttons o to change this setting to NO. You
/
may change this setting back to YES to reactivate
the EzSet+ settings.
S E T U P *
A C T I V A T E : N O
S I Z E
X - O V E R
A D J U S T
A D J U S T
M A S T E R M E N U
Buttons n to move
/
⁄ ¤