Output Level Adjustment - Harman Kardon AVR 435 Owner's Manual

In addition to providing delaying adjustments for each
individual speaker position, the AVR 435 is among the
few A/V receivers that allows you to adjust the delay
for the combined output of all speakers as a group.
This feature is called A/V Sync Delay; it allows you to
compensate for delays to the video image that may be
caused by the processing in products such as digital
video displays, video scalers, digital cable or satellite
systems, or personal video recorders. With proper
adjustment of the setting for A/V Sync Delay, you can
eliminate the loss of lip sync that may be caused by
digital video applications.
To make any changes to the delay settings, go to the
DELAY ADJUST submenu within the MANUAL
SETUP menu (Figure 16). To do this, first press
so that the MASTER
the OSD Button
MENU (Figure 1) appears. Next, press the
Navigation Button o until the cursor is
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on the MANUAL SETUP line on the menu
in use and press the Set Button q. When the
MANUAL SETUP menu is shown, press the
Navigation Button o again until the cursor
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is on the DELAY ADJUST line and press the
Set Button q to view the DELAY ADJUST
menu (Figure 19).
* D E L A Y A D J U S T *
→ → F L : 1 2 f t S B R : 1 0 f t
C E N : 1 2 f t S B L : 1 0 f t
F R : 1 2 f t S L : 1 0 f t
S R : 1 0 f t S U B : 1 2 f t
D E L A Y R E S E T : O F F O N
U N I T : F E E T M E T E R
A / V S Y N C D E L A Y : 0 m S
E Z S E T S E T T I N G S : O F F
B A C K T O M A S T E R M E N U
Figure 19
If you are using this menu for the first time, press the
Navigation Button o to proceed to the next
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step, as no reset is needed. However, if you are
returning to this menu to change the current settings,
you may wish to reset all channels to the factory
default distances before entering new data.
To reset the settings, make certain that the cursor is
on the DELAY RESET line and then press the
‹ › Navigation Buttons o so that ON is shown
/
in highlighted video and note that the factory defaults
Navigation Button o to
will appear. Press the
⁄
scroll back up into the channel listings to make your
adjustments following the instructions shown above
Figure 19. When your first setting change is made,
OFF will automatically be highlighted on the
DELAY RESET line to indicate that the
change has been made.
The default for distance settings on this menu is in
feet. If your measurements are in feet, proceed to the
next step; if your measurements are made in meters,
Navigation Button o until the on-
press the
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screen cursor is at the UNIT line on the menu.
‹
Then, press the
that METER is highlighted. When the change
in measurement units is made, press the
Navigation Button o to return the cursor to
the FL position.
With the on-screen cursor pointing to FL, press
‹ › Navigation Button o until the distance
the /
from the center speaker to the preferred listening
position is entered. Next, press the
Button o to move the cursor to the NEXT line
‹ ›
and use the /
enter the distance from the main listening position to
the center speaker. Repeat the procedure for all active
speaker positions, first using the
Button o to change to the next position, and then
‹ › Navigation Button o to change
use the /
the setting. Note that only the speaker positions that
have been set to LARGE or SMALL in the
SPEAKER SETUP menu, as shown on
page 26, may be adjusted. The appearance of
three dashes next to a speaker position in place
of a distance setting indicates that you have not
configured an active speaker for that location.
When the delay time for all speaker positions has
been set you may return to the manual setup by
pressing the /
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cursor is pointing to BACK TO MANUAL
SETUP and then pressing the Set Button q.
However, if you have a digital video source or a digital
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video display that causes lack of lip sync you may use
the A/V Sync adjust feature to delay the audio signal
as it is sent to all channels (as opposed to the individ-
ual settings) so that the picture and sound are brought
back together. We recommend that this adjustment be
made using the direct access controls on the remote,
as shown below. That enables you to see the image
while making the adjustment; however, you may also
adjust it here using the menu system.
To adjust the A/V Sync delay, press the
Button o so that the cursor is pointing to the
A/V Sync Delay line on the menu and then press the
Navigation Button o to delay the sound
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sufficiently so that it matches the on-screen video.
The delay settings may be adjusted at any time using
the remote control and while viewing an on-screen
image by pressing the Delay Select Button
The A/V Sync Delay setting is first, and it may be
adjusted by pressing the Set Button q within five
seconds of when the A/V SYNC DELAY
message appears in the on-screen display and the
Lower Display Line $. Then, press the
Navigation Button o to enter the desired delay
SYSTEM CONFIGURATION SYSTEM CONFIGURATION
› Navigation Button o so
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Navigation
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Navigation Button o again to
Navigation
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Navigation Button o until the
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setting that brings the video and sound back in sync.
Press the Set Button q again to enter the setting.
Note that the A/V Sync delay setting is unique to each
video input source, so you may enter a different set-
ting to compensate for the differences between any
product attached to the different inputs.
To change one of the individual speaker positions
directly, press the Speaker Select Button
Navigation Button o to
followed by the /
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select the desired position as that name appears in the
on-screen display and the Lower Display Line $.
When the name of the speaker position to be adjusted
appears press the Set Button q within 5 seconds.
‹ › Navigation Button o to enter the
Press the /
desired delay setting for that speaker and then press
the Set Button q to enter the setting. The
Navigation Button o may be used to select
another position, or you may simply wait 5 seconds
for the system to time out and return to normal
operation.
When all changes to the Delay settings have been
Navigation Button o until
made press the /
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the cursor is on the BACK TO MANUAL
SETUP menu and then pressing the Set Button
q so that you may make any other adjustments to
the system parameters. If the changes just made com-
plete the manual adjustments needed, press the OSD
Button to exit the menu system and resume
normal system operation.

Output Level Adjustment

Output level adjustment is a key part of the configura-
tion of any surround sound product. It is particularly
important for a digital receiver such as the AVR 435,
as correct outputs ensure that you hear soundtracks
with the proper directionality and intensity.
In most cases, you will not need to make any
adjustments to the output level, as the settings
made by running EzSet/EQ are as accurate as those
made manually. However, you are able to use the
CHANNEL ADJUST menu to trim the settings
to suit your personal preferences or to configure the
system so that the output settings are different from
one input source to another. The ability to make indi-
vidual output level adjustments on a per-input basis is
useful for listeners who may prefer different settings
for the subwoofer or an individual channel group such
as the front speakers when playing musical selections
via the CD input as opposed to the movie soundtracks
more frequently used with the DVD input. This menu
also allows you to adjust the output levels using
external sources such as a test disc or other program
material that you use as a standard, rather than the
system's test tone.
SYSTEM CONFIGURATION SYSTEM CONFIGURATION
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