Harman Kardon AVR 435 Owner's Manual page 24

SYSTEM CONFIGURATION
rodintothe bottomof the EzSeVEO m icrophone.
Next, p lugthe microphone i ntothe EzSet/EQ
MicrophoneJack [] located behind the Front
PanelControl Doorl_l. Themicrophone c ableis
approximately 20 feetlong,whichshouldaccommo
datemostlistening roomsituatbns. If required, you
mayusean optional extension cable, a vailable at most
electronics s tores, f or useinlargerrooms. H oweveh
werecommend t hatyoumakeeveryeffortto avoid
usingextension c o_ds forthe microphone c ableas
theymayadversely a ffectthetest resalts.
Youarenewreadyto startthe EzSet/EQ process by
following thesesteps:
Step 1. Navigate to the EZSET/EQ MODE
menu(Fig.7) by firstpressing theOSDButton
onthe remote. P ress the • NavigationButton
untilthe.-) cursoris pointing to E Z S ET / E Q in
the MAS T E R MEN U. Press the Set Button
to bringthe menuto thescreen.
f
EZSET/EQ MODE
AUTOMATIC
MANUAL
SACK TO MASTER MENU
_gure7
Step2. Selectoneof thetwo options shown based
onthe wayyouwishto havethesystemsettings
entered:
• Inmostcases, y ouwillwantto usetheAutomatic
mode, w hichcalibrates t he system forspeaker p res
once, s peaker " size", speaker c rossover, channel
outputlevel, s peaker-to l istener d elaytimeand
roomequalization, Tochoose thismodesimply
pressthe Set Button qi_iP, a sthe cursoris already
pointing to Automatic w henthe menuappears on
the screen.
• Ifyouwishto enterthespeaker c rossover frequencies
yourself, butwantto havethe EzSeVEQ s ystem test
for andcalibrate all theotherfunctions listed above,
pressthe • NavigationButton _ to pointthe
cursorat BACK TO MASTER MENU and
thenpressthe Set Button qi_i_. A t thelViastar
Menu,pressthe • NavigationButton _ again
sothatthe cursoris pointing to MA NU AL
S ET UP andthenpressthe Set Button qi_.
Once the MANUAL SETUP menu(Fig.16)
appears, followthe instructions on page28 to enter
yourdesired seffings fortheCrossover F requencies,
andthenreturnto the E Z S ET / E Q M0 DE
menu.Press the • NavigationButton _ again
sothatthe cursoris pointing to MAN UA L and
thenpressthe Set Button qi_iJ. W henthe interim
message screen appears to remindyouto setthe
crossovers, makesurethatthecursoris poinl_ng t o
C0 NT I N UE andpressthe Set Button
againsinceyouhavealready setthecrossovers.
Step 3. TheFAR FIELD MEASURE screen
(Figure S)will appear w ithinsl]uctions t o placethe
microphone, if you havenot already d oneso.This
screen is alsothe placeto setthe master v olume
level. A snotedon the screen, u sethe Volume
Control_'lql]_ to adjustthe volume level t o
28dB,asshownonthe linethatappears a t the
bottomof the menuwhenthe volume isadjusted.
PresstheSet Button _ whenthe volume is set
to the properlevel,
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FAR FIELD MEASURE
Place microphone 3ft/lm
above ear level at
liste_i_g position_ at
le_t 3 ft/_m aw_y from
the closest speaker,
Set volume to _2&dS
CONTINUE
BACK TO EZSET/EQ MODE
BACK TO MASTER MENU
VOLUME! _2&WB
F_gure 8
Step4. Thefinalmenuscreen before the EzSeVEQ
process startsis awarning screen(Figure 9) that
serves as a reminder to keepthe roomasquietas
possible whilethesystemis inuse.Extraneous noise
of anykindmayadversely a ffecttheaccuracy of the
system's results, D onottalkwhilethetesttonesare
circulating, andif possible, turnoff anyventihllen sys
ternsif the noiseformtheair flowis loudenough for
youto hea_. Should an outside noisesuchasa phone
ringing occurduringthetest process, we recommend
thatyourerunEzSeVEQ. Thisscreen is alsoyour
reminder thatthetesttonesusedbyEzSet/EQ are
somewhat loud.Anyone withsansillve h earing should
leavetheroomor usehearing protecSon b efore mov
ingto the nextstep.Ifyoudo notwishto start t he test
process atthistime,pressthe A/• Navigation
Button _ to return to either t he EzSeVEQ m enu
or the MasterMenu, a ndpressthe Set Button qi_i_.
Tobeginthe EzSet/EQ NearFieldmeasurements,
pressthe ,_/_, NavigationButton _ so that
0 N ishighlighted i nreverse video, a ndpressthe
Set Button _.
NOTE: O ncethe EzSet/EQ process starts, t hevolume
control a ndStandby/Off switches aretemporarily d is
abledwhilethetestsarein progress, Donotadjustthe
volume or turnthe unitoff unSl you seethe on-screen
message change to indicate thatEzSWEQ is finished.
WARNING ! !
Durimg measurememt
Please maimtaim silemce
While severml loud sound
bursts are heard,
START _ _ON
BACK TO EZSET/EQ MENU
BACK TO MASTER MENU
F_gule 9
IMPORTANT NOTE: A nyone withhearing thatis sen
sitiveto loudnoisasshouldleave the roomat this
point, o r useearprotection sufficient to reducethe
noise levelattheirears. I nexpensive foam-stjle ear
plugs, a vailable a t mostdrugstores, m aybe usedto
reduce the sound levelto a tolerable l evelforanyone
whohasa problem withloudnoise. I f youareuncom-
fortable with,or cannot t olerate loudsounds anddo
netusesomesortof earpmtecllon westrongly rec
ommend thatyou leave the roomandasksomeone
elseto be present w hilethe EzSet/EQ process takes
place, o r thatyoudo netuseEzSet/EQ andenterthe
configuration s ettings manually, asdescribed onpages
26 through31.
Step 5. At thispointyouwillbeginto heara seriesof
testtonescirculate a mongallthe speakers i nyour
system. W hile thisis happening, theAVR435 is read
ingthesignal t o determine whichspeaker p osiSons
areactive, w hatb/peof speaker i s present a t each
activeposition, w hatthe distance isfromthe listening
posiSon t o eachspeakeT, andto beginto buildapm
fileofthe impact o f he room's acoustics o n he quality
of audioreproduction. Whenthetestis completed you
will hearthetonesstop,andthesystem will pause fors
longasa minute whilethe processor makesits calcu
lations. Donot bealarmed if the "WARNING" message
remains o n the screen aftertonesstopuntila results
message is displayed a sshownin Step6 or 7, below.
NOTE: W hile thesetestsdetect w hether a speaker i s
connected to a particular oulput,theycannot d eter
minewhether t he speaker i s inthe correct p osition.
(For example, it cantellwhether a speaker i s connected
to the Surround Right o utput, b ut it cannottellwhether
the speaker i s onthe rightor leftsideof yourlistening
room.)Forthatreason, w estrongly recommend t hat
youtry to listen asthe tonecirculates, matching the
name shownforeachchannel to the location of the
speaker. I fa toneis heardtom a speaker p osition that
doesnet matchtheon screenmessage, makea note
of the incorrect s peaker c onnections. When the test
process stopsyouwill seea message indicating t he
theyFarFieldmeasurements arecomplete, but since
thereisa connecSen errorpressthe • Navigation
Button _ so thattheon screen cursorinFig.7 is
pointing toRETURN TO MASTER MENU