Harman Kardon AVR 435 Owner's Manual page 25

SYSTEM CONFIGURATION
andpressthe Set Button qi_i_. At thispoint, e xitall
menus andturnthe receiver o ft Check all speaker
wireconnections a ndthenrerunEzSet/EQ.
Step6. Whenthe FarField testsarecomplete ames
sagescreen will appear t o confirm if theprocedure
wassuccesdul o r not.Inmostcases therewillnot be
anyproblems andyouwillseethe message shown in
Figure 10 on yourscreen.Ifthe speaker p ositions
shownmatch theactual s peaker l ayoutinyoursys
tern,pressthe Set Button _ to complete EzSet/EQ
byperforming theNearFieldMeasurements. Continue
the EzSeVEQ p rocess by presaing t he Set Button
to takethe NearFieldmeasurements from the
front left,centerandrightspeakers. Bytakingthis
sapa_ate setof measurements, theAVR435 isableto
complete itsviewof theroom'ssonicsignature a nd
applyequalization as needed to correct s pikes and
dipsinthe system's response. Continue t heseinstruc
tionswithStepS.
f
FAR FIELD CONPLETE
Detected speaker ¢onfig
FL ! YES SBR: YES
CEN ! YES SBL: YES
FR ! YES SL : YES
SR : YES SUB: YES
DO NEAR FIELD
RACK TO MASTER MENU
Step7a. Ifthe measurements arenot succesdul d ue
to a missing or malfunctioning speaker, the F AR
F I EL D E Q ER R0 R message willappear a s
shown in Figure 11. EzSeVEQ i s programmed t o look
for speaker p airsat thefrontlefYfront r ight,surround
leff/surmund r ight a ndsurround backleft/surround
backrightpositions. Ifthetest results indicate thatone,
but notbothofthe speakers i n anyof thesepairsis
present, t hemenuwill showNOnextto the speaker
position where the testsdidnot repots backthata
speaker i s present. S hould thismessage appear, make
noteof the suspect s peaker l ocation, e xitall menus
andturnthe receiver o ff.Check all speaker w irecon-
nections andthenrerunEzSWEQ.
FAR FIELD EQ ERROR
Detected speaker ¢onfig
FL ! YES SBR: YES
CEN ! YES SRL: YES
FR _ YES SL : YES
SR _ NO SUB: YES
Verify spkr con_ections
Verify mic position
Reduce background noise
DAEK TO MASTER MENU
F_gure 11
Step7b. Insomecases, the systemmaynot function
properly dueto overlyhighoutputlevels. Whenthis
occurs, y ouwill seethemessage shownin Figure 12.
If youseethismessage verifythatthatthe microphone
is inthe correct p osition, a ndnot too closeto any
onespeaker. ThenpresstheSet Button _ to go
backto the MAS T ER MEN U. From there, r eturn
to the EzSeVEQ s ystem andwhenyouareonceagain
atthe FAR FIELD MEASURE screen,
reducethesystemvolume level b y3dB before trying
EzSeVEQ a gain.
I"
EZSET/EQ ERROR
Am overload detected,
Please verify mic
positiom,
Reduce the volume by
3 dR and repeat the
procedure,
RACK TO MASTER MENU
Figure 12
Step 8. WhentheFarFieldmeasurements arecorn
pleted, t he system willaskyoub takethreeNear
Fieldmeasurements, oneat eachfrontspeaker p osi
tion.Thesemeasurements enable EzSet/EQ to pro
ducethe mostaccurate s et_ngs for bothhighandlow
frequency e qualization. TheNearFieldmeasurements
aresimilar t o the FarFieldtests, e xcept t hatthesys
ternwill"listen" t o onlyonespeaker a ta time,rather
thansending the testsignals to all speakers i n rota-
tion.Atthe NEAR FIELD EQ SELECT
menu(Figure 13), youwillseeaninstruction to place
the microphone i na different p osition thanthe one
usedfor the initial F arFieldmeasurements. Thistime,
placethe microphone c loseto the speaker t o be
measured, at a distance of about3 feet.In addition,
thetop of the microphone s houldbe pointed towards
the speaker, rather t hanpointing upaswasdonefor
the FarFieldtests.Forthe firstmeasurement, place
the microphone s o thatit iscloseto, and
pointing towards, the l_ontleftspeaker, andwith
the on screen .e, cursorpointing to 1. FL
SP EA KE R, andpressthe Set Button qi_iJ.
NEAR FIELD EQ SELECT
Please select
41, FL Speeker
2, C Speaker
3, FR Speaker
BACK TO RASTER MENU
Figure 13
Step 9. Youwillnowseea Warning message
similar t o the oneshown in Figure 7 except t hatit will
contain anoptionto rel_rnto the N EA R F I EL D
E Q S EL EC T menu(Figure 13) aswellasthe
abilityto returnto the MAS T E R MEN U. If you
arereadyto proceed withthetest,makecertain that
the microphone i s properly pointed toward the speaker
selected for calibration, pressthe_, Navigation
Button _ sothat 0 N is highlighted a ndpressthe
Set Button _.
Step 10. Onesho_t testsignal w ill be sentto the
speaker p ositionbeingcalibrated a ndaftera slight
pause frothesystem to calculate thetestresults,
youwill seeeither a "NearFieldComplete" m essage
or a "Near F ieldError" message. In mostcases, the
"Complete" message willappea_, inwhichcaseyou
shouldproceed to Step11, if an "Error"message
appears, go to Step12.
Step 11. Ifthe testresults weresuccessful, the rues
sageshowninFigure 14 winappea_. Inorderto prop
erlycalibrate the system, y ouwillneedto runthe Near
Field testsfor allthreefrontchannel s peakers ( left,
centerandright). A fterrunning thetestforthe front
leftspeaker, makecertain thatthe cursoris pointing
towardsBACK TO NEAR FIELD andpresa
the Set Button qi_iP. Whenyouaretakenbackto the
NearFieldSelectmenu(Figure 13)whereyoushould
repeat S tepsSthrough11 until a ll threefrontspeak
ers havebeencalibrated. When thatis donethe
EzSet/EQ process iscomplete andyoushouldpress
the • NavigationButton _ to rel_rnto the
Master M enu.
f
NEAR FIELD COMPLETE
EZSET/EQ has success_
Fully performed
Near Field Eq for
the selected speaker,
BACK TO NEAR FIELD
BACK TO MASTER MENU
Figur_ 1 4
Step 12. Ifa "Near F ieldError" message a ppears, as
showninFigure 15, youshouldcheckto makecertain
thatthe microphone i saboutthreefeetfromthe
speaker b eingtested andthatthetop of the micro
phoneunitis pointing towards the speakeT. Youmay
alsohaveto raiseor lowerthemastervolume to
achieve accurate readings. Afterchecking thesetwo
items, a sneeded, m akecertain thatthecursoris
pointing to the BACK
TO NEAR FIELD
lineandpressthe Set Button q_i_.Thiswillreturn
youto the NEAR FIELD EQ SELECT
menu(Figure 13)whereyoushouldrepeat S teps8
through11, adjusting the mikeplacement andvolume