Multiroom Operation - Harman Kardon AVR 435 Owner's Manual

MULTI ROOM OPERATION
TheAVB435 isfullyequipped to operate asthe con-
trol centerfora complete multiroom system thatis
capable of sending onesourceto a second zonein
the house whilea separate s ourceis listened to inthe
mainroom.Inaddition to providing forcontrol o ver
the selection of theremotesource andits volume, t he
AVB435 offersa comprehensive rangeof options for
powering the speakers i nthe second zone.
• Using the linedevel M ultiroomAudioOutputs9,
the selected sourcemaybe fed to optional, external
power amplifiers t hatmaybe matched to the
specifics o f the installation.
• Whenthe mainroomsystemisconfigured for5.1
operation, the Sun-ound B ackLeft/Bight a mplifier
channels m aybe usedto power the remote zoneso
thatnoadditional amplifiers a rerequired.
• UsingbuibinA-BUSReady technology, optional
A BUSmodules m aybe connected t o the AVB435
viaa single Category 5 /5e wire,sothatremote
zonespeakers m aybe powered directly fromthe
A BUSmodule without t he needforadditional
powe_, IBsensor o r volume control w iresto be
runto the second zone.
Inaddition, the AVB435 includes a remote IBsensor
inputso thatremote conl_ol c ommands f romthe
ZoneIIremote included w iththe unitmaybe11ansmitted
to theunit,whilestandard IB input/output jacksallow
the remote zone's commands t o be sentto compatibb
IRconl_olled s ource devices.
Installation
Although simpbremote roomsystems maybe
instalbdbytheaverage do-ityourself h obbyist,
the complexity o f yourmultizondmultireom s ystem
involves r unning w ires inside ofwalbwhere theservices
of a specially t _ained i nstaller m ayberequired.
Bega_dbss of whodoesthe work,please remember
thatlocalbuilding codesmaygovernin wallelectrical
work,including properspecification of anywiringused
andthe wayinwhichit is connected. Youarerespon-
siblefor making certain thatall multimem installation
workis doneproperly andincompliance w ithall appli
cabbcodesandregulations.
Forstandard installations, followthe instructions shown
on pages 17 18 forthe connection o f speaker w ire
andIB remote wiring to the AVB435.
Forinstallations wheretheSurround BackLeft/Bight
amplifier c hannels a reusedto power the emotezone,
makecertain thatthesystemisconfigured forthat
typeof operation, asshownon thispage.
Forinstallations where A-BUSmodules a reused, f ol
lowthe instructions p rovided w iththe A-BUSremote
modules or keypads. Additional information willalsobe
madeavailable through the Harman Kardon W ebsite
at www.harmanka_don.com.
RS-232 Control
TheAVR435 is rareamongA/Vreceivers i nthatit
provides t he capability t or fullremote control f rom
compatible c omputers o r specialized r emote control
systems. BS 232 programming r equires specialized
programming k nowbd%andforthatreason werec
ommend thatit onlybe donebyqualified installers.
Formoreintormation o n usingthe BS-232portfor
remote control,visitthe Harman KsdonWebsiteat
www.harlnankardorl.com or contact o urcustomer
service department.
Multiroom Setup
Once theaudioandIBlinkconnechons havebeen
made, t heAVB435 needs to be configured formull
roomoperation. Press the OSDButton _ to bring
the MAS T E R ME NU (Figure 1) to the screen.
Press the • NavigationButton qi]_, untilthe on-
screen .-) cursoris nextto the MUL T I - R0 0 M
line.Ressthe Set Button _ to enterthe
MU L T I - R0 0 M menu(Figure 23).
f
MULTI-ROOM SETUP
-+ MULTI-ROOM:_ ON
MULTI IN :_
MULTI VOL : -25dB
SB AMPS :_ MULTI
BACK TO MASTER MENU
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@ure 23
When the MUL T I - R 0 0 M menuappears, the
cursorwillbeat the MU L T I - R0 0 M line, S ince
thislineisusedto turnthesystem on andoff,don't
makean adjustment hereunless youwishto turnthe
system on atthistime.Toturnthesystem on, pressthe
• NavigationButton _ sothat0 N ishighlighted.
if youdo notwishto turnthe system onat 11% l_me or
to pToceed t o the nextstep,pressthe • Navigation
Button _ oncesothatthe .-) on screencursor i s
nexttothe MULTI IN line.
Atthe MU L T I I N line, p ressthe _/• Navigation
Button _ untilthedesiredinputto the multimom
system appears inthehighlighted v ideo.When the
selection hasbeenmade, p ressthe • Navigation
Button _ oncesothatthe cursoris nextto the
MULTI
VOL line.
At the MUL T I V 0 L line,pressthe _/•
NavigationButton _ untilthe desired volume
bvelforthe multiroom system is entered. D ONOT
usethe regular v olume control k nobsforthissetting.
Whenall settings f orthe multiroom setuphavebeen
made, p ressthe A/• Navigation Button _ until
the cursoris nextto the BA CK T 0 MAS T E R
MEN U line,if youhavenootheradlustments to
make, p ressthe OSDButton dj]Dto exitthe menu
system.
Surround Channel Amplifier Assignment
TheAVB435 is equipped w ithseven full power
amplifbrchannels to allowfor complete 7.1 channel
operation. H owever, if yoursystemisonlyconfigured
for 5.1 channels i nthe mainlistening room,youmay
takeadvantage o f the "extra" t wochannels byusing
themto power speakers placedina second zone
location, Thisenables y outo usethemultiroom oapabili
tiesof theAVR 435 without t hecostof anadditional,
external p ower amplifier.
Tochange thesettingsothattheSurround Back
amplifbrsarefed bythe source selected through
the Multiroom system rather t hanthe SBL/SBB
channels of the mainroom,makecertain thatthe
MULTI-ROOM SETUP menu(Figure 23)
ison the screen, andthenpressthe A/•
NavigationButton @ sothatthe cursoris pointto
the SB A MP S line. P ressthe A/• Navigation
Button @ sothatMUL T T isshowninhighlight
ed video. W henthischangeis made, c onnect t he
wiresfeeding the speakers i nthe remote zoneto the
SurroundBack/MultiroomSpeakerOutletsi]_.
Note thatwhenthe SBL/SBB speakers a resettot
mulllroom operation, you maystillconfigure the
AVB435 for 7.1 modesinthemainlistening roomby
making certain thatthe SU RR B AC K lineinthe
SPEAKER SIZE menu(Figure 15)is setto
S MA L L or L AR GE, asshowninthe instructions
on page27. When thatis donethe wordMUL T I
willappearnextto the largeor smalldesignator to
alertyouto the factthatthe internal SBL!SBR ampli
fiefsareassigned t o the multiroom system, a ndthat
an optional, external 1 we channel poweramplifier m ust
beconnected to theSBL/SBR PreampOutputs _]1
ino_der t o usesurround backchannel speakers
Oncethissetting is made,pressthe A/•
NavigationButton _ to select a nother c onfigura
tion itemonthispage, o r pressthe OSDButton
if youhavecompleted youradjustments to the Multi
roomsystem.