Harman Kardon AVR 635 Owner's Manual page 24

SYSTEM CONFIGURATION
program source(DTS 5.1. DTSESMatrix or DTS-ES
Discrete). Press the ,/_, NavigationButton _ to
scroll t hrough the choices thatareavailable t or your
system andthe program in use. T heDTSNeo:6Music
modeis available withanalog andPCMdigital s tereo
sources andtheDTSNeo:6Cinema modeisavailable
withanalog matrix surround-encoded sources to deliver
anenhanced 5.1 channel s ound field.
When the 5.1 configuration i s inuse.theAVRwill
automatically selectthe 5.1 version of DTSprocessing
whena DTSdatastreamisselected. W henthe
6.1/7.1 modeis selected, the DTSESDiscrete mode
willautomatically beactivated whena DTSsource with
theESDiscrete "flag"is inuse.When a non ESDTS
discis inuse.you mayselectthe DTSESMatrix
modethrough thismenuto createaf_lleightspeaker
surround mode.Seepage34 fora complete explana
tionof the DTSmodes.
Onthe L 0 GI C 2 menu. t he selections m adewith
the,/, NavigationButton _ on the remote are
detarmined b ywhether t he 5.1 or 6.1/7.1 channel
configuration is inuse.Ineithercase, t he selection of
a Logic7 modeenables Harman Kardon's e xclusive
Logic7 processing t o create fullyenveloping, multi-
channel surround fromeither t wo channel Stereo or
Matrix-encoded programming s uchasVHScassettes,
laserdiscsor television broadcasts p roduced with
Dolbysurround.
Inthe 5.1 configuration, youmayselecttheLogic7/
5.1 Musicor Cinema. Theyworkbestwithtwochan-
nelmusic, s urround encoded programs o r standard
twochannel p rogramming o fanyb/pe.respectively.
Seepage34 fora complete explanation o f the
Logic7 modes.
Onthe DS P ( S UR R ) menu, t he selection
choices madewiththe_/, NavigationButton
onthe remoteselect f romoneofthe DSPsurround
modes thataredesigned forusewithtwochannel
stereo programs to createa variety of sound fieldpre
sentations. Thechoices available areHall1. Hall2 or
Theater. TheHallandTheater m odes areavailable in
bothfive andsix-channel verisions, depending on
yoursystem configuration. Seepage34 for acom
pleteexplanation o f the DSPsurround modes.
Onthe ST ER E0 menu. t he selection choices
madewiththe_/_, NavigationButton _ on the
remote mayeither t urn offall processing a ndbass
management fora tladitional twochannel stereo
presentation: selectastereooutputwithbass
management; or selecta 5 C H ST ER E0 and
2 C H ST E RE 0 mode. d epending o n howmany
speakers a reavailable. These twomodes feeda two
channel presentation to all speakers. Seepage34 for
acomplete explanation o f the stereomodes.
_,_ listen to ananalog stereosource withoutany
bassmanagement, so thatthe leftandrightfront
speakers r eceive a full rangesignal, s traight through
fromthe inputgainsection to the volume control.
pressthe _/_, NavigationButton _ sothat
SU RR 0 U ND 0 F F appears inthe highlighted
video. T olisten to twochannel analogsources while
takingadvantage o f theAVR635's bassmanagement
system, p ressthe _/1_ NavigationButton _ so
thatSURROUND OFF+DSP appears in the
highlighted v ideo.
Afterthe selections a remadeon the Dolby. D TS.
Logic7, DSP(Surround) or Stereomenus, pressthe
A/T NavigationButton _ so thatthe cursor
movestotneBACK TO MASTER MENU
lineandpressthe Set Button qi_iJ.
Using EzSet/EQ
The/_\/R 635 usesHarman Ka_don's EzSet/EO tach
nologyto automatically configure y oursystem to deliver
the bestpossible performance b ased on yourspecific
speaker s election, where the speakers a m placedin
the roomandtheacoustic influences J nyourlistening
room.Byusinga series of testsignals andthe pro-
cessing power of the Texas Instruments DA 610 digital
signal p rocessor. EzSWFQ eliminates t he needfor
manual a djustment of speaker " size". crossover, delay
andoutputlevel s ettings whileit addsthe powerofa
multi-band parametric e qualizer to smoothout thefre
quency settings foroptimal s ound reproduction.
Inaddition to making system sel_pquickandeasy,
EzSet/EQ ismoreprecise thanmanual settings. With
EzSet/EQ youareableto calibrata yoursystem ina
fraction of thetime it wouldtaketo enterthe settings
manually, andwithmsulta thatrival t hoseachieved with
expensive t estequipment andtimeconsuming p mce
dures. T heendresult i s a system calibration profile
thatenables yournewreceiver t o deliver t he bestpoe
siblesound no matter whattypeof speakers y ouhave
or whatthe dimensions o f yourlistening roomam.
Werecommend t hatyoutakeadvantage of the preci
sionof EzSet/EQ t o calibrate yoursystem, b ut if
desired youmayalsomakeanyof theconfiguration
settings manually, or trimthe settings provided by
EzSeVEQ byfollowing t he instructions on pages 26 31
Betorestarting the EzSet/EQ process, makecertain
thatyouhaveconnected a ll speakers f or yoursystem
andthatyou haveboththe EzSeVEQ m icrophone a nd
the extender m d handy. I f youhavea standard camera
tripod,attach the extender r odto the tripod,andthen
screw1he microphone t o thetop ofthe rod.Racethe
tripodat yourprimary listening positionat least t hroe
feetl_omthe nearest s peaker a ndadjustit sothat
microphone i sat leastthreefeetabove earlevehIf
youdo not havea tripod,simply screwtheextender
rod intothe bottomof the EzSeVEQ m icrophone.
Next. p lugthe microphone i nb the EzSet/EQ
MicrophoneJack [] located behind the Front
PanelControlDoor_l. Themicrophone c ableis
approximately 20 feetlong, w hichshouldaccommo-
datemostlistening roomsituations. If required, you
mayusean optional extension cable, a vailable at most
electronics s tores, f orusein largerrooms. H owever.
we recommend t hatyou makeeven/effort t o avoid
using extension co_ds f or the microphone c ableas
theymayadversely a ffect t he testresults.
Youarenowreadyto startthe EzSeVEQ p rocess by
following thesesteps:
Step 1. Navigate t a the EZSET/EQ MODE
menu(Fig.7) byfirstpressing the OSDButton
on the remote. P ress the • NavigationButton
until t he .-) cursoris pointing to EZ SE T / EQ in
the MA ST ER ME NU. Press theSet Button
to bring the menuto the screen.
EZSET/EQ MODE
_AUTOMATEC
BANUAL
BACK TO MASTER MENU
F_gure 7
Step 2. Selectoneof thetwooptions shownbased
on the wayyouwishto havethe system settings
entered:
• In mostcases, youwill wantto usetheAutomatic
mode,whichcalibratas the system for speaker p res
ence. s peaker " size". speaker c rossover, channel
outputlevel, s peakepta listener d elaytimeand
roomequalization. Tochoose thismodesimply
pressthe Set Button qi_i_, a sthe cursorisalready
pointing to Automatic w henthe menuappears on
the screen.
• Ifyouwishto enterthespeaker c rossover frequencies
yourself, butwantto havethe EzSeVEQ s ystem test
forandcalibrata allthe otherfunctions listedabove,
pressthe • NavigationButton _ to pointthe
cursor atBACK TO MASTER MENU and
thenpresstheSet Button qi_i_. A tthe lviastar
Menu.press the • NavigationButton _ again
sothatthecursoris pointing to MA NU AL
S ET UP andthenpressthe Set Button qi_i_.
OncetheMANUAL SETUP menu(Fig.16)
appears, followthe instructions on page28 to enter
yourdesired settings for theCrossover Frequencies,
andthenretarn to the EZ SE T / EQ M0 DE
menu.Press the • NavigationButton _ again
sothatthecursoris pointing to MA NU AL and
thenpresstheSet Button qi_i_. W hen the interim
message screen appears to remind youto setthe