System Configuration; Automated Speaker Setup Using Ezset - Harman Kardon AVR 335 Owner's Manual

SYSTEM CONFIGURATION
withtwochannel m usic, s urround encoded programs
or standard twochannel p rogramming o f anytype.
respectively. For6.1/7.1 configurations, the Music and
Cinema modes maybe selected. TheLogic7 modes
arenotavailable wheneitherDolbyDigital o r DTS
digital s oundtracks areinuse.Seepage29 fora
complete explanation of the Logic7 modes.
Onthe D SP ( S UR R ) menu.the choices made
withthe,/_. Buttons _ on the remote select f rom
oneof the DSPsurround modesthataredesigned for
usewithtwo channel stereoprograms t o create a
variety of sound fieldpresentations. Thechoices avail-
ableareHall1, Hall2. Theater: VMAxNearandVMAX
Fa_. TheHall a ndTheater modesaredesigned for
mulfichannel installations, whilethe twoVMAX modes
areoptimized for useindelivering a fullsurround field
whenonlythe flont leftandfrontrightspeakers a re
installed. Seepage29 fora complete explanation o f
the DSPsurround modes.
Onthe S T ER E0 menu. t he choices madewith
the,/_. Buttons _ on the remote mayeither
turnthe surround processing o ff fora traditional lwo
channel stareopresentation, or select5 STEREO
or 7 STEREO depending onwhether t he 5.1 or
6.1/7.1 outputis inuse.Thelaftermodes feeda1we
channel presentation to allspeakers, regardless of the
number o f speakers i n use.Seepage29 fora corn
pletaexplanation o f the 5 Stereoand7 Stereo
modes.
Tolisten to a stereosource withoutanybassmanage
ment.sothatthe leftandrightspeakers r eceive a full
rangesignal s traight t hrough fromthe inputgainsec
tionto thevolume control,pressthe,/1_ Buttons
so thatSURROUND OFF is shown. T o
listen to twochannel s ources withthe bassmanage
mentsettings thatwillbe established i nthe next
section, p ressthe _/, Buttons _ sothat
SURROUND OFF DSPissh0wn.
Afterthe selections a remadeon the Dolby, D TS,
Logic7, DSP(Surround) or Stereomenus, p ressthe
A/'v" Buttons _ so thatthe cursormoves to the
BACK TO MASTER MENU lineandpress
theSet Button _i]_.
Automated Speaker Setup Using EzSet+
TheAVR335 is oneof thefirstreceivers i nits classto
offerautomated s peaker s etupandsystem calibration.
Thisprocess greatly simplifies t heinstallation o f your
newreceiver b y using a seriesof testsignals and
thepowerof anadvanced d igitalsignal p rocessing
system to eliminate t he needfor manual adjustment
of speaker " size". crossover, delay andoutputlevel
settings. WithEzSet÷yournewreceiver e venalerts
youto errors in speaker c onnections thatprevent a
speaker t romfunctioning.
WithEzSet÷ youareableto calibrate yoursystem ina
flactionof the timeit wouldtaketo enterthe settings
manually, andwithresults thatrival t hoseachieved with
expensive t estequipment andtime consuming p roce
dures. T heendresult i s a system calibration profile
thatenables yournewreceiver t o deliver t he bestpos
siblesound, n o matter whattypeof speakers y ouhave
or whatthe dimensions o f yourlistening roomare.
Werecommend t hatyoutakeadvantage ofthe preci
sionof EzSet÷ to calibrate yoursystem, b ut if desired
youmayalsomakeanyof theconfigurafion s ettings
manually, or trimthe settings provided by EzSet÷ by
following the instructions on pages22 through 26.
If youwishto configure yourAVRmanually, or if for
somereason yourEzSet÷ microphone i s unavailable,
youmaystilldo so byfollowing the instructions on
pages22 through26.
Step 1: EzSet÷ requires t hatyourlistening roomhave
aslittlebackground n oise as possible to avoidinte_ier-
ingwiththe measurement of tonesproduced byyour
AVRduringthesetupprocedure. Turn off all loudfans,
airconditioners andotherequipment, andtry to avoid
making anynoiseduringtheprocess.
Step2: TheEzSet÷ microphone s houldbe placed in
eitheryourusual l istening position oT, i f thereisa large
seating area,the centerof the room, a t the listeners'
earlevel. Y oumayfindit convenient to usea camera
tripodfor stable placement of the EzSet÷microphone
at thecorrect h eight. T hemicrophone i ncludes a
threaded insert o n thebottomfor tripodmounfi%.
Step3: Plug the EzSet+microphone i ntothe
AVR335's Headphone Jack I_J, making certain
thatthe mini-plug to 1/4" phoneplugadaptor s up
pliedwiththe microphone i sfirmlyconnected. The
microphone c ableis approximately 20 feetlong.
whichshouldaccommodate m ostlistening roomsitua
tions.Ifrequired, y oumayusean oplonalextension
cable, a vailable at mostelectronics s tores, f or usein
largerrooms. H owever, werecommend t hatyouavoid
usingextension cordsforthe microphone c able, a s
theymayadversely affectthe testresults.
Step4: Oncethe microphone i s properly positioned
andplugged in.proceed to the EzSet+ menus by
firstpressing the OSDButton _ to bring the
MA ST ER MEN U to thescreen. N ext.pressthe
A/V NavigationButtons _ to movethe on-
screen cursorto the Ez S e t + menuline.Press
the Set Button _ to moveto thenextscreen
(Figure 5).
Step5: Thefirstscreen of the EzSet+ system will
nowappear t o remind youto pluginthe microphone.
If youhavenot already d oneso.plugthe microphone
intothe Headphone Jack [] asdescribed i nsteps
2 and3. Whenyouareready to proceed, m akecer
tainthatthe cursorispointing to YE S andpressthe
Set Button _i]_. If youdo notwishto continue with
the EzSet+ process, p ressthe_/_. Navigation
Buttons_ andthenpresstheSet Button @ to
return to the MAS T E R ME NU. Notethatif you
aftempt t o moveto the nextmenuwithoutplugging in
the microphone, a reminder m essage willflashatthe
bottomof thescreen.
f
EzSet _ _m
Place Microphone at
listening position
and plug into
Headphone J_ck
Do you want to start
EzSet÷ ?
YES NO
Figure 5
Step 6: Afterentering YE S to startthe EzSet+ sys-
tem,youwinnextseea briefwarning message, and
the screen willthenchangeto themainEzSet+menu.
The WA RN I N G screen is a reminder thatinorder
for thesystem to pedormaccurate measurements, it
is important thatthelistening roombeasquietas
possible. Attar5 seconds, the screen winchange again
to display the mainEzSet+menu(Figure 6).
IMPORTANT N OTE: Anyone withhearing t hatis sen
sitiveto loudnoisesshould leavethe roomatthis
point, o r useearprotection sufficient to reducethe
noiselevel, i nexpensive foamstyleearplugs, a vailable
at mostdrugstores, m aybeusedto reducethesound
level t o a tolerable l evel,if youareuncomfortable with.
or cannot t olerate, l oudsounds anddo not usesome
sortof earprotection, westrongly recommend t hat
youleavethe roomandasksomeone elseto runthe
EzSet+ process, or thatyou do notuseEzSet+ and
enterthe configuration s ettings manually, asdescribed
on pages22 through26.
Step 7: The WA RN I N 6 screenwillautomatically
be replaced b ythe mainEzSet+ menu(Figure 6).
Whilethisscreen is visible, youmaystartandstopthe
calibration process, or monitor the progress ofthe
measuroments andviewthe results. Whenthescreen
firstappears, youwill see MEA SU RE ME NT :
S T 0 P onthe firstlineof the menulist.TostaM the
EzSet+ testprocess, youmustfirsttellthesystem
howmanyspeakers a rein yoursystem. Todo that,
choose oneof theselwo options:
,, Ifyoursystemincludes a fullcomplement of seven
mainspeakers ( frontleft/center/front righVsurround
right/surround backrighVsurround backlefVsur
roundleft)anda subwoofeT, pressthe_/_.
NavigationButtons _ so that2.1 appears to
the rightof ME AS UR EMEN T. andthenpress
the Set Button _ to startEzSet÷.
,, Ifyoursystem includes a traditional surround speaker
complement of fivemainspeakers ( frontleft!centeT/