Harman Kardon AVR 335 Owner's Manual page 21

SYSTEM CONFIGURATION
frontright/surround dghVsurround left)anda sub
woofer, pressthe _/_, NavigationButtons
so that5.1 appears to the rightof
MEA SU RE ME NT. andthenpresa theSet
Button _ to star EzSet+. Tostopthe calibration
process at anytime.pressthe A/V Navigation
Buttons _ to movethe on screen cursors
to the MEASUREMENT line;pressthe _/_,
NavigationButtons _ so thatST 0 P appears
andpressthe Set Button _i]_.
f- _.
:¢ EzSet÷ :¢
MEASUREMENT = STOP
SETTING LEVEE
SPEAKER CHECK !
SPEAKER DELAY : ....
SPEAKER LEVEL !
SPEAKER SIZE _ ....
SPEAKER X-OVER_
SAVE SETTINGS _ ....
BACK TO MASTER MENU
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Step8: OnceEzSet+ hasbeenstarted, y ouwill hear
testsignals circulate amongallof the speakers a sthe
system setsthe master l evel,checks to seewhere
therearespeakers, setsthe distance measurement
andcalculates d elay timesettings, s etsthespeaker
"size", andsetsthespeaker c rossover point.During
themeasurement andcalibration p rocess, youmay
observe theprogress ofthe testingbyreading the
messages t hatappear i nthe second lineof the menu
listing. W hen the EzSet+ screenfirstappears, it con-
tains a series of dashes, b utasthe testandmeasure
mentproceeds, youwill seethe following messages
asthe individual measurements aretaken:
• SystemLevel:A SETTING VOLUME
message willappear t o indicate thatthe system is
selting the oveTall volume level t o theproperlevel
asa prelude to testingtheindividual channels.
During thistest.youwill seea message inthe last
lineof the menuscreen change asthevolumelevel
isadjusted.
• SpeakerCheck:Thesystem willcirculate a test
signal t o determine whichchannels havea speaker
connected. Duringthistest.you willseethe name
of eachchannel p osition displayed w hilea signal i s
sentto thatspeaker.
NOTE: W hilethistestdetects whether a speaker i s
connected t o a particular output,it cannot d etermine
whether t he speaker i s inthe correct p osition. ( For
example, it cantellwhether a speaker i s connected
to theSurround Rightoutput, b utit cannot t ell
whether t he speaker i s on therightor leftsideof
yourlistening morn.)Forthatreason, we strongly
recommend t hatyoutry to listen asthe tonecircu-
lates, m atching the nameshownforeachchannel to
the location ofthe speakeL If a toneis heardfroma
speaker p osition thatdoesnot match the on screen
message, stopEzSet+. e xitthe menus, turnyour
receiver o ff andcheckfor properspeaker c onnec
tionson the rearpanel b eforeresuming t he setup.
Whenthistestis complete. Y ES willbe shown to
the rightof SP EA KE R CH EC K on the menu
screen.
• SpeakerDelay:Thistestwill circulate t he tones
againasthe nameof eachchannel is shown to
measure the distance f romthe microphone t o each
speaker. Theresults of thesetestswillbe usedto
setthe delay timesettings for eachactivespeaker
position. Whenthistestiscomplete, a speakepto
microphone ( listening p osition) d istance willbe
shown to the rightof S PE AKE R DE L A Y
lineon the menuscreen.
• SpeakerLevel:Thistestcirculates a testsignal
andmeasures t he outputfromeachactive speaker
position. Theresults of themeasurements areused
to adjust t he individual channel outputs asneeded,
sothattheyareidentical. Thisis an esaential ele
mentof ensuring thatsurround sound fieldsare
properly reproduced. Ifdesired, y oumayusethe
results of the automated t estingasa baseline a nd
thenmakemanual a djustments to trimthe output
levelstoyourpersonal taste, f ollowing the instruc
tionsshownon page25 or 33. Whenthistestis
complete, an outputlevel a djustment number w ill be
shown to the rightof S PE AKE R L E VE L line
on themenuscreen.
• SpeakerSize:Themeasurements andcalculations
forthistesttakeplaceat the sametimeasthe test
signals arecirculated to calculate theoutputlevels,
andtheyareusedto determine w hether t he speakers
inyoursystem are"large"or "small" f or thepurpos
esof bassmanagement. (Ifdesired, y oumayuse
the results of theautomated t estingasa baseline
andthenmakemanual a djuslments t o the speaker
sizeseltings on a sourceindependent basis, f ollow
ingthe instluctions s hownon page24.) When this
testis complete, anoutputlevel a djustment number
willbe shown to therightof the SP EA KE R
SI Z E lineon the menuscreen.
• SpeakerCrossover: T hemeasurements andcal-
culations f orthistesttakeplaceatthe sametimeas
thetestsignalis circulated t o calculate the levels,
andtheyareusedto determine the crossover set-
tingforeachspeaker i nyoursystem to create a
seamless t ransition between thefrequencies s entto
yourmainspeakers a ndsubwoofer ( ifavailable). If
desired, y oumayusethe resultsofthe automated
testing asa baseline a ndthenmakemanual adjust
ments to the cmsaover seltings on a sourceinde
pendent b asis, f oJlowing the instructions s hown on
page24. Whenthistest iscomplete, a crossover
frequency w ill be shown to the rightof the
SPEAKER X-OVER lineon the menu
screen.
Step 9: Whenall measurements aresuccessfully
completed, thetestsignals willstopanda T ES T
D 0 N E - UNP L U G MI C message willappear
inthesecond lineof theon screenmenulistings.
Unplug the microphone a ndstoreit ina safeplaceso
thatit is available t o recalibrate yoursystem if needed
dueto a change inspeakers, preferred ]istaning posi-
tion,or a majorchange inthe room's furnishings ( such
asthe addition ofthickcarpeting o r plushfurniture)
thatmight r equkedifferent s eltings. Toenterthe set-
tingsto the receiver's m emory andreturn to the
Master M enu,pressthe A/V NavigationButtons
sothattheon screen cursoris pointing to
RETURN TO MASTER
MENU and
presstheSet Button _i]_.
NOTE: I fyouwishto checkthe testresultsbefore
exitingtheEzSet+menu,pressthe A/V
NavigationButtons _ so thattheon-screen cur
sot is atthe second lineofthe menulistings, andthen
pressthe,/1_ NavigationButtons_ to scroll
through the listof speaker p ositions. Thedataon
eachlinewill alsobe entered intothe listings on the
individual SPEAKER SETUP. DELAY
ADJUST and CHANNEL ADJUST menus
onceyouexit Ez Se t +.
Step 1O:If themeasurements arenot succesdul d ue
to a missing or malfunctioning speaker, an ER R0 R
message a ndmenuwinappear, asshowninFigure 7.
TheEzSet+ systemisprogrammed t o lookfor speak-
er pairsatthe frontleft/front r ight,surround left/sur
roundrightandsurround backleft/surround b ackright
positions. If theteststo anyof thosethreechannel
pairsindicates t hatone,but not bozl7 o f the speakers
inthe pairis present, t he menuwillshowN 0 N E
nextto the speaker p osition wherethetestsdidnot
report b ackthata speaker i s present. S hould this
message a ppear, m akenoteof thesuspect s peaker
location, exitallmenusandturnthereceiver o ft
Checkallspeaker w ireconnections a ndthen
rerun EzSet+.
:¢ ERROR
Where NONE is shown
please check speaker
or connections.
FL : YES SBR: YES
CEN : YES SBL: YES
FR
: YES EL : YES
SR : NONE SWB: YES
BACK TO MASTER MENU
Whenyouhavesuccesdully c ompleted theEzSet+
process andmade anyneeded adjustments to the
inputandsurround modeconfigurations, yourreceiver
isreadyfor use.Ifyoudo not wishto makeanyman-
ualadjustments to the settings, youmayskipthe rest
of thissection andproceed to the BasicOperation
sectionof thismanual o n page27 to learnhowto