Delay Settings - Harman Kardon AVR 335 Owner's Manual

SYSTEM CONFIGURATION
thatis higherinfrequency t hanyoursubwooter is
capable of reproducing. Toprevent u nwanted s ounds
frombeingsentto subweofers thatcannot h andle
themandwhichdo not havea builtinlow passfilter,
the L F E optionlineenables youto selecta setting
forthelow passfilterthatis partofthe subwoofer
feedfromthe LFE channel.
Thesettings available amthe sameasthosetiedto
anyoneof thefouravailable speaker p ositions o n this
menu. W e recommend t hatyouusethefiequency that
isjustslightly higher t hanthe uppercapability l imitof
yoursubwoofeh a sshowninthe sub'sOwner's
Manual, When the cumoris on the L F E line,press
the,/• NavigationButtons _ to choose the
appropriate s etting.
When all crossover settings havebeenmade, o r in
thosecaseswhere noneareneeded, p ressthe •
Button _ sothatthe cursoris nextto the BA SS
MGR lineto makethefinalsettingon thismenu.
Thissettingallows youto usethe samespeaker s ize
configuration forall inputs, o r to havedifferent s ettings
foreachinput. I n mostcases thefactorydefault s et
fingof GL 0 B AL will beappropriate, asmostIis
tenets do not needto haveindividualized speaker s et
tings. H owever, somelisteners, particularly t hosewith
fullrangefrontspeakers t hatareusedfor bothmovies
andmusic, m aypreferthatdifferent b assmanagement
settings be usedwhenlistening t o music through a CD
player asopposed to a movief_om a DVD player, VCR
or cable/satellite settop.
Tocustomize t he speaker s ettingforeachinput,make
certain thatthe M0 D E lineof the SP EAK ER
S ET UP menuis setto S I Z E, andthatthe cur
soris on the B AS S MGR line, a ndpressthe,/•
Buttons _ so thatT N DE PE ND ENT appears
inhighlighted v ideo. W henthisse_ngis entered by
exiting the menu, t he configuration settings just
entered will applyto thecurrantinputONL_ andyou
willneedto go backto the I NP UT S ET UP
menuto select a notherinput, a ndthenreturn to this
menupageagainto change the settings forthe next
input.Repeat the procedure foranyinputwhereyou
wishto havea different s etof speaker c onfiguration
andcrossover settings.
When all speaker s elections h avebeenmade,pmsa
the• Button _ andthenthe Set Button _ to
returntothe MASTER MENU.
Delay Settings
Dueto the different d istances b etween the listening
position forthe flontchannel s peakers a ndthe sur
roundspeakers, the amount o f timeit takesfor sound
to reach yourearsfromthefrontversus surround
speakers d iffers. Y oumaycompensate f orthisdiffer
encethrough the useof the delaysettings t o adjust
thetimingforthespeakerplacement andacoustic
conditions inyourlistening roomor hometheater.
If youhavealready calibrated y oursystem using
EzSet+ the delaysarongs s hown will reflect t he results
of the measurements madeby EzSet+. N ofurther
changes a reneeded unless youwishto change an
itemto reflect y ourtasteor a nonstandard system
configuration. Tochange the settings, followthe
instructions b elow to enterthedistance between the
speaker's location andyourmainlistening position.
Themeasurements neednot beaccurate to the inch,
asthe system is designed to accommodate t ypical
listening rather t hanaspecific "sweet s pot"position.
inaddition to adjusting thedelaytimeforeachindivid-
ualspeaker p osition, t heAVR335 allowsyouto adjust
the delay for thecombined outputof all speakers a sa
group. T hisfeature is called AN SyncDelay; i t allows
youto compensate f ordelays to thevideoimage that
maybe caused bythe processing i nproducts suchas
digital v ideodisplays, videoscalers, digitalcableor
satellite systems, or personal videorecorders. With
properadjustment ofthe settingforAN SyncDelay,
youcaneliminate thelossof lip syncthatmaybe
caused bydigitalvideo applications.
Although EzSet+ calculates t he delaysetlngsfor the
individual speaker p osifions w ithveryaccurate results,
the setting forAN SyncDelay mayonlybedone
manually, since it squiresthatyouobserve the pro
grammaterial on yourvideodisplay whileadjusting the
delay, i f any,required forthe specific sause.Thus,
eventhoughyou mayhaveusedEzSet+ forother
delaysettings, theAN SyncDelay shouldstillbecon-
figuredasoutlined below.
Dueto the differences i nthewaysurround modes
operate, someallowfora widerrangeof delaytimes
thanothers. We recommend t hatdelaytimesbe
adjusted using the DobyDigital m ode.If a different
modeisselected at a latertime,theAVR335 will
autemafically restrict t he delaysettings to those
required bythe surround modeinuse.
Delayfimesam onlyadjustable f orthe Dolbymodes,
soyouwill noticethatthe D EL AY menumaynot
be accessed w henanyothermode,suchasa DTSor
Logic7 option,hasbeenselected. I naddition, w hen
a nonDelbyDigital m odesuchasDolby3 Stereoor
ProLogicIIisselected, a djustments maybe madeto
the Surround s peakers o nly.
Tosetthe delaytimefora specific input, t he
DE L A Y AD J U ST menu(Figure 1O)shouldbe
visible on youron screen display. Ifthe system is not
already a t thatpoint, p ressthe OSDButton _ to
bringupthe MASTER MENU, pressthe •
Button _ untilthe on screen • cursoris pointing at
the DELAY
ADJUST
line.Press theSet
Button _ to callup the menu.
NOTE: I no_derto adjust t he Delay set_ngs tor the
surround backchannels, a DolbyDigital o r DTSsouse
mustbe playing. Thisenables thesystem to activate
the surround backprocessing m ode.
f
DELAY ADJUST
FL :10 FT SBR:IO FT
CEN:10 FT SBL:10 FT
FR :10 FT SL :10 FT
SR :10 FT SUB:10 FT
DELAY BESET! OFF
UNIT_ FEET
A/V SYNE DELAY : OmS
BACK
TO
MASTER NENU
@ure10
Oncethe DE L A Y AD J US T menuis shown,
notethatthedefault s etbng to enterthedistances
fromthe speakers t o the listening position is infeet.If
yourmeasurements areinfeet,proceed to the next
step;if yourmeasurements aremadein meters, press
the • Button _ until t he on screen • cursoris at
the UN I T lineonthe menu.Then, p ressthe ,/•
Buttons_ sothatMET ER ishighlighted. When
the change in measurement unitsis made, p ressthe
,J,/• Buttons _ to return the• cursorto the F L
position. Withtheon-screen • cursorpointing to F L,
pressthe,/• NavigationButtons _ untilthe
distance fromthe frontspeakers to thepreferred
listening position appears. Next,pressthe A/•
NavigationButton _ to movethe cursorto
the CE N line.
if youwishto reset t he delaysettings to theirfactory
defaults atanytime,A/• NavigationButtons
so thatthecursoris pointing to DE L A Y RES ET
andthenpressthe _/• NavigationButtons
so that0 F F appears. Thefactoryse_ngsshown in
Figure 1O,willthenbe restored.
Withthe on-screen • cursorpointing to CE N, press
the _/• Buttons_ untilthedistance fromthe
centerspeaker t o the preferred listening positionis
entered. R epeat t he procedure forallacfivespeaker
positions, firstusingthe• NavigationButton
to change to the nextposition, a ndthenusethe _/•
NavigationButton _ to change thesetting. N ote
thatonlythespeakerpositions t hathavebeensetto
LARGE or SMALL inthe SPEAKER
S ET UP menu,asshownon page20, maybe
adjusted. Theappearance o f threedashes nextto a
speaker p ositioninplaceof a distance settingindi-
catesthatyouhavenot configured a n active speaker
for thatlocation.
Whenthe delay timeforall speaker p ositions has
been setyou mayreturn to the mastermenuby
pressing theA/• NavigationButton _ untilthe
• cursorispointing to BA CK T 0 MAS T E R
MEN U andthenpressing the Set Button li]_.