Harman Kardon AVR 335 Owner's Manual page 26

SYSTEM CONFIGURATION
nelssoundlouderthantheothers, U singthe front
leftspeaker a sa reference, pressthe ,/•
NavigationButton _ to bringall speakers t o
thesamevolume level. W hen the ,/• Navigation
Button _ is pushed, thetestnoisecirculation w ill
pause on thechannel beingadjusted t o giveyou
timeto makethe adjustment. Whenyourelease the
buffon, t hecirculation w ill resume afterfiveseconds.
6. Continue to aqustthe individual channels untilthe
volume levelsounds the samefromeachspeaker.
Adjustments should be madewiththe _/•
NavigationButton I_) only, N OT the mainvol
umecontrols. I fyouareusinga sound-pressure
level(SPL) m eterforprecise level a djustment, set
thevolume sothatthe meterreadsY5dBon the C
Weighfing, SlowScale.
Youmayalsomakethesesameadjustments with
complete manual c ontrol o verthechannel b eing
adjusted bypressing the ,A,/V Navigation
Button _ untilthe • cursoris pointing to the
T ES T T 0 NE SE Q lineon the menuand
thenusing the ,/• NavigationButton _ to
selectMA NU AL inthe highlighted v ideo.Inthe
MAN UA L mode, t he testtonewillalsostart
immediately, but thetonewillonlybe moved to
another c hannel b ypressing the A/v Navigation
Button li]_. When the manual s equencing m ode
is acfive, t hetoneis lumedoff bypressing the
A/v NavigationButton _ untilthe • cursor
is pointing to the T ES T T 0 NE lineandthe
,_ NavigationButton _ is thenpressed to
select0 F F.
NOTE: T hesubwoofer levelisnot adjustable w henthe
normal t esttoneis inuse. T hesubwoofer o utputlevel
mayalsobeadjusted whenthechannel l evelsare
beingtrimmed to a program source rather t hanthe
testtone, a sshownon page32.
When all channels havean equal v olumelevel, t he
adjustment is complete. Toexitthismenu,pressthe
A/V Buttons I_) untiltheon-screen • cursaris
nexttothe BACK TO MASTER MENU line,
andthenpresstheSet Button _ to _eturn to the
MASTER MENU.
Usingthe Semi-OSD System
Theoutputlevelsmayalsobeadjusted at anytime
usingthe remote control a ndsemi-OSD system.
Toadjusttheoutputlevelsinthisfashion, p ressthe
TestButton Q. Assoonasthe butlonis pressed,
thetesttonewillbeginto circulate a s indicated e arlier.
Thecorrect c hannel fromwhichthe testnoiseshould
be heardwillbe showninthe lowerthirdof thevideo
screen andinthe Lower DisplayLine [_i_.While
thetest noise is circulafing, the proper c hannel
position willalsobe indicated i n theSpeaker/
ChannelInput Indicators[] bya blinking letter
withinthe correct c hannel.
Toadjusttheoutputlevel, p ressthe A/V Buttons
untilthe desired level i s showninthe display or
on screen, O ncethe buttons am released, thetest
noisewill beginto circulate againin 5 seconds.
When all channels havethe sameoutputlevel, p ress
the TestButton _ againto complete the process.
If youfindthatthe outputlevels areeitheruncomfort-
ablylow or high,youmayrepeat t he procedure, but
firstadjust t he master v olume eitherslightly higheror
lower(butnot higher t hanOdB) to compensate. Do
not adjust t he volume during the procedure, asthatwill
causethe outputlevels to be higheror lower f oronly
somechannels, resulting inuneven balance.
Tomakechannel l evel a djustments to an external
source, r ather t hanusingtheAVR's internal t esttone,
simply pressthe ChannelSelect Button ii_), and
eachindividual channel andits level o ffset w ill be dis
playedon screen in thesemi-OSD display. Thisis the
equivalent of usingthe C HA NN EL A D J US t
menuwiththe testtonesetto 0 F F.
NOTE: O utput l evel a djustment is notavailable forthe
VMAxor Surround Offmodes.
Additional InputAdjustments
Afteroneinputhasbeenadjusted br Surround mode,
digital i nput(if any), s peaker t ypeandoutputlevels,
go backto the I NP UT S ET UP lineon the
MASTER MENU (Figure 1) andenterthe set
tingsforeachinputthatyouwill use,Inmostcases,
onlythe digital i nputandsurround modewill bediffer
ent fromoneinputto the next,whiletile speaker t ype,
crossover frequency, Nightmodeandoutputlevel
settings will usually bethe sameandmaybe quickly
entered by entering thesamedatausedforthe
original i nput.
Whenall settings a ndadjustments havebeenmade,
presstheOSDButton _ to returnto normal o per
ationof theAVR.
Oncethe settings outlined on the previous p ages have
beenmade, t heAVR335 is ready foroperation. While
thereare someaddifional settings to be made, t hese
am bestdoneafferyouhavehadan opportunity t o lis
ten to a variety of sources anddifferent k indsof pro
grammaterial. These advanced settings a redescribed
on pages33 and34. Inaddition, a nyof the se11:ings
madeintheinitial c onfiguration of theunitmaybe
changed at anytime.Asyouaddnewor different
sources or speakers, or if youwishto change a setting
to betterreflect y ourlistening t aste, s imply followthe
instructions forchanging tile settings forthatparame
terasshowninthissection.
Having completed t he setupandconfiguration process
foryourAVR335, youareaboutto experience t he
finestin music andhometheater l istening. Enjoy!