Harman Kardon AVR 235 Owner's Manual page 23

SYSTEH CONFIGURATION
_conds tot thewstemto timeout andreturn b
rlormal o pera%n.
When ell delay se_ngs madeusing lt_ernenu system
havebeen completed, pressthe A/_ Navigation
Button _} ur811he I _ cuisorispoilSng to the
BACK TO MASTER
MENU linesiid press
he Set Button @
Output Level Adjustment
Output # ,ve/adjustment is a keypa4of theeo@{M_o
tionof anj surround sound productIt is particularly
important hr s digitalreceiver s uchastheAt/R235,
ascoT]act oulputs ensure tf,atyou hearscan@asks
wi_h the properdiectbnalit]andintensit?
IMPORTANT N OTE: L isbnersareoftencontused
abouttheopera+_on of thesuecanal channels, Whib
someassume thatsoundshouldalways be cemir, g
fn_m eachspeaker: m ostofthe timetherewill be liltle
or nosoundin11so sun'our_d ehs_nnels, Thisis because
theyam onlyusedwhena movb @actor a t sound
mixerspecifically p lacessound the_e to create ambi-
enaeor a special d lect, or 1oconlsnue a dionfrom
thcttontof the mornto the Iea£Whenthe output
levelsareproperly set, it isnormal f or selround
speakers to operate only,occasionally, Artifldally
incmasinfl the volume to the rearspeakem may
destrw the illusio_ of an enveloping s oundfieldthat
d_%CE.tea the was, y ouhearsound ina me'de theater o_
concert h_ll
Be/orebeginning t he output l evelaqusl,erlt process,
makecedainthatall speaker c o_/neoqof/s havebeen
properly madeThesysbm_8/ume s houldbe s8 to
the level t hatyouwillusedudng a tCpic4sl listening
session While the#:t/P, 235 allows yeuta s£ output
levels menu@,werecommend t reat t heEzSet s ysgm
beusedwhentheAVRisfirsti%talbd, t e est@Bh_he
initial l evel s ettings
Using EzSet
Hamsa.n Kardon's e xolusb'e EzSet r emote rnakes it
poasibte t o quickly endaccurately s ettheAVR235's
outputIwelsw,itheut theuseof a sound-pmssumdevel
mobil although m auual adiustment isalsoavailable
Hovvevefi tot the Pasiest setup, f ollowthesesteps
whibse,9,t_d ir_ the Bteni%position It,atwill be used
mostorlon:
I Makecedainthatall speaker p ositions h avebeen
preperSy configured br thei_ "large" o r "small" s et-
tings(asout}ined a bove) a ndXin]offt_e OSO
systemif it is in use,
2 Ad/uat teevolume sothatit isat - 1 0 d B, a,s
showninthe on-screen d isplay or Lower
DisplayLine _,
3, Holdtheremote b flont of youatalrffs I÷%th,
beingsurenotto coverthe EzSetSensor
Microphone_ at thetop ofthe remote,
4, Pleas andhold 1he SPLSelectorButton_) for
threeseconds. R elease i t whenthe Program/
SPLIndicator_ stepsflashing andremains
lit,Wthinfivess<sonds, pressthe 5 Button
on the remote if yoursyslem is configured t {_r
5,1 o£_erafioe withstandard s peakers o r the
7 Button _ on theremote if yoursystem is
oonfiguled f ix 61/71 operation w itha tull
speaker o ompbment including t wosurlound back
speEkem, Oncetheconed channel configuration
battenhasbeenpressed, t hetestnoisewillbe
head fron/thefi'ontleftspeakes
5, Atthispoint EzSet willtale or% adiusling/%
outputlevel o f eac.h char_nel sothatwhenthe
process iscomplete allbvelswill beequal a ndat
thesetreference p oint, T hisprocess n%' _e_e a
law minutes, depending o n theextentofadjust-
meritrequired,
©urine theadjustmer_t youwillseetqeIocaSon
of thed_anr_el position being
adjusted
@pea,in
theomscreeu display (ifeonnc<',ted) andinthe
Lower Dispby Line _[_, alternating wittla lead-
outof the outputs@%, relalive te 1hereference
volume l evel,
andin the SpeakedChannel input
Indicators_ where the lettem tot thechannel
beingadjusted will"r/u_sb to indioa_ the channel
fromdqichtbetestloneshouldbeheard, A sthe
adjustment proceeds a mwthings willhappen
simultaneously:
* Thechannel posit_on b eingad]usted w illf}ash in
theSpeaker/Channel Input IndicatorsF4_,
Ifthe testnoiseis healdfroma channel other
thantheoneshowr_ i nt_e indicatoc t hereisan
errorinthe speaker c onnections, Itthisis he
case, p resstne TestButton _ ?WlCE to
stoptheadjustme//t Then, t urntile unitoffsld
veri_# _ hat all speakers a reconnected t l the
preperOutputs@@([)@.
Astheindividual channels a reset,the dx_nnel
narneand1he a@qmentoftsetwillappear i n
theor/-screen d isplay Of c oenected} endthe
Lover DisplayLine _, Whilethelevelis
sh,ngin71he Program/SPL Indicator_ will
change eobrste reflect f ileoutputlevel i n fsla-
fiol_ tu the_terenceA redifld£a_on shows
ttte_ thelevelistoo high,whilean amber indite-
fienshows thatthe level i s too low,VVhen t he
indicator i s green,/%leveliscorrect, a ndthe
testnoise willmoo to thenextchannel,
,_ WP@ adjustmer/S a mbeingmade, t heredLED
undertheAVRSelector_ willflash, T hisis
normal, a ndindkmtes t hatEzSet i seperair, g
7,A_ter 1 1qe lestnobe hascifWatedoncethrough
eachchannel, it willseedthe toneto eeehchan-
nelouceagain, t o verity thesettings.
8, Attelf, u e complete cirtulaho/_s of the tone, t he
levels areset.ThePmgram/SPL Indicator
'aql r emain g_een at eeshchannel, Uponeompb-
tionof thes@;ond c iK'ubt_on, the Pregram/SPL
IndicatorI_ wiiI % shgreeub_dce a ndthell_-jo
out ThetonewillstopandtheAVR235will
return tu normal o peration,
Ifyoufindthe1 the outputlevels chosen byEzSet a re
either u ncomfortably lowor high,youm@repeat t he
procedure, Return to Step2 andadjust t he master
volume either s lightly higher o r lower t o accommoda_
yourpedicular r oomk_yout andyou[tastesYoumaj
repeat t hispreeedure a smanytimesasheces&xy lu
achieve a desired result, i r'_ order1oprevent p oss@e
dansage t o yourhe{_rirg or your e quipment, we
emphasize _t_8 youshould_uoidsailing the master
volume abuve OdB
NOTE: T he%bwoobtoubut is notadjusted whenthe
testtoneisin uselb ad}ust t hesabwooter output, y ou
ross1 use(_nexternal source, follo_,ving theinstmd_ans
on page 30,
Manual Output Level Adjustment
Usingthe Fu!I-OSD System
Output l evelsmayalsobeadjusted manually, withan
@L mete_, or "byearl usingtilelollowin9 inst_udions,
_NANN[L ADJUST
FL : OdB S_R: Od_
_£N: OdB $_L: OdB
FR : Od@ SL : Ode
SR : Od_ SUB: Od_
_NANN£L R[SET:_FF
T_T TON_ SEQ_AUT_
TE_T TON_ :OFF
_AC_ TO _ASTE_ MENU
Manual o utputlevel a djustment ismosteasedone
throe@the C HA NNE L A D d US T nle/_u
(Figure 8).If youama]ready a t the 11 A _ T ER
MENU, pressthe _" NavigationButton _
until
the on-screen I_ comerisnextte the CH ANN EL
A Dd U ST line,Ifyouarenotat the II A ST E R
M E N U,presstl_eOSB Button _ to bringup
the MAS T ER 11ENU (Fig. t ), andl_en press
the _ NavigationButton _ untiltheon-screen
cursoris/_e_r t o the CHANNEL
ADJUST
line,Press the Set Button _ to bringthe
CHANNEL ADJUST menu(Hg,8}on-so!@n