Output Level Adjustment; Using Ezset - Harman Kardon AVR 525 Owner's Manual

SYSTEM CONFIGURATION
Duetothe differences b etween the wayeachsur
roundmodeoperates, somemodes allowfora greater
rangeof delaytimesthanothers]b avoidproblems,
werecommend t hatdelay timesbeadjusted usingthe
DolbyDigital m ode Ifa different m odeisselected ata
latertime,the AVR525 willautomatically restrict t he
delayselfings to thoserequired by thesurround mode
in use
Delay timesareonlyadjustable f orthe Dolbymodes,
soyouwill noticethatthe DELAY menumaynot
be accessed w henanyothermode,suchasa DIS or
Logic7 option,hasbeenselectedInaddition, w hena
non-Dolby Digital m odesuchas Dolby3 Stereoor
ProLogicIIis selected, adjustments m aybe madeto
the Surround s peakers o nly
lb setthe delaytimefora specific input, t he
DE L A Y AD d U ST menu(Figure 7) shouldbe
visible on youron-screen displayIfthe system is not
already atthatpoint,presstheOSDButton _ to
bringup the MASTER MENU, pressthe •
Button _ threetimesor untilthe on-screen • cur
sor is pointing at tile D EL AY A DJ U ST line
Press theSet Button @ to call upthe menu
* DELAY ADJUST *
CENTER :lOFT
SURROUND :lOFT
SURR BACK :lOFT
UNIT:FEET METER
BACK TO MASTER MENU
_ 7
Oncethe D EL AY A D J US T menuis onyour
screen, n otethatthedefault s ettingto enterthe dis
lancesfromthespeakers t o the listening positionisin
feet,Ifyourmeasurements areinfeet,proceed to the
next s tep;
i f
your m easurements aremade inmeters,
pressthe • Button _ untiltheon-screen • cursor
is at the U NI T lineontile menu.then, presstile
4/• Buttonsq[_ sothatMETER is high-
lightedWhenthe change in measurement unitsis
made,pressthe A/• Buttons _ to return the •
cursorto the C EN T E R position
Withthe on-screen • cursorpointing to C EN T E R,
pressthe ,_/• Buttons qi_'_ untilthedistance
fromthe centerspeaker t o the preferred listening
positionisenteredNext,pressthe• Button _ to
movethecursorto the SU RR OU ND lineanduse
the4/• Buttonsqi_}'_ again to enterthe dis
tancefromthe videodisplay atthe frontof the room
to the surround speakersFinally, if thesystemis
configured for7 1 operation byentering L A RGE
or SMALL onthe SURR BACK lineof the
SPEAKER SETUP menu, p ress the• Button
againandusethe,_/• Buttonsqi_t'_ to
enterthedistance fromthe videodisplay at the front
of the roomto thesurround speakersRemember that
thislastadjustment willonlybeneeded whenyou have
surround backspeakers i nstalled andDolbyDigital
chosen asthe surround mode
Whenthespeaker-to l istening position distance h as
been entered forallactive speaker p ositions, pressthe
A/• Buttons_ until t heon-screen cursorisnext
to BACK TO MASTER MENU andpressthe
Set Button
]he delaysettingsmaybe changed at anytime
directlyfromtheremote control b y pressing the
DelayButton _ CENTER DELAY will
appearinthe Lower DisplayLine I"=1, b ut you
maypressthe A/• Buttons_ to selectany
of the speaker g roups
Press the Set Button _ whenthedesired speaker
groupappears, andthenpressthe A/• Buttons
againto enterthe distance fromthe speaker t o
the listening positionPresstheSet Button
againto enterthe dataYoumaythenpressthe A/•
Buttons_ to select a nolher speaker g roupto
repeat t he procedure a sneeded, o r waitfiveseconds
for thesystem to return to normal o peration
Output Level Adjustment
Output l evel a djustment is a keypartof tileconfigura
tion ofanysurround soundproductIt is particularly
impoflant f ora digital r eceiver s uchastheAVR525,
ascorrect o utputsensure thatyouhearsoundtracks
withthe properdirectionalily andintensily
IMPORTANT N OTE: L isteners a reoftenconfused
aboutthe operation of the surround channels While
someassume thatsound shouldalways be coming
from eachspeaker, mostof the timetherewillbe lilfle
or no soundinthe surround channels Thisis because
theyareonlyusedwhena moviedirector or sound
mixerspecifically p laces soundthereto createambi
ence,a special e ffector to continue actionfromthe
frontof the roomto the rearWhenthe outputlevels
are properly set,it is normal f or surround speakers to
operateonlyoccasionally A rtificially increasing the
volumeto the rearspeakers maydestroythe illusion
of an enveloping s oundfieldthatduplicates the way
youhear s ound ina movie theater o r concert hall
Beforebeginning t heoutputleveladjustment process,
makeceflainthatallspeaker c onnections h avebeen
properly madelhe system volume shouldbe setto
thelevelthatyouwill useduringa typical l istening
sessionWhile theAVR525 allows youto setoutput
levelsmanually, werecommend t hatthe EzSet s ystem
be usedwhenthe AVRisfirstinstalled to establish the
initial l evel s ettings
Using EzSet
Harman Kardon's e xclusive E zSet r emote makesit
possible to quicklyandaccurately s ettheAVR525's
outputlevelswithout t he useof a soundpressure
meter, a lthough manual a djustment isalsoavailable
However, forthe easiest s etup, f ollowthesesteps
whileseated inthe listening position thatwill be used
mostoften:
Makeceflain thatallspeaker p ositions havebeen
properly configured f ortheir"large"or "small"set
tings(asoutlined above) a ndturnoff the OSD
systemif it is inuse
Adjusl t hevolume sothatit is at - 15 d B, as
showninthe on-screen display or Main
Information Display[]
Holdtheremoteinfrontofyou atarm'slength,
beingsurenotto coverthe EzSetSensor
Microphone _ at the top of theremote
Press andholdtheSPLSelectorButton _ for
threesecondsRelease it whenthe Program/
SPLIndicator _ stopsflashing andremains
lit Within fiveseconds, p ressthe 5 Button
on theremoteif yoursystem is configured f or
51 operation withstandard speakers o r the
7 Button _ onthe remoteif yoursystemis
configured for6 1/7 1 operation withafull
speaker c omplement including rearsurround
speakersOncethecorrect c hannel configuration
buttonhasbeenpressed thetest noise will be
heardfromthe frontleftspeaker
Atthispoint, E zSet w illtakeover,adjusting t he
outputlevelof eachchannel sothatwhenthe
process is complete alllevelswillbe equal a ndat
the setreference p ointThisprocess maytakea
fewminutes, depending o n the extent o f adjust-
mentrequired
Dudng the adjustment, youwill seethe location of
the channel positionbeingadjusted appear i nthe
on-screen display (ifconnected) andinthe Main
Information Display[], alternating w itha
readout o f the outputsetting, r elative t o therefer
encevolume level, a ndinthe Speaker/Channel
Input Indicators[] wherethe letters for the