Harman Kardon AVR 445 Owner's Manual page 32

SYSTEM CONFIGURATION SYSTEM CONFIGURATION
Before beginning the output level adjustment process,
make certain that all speaker connections have been
properly made. The system volume should be set to the
level that you will use during a typical listening session.
We recommend that EzSet/EQ be used when the AVR
is first installed to establish the initial level settings.
To make changes to the channel output settings, go
to the CHANNEL ADJUST submenu within
the EZSET/EQ MANUAL SETUP menu
(Figure 17). To do this, first press the OSD Button
∫ so that the MASTER MENU (Figure 1)
appears. Next, press the / Navigation Button
⁄ ¤
n© until the cursor is on the EZSET/EQ
line, and press the Set Button pœ. Navigate to
EZSET/EQ MANUAL SETUP and press
the Set Button pœ. In the EZSET/EQ
MANUAL SETUP menu, press the
Navigation Button n© again until the cursor is
on the CHANNEL ADJUST line; then press
the Set Button pœ to view the CHANNEL
ADJUST menu (Figure 21).
* CHANNEL ADJUST *
→ →
FL : 0dB SBR: 0dB
CEN: 0dB SBL: 0dB
FR : 0dB SL : 0dB
SR : 0dB SUB: 0dB
TEST TONE : AUTO OFF MAN
LEVEL RESET: OFF ON
CH ADJUST: GLOBAL
EZSET SETTINGS: OFF ON
BACK TO MANUAL SETUP
Figure 21
To provide the maximum flexibility, channel output level
adjustments may be made either with or without the
internal test tone, and when the tone is in use it may
be programmed to automatically circulate among the
active channels or to only move from one channel to
the next on your command. When the CHANNEL
ADJUST menu first appears we recommend that
you always run the test tone once the automatic mode
to verify that the speakers have been properly con-
nected. To do this, press the / Navigation Button
⁄ ¤
n© again until the cursor is on the TEST
TONE line and then press the
‹ / ›
Button n© until AUTO is in highlighted video.
This will cause the test tone to circulate among all of
the channels for five seconds at each position.
As the test tone circulates, the cursor will flash and
move next to each position to indicate where the tone
should be coming from. If the tone is coming from a
different speaker than the one indicated on the menu
screen turn the AVR 445 off using the Main Power
Switch A and check the speaker wiring or connec-
tions to external power amplifiers to make certain that
each speaker is connected to the correct output ter-
minal. When you have verified that all speakers are
connected to the correct output terminal, turn the
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AVR 445 back on and return to this menu to resume
the channel adjustment procedure. If any speaker con-
nections were changed we also recommend that you
rerun EzSet/EQ before making any manual calibration
adjustments.
After checking for speaker placement, let the test
noise circulate again, and listen to see which channels
sound louder than the others. Using the front left
speaker as a reference, press the
Button n© on the remote to bring all speakers
to the same volume level. When the
Button n© is pushed, the test noise circulation
will pause on the channel being adjusted to give you
time to make the adjustment. When you release the
button, the circulation will resume after five seconds.
Continue to adjust the individual channels until the
/
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volume level sounds the same from each speaker.
Adjustments should be made with the
Button n© on the remote control only, NOT
the main volume controls. If you are using a sound-
pressure level (SPL) meter for precise level adjustment,
set the volume so that the meter reads 75dB,
C-Weighting Slow.
When all channels have an equal volume level, the
adjustment is complete. To exit this menu, press the
Navigation Button n© until the cursor
/
⁄ ¤
is next to the BACK TO MANUAL SETUP
line, and then press the Set Button pœ to
return to the EZSET/EQ MANUAL
SETUP menu.
In addition to having the test tone circulate automati-
cally, you may also turn the test tone on, but advance
it from one channel to the next manually. This allows
you to make calibration adjustments, but to have more
control over the way the test tone is moved among
the channels.
To circulate the tone manually, first make certain that
the CHANNEL ADJUST menu is on the
screen, following the instructions shown above, and
then press the
⁄
until the cursor is on the TEST TONE line. Next,
‹ ›
Navigation Button n© until
press the /
Navigation
MANUAL appears. This will start the test tone from
the front left speaker position but, rather than circulat-
ing to the next channel every five seconds as is the
case in the automatic mode, you must press the
Navigation Button n© to change the
/
⁄ ¤
channel the test tone is being sent to. When you have
circulated through all channels the test tone will stop,
but you may restart it by returning to the TEST
TONE line again and activating manual sequencing.
The final option for output level adjustment using the
menu system does not use the internal test tone at all.
To do this, simply use the
n© to change the channel and then use the
/ Navigation
‹ ›
‹ / › Navigation
/ Navigation
‹ ›
Navigation Button n©
/
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⁄ / ¤ Navigation Button
Navigation Button n© to change the
‹ ›
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output level. When making channel output adjustments
without the internal test tone we strongly recommend
that you use a test disc in the "repeat" mode on your
DVD or CD player so that the signal being used is
constant throughout the adjustment process.
The output levels may also be adjusted at any time
using the remote control and semi-OSD system. To
adjust the output levels in this fashion, press the Test
Button f. As soon as the button is pressed, the
test tone will begin to circulate as indicated earlier.
The correct channel from which the test noise should
be heard will be shown in the lower third of the video
screen and in the Lower Display Line $. While the
test noise is circulating, the proper channel position
will also be indicated in the Speaker/Channel
Input Indicators @ by a blinking letter within
the correct channel.
To adjust the output level, press the
⁄
Button n© until the desired level is shown in
the display or on the screen. Once the buttons are
released, the test noise will begin to circulate again in
five seconds. When all channels have the same output
level, press the Test Button f again to complete
the process.
NOTE: Output level adjustment with the test tone is
not available in the Surround Off modes.
In addition to the controls for selecting channels and
the test tone operation, the settings on this menu
also allow you to reset the level settings to either the
factory default of 0dB or to reestablish the settings
that were entered by running EzSet/EQ.
To reset all channel levels to 0dB, press the
Navigation Button n© so that the cursor is
pointing to the LEVEL RESET line and then
Navigation Button n© once
press the /
⁄ ¤
so that ON appears in highlighted video.
To return to the settings established by EzSet/EQ,
even if you have made manual changes to the output
trims using the steps shown above, press the
Navigation Button n© so that the cursor is
pointing to the EZSET SETTINGS line and
Navigation Button n©
then press the ‹ / ›
once so ON appears in highlighted video. Remember
that after turning the EzSet/EQ settings back on you
must return to this menu line and change the
setting to OFF if you wish to make any manual
trim adjustments.
The last setting in this menu enables you to have the
output levels remain the same for all inputs or to be
adjusted differently for each (or any) input. While most
listeners prefer to keep the same output levels for all
sources, you may wish to raise or lower some channels,
particularly the subwoofer output for a specific source
such as a CD that is primarily used for music playback.
/ Navigation
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