Harman Kardon AVR 247 Owner's Manual page 31

System Configuration
• If a subwoofer is connected and you wish to
use it for bass reproduction in conjunction
with the main front left/right speakers, regard-
less of the type of program source or Surround
mode you are listening to, press the
Buttons Ea on the remote so that
appears in the on-screen menu.
L/R+LFE
When this option is selected, a full-range
signal will be sent to the front left/right
"main" speakers. The subwoofer will receive
the front left and right bass frequencies under
the crossover frequency selected in another
setting on this menu, as described below, and
also the LFE soundtrack.
8. When all initial speaker "size" settings have
been made, you now have the option to take
advantage of the AVR's Quadruple Crossover
system, which allows individual crossover
settings to be made for each speaker group. In
systems where full-range or tower speakers are
used for the front soundstage or where different
brands or models are in use at the various
speaker positions, this feature allows you to
custom tailor the bass management and
redirection circuits with a precision not
previously possible.
If you have already run EzSet/EQ the settings
calculated during that procedure will already
appear. No further adjustment is required unless
you wish to conform a specific item to your
personal taste or a nonstandard system
configuration.
The low-frequency crossover point is set by the
design of your speakers. It is defined as the
frequency which is the lowest possible frequency
the speaker is capable of reproducing. Before
making any changes to the settings for the
crossover point we suggest that you find the
crossover point for the speakers in each of the
three groupings, front left/right, center front and
surrounds by looking at the specifications page
of the speaker's owner's manual, by getting that
information from the manufacturer's Web site, or
by contacting your dealer or the manufacturer's
customer service department. You will need this
figure to accurately configure the next group of
settings.
The factory default setting for all speaker positions
is 100Hz. If that setting is acceptable for all
channels, then no adjustments are needed and you
may skip this section. However, should you wish to
change one of the settings, please proceed to the
Cross-Over submenu, as shown in
Figure 27 by selecting the
Cross-Over
on the left of the menu, and press Set Button
F.
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SUB
Figure 27
To change the setting for any of the four speaker
groups Left/Right, Center, Surround or Surround
Back, press the
⁄ /
line where you wish to make a change is
highlighted in blue, press the Set Button F
followed by the
‹ / ›
desired setting appears. The available choices at
which point low-frequency information will be
sent to the subwoofer (or to the Front Left/Right
speakers in case subwoofer is set to OFF), rather
than to the speaker channel, are 40Hz, 60Hz,
80Hz, 100Hz, 120Hz, 150Hz and 200Hz. Pick
the choice that is identical to the information for
the speakers, or if an exact match is not
possible, pick the closest choice that is ABOVE
the speaker's lowfrequency limit to avoid the
creation of a low-frequency "hole" where your
system will have no bass information and press
the Set Button F to confirm your choice.
In cases where LARGE
the front channel speaker option and
has been selected as the
L/R+LFE
subwoofer option, the front channel sound
information below the crossover point selected
for the L/R front speakers (when fronts are set to
"Small") will be sent to BOTH the front channel
speakers and the subwoofer.
The crossover settings for the Left/Right, Center,
Surround and Surround Back speakers are used
to determine where bass information is sent
when it is derived from the main channels of a
source. The setting for the menu line shown as
is used to impose a low-pass
Subwoofer
filter point for the information in the Low
Frequency Effects (LFE) channel that is a part of
Dolby Digital- and DTS-encoded source material.
While the LFE channel, which is the ".1" you see
in surround sound designations, is restricted to
low frequency sounds, some mixes may include
information that is higher in frequency than your
subwoofer is capable of reproducing. To prevent
unwanted sounds from being sent to
subwoofers that cannot handle them and which
do not have a built-in low-pass filter, the
-line
option line enables you to
Subwoofer
select a setting for the low-pass filter that is part
of the subwoofer feed from the LFE channel. The
settings available are the same as those tied to
any one of the four available speaker positions
on this submenu. We recommend that you use
the frequency that is just slightly higher than the
Buttons D until the
¤
Buttons Ea until the
has been selected as
SUB
upper capability limit of your subwoofer, as
shown in the sub's Owner's Manual. When the
cursor is on the Subwoofer line, press the
Navigation Buttons E to choose the
/
‹ ›
appropriate setting.
9. When all speaker selections have been made,
Button E until the
press the
Speaker
‹
tab on the left is highlighted in white.
10. The Speaker Configuration may also be
changed at any time without using the full-OSD
on-screen menu system by pressing the
Speaker Selector 6 on the front panel or
b on the remote control. Once the button is
pressed, will appear in
FRONT SPEAKER
both the lower third of the video display and the
Main Information Display Ò.
Within five seconds, either press the
7 on the front panel or the
⁄ / ¤
on the remote to select a different speaker
position, or press the Set Button @F to
begin the adjustment process for the front left
and right speakers.
When the Set button @ F has been pressed
and the system is ready for a change to the front
speaker setting, the on-screen display and Main
Information Display Ò will read
LARGE or FRONT SMALL depending on
buttons 7 on
the current setting. Press the
/
‹ ›
buttons D on the
the front panel or the
⁄ / ¤
remote until the desired setting is shown, using
the instructions for "large" or "small" shown
earlier, then press the Set button @F.
If another speaker position needs to be changed,
buttons 7 on the front panel or
press the
‹ / ›
buttons D on the remote to select a
the
⁄ / ¤
different speaker position, press the Set button
@ F and then the
buttons 7 on the
‹ / ›
buttons D on the
front panel or the
⁄ / ¤
remote until the correct speaker setting is shown
and press the Set button @ F again to
confirm the selection.
To assist in making these settings, the icons in
the Speaker/Channel Input Indicators $
will change as the speaker type is selected at
each position. When only the inner icon box is
lit, the speaker is set for "small. " When the inner
box and the two outer boxes with circles inside
them are lit, the speaker is set for "large." When
no indicator appears at a speaker location, that
position is set for "none" or "no" speaker.
Note: These icons are available only when
making setup changes without the use of the
full OSD mode.
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buttons
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buttons D
FRONT