Output Level Adjustment - Harman Kardon AVR 240 Owner's Manual

SYSTEM CONFIGURATION
› cursor pointing to FL, press
With the on-screen
‹ › Buttons o until the distance from the
the /
front left speaker to the preferred listening position
Button n to move
is entered. Next, press the ¤
the cursor to the CENTER line and use the
Buttons o again to enter the distance from the
center speaker to the listening position. Continue in
this fashion to enter the distance from the listening
position to each of the front right (FR), surround
right (SR), surround back right (SBR), sur-
round back left (SBL), surround left (SL) and
subwoofer (SUB) speakers. Remember that the
SBL and SBR adjustments will only be needed
when you have surround back speakers installed.
If you wish to reset the delay settings to their factory
Buttons n so
defaults at any time, use the /
⁄ ¤
that the cursor is pointing to DELAY RESET
Buttons o so that OFF
and then press the ‹ / ›
appears. The factory settings shown in Figure 14 will
then be restored.
A/V Sync Delay
If you have a digital video source or a digital video dis-
play that causes lack of lip sync you may use the A/V
Sync adjust feature to delay the audio signal as it is
sent to all channels (as opposed to the individual set-
tings) so that the picture and sound are brought back
together. We recommend that this adjustment be
made using the direct access controls on the remote,
as shown below. That enables you to see the image
while making the adjustment; however, you may also
adjust it here using the menu system.
To adjust the A/V Sync delay, press the
Buttons n so that the
›
cursor is pointing to the
A/V SYNC DELAY line on the menu and then
‹ › Buttons o to delay the sound suffi-
press the /
ciently so that it matches the on-screen video.
Since the A/V Sync Delay setting is best made while
viewing the video program that is out of sync with its
audio track, we strongly recommend that method
rather than using the menu system. To do that, first
press the Delay Button on the remote. The A/V
Sync Delay setting appears first, and it may be adjusted
by pressing the Set Button p within five seconds
of when the A/V SYNC DELAY message
appears in the on-screen display and the Lower
Display Line ı. Then, press the
‹ /
o to enter the desired delay setting that brings the
video and sound back in sync. Press the Set Button
p again to enter the setting.
NOTE: The A/V Sync delay setting is unique to
each video input source, so you may enter a different
setting to compensate for the differences between
any product attached to the DVD or Video 1, 2, 3
or 4 inputs.
30 SYSTEM CONFIGURATION
When the speaker-to-listening-position distance has
been entered for all active speaker positions, press the
Buttons n until the on-screen cursor is next
/
⁄ ¤
to BACK TO MANUAL SETUP and press
the Set Button p.
‹ ›
/
The delay settings may be changed at any time
directly from the remote control by pressing the
Delay Button
appear in the Lower Display Line ı, but you
may press the
⁄
of the speaker groups.

Output Level Adjustment

Output level adjustment is a key part of the configura-
tion of any surround sound product. It is particularly
important for a digital receiver such as the AVR 240,
as correct outputs ensure that you hear soundtracks
with the proper directionality and intensity.
IMPORTANT NOTES:
• Listeners are often confused about the operation
of the surround channels. While some assume that
sound should always be coming from each speaker,
most of the time there will be little or no sound in
the surround channels. This is because they are
only used when a movie director or sound mixer
specifically places sound there to create ambience
or a special effect, or to continue action from the
front of the room to the rear. Once the output
levels are properly set, it is normal for surround
speakers to operate only occasionally. Artificially
increasing the volume to the rear speakers may
destroy the illusion of an enveloping sound field
/
⁄ ¤
that duplicates the way you hear sound in a movie
theater or concert hall.
• If you have elected to use your AVR 240 in a 6.1-
channel configuration, you will not be able to use
the EzSet+ procedure unless you follow these
instructions. First, do not connect the surround back
speaker, and run EzSet+ using a 5.1-channel con-
figuration. Then connect your single surround back
speaker to the LEFT Surround Back Speaker
Output . Now follow the instructions in this sec-
tion to manually set the correct speaker size, delay
and output level for the surround back speaker.
Remember that the test tone will circulate to all
seven channels; you simply won't hear any sound
› Buttons
when it reaches the right surround back channel.
Harman Kardon strongly recommends that you
upgrade your speaker system to a 7.1-channel
package as soon as you can to achieve the best
possible reproduction of all surround programs.
If you have already completed an automated setup
using EzSet+ the settings calculated during that pro-
cedure will already appear. No further adjustment is
required unless you wish to change a specific item to
. A/V SYNC DELAY will
Buttons n to select any
/
¤
reflect your personal taste or a nonstandard 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.
Using the Full-OSD System
Follow these steps while seated in the listening posi-
tion that will be used most often:
1. Adjust the volume so that it is at -15dB, as
shown in the on-screen display or Lower
Display Line ı.
2. If you have not run EzSet+, make certain that all
speaker positions have been properly configured
for their LARGE or SMALL settings (as
outlined above).
3. Output level adjustment is most easily done
through the CHANNEL ADJUST sub-
menu (Figure 15). If you are already at the
MASTER MENU, press the
until the on-screen cursor is next to the
›
MANUAL SETUP line. Press the Set
Button p to enter the MANUAL SETUP
submenu, and then scroll down using the
Button n until the › cursor is pointing
¤
to the CHANNEL ADJUST line.
Press the Set Button p again, and the
CHANNEL ADJUST submenu will
appear (see Figure 15).
* C H A N N E L A D J U S T
F L : 0 d B S B R :
C E N : 0 d B S B L :
F R : 0 d B S L :
S R : 0 d B S U B :
C H A N N E L R E S E T : O F F
T E S T T O N E S E Q : A U T O
T E S Y T O N E : O F F
B A C K T O M A N U A L S E T U P
Figure 15
When the CHANNEL ADJUST submenu
first appears, the test tone is off. If desired, you
Button n to
may immediately use the
¤
select any channel for adjustment using an exter-
nal source, such as a test disc, from which to
judge the output levels. After the › cursor is
pointing to the channel to be adjusted, press the
‹/› Buttons o to raise or lower the output
level. However, before proceeding with any man-
ual adjustment we recommend that you first use
the AVR's internal test tone generator and auto-
matic sequencer to send a tone to each channel
so that you may verify that all speaker connec-
tions have been properly made.
Button n
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0 d B
0 d B
0 d B
0 d B