Harman Kardon AVR 335 Owner's Manual page 23

When you have completed your selections for the
main surround channels, press the
¤
the remote to move the cursor to SURR BACK.
This line serves two functions in that it not only
configures the setting for the surround back channels
when they are present; it also tells the AVR 335's
processing system to configure the unit for either 5.1
or 6.1/7.1 operation.
When MAIN appears on this line, the system is
configured for 7.1 operation with the surround back
left/right Speaker Outputs receiving the main
channel feed. When MULTI appears, those out-
puts will receive the feed from the multiroom system
and an optional power qualifier must be connected to
the SBL/SBR Preamp Outputs for 7.1 operation.
Buttons o to select the option that
Press the ‹ / ›
best describes the speakers in use at the left and right
back surround positions based on the definitions on
this page:
When NONE is selected, the system will adjust so
that only 5.1-channel surround processing/decoding
modes are available and the surround back amplifier
channels will not be used. When this is the case for
your system you may wish to take advantage of the
availability of this amplifier channel pair for use in pow-
ering a second set of speakers that have their source
selected by the AVR 335's multiroom control system.
See page 35 for more information.
When SMALL is selected, the system will adjust so
that the full complement of 6.1/7.1 surround processing/
decoding modes are available, and low-frequency
information below the crossover point will be sent to
the subwoofer output. If you choose this option and
there is no subwoofer connected, you will not hear any
low-frequency sounds from the surround back channel.
When LARGE is selected, the system will adjust so
that all 6.1/7.1 surround processing/decoding modes
are available, and a full-range signal will be sent to
the surround back channels, with no low-frequency
information sent to the subwoofer output.
When you have completed your selection for the back
Button n to move
surround channels, press the ¤
the cursor to SUBWOOFER.
Buttons o on the remote to select
Press the /
‹ ›
the option that best describes your system.
The choices available for the subwoofer position will
depend on the settings for the other speakers, particu-
larly the front left/right positions.
If the front left/right speakers are set to SMALL,
the subwoofer will automatically be set to SUB,
which is the "on" position.
If the front left/right speakers are set to LARGE,
Button n on
three options are available:
• If no subwoofer is connected to the AVR 335,
press the /
‹
appears in the on-screen menu. When this option
is selected, all bass information will be routed to
the front left/right "main" speakers.
• If a subwoofer is connected to the AVR 335, you
have the option to have the front left/right "main"
speakers reproduce bass frequencies at all times,
and have the subwoofer operate only when the
AVR 335 is being used with a digital source that
contains a dedicated Low-Frequency Effects, or
LFE, soundtrack. This allows you to use both your
main and subwoofer speakers to take advantage
of the special bass created for certain movies.
Press the ‹ /
(LFE) appears in the on-screen menu.
• If a subwoofer is connected and you wish to use
it for bass reproduction in conjunction with the
main front left/right speakers, regardless of the
type of program source or Surround mode you
are listening to, press the
that SUB LFE+L/R appears in the on-
screen menu. When this option is selected, a full-
range signal will be sent to the front left/right
"main" speakers, and the subwoofer will receive
the bass frequencies under frequency selected,
as described below.
When all initial speaker "size" settings have been
made, you now have the option to take advantage of
the AVR 335's Quadruple Crossover system, which
allows individual crossover settings to be made for
each speaker grouping. The low-frequency crossover
point is set by the design of your speakers. Depending
on the design and driver complement of your speak-
ers, it is defined as the frequency below which the sig-
nal should be redirected to the subwoofer, and is
therefore usually the lowest possible frequency the
speaker is capable of reproducing. If your main speak-
ers include an onboard powered woofer section
intended to serve the function of a subwoofer, the
crossover point should be set at the frequency where
the loudspeaker divides the signal between its pow-
ered woofer section and any other drivers.
If you have already run EzSet+ 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.
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 and surrounds, by
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Buttons o so that NONE
›
Buttons o so that SUB
›
Buttons o so
/
‹ ›
looking at the specifications page of the speakers'
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,
no adjustments are needed and you may skip this
section. Should you wish to change a setting, proceed
Button n so that the cursor
by pressing the ⁄
moves back up to the top of the list of setting options.
Buttons n so that X-OVER
Press the ⁄ / ¤
is highlighted and the menu data will change to the
screen shown in Figure 9.
* * S P E A K E R S E T U P * *
M O D E : X - O V E R
L E F T / R I G H T : 1 0 0 H Z
C E N T E R : 1 0 0 H Z
S U R R O U N D : 1 0 0 H Z
S U R R B A C K : 1 0 0 H Z M A I N
L F E : L E F T / R I G H T
B A S S M G R : G L O B A L
B A C K T O M A S T E R M E N U
Figure 9
To change the setting for any of the three speaker
Buttons n until the cursor
groups, press the /
⁄ ¤
is next to the line where you wish to make a change
Buttons o until the
and then press the ‹ / ›
desired setting appears. The available choices at which
point low-frequency information will be sent to the
subwoofer, rather than to the main speaker channel,
are 40Hz, 60Hz, 80Hz, 100Hz, 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 low-
frequency limit or crossover point to avoid the creation
of a low-frequency "hole" where your system will have
no bass information.
In cases where LARGE is selected as the front
channel speaker option and LFE+L/R is selected
as the subwoofer option, the front channel sound
information below the setting shown 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 set-
ting for the menu line shown as LFE is used to
impose a low-pass 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 fre-
quency sounds, some mixes may include information
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