Manual Output Level Adjustment - Harman Kardon AVR 630 Owner's Manual

1. Make certain that all speaker positions have been
properly configured for their "large" or "small" set-
tings (see pages 23 – 25) and turn off the OSD
system if it is in use.
2. Adjust the volume so that it is at 15dB, as
shown in the on-screen display or Lower Display
Line $.
3. Press and hold the SPL Select Button
the remote until the red LED under the Set Button
q lights and the LCD screen in the remote
changes to the display shown in Figure 9.
S E T S P K R L E V E L S
E S
Z E T
Figure 9
4. Press the Set Button q within five seconds to
move to the next step.
Navigation Button o until the lower
5. Press the
⁄
line of the remote's LCD display shows the number of
speakers in your system. (Don't count the subwoofer
or speakers that are part of a multizone system.) For
example, if you have left, center, right, surround left and
right, and surround back left and right speakers for
a full 7.1 system, press the button twice so that the
bottom line reads 7 CHANNELS, as shown in
Figure 10.
S E L E C T # S P K R S
7 C H A N N E L S
Figure 10
6. Hold the remote in front of you at arm's length, being
sure not to cover the EzSet Microphone Sensor
at the top of the remote, and press the Set
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Button q within five seconds to begin the EzSet
calibration process. At this point, EzSet will take con-
trol of your AVR, starting the test tone at the front left
speaker, and automatically adjusting the output level
so that it is correct. During the adjustment the on-
screen display and the Lower Display Line $
will display the speaker position on the left side of
the display and the offset from reference level on
the right side of the display. As the levels are
adjusted, the speaker position and a level indication
will appear in the bottom line of the remote's LCD
display (Figure 11).
E S C H A N N E L S : 7
Z E T
6 8 d B
S P E A K E R : 1
Figure 11
• The channel position being adjusted will flash in the
Speaker/Channel Input Indicators @. If the
test noise is heard from a channel other than the
one shown in the indicator, there is an error in the
speaker connections. If this is the case, press the
Test Button f TWICE to stop the adjustment.
Then turn the unit off and verify that all speakers
are connected to the proper Speaker Outputs
§¶ª‚ and that any connections made to
speakers powered by optional amplifiers through
the Preamp Outputs £ are correct.
• During the adjustment process for each channel,
45 on you will see indications of LOW, HIGH and a level
readout in dB. This is normal, and it confirms that
EzSet is doing its job of changing the levels to
match the desired reference.
• If a channel cannot be adjusted to the proper
reference level, you will see FAIL displayed in
the remote's bottom LCD line before the test tone
moves to the next channel. This is usually an indi-
cation that the volume control was set too low.
When EzSet stops circulating the tone through all
channels and returns to normal, adjust the volume
level and repeat the procedure from Step 3.
7. After the test noise has circulated once through each
channel, it will send the tone to each channel once
again, to verify the settings.
8. After two complete circulations of the tone, the levels
are set. Upon completion of the second circulation,
the LCD Information Display c will flash
COMPLETE three times and then go out. The
tone will stop and the AVR 630 will return to
normal operation.
If you find that the output levels chosen by EzSet are
either uncomfortably low or high, you may repeat the
procedure. Return to Step 2 and adjust the master vol-
ume either slightly higher or lower to accommodate your
particular room layout and your tastes. You may repeat
this procedure as many times as necessary to achieve a
desired result. In order to prevent possible damage to
your hearing or your equipment, it is important to avoid
setting the master volume above 0dB.
NOTE: The subwoofer output is not adjusted when the
test tone is in use. To adjust the subwoofer output, you
must use an external source, following the instructions
on page 35.

Manual Output Level Adjustment

Output levels may also be adjusted manually, either to
set them to a specific level with an SPL meter, or to
make fine tuning adjustments to the levels obtained
using the EzSet remote.
SYSTEM CONFIGURATION SYSTEM CONFIGURATION
* C H A N N E L
F L : 0 d B
C E N : 0 d B
F R : 0 d B
S R : 0 d B
C H A N N E L R E S E T
T E S T T O N E
B A C K T O M A S T E R
Figure 12
Manual output level adjustment is most easily done
through the CHANNEL ADJUST menu
(Figure 12). If you are already at the MASTER
MENU, press the ¤
the on-screen cursor is next to the CHANNEL
ADJUST line. If you are not at the MASTER
MENU, press the OSD Button
the MASTER MENU (Fig. 1), and then press the
Navigation Button o until the on-screen
¤
cursor is next to the CHANNEL ADJUST
line. Press the Set Button q to bring the
CHANNEL ADJUST menu (Figure 12) to
the screen.
When the CHANNEL ADJUST menu
appears, press the ¤
the on-screen cursor is next to the TEST
TONE line. Press the
so that ON is highlighted and the AVR's internal test
tone will begin to circulate from speaker to speaker in
a clockwise direction into all speakers. The test noise
will play for two seconds in each speaker before circu-
lating, and a blinking on-screen cursor will appear next
to the name of each speaker location when the sound
is at that speaker.
NOTE: Remember to verify that the speakers have
been properly connected. As the test noise circulates,
listen to make certain that the sound comes from the
speaker position shown in the Lower Display Line
$. If the sound from a speaker location does NOT
match the position indicated in the display, turn the
AVR 630 off using the Main Power Switch A and
check the speaker wiring or connections to external
power amplifiers to make certain that each speaker is
connected to the correct output terminal.
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 o on the remote to bring all speakers to the
same volume level. When the
o 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 cir-
culation will resume after five seconds.
SYSTEM CONFIGURATION SYSTEM CONFIGURATION
A D J U S T *
S B R : 0 d B
S B L : 0 d B
S L : 0 d B
S U B : 0 d B
: O F F O N
: O F F O N
M E N U
Navigation Button o until
to bring up
Navigation Button o until
Navigation Button o
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