Harman Kardon AVR 435 Owner's Manual page 30

SYSTEM CONFIGURATION
IMPORTANT N OTE: L isteners a reoftenconfused
aboutthe operation of the surround channels. While
someassume thatsoundshouldalways be coming
fromeachspeaker, mostof thetimetherewill be little
or nosoundinthe surround channels. Thisis because
theyareonlyusedwhena moviedirector or sound
mixerspecifically p lacessound thereto createambE
ence, a special e ffector to continue actionfromthe
frontof the roomto the realWhenthe outputlevels
areproperly set,it is normal f or surround speakers
to operate onlyoccasionally. Artificially increasing the
volume to the rearspeakers maydestroy the illusion
of an enveloping s oundfieldthatduplicates theway
youhear s ound ina movie theater o r concert hall,even
when making manual adjustments,
Before beginning t heoutputlevel a djustment process,
makecertain thatallspeaker c onnections havebeen
properly m ade. T hes*/stem volume should be setto the
level t hatyouwilluseduring a typical l istening s ession.
Werecommend t hatEzSet!EQ b e usedwhentheAVR
isfirstinstalled to establish the initial l evel s ethngs.
Tomakeanychanges t o the channel outputseffings,
gotothe CHANNEL ADJUST sub menu
withinthe MANU A L S Et UP Menu(Figure 16).
Todo this,firstpresstheOSDButton _ sothatthe
MASTER MENU (Figure t) appears. Next,press
theA/'v NavigationButton _ untilthecursoris
onthe MA NU AL S ET UP lineon the menuin
useandpressthe Set Button qi_i_. Whenthe
MA NUA L SE T U P menuis shown, p ressthe
A/'v" NavigationButton _ againuntilthe cursor
isonthe CHANNEL ADJUST lineandpress
theSet Button _ to viewthe C HAN NE L
AD d US T menu(Figure 20).
CHANNEL ADJUST
-_ _"L _ 0 dB SBR: 0 dB
EEN! 0 dB SBL: 0 dB
_'R ! 0 dB SL : 0 dB
SR ! 0 dB SUB: 0 dB
TEST TONE : AUTO _ ON
LEVEL RESET: _ ON
LEVEL TRIM:
EZSET SETTINGS= _ ON
BACK TO MASTER MENU
F_gure 20
Toprovide the maximum flexibility, channel outputlevel
adjustments maybemadeeitherwithor withoutthe
internal testtone,andwhenthe toneis in useit may
be programmed to automatically circulate amongthe
active channels o r to onlymovefromonechannel to
thenexton yourcommand. Whenthe C HAN NE L
AD d US T menufirstappears werecommend t hat
youalways runthe testtoneoncethe automatic m ode
toverifythatthespeakers h avebeenproperly con
nected, T odo this,pressthe ,/m, NavigationButton
again untilthecursor i son the TEST TONE
lineandthenpressthe ,/, NavigationButton
untilA UT 0 is inhighlighted v ideo. T hiswillcause
the testtoneto circulate amongallof the channels f or
fiveseconds at eachposifion.
Asthetesttonecirculates, the cursor w ill flashand
movenextto eachpositionto indicate wherethetone
shouldbe coming from.Ifthe toneiscomingfroma
different s peaker t hanthe oneindicated on the menu
screen turntheAVR435 off using the Main Power
Switch [] andcheckthespeaker w iringor connec
tionsto external p ower amplifiers t o makecertain that
eachspeaker i s connected t o the correct o utputtar
minal.When youhaveverified thatall speakers a re
connected t o the correct o utputterminal, t urnthe
AVR435 backonandreturnto thismenuto resume
the channel adjustment procedure. Ifanyspeaker c on
nections werechanged wealsorecommend t hatyou
rerunEzSeVEQ b eforemaking anymanual c alibration
adjustments.
Afferchecking for speaker p lacement, letthetest
noisecffculate again, a ndlisten to seewhichchannels
soundlouder t hanthe others, U singthefrontleft
speaker a sa reference, pressthe _/_-Navigation
Button _ on theremote to bringall speakers t o the
samevolume level. W henthe ,/_, NavigationButton
ispushed, t hetestnoisecirculafion w illpause on
the channel beingadjusted t o giveyoutimeto make
theadjuslment W henyourelease thebutton, t he cir
culafion will resume afterfiveseconds.
Continue t o adjust t he individual channels untilthe
volume level s ounds the samefromeachspeakeL
Adlustments shouldbe made withthe _/_, Navigation
Button _ on the remote only, N OT the mainvolume
controls, if youareusing a sound-pressure level ( SPL)
meterforprecise level a djustment, setthevolume so
thatthe meterreads 75dB,C Weighti% Slow.
Whenallchannels havean equal v olume level, t he
adjustment iscomplete,. Toexitthismenu,pressthe
A/V NavigationButton _ untilthe cursoris
nexttothe BACK TO MASTER MENU line,
andthenpresstheSet Button _ to return to the
MASTER MENU.
Inaddition to having the testtonecimulate a utomafi
cally, y ou mayalsoturnthe testtoneon, butadvance
it from onechannel to thenextmanually. Thisallows
youto makecalibration a diuslments, but to havemore
control o verthewaythe testtoneis moved among
the channels.
Tochange the tonemanually, firstmakece_lain t hat
the CHANNEL ADJUST menuisonthe
screen, f ollowing the instructions shownabove, a nd
thenpressthe untilthe cursorison the T E ST
T 0 NE line,Next,pressthe _/, Navigation
Button _ untilMA N is inhighlighted v ideo. T his
will start t he testtonefromthe frontleftspeaker p osi-
tion,but rather t hancirculating t o the nextchannel
everyfiveseconds, a sisthe caseintheautomatic
mode, t he youmustpressthe A/V Navigation
Button _ to change the channel the testtoneis
beingsentto.When you havecirculated t hrough all
channels thetesttonewillstop,but youmayrestart i t
byreturning to 1heT E ST T 0 NE lineagainand
activating m anual s equencing.
Thefinalopfion for toneadjustment usingthe menu
systemisto notusethe internal testtoneat all.Todo
this,simply usethe A/V NavigationButtons
to changethechannel andthenusethe _/_'
NavigationButtons _ to change the outputlevel.
Whenmaking channel outputadjustments without t he
internal testtonewestrongly recommend t hatyouuse
a testdiscin the"repeat" m odeon yourDVD or CD
player s o thatthesignalbeingusedis constant
throughout theadjustment process.
Theoutputlevelsmayalsobeadjusted atanytime
using the remote control a ndsemiOSDsystem. T o
adjustthe outputlevels in thisfashion, p resstheTest
Button 0. As soonasthe buttonis pressed, t he
testtonewillbeginto circulate a s indicated e arlier. The
correct c hannel f romwhichthe testnoiseshouldbe
heard will be shown inthe lowerthirdof the video
screen andinthe Lower DisplayLine _"_lj. Whilethe
testnoiseis circulating, the properchannel position
will alsobe indicated inthe Speaker/Channel Input
Indicators[] bya blinking lelterwithinthe correct
channel.
Toadjust t heoutputlevel, p ressthe A/V Navigation
Button _ until t he desired levelisshowninthe dis
playor on screen. O ncethe buttons arereleased, the
testnoisewill beginto circulate againin fiveseconds.
Whenall channels h avethe sameoutputlevel, p ress
the TestButton _ againto complete the process.
NOTE: O utput l evel a djustment withtne testtoneis
notavaihble intheSurround Offmodes.
Youmayhave the output l evelsremain the sameforall
inputs or to beadjusted d ifferently f oreach(orany)
input. W hile mostlisteners p refer t o keepthesameout
putlevels forall sources, youmaywishto raise or lower
somechannels, particularly the subwoofer output f ora
specific source suchasaCDthatisprimarily u sedfor
music playback.
Toenterindividual settings fora specific input, f imt
makesurethatyou haveeitherrunEzSet/EQ a nd/or
made anydesired manual t rimadjustments to seta
baseline f orall channels. Afterthatisdone,pressthe
OSDButton _ to exitthe menusystem andthen
selectthe inputforwhichyou wishto enterdifferent