Harman Kardon AVR 635 Owner's Manual page 25

SYSTEM CONFIGURATION
crossovers, makesurethatthe cursoris pointing to
C0 N T I NU E andpressthe Set Button
againsince you havealready s etthe crossovers.
Step3. The FAR FIELD MEASURE screen
(Figure 8) willappear w ithinstructions t o placethe
microphone, if youhavenotalready doneso.This
screen is alsothe placeto setthemastervolume
level. A s notedon thescreen, u sethe Volume
6ontrol _'_lql]_ to adjustthe volume level t o
28dB,asshown on the linethatappears at the
bottomof the menuwhenthe volume isadjusted.
Press the Set Button _ whenthe volume isset
to theproperlevel.
$ FAR FIELD MEASURE
Place microphone 3ft/lm
above ear level at
listening position_ at
least D ft/$m away from
the closest speaker.
S_t volume to -2&dB
CONTINUE
BACK TO EZSET/EQ MODE
BACK TO MASTER MENU
VOLUME: -28dB
Step4. Thefinalmenuscreenbefore the EzSet/EQ
process startsisa warning screen (Figure 9) that
serves asa reminder t o keepthe roomasquietas
possible whilethe system is in use.Extraneous noise
of anykindmayadversely a ffecttheaccuracy of the
system's results, Donot talkwhilethetesttonesare
drculating, andif possible, turnoffanyventilation s ys
ternsif the noiseformtheairflowis loudenough for
youto hear. S hould an outside noisesuchasa phone
ringing occurduringthetestprocess, werecommend
thatyourerunEzSet/EQ. Thisscreenisalsoyour
reminder thatthetesttonesusedby EzSeVEQ a re
somewhat loud.Anyone withsensitive h earing should
leave the roomor usehearing protection beforemov
ingto the nextstep.Ifyoudo not wishto startthe test
process at thistime,pressthe A/• Navigation
Button _ to return to eitherthe EzSet/EQ menu
or the Master M enu,andpresstheSet Button qi_iJ.
Tobeginthe EzSet/EQ N earFieldmeasurements,
pressthe ._/_. NavigationButton _ sothat
0 N is highlightad i n reverse video, a ndpressthe
Set Button qi_i_.
NOTE: O nce the EzSeVEQ p rocess starts, t he volume
control a ndStandby/Off switches amtemporarily d is
abledwhilethe testsam inprogress. Donotadjustthe
volume or turntheunitoff untilyouseethe on screen
message change to indicate thatEzSeVEQ i sfinished.
f
WARNING ! !
During measurement
Please maintain silemce
While several loud sound
bursts are heard,
START : _ON
BACK TO EZSET/EQ MENU
BACK TO MASTER MENU
F_gure 9
IMPORTANT N OTE: A nyone withhearing thatissen
sitiveto loudnoises shouldleavetheroomat this
point,or useearprotection sufficient to reducethe
noiselevel a t theirears.Inexpensive foamstyleear
plugs, a vailable at mostdrugstores, m aybe usedto
reducethesoundlevel t o a tolerable level f oranyone
whohasa problem withloudnoise.Ifyouareuncom-
fortable with,or cannot t olerate loudsounds anddo
not usesomesortof earprotection w estrongly rec
ommend thatyouleavethe roomandasksomeone
elseto bepresent w hilethe EzSeVEQ p rocess takes
place,or thatyoudo not useEzSet/EQ andenterthe
configuration settings manually, asdescribed o n pages
26 through 31.
Step 5. Atthispointyou willbeginto heara seriesof
testtonescirculate amongall thespeakers inyour
system. W hile thisis happening, the AVR635 is read
ingthe signal t o determine whichspeakerpositions
areactive, whattypeof speakerispresent a teach
activeposition, whatthedistance is fromthe listening
position to eachspeaker, andto beginto builda pro
fileof the impact o f the room's acoustics o n thequality
of audioreproduction. Whenthe testis completed y ou
will hearthetonesstop,andthe system will pause fors
longasa minute whilethe processor m akesitscalcu
lations. D onot be alarmed if the "WARNING" message
remains onthe screen aftertonesstopuntila results
message is displayed a sshowninStep6 or 7, below.
NOTE: W hilethesetestsdetect w hether a speaker i s
connected t o a particular output, t heycannotdeter
minewhether t hespeaker i s inthe correct p osition.
(Forexample, it cantellwhether a speaker i s connected
to the Surround Right o utput, b ut it cannot t ellwhether
the speaker i s on the rightor leftsideof yourlistening
room.)Forthatreason, westrongly recommend t hat
youtry to listen asthe tonecirculates, matching the
nameshown for eachchannel t o the location of the
speaker. Ifa toneis heardfroma speaker p osition that
doesnot match the on screenmessage, makea note
of the incorrect s peaker c onnections. Whenthe test
process stopsyouwillseea message indicating t he
theyFarFieldmeasurements am complete, b utsince
thereisa connection e rrorpressthe • Navigation
Button _ sothatthe on screencursorinFig.7 is
pointing to RETURN
TO MASTER MENU
andpressthe Set Button qi_. At thispoint,exitall
menus andturnthe receiver o ff.Check all speaker
wireconnections andthenrerun EzSeVEQ.
Step 6. Whenthe FarFieldtestsarecomplete a mes
sagescreen winappear t o confirmif the procedure
wassuccesdul o r not.In mostcases therewill not be
anyproblems andyouwill seethe message shownin
Figure 10 on yourscreen.Ifthespeaker p osillons
shownmatch the actual s peaker l ayoutinyoursys
tam,pressthe Set Button _ to complete EzSeVEQ
bypetiorming the NearFieldMeasurements. Continue
the EzSet/EQ process bypressing the Set Button
to takethe NearFieldmeasurements fromthe
frontleft,centerandrightspeakers. Bytakingthis
separate setof measurements, theA\/R635 is ableto
complete its viewof the room'ssonic signature and
applyequalization as needed to correct s pikes and
dipsinthe system's response, Continue t heseinstruc
tionswithStep8.
FAR FIELD COMPLETE
Detected speaker cenfig
FL : YES SBR: YES
CEN : YES SBL: YES
FR : YES SL : YES
SR : YES SUB: YES
DO NEAR FIELD
BACK TO MASTER MENU
Figure 1 0
Step 7a. Ifthe measurements arenotsuccessful due
to a missing or malfunctioning speaker, the F A R
F I E L D EQ E RR 0 R message will appear a s
showninFigure 11, EzSeVEQ i s programmed t o look
forspeakerpairsatthe frontleft/front r ight,surround
leff/surround rightandsurround backleff/surround
backrightpositions. Ifthe testresultsindicate thatone,
butnot bothof the speakers i nanyof thesepairsis
present, the menuwill show NOnextto the speaker
position wherethetestsdidnot reportbackthata
speaker i s present. S hould thismessage appeal, m ake
noteof thesuspect s peaker l ocation, e xitall menus
andturnthe receiver o ff.Check allspeaker w irecon-
necllons a ndthenrerunEzSeVEQ.
FAR FIELD EQ ERROR
Detected speaker confi g
FL : YES SBR: YES
CEN : YES SBL: YES
FR ! YES SL : YES
SR : NO SUB: YES
Verify spkr connections
Verify mic position
Reduce background noise
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