Harman Kardon AVR 635 Owner's Manual page 26

SYSTEM CONFIGURATION
Step7b. Insomecases, t he system maynot function
properly dueto overlyhighoutputlevels. W henthis
occurs, y ouwillseethe message showninFigure 12.
Ifyouseethismessage verify thatthatthe microphone
is inf:le correct p osition, andnottoo close to any
onespeaker. Thenpressthe Set Button _ to go
backto the MA ST ER MEN U From there, r eturn
tothe EzSet/EQ system andwhenyouareonceagain
atthe FAR FIELD
MEASURE
screen,
reduce the system volume levelby3dBbefore trying
EzSet!EQ again.
EZSET/EQ ERROR
Am overload detected,
Please verify mic
position,
Reduce the volume by
3 dB and repeat the
procedure,
BACK TO MASTER MENU
Figule 12
Step8. Whenthe FarFieldmeasurements arecorn
pleted, t he system will askyoutotakethreeNear
Fieldmeasurements, oneat eachfrontspeaker p osi-
tion.Thesemeasurements enable EzSet/EQ to pro
ducethemostaccurate settings forbothhighandlow
frequency e qualization. TheNearFieldmeasurements
aresimilar t o the ParFieldtests, e xcept t hatthe sys
temwill "listen" t o onlyonespeaker a t a time,rather
thansending the testsignals to all speakers i nrota-
tion.Atthe NEAR
FIELD EQ SELECT
menu(Figure 13),youwill seean instruction t o place
themicrophone i na different p osition thanthe one
usedforthe inilal FarFieldmeasurements. Thistime,
placethe microphone d oseto the speaker t o be
measured, at a distance of about3 feet.Inaddition,
thetop of the microphone s houldbepointed towards
thespeaker, rather t hanpointing up aswasdonefor
theFarFieldtests.Forthe firstmeasurement, place
themicrophone s othatit is doseto,and
pointing towalds, t he frontleftspeaker, andwith
theon screen .e, cursorpointing to 1. F L
SP EAK ER andpresstheSet Button qi_ii.
NEAR FIELD EQ SELECT
Please select
41. FL Speaker
2, C Speaker
3, FR Speaker
BACK TO MASTER MENU
Figure 1 3
Step9. Youwill nowseeaWarning message
similar t o the oneshownin Figure 7 except t hatit will
contain anoptionto return to the N EA R F I E L D
EQ S EL EC T menu(Figum 13)aswellasthe
abilityto return to the MA ST ER MEN U. Ifyou
areready to proceed withthe test,makecertain that
the microphone i sproperly pointed toward the speaker
selected forcalibration, pressthe_. Navigation
Button _ sothatON is highlighted a ndpressthe
Set Button qi_l,
Step 10. Oneshorttestsignal w ill besentto the
speaker p osition beingcalibrated a ndaftera slight
pause frothe system to calculate the testresults,
youwillseeeithera "NearFieldComplete" message
or a "NearFieldError" m essage. Inmostcases, t he
"Complete" message willappeal,inwhichcaseyou
shouldproceed to Step11, if an "Error" m essage
appears, go to Step12.
Step 11. Ifthe testresults weresuccesdul, t hemes
sageshown in Figure 14 willappea_. Inorderto prop
erlycalibrate thesystem, y ouwill needto runtheNear
Fieldtestsforall threefrontchannel speakers (left,
centerandright). A fterrunning the testforthe front
leftspeaker, makecertain thatthe cursoris pointing
towards BACK
TO NEAR FIELD
andpress
the Set Button qi_i_. W henyouaretakenbackto the
NearFieldSelectmenu(Figure 13)where you should
repeat S tepsS through11 untilall three%nt speak
ers havebeencalibrated. Whenthatis donethe
EzSet/EQ process is complete andyoushouldpress
the • NavigationButton _ to returnto the
MasterMenu.
NEAR FIELD COMPLETE
EZSET/EQ has success-
Fully performed
Near Field Eq for
the selected speaker,
BACK TO NEAR FIELD
BACK TO MASTER MENU
Figure 14
Step 12. Ifa "NearFieldError" message appears, as
showninFigure 15, youshouldcheckto makecertain
thatthe microphone i saboutthreefeettom the
speaker b eingtestedandthatthe top of the micro-
phoneunitis pointing towards the speakeT. Youmay
alsohaveto raiseor lower t he master v olume to
achieve accurate readings. Afterchecking theselwo
items, a s needed, m akecertain thatthe cursoris
pointing to the BACK
TO NEAR FIELD
lineandpressthe Set Button qi_iJ. T hiswill return
youto the NEAR
FIELD EQ SELECT
menu(Figure 13)whereyoushouldrepeat S teps8
through11, adjusSng t he mikeplacement andvolume
level a sneeded untilthe N EA R F I EL D
C 0 MPL ET E menu(Figure 14)appears after
the testtonestops.
NEAR FIELD ERROR
Near Field Eq was not
successful,
Please check mic
Placement and volume
Setting
_BACK ?0 NEAR FIELD
BACK TO MASTER MENU
F_gule 15
Whenboththe FarFieldandNearFieldmeasurements
havebeensuccessfully completed yoursystemis
ready for use. T hanks to EzSet/EQ, the settings for
speaker " size",speaker c rossoveT, channel outputand
individual channel delaytimehavebeenautomatically
setandrequire nofurtheradjustment. Inaddition,
EzSet/EQ alsoperforms a complete, roomequalization
thattailors the system's performance f orthe bestpos-
siblesoundwithyourcombination o f speakers, speak-
er placement androomacoustics. Thenextfewpages
inthismanual d etail t heprocedure for manually e nter
ingsystem data,butunless youwantto viewthe set
ringinformation a ndmakeanadjustment, youarenow
ready to enjoythefinestinhometheater a ndmusic
reproduction. Goto pagexx forcomplete intormallon
on operallng yourAVR635.
Manual Setup
Inmostcases it is simpler, e asier a ndmoreaccurate
to letEzSet/EQ takecareof entering the system
parameters forspeaker " size", speaker c rossover,
channel o utputandindividual channel delay time.
However, if youfeelthatyourlistening roomor system
components a m bestsuitedto manual e ntryof these
settings, the AVR635 alsoallowsyouto enteror trim
anyof thesetraditional system parameters. Evenif you
do makethe settings manually, werecommend t hat
you runthe EzSeVEQ t estsfirstsothata baseline set-
ting isestablished, andthenmakeyouradjustments
fromthem.NotethatonceEzSeVEQ h asbeenrunyou
do notneedto adjustallsystemsettings, onlythose
thatyouwantto adjust.
Toviewor changethecurrent s ettings, p ressthe
OSDButton _ on tile remote to bringup the
MASTER MENU (Figure 1).Next,pressthe•
NavigationButton _ as needed un11 t hecursoris
on tile MA NU AL SE T U P line.Press the Set
Button _ to viewthe MANUAL SETUP
menu(Figure 16).