Harman Kardon AVR 635 Owner's Manual page 29

SYSTEM CONFIGURATION
speaker's internal low frequency d river, a sopposed to
the mid rangedrivel T heseh%sonthe SP KR X -
0 VER menualsoallowyouto setthehighpass filter
thatdetermines whichfrequencies goto the subwooter
whentheAVR635 is playing backthe lowfrequency
effects(LFE) c hannel froma digital s oundtrack.
Beforemaking anychanges t o thesettings on thisdis
play. w esuggest t hatyoufindthecrossover pointfor
the speakers i n eachof the fourgroupings, andthe
highest f _equency handled byyoursubwoofer aswell
as theo_der o f its filterslope, f rontleft/right, c enter
front,surround andsurround back,by looking at the
specifications pageof eachspeaker's o wner's manual.
bygetting thatinformation f romthespeakermanufac
turer'sWebsite.or bycontacting yourdealer o r the
manufacturer's customer s ervice department. Youwill
needthesefigures to accurataly c onfigure t he next
groupof settings.
Notethatwhenanyspeaker g roupotherthanthe front
left/right s peakers i s setto L A RGE. thecrossover
maynot beadjusted, asthe teedwill befullrange,
withno sound beingderived forthe subwoofer at
thatposition.
Tomakechanges t o the speaker c rossovers o r LFE
highpassfiltersettinggo to the SP KR X - 0 VE R
submenu w ithinthe MA NU AL S ET UP menu
(Fig.16).Todo this,firstpressthe OSDButton
sothatthe MASTER MENU (Figure 1) appears.
Next, p ressthe ,/I, NavigationButton _ untilthe
cursorison the MA NUA L SE T U P lineon the
menuin useandpresstheSet Button qi_iP. W hen
the MA NU AL S Et UP menuisshown,press
the ,/_, NavigationButton _ againuntilthe
cursorison the SPEAKER X-OVER
lineandpresstheSet Button _ to viewthe
SP KR X - 0 V ER menu(Figure 18).
:¢ SPEAKER X-OVER
LEFT/RIGHT:
CENTER :
SURROUND :
SURR SACK :
LFE LP FLT:
EZSET SETTINGS: _ ON
SACK TO MANUAL SETUP
\.
Figure18
Tochange the setting foranyof the fourspeaker
groups, p ressthe ,_,/• NavigationButton _ until
the cursoris nextto thespeaker g roupwhere you
wishto makea change andthenpressthe ,/,
NavigationButton _ untilthe desired setting
appears. Theavailable choices forlow frequency infer
marion to be sentto thesubwoofer, rather t hanto the
mainspeaker c hannel, are40Hz,60Hz,SOHz.
100Hz,t 20Hz.150Hzand200Hz.Pickthe choice
thatis identical to the infermaSon for thespeakers, or
if anexactmatchis not possible, picktheclosest
choicethatis ABOVE t he speaker's low%quencylimit
or crossover p ointto avoidthe creal_on o f a low
frequency "hole" where yoursystem willhaveno
bassinformation.
Whenanyneeded adjustments aremadeto the
crossovers, oneadditional adjustment is available t o
custom tailorthe wayinformation i s sentto the sub
woofer. TheL F E L P F L T lineadjusts thefre
quency cutoffof the lowpassfilterthatdetermines t he
frequency a t whichinformation i s sentto the sub
wooferwhenplaying a digital s oundtrack t hathasa
dedicated l ow frequency e ffectschannel. I nmost
cases the default f requency o f 120Hzisappropriate.
sincethatis the%quencymostcommonly u sedin
the creaSon o f LFE channels during a movie's sound
mixingprocess. However, youmaywishto change the
settingbased on yourindividual preterence o r the
characteristics andcapabilities of yoursubwoofer.
Tochange thissetting whenthe S PE AK ER
X - 0 V ER menuison the screen, p ressthe _,/•
NavigationButton _ until t he cursoris on the
L F E L P F L T lineandthenpressthe_/I,
NavigationButton _ until t he desired settingis
showninhighlighted v ideo.
Whenallchanges t o Speaker C rossover settings have
beenmade,pressthe A/•Navigation Button
untilthe cursoris onthe BA CK T 0 MAN UA L
SE T U P menuandthenpressing theSet Button
sothatyou maymakeanyotheradjustments
to the system parameters. It isalsoimportant to
remember t o rerun the EzSeVEQ s ystem if any
changes h avebeenmadeto the settings o n this
menu,following the instructions shownon page24
forusingthe Manual m ode.
DelaySettings
Dueto the different d istances b ehNeen t helistening
position andeachspeakerposition, the amount o f
timeit takes for sound to reach yourearstom each
channel is different. Youmaycompensate f orthisdif-
ference through the useof the delaysettings t o adjust
thetimingforthe speaker p lacement andacoustic
conditions inyourlistening roomor hometheateL
In mostcases, the settings established by EzSeVEQ
areaccurate t o undera foot.but the placement of
the microphone a ndothertactorsmayinfluence
the setting. S hould youwishto manually adjustthe
channel delaytimes,followthe insl_uctions shown
below. W henever adjustments to the delaysettings a m
maderemember t hatthe distance settings neednot
be accurate t o theinch.asthe systemisdesigned to
accommodate a typical l istening arearatherhanthe
precise measurement tromthespeakers t o a specific
"sweet s pot"posilqon.
Inaddition to providing delaying a djustments for each
individual speaker p osition, the AVR635 is amongthe
fewAN receivers t hatallows youto adlustthe delay
forthe combined outputof all speakers a sa group.
Thisfeatureiscalled AN SyncDelay; i t allows youto
compensate f ordelays to the videoimagethatmaybe
caused bythe processing i nproducts suchas digital
videodisplays, videoscalers, digital c ableor satellite
systems, or personal videorecorders. Withproper
adlustment of the setting forAN SyncDelay. youcan
eliminate the lessof lipsyncthatmaybe caused by
digital v ideoappMcations.
Tomakeanychanges t o the delaysettings, go to the
DELAY ADJUST
submenu within theMANUAL
S ET UP menu(Figure 16).Todo this. f irstpress
the OSDButton _[) sothatthe MA ST ER
MEN U (Figure 1) appears. Next. p ressthe
A/•Navigation Button _ untilthe cursoris
on the MAN UA L SE T U P lineon the menu
inuseandpressthe Set Button qi_iJ. W henthe
MAN UA L S ET UP menuis shown, p ressthe
•,/•Navigation Button _ againuntil t he cursor
ison the D EL AY A D J US T lineandpressthe
Set Button _ to viewthe D EL AY A DJ UST
menu(Figure 19).
f --,_
DELAY ADJUST
FL _12.0 ft SOR:10.0 ft
CEN:12.B
ft
SSL!10,0
ft
FR :12.0 ft SL :10,0 ft
SR :10.0 ft SUB:12,O ft
UNIT_ FEET METER
A/V SYNC DELAY ! OMs
EZSET SETTINGS ! _ ON
PACK TO MANUAL SETUP
F_gurs 19
Oncethe DE L A Y A D J US T menuis on your
screen,notethatthe default f or distance settings is in
feet.Ifyourmeasurements are infeet,proceed to the
nextstep;if yourmeasurements aremadeinmeters,
pressthe • NavigationButton _ unSl the on-
screen.->cursoris atthe UN I T lineonthe menu.
Then,pressthe,/1_ NavigationButton _ so
thatMET ER ishighlighted. Whenthechange
inmeasurement unitsis made, p ressthe _,/•
NavigationButton _ to _eturn t he .->cursorto
the F L posilqen.
Withtheon screen .->cursorpoinSng to FL press
the _/_ NavigationButton _ untilthedistance
fromthe centerspeaker t othe preferred listening
position isentered. N ext,pressthe • Navigation
Button _ to movethe cursor t o the NE XT line
andusethe_/_- NavigationButton _ againto
enterthe distance f romthe mainlistening position to
the centerspeakeL Repeat t he procedure t orall active
speaker p ositions, firstusing the • Navigation
Button _ to change to the nextposition, a ndthen