Harman Kardon AVR 335 Owner's Manual page 23

SYSTEM CONFIGURATION
When youhavecompleted y ourselections f orthe
mainsurround channels, pressthe • Button _ on
theremote to movethe cursorto SU RR B AC K.
Thislineserveslwo fsncfions inthatit not only
configures the settingforthe surround backchannels
whentheyare present; i t alsotellstheAVR335's
processing s ystem to configure t he unitforeither5.1
or 6.1/7.1 operafion.
WhenMAI N appears onthisline.thesystemis
configured f or 7.1 operafion withthesurround back
left/right S peakerOutputs@ receiving the main
channel feed.WhenMUL t I appears, thoseout
putswill receive the feedfromthe multiroom system
andan opfional powerqualifier m ustbe connected t o
theSBL/SBR PreampOutputs 0 for7.1 operation.
Press the _/_. Buttons _ to select t he option that
bestdescribes t he speaker-s inuseat theleftandright
backsurround pesifions b asedonthe ddinitions on
thispage:
WhenN 0 N E is selected, the system willadjustso
thatonly5.1 channel surround processing/decoding
modes areavailable andthe surround backamplifier
channels w ill notbe used. W henthisisthe casetot
yoursystem youmaywishto takeadvantage o f the
availability of thisamplifier c hannel pairfor useinpow
eringa second setof speakers t hathavetheirsource
selected bytheA\/R335's multiroom control s ystem.
Seepage35 formoreinformation.
WhenS MA L L is selected, t he system willadjust s o
thatthefullcomplement of 6.1/71 surround p rocessing/
decoding modes am available, andlow frequency
intormation b elowthecrossover p ointwill besentto
thesubwoofer o utput. I fyouchoose thisoptionand
thereis no subwoofer connected, youwill nothearany
lowfrequency s ounds fromthe surround b ackchannel.
WhenL AR GE is selected, t he system willaqustso
thatall 6.1/7.1 surround processing/decoding modes
areavailable, anda full rangesignal w illbe sentto
thesurround backchannels, withno lowfrequency
intormafion s entto thesubwoofer output.
When youhavecompleted y ourselecfion forthe back
surround channels, press the • Button _ tomove
thecumor t o SUBWOOFER.
Press the ,/1_ Buttons _ on theremote to select
theoptionthatbestdescribes y oursystem.
Thechoices available forthesubwoofer p osition will
depend onthe settings forthe otherspeakers, particu
larly the frontleft/right p ositions.
Ifthe frontleft/right s peakers a resetto SMAL L.
thesubwooter will automatically be setto SU B.
whichis the "on"position.
If thefrontleft/right s peakers a resetto L A RGE.
threeoptions areavailable:
,, If no subwoofer is connected t o theA\/R335.
press the ,/_, Buttons _ so thatN0 NE
appears inthe on screen menu.When thisoption
isselected, a ll bassintormation w illbe routed to
the frontleft/right " main" speakers
• If a subwoefer is connected t o theAVR335. you
have the optionto havethe frontleft/right " main"
speakers reproduce b assfrequencies at all times.
andhavethe subwoofer operate onlywhenthe
AVR335 is beingusedwitha digitalsource that
contains a dedicated LowFrequency E ffects. or
LFE. s oundtrack. Thisallows youto usebothyour
mainandsubwoofer s peakers t o takeadvantage
of the special b asscreated torcertainmovies.
Press h e _/_. Buttons_ sohat SUB
( L F E ) appears i nthe onscreen menu.
• If a subwoofer is connected a ndyouwishto use
it forbassreproduction i ncoqunction withthe
mainfrontleft!right s peakers, regardless of the
typeof program source or Surround m odeyou
arelistening to. pressthe _/_- Buttons _ so
thatS UB L F E+ L / R appears inthe on
screen menu.Whenthisoptionis selected, a full
range signal w ill be sentto the frontleft/right
"main" speakers, andthesubwoofer will receive
the bassfrequencies u nderf_equency selected.
asdescribed below.
Whenallinitial s peaker " size" set_ngs havebeen
made.younowhavethe optionto takeadvantage o f
theAVR335's Quadruple C rossover system, w hich
allowsindividual crossover settings to be madetot
eachspeaker g rouping. Thelowfrequency crossover
pointis setbythe designof yourspeakers. Depending
on the design anddriver c omplement of yourspeak-
ers.it is defined asthe frequency below whichthe sig
nalshouldbe redirected to thesubwoefer, andis
therefore usually the lowest p ossible frequency the
speaker i s capable of reproducing. Ifyourmainspeak
ers include an onboaldpowered woofersection
intended to servethe function of asubwoofeT, the
crossover pointshouldbe setatthe frequency w here
the loudspeaker divides thesignalbelween its pow
eredwoofersectionandanyotherdrivers.
If youhavealready runEzSet+ the settings c alculated
duringthatprocedure willalready a ppear. N ofulther
adjustment is required unless youwishto conform a
specific itemto yourpersonal tasteor a nonstandald
system configuration.
Beforemaking anychanges t o the settings f or the
crossover point,wesuggest t hatyoufindthe
crossover pointforthe speakers i neachof thethree
groupings, frontleft/right, c enterandsurrounds, by
looking at thespecifications pageof the speakers'
owner'smanual, b ygetting thatintormation fromthe
manufacturer's Website.or by contacting y ourdealer
or themanufacturer's customer s ervicedepartment.
Youwill needthisfigureto accurately c onfigure the
nextgroupof settings.
Thefactory default s ettingbr all speaker p ositions i s
100Hz.Ifthatsettingis acceptable f orall channels.
noadjustments areneeded andyoumayskipthis
section. S hould youwishto change a setting, p roceed
bypressing the • Button _ so thatthe cursor
movesbackup to thetop ofthe listof settingoptions.
Press the •/• Buttons _ so thatX - 0 V ER
ishighlighted a ndthe menudatawill change to the
screenshown in Figure 9.
_ SPEAKER SETUP _
MODE X-OVER
LEFT/RIGHT I00HZ
CENTER 100HZ
SURROUND 100HZ
SURR BACK 100HZ MAIN
LPE LEFT/RIGHT
BASS MGR GLOBAL
BACK TO MASTER MENU
F_yure 9
Tochange thesettingforanyof thethroespeaker
groups, p ress the A/'v" Buttons _ untilthecursor
isnextto the linewhere youwishto makeachange
andthenpressthe ,/, Buttons _ untilthe
desired settingappears. Theavailable c hoices at which
pointlowfrequency information w illbe sentto the
subwoofe_, rather t hanto the mainspeaker c hannel.
are40Hz.60Hz.80Hz.100Hz.150Hzand200Hz.
Pickthe choicethatis identical to the informafion f or
the speaker-s, or if an exactmatch is not possible, pick
the closest c hoice thatisABOVE the speaker's low
frequency limitor crossover pointto avoidthe creation
of a low frequency "hole" where yoursystem will have
nobassinformation.
Incases whereL AR GE isselected asthe front
channel speaker o ptionandL F E + L / R is selected
asthe subwoofer option,thefrontchannel sound
information b elow the settingshown will besentto
BOTH the frontchannel speakers a ndthe subwooter.
Thecrossover settings forthe Left/Right. Center.
Surround andSurround Backspeakers a reusedto
determine wherebassinformation i s sentwhenit is
derived fromthe mainchannels o f a source. Theset
fingfor themenulineshown as L F E is usedto
impose a low passfilterpointfor the information i nthe
LowFrequency E ffects (LFE) c hannel thatis a partof
DolbyDigitalandDTSencoded sourcematerial.
Whilethe LFE channel, whichis the".1" youseein
surround sound designations, is restricted t o low fre-
quency sounds, s omemixesmayinclude intormation