Harman Kardon AVR 335 Owner's Manual page 25

SYSTEM CONFIGURATION
However. if you havea digital v ideosoumeor a digital
videodisplay thatcauses lackof lip syncyoumayuse
theAN Syncadjustfeature to delay the audiosignal
asit is sentto a//channels (asopposed to the individ-
ualsettings) so thatthe picture andsoundarebrought
backtogetheL Werecommend t hatthisadjustment be
madeusingthe direct a ccess controls onthe remote.
asshown below. T hatenables youto seethe image
whilemaking theadjustment: however, you mayalso
adjustit hereusing the menusystem.
Toadjust t he AN Syncdelay, p ressthe A/T
NavigationButton _ sothatthe• cursoris
pointing to the AN SyncDelaylineon the menu
andthenpressthe,/• NavigationButton
to delaythesoundsufficiently so thatit matches t he
on-screen video.
Since the A/VSyncDelaysetting is bestmade while
viewing thevideoprogram thatis out of syncwithits
audiotrack,westrongly recommend t hatrather t han
using the menusystem. Todothat.firstpressthe
DelaySelectButtonon the Remote dT_..
TheA/VSyncDelaysettingisfirst,andit maybe
adjusted by pressing t he Set Button _ withinfive
seconds of whenthe A/ V S YN C DE L A Y
message appears inthe on-screen display andthe
Lower DisplayLine F'_. Then.press the 4/•
NavigationButton _ to enterthe desired delay
setting thatbrings thevideoandsoundbackinsync.
Press the Set Button @ againto enterthe setting.
NotethattheAN Syncdelaysettingisunique to each
videoinputsource, s o youmayentera different s et
ringto compensate f orthedifferences b etween any
product a ttached t o theVideo1.2.3 or 4 inputs.
Tochange oneof theindividual speaker p ositions
directly, pressthe SpeakerSelectButton _.
followed bythe A/T NavigationButton _ to
select t he desired position asthatnameappears in the
on-screen display andthe Lower DisplayLine [_'_.
When the nameof the speaker p osition to beadjusted
appears, pressthe Set Button _ within5 seconds.
Press the _/• NavigationButton _ to enter
thedesired delaysettingforthatspeaker a ndthen
pressthe Set Button @ to enterthe setting. The
A/T NavigationButton_ maybe usedto
select a nother p osition, o r simply wait5 seconds for
thesystem to time outandreturn to normal o peration.
When all delay settings madeusing tne menusystem
havebeencompleted, pressthe A/'T Navigation
Button _ until t he • cursorispointing to the
BACK TO MASTER MENU line andpress
theSet Button iil_.
Output Level Adjustment
Output l evel a djustment isa keypartof the configure
tionof anysurround soundproduct. I t is particularly
important fora digitalreceiver s uchastheAVR335.
ascorrect o utputs ensurethatyouhearsoundtracks
withthe proper d irectionality andintensity.
IMPORTANT N OTE: L istenem are oftenconfused
aboutthe operation of thesurround channels. While
someassume thatsoundshouldalways be coming
fromeachspeaker, m ostof the timetherewill be little
or no sound in the surround channels. Thisis because
theyareonlyusedwhena moviedirector or sound
mixerspecifically p laces soundthereto createambi
enceor a special e ffect,or to continue action%m
the frontof the mornto the rear. W henthe output
levelsare properly set.it is normal f or surround
speakers to operateonlyoccasionally. Artificially
increasing the volume to the rearspeakers may
destroythe illusionof anenveloping soundfieldthat
duplicates the wayyou[learsound inamovie theater o r
concert h all
If youhavealready calibrated y oursystem using
EzSet+ the delaysettings shown will reflect t he results
of the measurements madeby EzSet+. N ofurther
changes a reneeded unless youwishto change a
specific itemto reflect y ourpersonal tasteor a non
standard system configuration.
Beforebeginning t he outputlevel a djustment process.
makecertain thatall speaker c onnections h avebeen
pmpedy made.Thesystem volume shouldbe setto
the level t hatyouwill useduringa typical l istening
session.
Output l evelsmayalsobe adjusted manually, eitherto
setthemto a specific level w ithan SPLmeter, o r to
makefinetuning adjuslments t o the levelsobtained
usingthe EzSet+.
Usingthe FulI-OSDSystem
Manual o utputlevel a djustment is mosteasilydone
through the CHANNEL ADJUST menu
(Figure 11).
1. if youhavenot usedEzSet+. m akecertain thatall
speaker p ositions havebeenpropedy configured
for their"large" o r "small" s etlngs(see"Speaker
Setup" o n page22).
2. Adjustthevolume to - 1,Bd B asshowninthe
on screen display or Lower DisplayLine Ft_.
3. if youarealready a t the MA ST ER ME NU.
pressthe • Button _ untiltheon screen •
cursorisnexttothe CHANNEL ADJUST
line. I f youarenotatthe MASTER MENU.
pressthe OSDButton _. to bringupthe
MAS T E R ME NU (Figure 1). andthenpress
the • Button _ untilthe on screen • cursoris
nexttothe CHANNEL ADJUST line.Press
theSet Button _ to bring the CH AN NE L
AD J U ST menu(Figure 11)to the semen.
CHANNEL ADJUST
FL : OdB SBR: OdR
CEN OdB SBL: OdR
FR : OdB SL : OdR
SR : OdB SUB: OdR
CHANNEL RESET:OFF
TEST TONE SEQ:AUTO
TEST TONE :OFF
BACK TO MASTER MENU
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_ure 11
WhentheCHANNEL ADJUST menufirst
appeam thetesttoneis oft Ifdesired, y ou may
immediately u sethe A/'T Navigation Button
to selectanychannel f oradjustment using an exter
halsource, suchasa testdisc. f romwhichto judge
theoutputlevels. Atterthe • cursoris pointing to
thechannel t o be adjusted, pressthe ,/•
Navigation Button_ to raiseor lowertheoutput
level.However. before proceeding withanymanual
adjustment we recommend t hatyoufirstusethe
AVR's internal testtonegenerator a ndautomatic
sequencer to senda toneto eachchannel so that
youmayverify thatallspeaker c onnections h ave
beenproperly made.
Toturnthe testtoneon andhaveit automatically
cimulate amongthechannels where a speaker h as
beenconfigured (seepage22). pressthe A/'v
Navigation Button_ untilthe • cursoris point
ingtothe TEST TONE SEQ lineon the
menu.Next. p ressthe_/_ Navigation Button
untilAU T 0 is showninhighlighted v ideo. A t
thistimethe testtonewill immediately beginto cir
culateclockwise around themorn.playing fortwo
seconds ineachspeaker b efore switching to the
nextspeaker p osition. T he• cursor w ill blinknext
to theactivespeaker t o indicate whichspeaker t he
sound shouldbecoming from.
Asthe testnoisecimulates, listento makecertain
thatthe sound comesfromthe speaker p osition
showninthe Lower DisplayLine [_'Til. nextto the
• cursorinthe on-screen display, andbytheflash-
ingindication intheSpeaker/Channel I nput
Indicators_. if the sound from a speaker I oca
tiondoesNOT match theposition indicated i n the
display, turnthe AVR 335 off using the Main
PowerSwitch [] andcheckthespeaker w iring
or connections t o external p ower amplifiers t o make
certain thateachspeaker i s connected t o the cot
rectoutputterminal.
5.Afterchecking forspeaker p lacement, letthetest
noisecirculate again, a ndlisten to seewhichchan-