Harman Kardon AVR 235 Owner's Manual page 21

SYSTEM CONFIGURATION
NOTE: I n orderto aqustthe speaker s ettings forthe
surrourdbackchannels, a DdbyDigital o r DRS source
mustbe playing, Thisenables the system te aci)vate
the surrou_d baekpseessingmode,
Whenyouhavecompleted yourselections I orthe
mainsurrou_d chaseB, pressthe v Butto_ _ on
theremoteto movethe eu_sor t o SUR R BA CK
Thislineserves twofunctions inthatit not only
eonligures thesettng forthesurrou_ d back channels
whe theyampreset; it alsotellstheR,!R236%
pscessingsystem to cot@gum the unitforeither5,1
or 6,1/7,1 operation,
Press the _1/_ Buttons @ onthe remote to select
theoptionthatbestdescribes t hespeakers inusest
the Idt andrightbacksurround positions based on the
defioi_ons o nthispage:
When1t01t E is seeded,ale system will a@ustso
thato@y5 t channel sunaut_d p rocessk_g/decodhg
modes areavailable andthe surround backam@if or
char_nels willnot be used
WhenS It A L L is se/ecied, l hesystemwilladlustso
thatthef@l c omplement of61/7,1 surround processing/
dace@rig m odes areavailable, a_dlewfrequency
bterma%nbelowthe crossovd_sdnt will besentto
the subwooter output, I fyouchoose thisoption and
thereisno subwooler c onr/ectad, youwill not hearariy
bw frequency sounds 1'-on/the s urleur/d backchannel
WhenL A RG E isselected, t he system willaqustso
thatthe f@l o omplemeS of 6.1/7.1 surrourtd process
tog/decoding m odesareavailable, anda fullrant/e
signal w ill besentto the surround backchannels, with
no low trequency infonnafion s entte thesubweotd
output,
VVhen y ouhavecornpleted y ours@ecfioo fortheback
surround sham@s, presstheV Button @ onthe
mn_ote t o n/ave the cursor t o SU BW0 OF ER
Press%e4/_ Buttol_s_ on the remote to select
the optionthatbestdescribes y oursystem,
Thechoices available % rthe subwoo%r p ositi@_ will
depend on the settings f or theotherspeak@s, parficu
larly the frontleft/right p ositions.
Ifthe frontlef%ghtspeakers a re setto S 11 A L L,
the subwoofer willautonlatically be setto SU B,
i d s_ i
,vh_@ _sthe on pos@o,
Ifthe front/e@'nght speakers a re setto l_AR GE,
threeoptions areava)lab)e:
Ifno subwooler i s connededb theAVR235,
pressthe _/* Buttons @ onthe remeteso
that NO NE _ppears inthe ot_screenmenu.
Whenthisoption is selected, a ll bassim%rmalon
willbe touted to the fiontleft!right " main" speakers
Ifa subwoofor i sconnected to theAVR285, you
havethe optionto havethe rio@ left/right " main"
speakem sproducebasstrequencies at all trmes,
andhavethesub_,_ooter operate onlywhenthe
AVR285 is b@ng usedwitha digitalsource that
contains a dedicated L ow-Frequency Effects, or
LFE,soun@,_ck T hisallows youto usebothyour
main%d subwoogr speakers t o take_dvar_t_ge
of lhe special basscreated topcedainmovies,
Press he 4/_ Buttons@ on he remote sohat
SUB ( LFE ) appears i nthe on-screen m enu
If a subwoofer is connected a ndyouwishto useit
to/beesreprodud/%ill oonjundion withthe main
frontleft/right s peakers, r@ardless o f its typeof
prograrn source or Surround modeyouam listen-
inglo, pass the _/_ Buttons @ on the remote
so thatSU B L F E + L / R appears if_the
on screen menu.When thisoption is selected, a
full rangesignal w illbe sent9 the fie@lefi/ri@_t
"main" speakers, are he sub,_oofer will receive
the bassfrequencies u nderfrequer_ey salaried,
asdescribed below.
WhenaJl i @tial speaker " size" settings havebeg
made,younowha_e theoptsn to takeadvantage o f
the AVR235%Triple Orossover system, w hichaJJows
indNidual crossover settings t o be made for each
speaker g roupingThetowfrequency c rossover p oint
issetby thedesignof yourspeakes Depending o n
the desi%anddrivercomplement of yourspeakers,
it is de%edasthefrequeY_ey belowwhichthe si%al
shouldbe redirected to the subwooter, andis theretere
usually t he lowest p ossible frequency t he speaker i s
capable of reproducing If yourmainspeakers i nclude
an onboard powered woofersection intended to serve
the function of a subwoofer, thecrossover p ointshould
besetat thefrequency where the loudspeaker divides
thesignal b etween itspowered woofer s ection and
anyotherdrivers. Bdoremaking al_y eh%ges to the
settings forthe crossover %int, wesuggest t hatyou
findtheerossove_ pointro_the speakem [neachof
thethreegroupings, frontleft/right, c enter a ndsur-
rour_ds, bylooks% atthe spedficafi%s paged the
speakers' owner% manual, b yqetthgthatinformation
frornthe manutaclsmr's W_bsite,or by contactsg
yourdealer o r 1bemanufacturer's custemer s ervice
depWment % u will _eedthisfigureto acc',urately
configure thenextgroupof settle@
Thefactorydelault s ettingforall speaker p osit_ons is
100Hz Ifthatsellingisacceptable f or allchanrels,
thenno adjustments areneeded andyoumayskip
thissection. H owe_,e_, shoedyouwishto chauge one
of thes@ti%s, p receed by pressit_g the _,, Button
@ so thatthe cursormovesbackup te the top of
tt/elistof sedi/rg o@ieus. Press1he_/'_" Buttons
@ sothatX - OVER ishi%li,ghted a ndhe menu
datawillchar_% to the semen showninFi%re6
f
* SPBAX_R SBTUP *
_MODE
LEFT/RIGHT
CENTER
SURROUND
SURR BACK
SUBWOOFER
BASS MGR
X-OVE_
100Nz
100Nz
100Nz
100Nz
LEFT/RIGHT
GLOBAL
BACK TO MASTER MENU
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Figure 8
Tochange thesettingforanyof thethee speaker
groups, p ressthe ,_/'_ Buttons __ uniJJ i becumor
is nextto the linewhere youwishto makeachange
andthenpressthe _/1_ Buttons @ until t he
desiredsetting appeam TheavaihNechoices at which
pointlowfiequency information w illbe sentto the
s%vvoofer, rather t hante trio menspeaker c har_nel,
are40Hz,60Hz,80mz,lOOHz,120Hzatd 200Hz
Pickthe choicethatis identical to the inbrmafion tar
the speak@s, or if an exactmatchisnot possible, pick
the closest c hoice that}sABOVE the speaker's l ow
frequency limitor cressover p ointte avoidthe creation
of a low-frequency " hole" whereyoursystem will have
no bassinfor'-nat_on
incases whereL AR GE hasbeenselected asthe
frontchar}neJ speaker o ptsnandL F E + L / R bs
beer_ selected asthesubwoderoption, t hefront
char:nel s ound intormation below the setlirlgshown
v@J be go/itto BOTH thelrentcbanndspeakers
andthe subwoofer. The SU BW0 0 F E R crossover
pointisdetermined b ythe settings forthe men
speakers, andby detault i t will beset to matcb l%
crossover poht ofthe L E F 1"/ R Z GHT channels.
Thisensures a smoothfiansition between the main
speakers a @thesubwoofet: Youmaycba%ethe
S UB W0 0 F ER settingsothatthe crossover
matches t he set%gforthe CE N1I" E R, S UR -
ROUND or SURROUND BACK chaer/els,
depending onthe capabilities @So/oudspeakels
usedat thoseIocatior_s. Forexample, if the crossover
setting for yourcenterspeaker i s higher t hanthe set-
the br yourmainleftandnght s peakers, youmay
prater t o setthe aubwoo%r to matchthe cet%r
speaker i norderto avoidlosingIow-flequency infof
marion fromthe center @ annd,whichis heavily used
in mostmovies andtelevision programs,
When all crossover set%gshavebeenmade, o r Jn
thoseeases wherenone areneeded, p ressthe v
8_tten _ sothatthe cursoris ne×t t o %e B A S S
M G R linete makethefinalsettingo_ thisrnenu.
Thissettingallows youto usethe samespeaker s ize
configuration br all inputs, or to havediftesntsettirgs
foreachirgut, h mostcases the tactory ddaultset-
tin@ ¢ GL 0 B AL will beappropriate, asmostIts
tones do r_ot n eed to haveindivklu@sd speaker s et