Manual Output Leveladjustment - Harman Kardon AVR 220 Owner's Manual

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noisewill moveto the next channel.Note
that the color changesarefor your infor-
mation,but you do not needto adjust
anything,as EzSet will do all the work.
• While adjustmentsare being made,the
red LEDunderthe AVR Selector O
will flash.This is normal,and indicates
that EzSetis operating.
7.After the test noisehascirculatedonce
through eachchannel,it will sendthe tone
to eachchannelonceagain,to verify the
settings,
8. After two complete circulations of the tone,
the levels are set. The Program/SPI
Indicator I_I wi remain green at each
f * OUTPU- ADJ_ST *
• FRONT LEFT : _dB
CENTER : _dB
FRONT RIGHT: _dB
SURR RIGHT :
_dB
SURR LEFT : OdB
RETURN TO MENU
%
Fioure 7
Assoon asthe new menu appears,you will
hear a test noisecirculatefrom speakerto
speakerin a clockwisedirectionaround the
room.Thetest noisewill olayfor two seconds
n eachspeakerbeforecirculating,anda b ink-
channel.Uponcompletionof the second mg on-screencursorwill appearnext to the
circulation,the Program/SPL i ndicatorwi name of eachspeakerlocationwhen the sound
flash greentwice andthen go out. The isat that speaker.
tone will stop andthe AVR220 will return
to normaloperation. NOTE:Remember t o verify that the speakers
havebeenproperlyconnected. As the test noise
tor, simplypressand releasethe SPLButton
on the remotewhile the test tone is circu-
lating.TheProgram/SPLIndicator _ will
changecolorto indicatethe level.Adjustthe
level usingthe ,/• Buttonsli_) _ until
the LEDlightsgreenfor all channels. W hen it is
red the levelis too high;when it is amberthe
level istoo low. Press the SPLButton
when you arefinishedto turn the sensorand
indicatoroff.
NOTE:Thesubwooferoutput levelis not
adjustableusing the test tone.Tochangethe
subwooferlevel,follow the stepsfor Output
_evel T rimAdjustmenton page29.
When all channelshavean equalvolume level,
the adjustmentis complete. T o exitthis menu,
pressthe A/v ButtonsIi_tli_I until the on-
screen• cursoris next to the R ET UR N T 0
MENU line,and then pressthe Set Button
to return to the MASTER MENU.
If you find that the output levelschosenby circulates,listento makecertainthat the sound
EzSet a re either uncomfortablylow or high,you comesfrom the speakerpositionshown in the Theoutput levelsmayalso be adjustedat any
may repeatthe procedure.Returnto Step2 Main Information Display [_ll. f the sound time usingthe discretebuttonsand semi-OSD
aboveand setthe mastervolumeeither slightly from a speakerlocationdoes NOTmatchthe system. T oadjustthe output levelsin this fash-
higheror lowerto accommodate your particular
room layoutandyour tastes.Youmayrepeat
this procedureas manytimes asnecessary to
achievea desirecresult, n orderto prevent
possibledamageto your hearingor your equip-
ment, we emphasize that you shouldavoid set-
ting the mastervolume aboveOdB.
Manual Output LevelAdjustment
Output levelsmay alsobe adjustedmanually,
either to set them to a s oecificlevelwith an
SPLmeter,or to makefine-tuningadjustments
to the levelsobtained usingthe EzSet r emote.
Manualoutput level adjustmentis mosteasily
done through the OUTPUT
ADJUST
menu (Figure7). If you are alreadyat the
positionindicatedin the display,turn the ion, pressthe TestTone Selector _[_Jll_l. As
AVR220 off usingthe Main Power Switch
[] and checkthe speakerwiring to makecer-
tain that eachspeakeris connectedto the cor-
"ectoutputterminal.
After checkingfor speakerplacement,let the
test noisecirculateagain,and listento see
which channelssoundlouderthan the others.
Usingthe front left speakeras a reference,
soonas the button is pressed, t he test tone will
beginto circulateas indicatedearlier. T hecor-
rect channel f rom which the test noise shoulc
be heardwil be shown in the lower third of
the video screenand in the Main Information
Display [C4I. While the test noise is circulating,
the proper channelpositionwill also be indicat-
ed in the Speaker/Channel Indicators [] by
a blinking etter within the correctchannel.
pressthe _1/• ButtonsI_t _ on the remote
to bring all speakers to the samevolumelevel. Toadjustthe output level,pressthe Selector
Notethat when oneof the _/• buttonsis Buttons [] on the front panelor the ,I/•
pushed, t he test noisecirculationwill pause Buttons _ _ until the desiredlevel is
onthe channelbeingadjustedto giveyou time shown in the displayor on screen.Oncethe
to makethe adjustment.Whenyou release buttonsare released, t he test noisewill begin
the button,the circulationwi resumeafter :o circulateagain in five seconds.
MA ST ER MEN U, pressthe • Button _ five seconds.
until the on-screen• cursoris next to the
OUTPUT ADJUST line. If you are not at
the MA ST E R ME NU, pressthe OSD
Button _ to 3ringup the MASTER
MENU (Figure1),and then pressthe •
Button _ the on-screen• cursoris next to
the OUTPUT ADJUST ine.Pressthe Set
Button _ to bring the OUTPUT
AD J UST menu(Figure7) to the screen.
Continueto adjustthe individualchannelsuntil
the volumelevelsoundsthe samefrom each
speaker. N ote that adjustmentsshould Demade
with the _I• Buttons _ _ on the remote
only,NOTthe mainvolumecontrols.Ifyou are
using a sound pressurelevel(SPL) m eterfor
precise leveladjustment,set the volumesothat
the meterreads 75dB,C-WeightingSlow.
Youmay alsoadjustthe output levelsmanually
while using the levelindicationfeature of the
When all channelshavethe sameoutput level,
pressthe TestTone Selector Button [_[_J(_
againto complete the process.
NOTE:Output leveladjustmentis not available
for the VMAxor SurroundOff mode.However,
the levelsof the left and right channelsin
SurroundOff (Stereo) m ode may be adjusted
relativeto eachother usingthe Balance
Control i"[E].
EzSet r emote.Toactivatethe sensorandindica-
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