System Configuration; Delay Settings - Harman Kardon AVR 135 Owner's Manual

SYSTEM CONFIGURATION
@, asdoingsomaydarnage yourspeakers, the
AVR135 or bothWhen71 channel information i s
received, torexample through the 6/8-ChanneI
Direct Inputs@, or whenderiving 7 Channel Stereo
or Logic7/71 surround inlormafion, theAVR135
combines t he leflandrightsurround backchannel
inlormafion a ndoutputsit asa single surround back
channel.
When youhavecornpleted y oursebcfion forthe back
surround channels, press the v Button 0 onthe
remote tomovethecursor t o S UB W0 0 F ER
Press the _/_ Buttons @ on theremote to select
theoptionthatbestdescribes y oursystem,
Thechoices available br thesubwooter p osition will
depend onthe settings forthe otherspeake/s, particu
larly the frontleff/right p ositiona
Ifthe frontleft/right s peakers a resetto SMAL L,
thesubwooter will automatically be setto S U B,
whichis the "on"position,
Ifthe frontleft/right s peakers a resetlo L A RGE,
threeoptions areavailable:
Ifno subwoder is connected to theAVR135,
presslhe _/_ Buttons@ on the remote so
thatN0 NE appears intheon screen menu,
Whenthisopfionis selected, all bassinformafion
willbe routed to thefrontlefl/right " main" speakers
Ifa subwoofer i sconnected andyouwishto have
thefrontleft/right " main" speakers r eproduce bass
frequencies at allfines, andhavethesubwooter
operate onlywhenthe AVR135 is beingused
witha digital s ource thatcontains a dedicated
Low Frequency E ffects, or LEE, s oundtrack. Press
the _/_ Buttons @ onthe rernote sothat
L F E appears inthe on screen menu
Ifa subwoofer i sconnected andyouwishto useit
forbassreproduction i nconjunction w iththe main
frontleff/right s peake/s, regardless of the typeof
prograrn sourceor Surround mode,pressthe _/_
Buttons 0 onthe remote sothat SU B
L F E+ L / R appears inthe on screen menu
Whenthisoptionis selected, a full-range signal
winbesentto thefrontleft/right " main"speakers,
andthe subwooter willreceive the bass frequen
ciesunderfrequency selected, a sdescribed
below, a swellsisthe LFE infom_afion.
When all initial s peaker " size"settings havebeen
made, y ounowhavethe option to t_Aeadvantage o f
theAVR135'sTriple Crossover system, w hichallows
individual crossover settings to be madeforeach
speaker g rouping, Thelowtequencycrossover point
is setbythe design of yourspeake/s Depending o n
thedesignanddrivercomplement of yourspeakers,
it is usually defined sisthelowest p ossible frequer/cy
thespeakeriscapable of reproduc, ing Betoremaking
anychanges t o the settings t or thecrossover p oint,
wesuggest t hatyoufind thecrossover p ointforthe
speakers i n eachof the threegroupings, front
lefCright, c, e nterandsurrounds, bylooking sitthe
specifications pageof eachspeakers' owner's manual,
or by cor/tactlng y ourdealer o r themanufacturer's
custorner s ervice departrner/t or Website.Youwill
needthisfigurete accurately c onfigure t he nextgroup
of setlings
Thefactorydefault s etting for allspeakerpositions i s
100Hz Ifthatsettirgisacceptable f orall c, hannels,
thenno adjustments areneeded andyoumayskip
thissection. H owever, shouldyouwishto change one
of the settings, pleaseproceed by pressing the A
Button 0 sothatthe c, u rsormovesbackupto the
top of the listof settingoptionsPress the ,_/v
Buttons 0 so thatX - 0 V ER ishighlighled and
the menudatawillc, h ange to the screen shownin
Figure 6,
* SPEAKER SETUP *
MODE :X-OVER
LEFT/RIGNT:100NZ
CENTER :100NZ
SURROUND :100NZ
SURR BACK
: .....
SUBWODPER ! .....
BASS MGR :GLOBAL
BACK TO MASTER MENU
F_Ture 6
Tochange the setting for anyof thethreespeaker
groups, p ressthe,A/'_ Buttons 0 untilthe cursor
is nextto thelinewhere youwishto makea change
andthenpressthe _/_ Buttons 0 unfilthe
desired settingappears Theavailable choices at which
pointlow frequency information will be sentlo the
subwoote/, ratherthanto the mainspeaker c hannel,
are40Hz,60Hz,80Hz,100Hz,120Hzand200Hz
Pickthechoicethatisidentical t o the inlormation f or
thespeakers, or if anexactmatchis not possible, pick
theclosest c hoicethatisABOVE thespeaker's low
frequency limitor crossover pointIo avoidthe creation
of a low frequency " hole"where yoursyslem will have
no bassinlormafion
IncaseswhereL AR GE hasbeenselected asthe
frontchar_nel speaker o ptionandL F E + L / R has
beenselected asthe subwooter option, t he front-
char_nel soundintormatior_ belowthe setling shown
willbe sentto BOTH thefront-channel speake/s and
thesubwoote_ N ote, a lso,thatwhenthe L A RGE-
L F E+ L / R settinghasbeenselected, t he
crossover pointis setbymaking adjustments at the
SU BW0 0 F E R lira butthe seKing for thefront
left/right s peakers w illaulomatically changeintandem
sothatthe samesettingappears 1orbothspeaker
positions T hisensures t hatthereis no "hole"inthe
soundfielddueto different c rossover pointsat the
frontandsubwooter s peakers
Whenallcrossover s ettings havebeenmade, o r in
thosecases wherenoneareneeded, p ressthe v
Button 0 sothatthecursorisnextto the B AS S
MGR lineto makethe finalsettingonthismenu.
ThisseKing allows youto usethesamespeaker s ize
conflgu/afion f orall inputs, o r to havedifferent s ettings
for eachinput In mostc, a sesthefactoryddaultset
tingof GL 0 BA L winbe appropriate, asmostlis
tenetsdo not needto haveindividualized settings.
However, somelistenels, particularly thosewithfun
rangefrontspeakers t hatareusedtot bothmovies
andmusic, m ayprefer t hatdifferent b assmanagement
be usedwhenlistening to musicthrough a CDplayer
asopposed to a moviefroma DVDplayer, VCRor
cable/satellite settop
if youwishto cuslomJze thespeaker s ettings for
eachinput,makecertain thatthe M0 DE lineof
the SPEAKER
SETUP
menuissetto
S I Z E, andthatthecursorison the BA SS
MGR lira andpressthe _1/_Buttons @ sothat
I ND EP EN DE NT appears WhorlthisseKirlg is
entered by exiting the menu, y ou mayneed to go
backto the I NP UT menu to select a nother i nput,
andthenreturn to thismenupageagainto change
the settings tot thatinput Repeat t he procedure f or
anyinputwhere youwishto havea different s etof
speaker c onfigurations.
NOTE: W henthe ][ ND EP END EN T settingis
activated, youmayassign different s peaker s izeset-
tingsto eachinputte accommodate d ifferent b ass
management setfings t hatmatch yourpreferences
withthe typeof program material normally u sedwitha
particular source{forexample, whenmovies a replayed
fromDVDandmusic', frorna CDplaye/b However, the
ac, tualspeaker c rossover settings a resetonlyonceand
do notd/angewiththe inputselecfion Thereasonis
that,whilebassmanagement preferences m ayw,ry,
theactual s peakers r emain thesame, r ega/dless of the
bassmanagement aridredirection s eltings
Whenallspeaker s elections h avebeenmade, p ress
the "_ Button 0 andthenthe Set Button @ to
return tethe MASTER
MENU
Delay Settings
Dueto thedifferent d istances befi/veen the lister/ing
position tot thefrontchannel speakers a ndthesur
roundspeakers, the a-nount o ftime it takeslor sound
to reach yourearsfrornthe frontversus surround
speakers d iffers. Y oumaycompensate for thisdiffer