Harman Kardon AVR 435 Owner's Manual page 31

System Configuration
After checking for speaker placement, let the test
noise circulate again, and listen to see which
channels sound louder than the others. Using the
front left speaker as a reference, press the
Buttons on the remote to bring all speakers
to the same volume level. When one of the
buttons is pushed, the test noise circulation will
pause on the channel being adjusted to give you
time to make the adjustment. When you release
the button, the circulation will resume after five
seconds. The on-screen cursor and the test
noise can also be moved directly to the speaker
to be adjusted by pressing the
/
on the remote.
Continue to adjust the individual channels until
the volume level sounds the same from each
speaker. Note that adjustments should be made
with the Buttons on the remote only,
/
NOT the main volume controls.
If you are using a sound-pressure level (SPL)
meter for precise level adjustment with the test
tone, open the main Volume Control
15dB and set the individual output level for each
channel so that the meter reads 75dB, C-
Weighted Slow. After all settings are made turn
the main volume down.
You may also make these same adjustments with
complete manual control over the channel being
adjusted by pressing the Navigation
/
until the ➔ cursor is pointing to the
Button
line on the menu and then using
the / Navigation Button to select
in the highlighted video. In the
test tone will also start immediately, but the tone
will only be moved to another channel by pressing
the Navigation Button
/
manual sequencing mode is active, the tone is
turned off by pressing the Navigation
/
until the ➔ cursor is pointing to the
Button
line and the / Navigation
Button is then pressed to select
highlighted video.
The final option for tone adjustment using the
menu system is to not use the internal test tone
at all. To do this, simply use the
Navigation Button to change the channel
and then use the Navigation Button
/
to change the output level. When making
channel output adjustments without the internal
test tone we strongly recommend that you use a
test disc in the "repeat" mode on your DVD or
CD player so that the signal being used is con-
stant throughout the adjustment process.
NOTE: The subwoofer output level is not
adjustable using the test tone. To change the
subwoofer level, follow the steps for Output Level
Trim Adjustment on page 40.
When all channels have an equal volume level,
the adjustment is complete. Now turn the
Volume down to about -40dB, otherwise
the listening level may be too high as soon as the
source's music starts to play. To exit this menu,
press the
/
cursor is next to the
line, and then press the Set Button
/
to return to the
/
The output levels may also be adjusted at any
time using the remote control and semi-OSD sys-
tem. To adjust the output levels in this fashion,
press the Test Button
button is pressed, the test tone will begin to
circulate as indicated earlier. The correct channel
from which the test noise should be heard will be
buttons
shown in the lower third of the video screen and
in the Main Information Display
the test noise is circulating, the proper channel
position will also be indicated in the
Speaker/Channel Input Indicators
blinking letter within the correct channel. Turn up
the Volume
noise clearly.
To adjust the output level, press the
to - tons until the desired level is shown in the
display or on screen. Once the buttons are
released, the test noise will begin to circulate
again in five seconds.
When all channels have the same output level,
turn the Volume
erwise the listening level may be too high as
soon as the source's music starts to play.
Afterwards press the Test Tone Selector
button again to turn the test tone off and
complete the process.
mode, the
IMPORTANT NOTE: The Output level adjust-
ment made will be effective for all inputs, but
. When the
only for the actual surround mode selected. To be
effective for any other mode select that mode
(with any input) and repeat the level adjustment
described above. This will also allow you to com-
pensate level differences between speakers, that
in the
may be different with each surround mode, or to
increase or decrease the level of certain speakers
intentionally, depending on the surround mode
selected.
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Note: Output level adjustment is not available
for the Surround Off mode, as no surround speak-
ers are used (so level differences between the
speakers in the room cannot occur). But to com-
pensate level differences between stereo and
other surround modes (independently from the
input selected) the outputs can be adjusted with
the Level Trim Adjustment procedure, see page
40, also for the Surround Off (Stereo) modes.
buttons until the on-screen
.
. As soon as the
. While
by a
until you can hear the test
but-
/
down to about -40dB, oth-
In addition to the controls for selecting channels
and the test tone operation, the settings on this
menu also allow you to reset the level settings to
either the factory default of 0dB or to re-establish
the settings that were entered by running
EzSet/EQ.
To reset all channel levels to 0dB press
Navigation Button so that the cursor is
pointing to the
press the / Navigation Button
so appears in highlighted video.
To return to the settings established by EzSet/EQ,
even if you have made manual changes to the
output trims using the steps shown above, press
/ Navigation Button so that the cur-
sor is pointing to the
line and then press the / Navigation
Button once so ON appears in highlighted
video. Remember that after turning the EzSet/EQ
settings back on you must turn return to this
menu line and change the setting to OFF if you
wish to make any manual trim adjustments.
The final setting in this menu enables you to have
the output levels remain the same for all inputs
or to be adjusted differently for each (or any)
input. While most listeners prefer to keep the
same output levels for all sources, you may wish
to raise or lower some channels, particularly the
subwoofer output for a specific source such as a
CD that is primarily used for music playback.
To enter individual settings for a specific channel,
first make sure that you have either run EzSet/EQ
and/or made any desired manual trim adjust-
ments to set a baseline for all channels. After that
is done, press the OSD Button
menu system and then select the input for which
you wish to enter different level settings by using
either the Input Source Selectors
front panel or the buttons on the remote that are
used to select an input source
. Next, return to the
submenu using the
steps outlined above.
At the menu press
/ Navigation Button until the cursor
is pointing to the
press the / Navigation Button
so that appears in high-
lighted video. When this setting is active you may
change the channel output levels for any input
without changing the settings previously estab-
lished for another.
SYSTEM CONFIGURATION 31
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line and then
once
to exit the
on the
line and then
once