Harman Kardon AVR 144 Owner's Manual

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30INITIAL SETUPIf you are using a handheld SPL meter with source material, such as atest disc or another audio selection, play it now and adjust the AVR’smaster volume control until themeter measures 75dB.If you are using the AVR’s internal test tone, then adjust the AVR’smaster volume to –15dB.Adjust the levels using either the remote control by itself, or using thefull-OSD menu system.A. Using the Remote Control With the Test ToneWhile sitting in the listening position, press the Test Button on theremote. The test tone will start playing at the front left channel. Aftera few seconds, it will move to the center channel, then the front rightchannel, surround right, surround left and finally the subwoofer, displayingthe channel name on the front of the receiver and in the semi-OSD dis-play, as well as the current level setting (varies between –10dB and+10dB). Press the ⁄/¤ Buttons to adjust the level setting, and thetone will remain at that channel until several seconds after your lastadjustment. When you have finished adjusting the levels, press the TestButton again to stop the tone. Measure the levels by ear or using anSPL meter, as described above.B. Using the Full-OSD MenuThe full-OSD menu system offers the easiest and most flexible mannerof setting output levels. Press the OSD Button to display the MasterMenu, and then navigate to the MANUAL SETUP line. Press the SetButton to display the Manual Setup menu, and then navigate to theCHANNEL ADJUST line. Press the Set Button to display the ChannelAdjust menu. See Figure 38.Figure 38 – Channel Adjust Menu ScreenAll of the speaker channels will appear at the top of the screen with theircurrent level settings. Any channels that have not been programmed usingthe Speaker Size menu will display four dashes and will not be accessible.CHANNEL RESET: If you wish to start by resetting all of the levels totheir factory defaults of 0dB, navigate to this line and change the settingto ON. The levels will be reset, and this setting will then revert to OFF.If you are using an external source to set your output levels, simply navigateto each channel and use the ⁄/¤ Buttons to adjust the level as desired.If you would like to set your levels using the AVR 144’s internal test tone, youwill need to adjust the TEST TONE SEQ and TEST TONE lines as follows.TEST TONE SEQ: When this setting reads AUTO, the test tone will auto-matically circulate to all channels, pausing for a few moments at eachchannel and then moving to the next channel several seconds later, asindicated by the blinking cursor. You may adjust the level for any channelwhen the test tone is paused there by using the ‹/› Buttons. You mayalso use the ⁄/¤ Buttons at any time to move the cursor to anotherline, and the test tone will follow the cursor.When this setting reads MANUAL, the test tone will not move to thenext channel until you use the ⁄/¤ Buttons to move it.TEST TONE: This line determines whether the test tone is active or not.To begin the process of setting the levels, use the ‹/› Buttons tochange the setting to ON. Any time you manually move the cursor out ofthe channel listings area of the screen, this setting will automaticallychange to OFF, ending the test tone.NOTE: Setting the channel levels while one surround mode isactive does not necessarily carry over to all other modes. Werecommend that after you have set the levels satisfactorily inone mode, you note the results and change to other surroundmodes. For those modes that don’t reflect your level settings,you may either copy the settings you obtained as a short cut, orredo the procedure to determine the correct settings for thosesurround modes.Step Five – Configure SourcesThis is the last step in the configuration process.Press the OSD Button to view the Master Menu. The cursor will bepointing to the INPUT SETUP line, and you need only press the SetButton to display the Input Setup menu. See Figure 39.Figure 39 – Input Setup Menu ScreenThe first line indicates that the receiver is currently set to the tunersource. In fact, you may hear static if the tuner is set to an unused fre-quency. You will not be able to make any changes to the tuner, otherthan selecting a component video input or adjusting the tone controls.It is not recommended that you make either of these changes forthe tuner.