Harman Kardon AVR 147 Owner's Manual

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SYSTEM CONFIGURATION 23ENGLISHSystem Configuration• Room Equalization: Each room has uniquecharacteristics that may affect the frequencyresponse at the listening position. For example,doorways and alcoves can increase bassresponse nearby. Varying surfaces such as hardfloors or windows, or soft carpets or draperies,may also affect the way the room responds tosound. Until now, expensive testing devicesand long hours of taking measurements andadjusting room furnishings were required inorder to smooth out the frequency response toavoid artifacts. EzSet/EQ simplifies equaliza-tion, delivering world-class performance with-out the extra expense. While the test tone cir-culates, EzSet/EQ is able to obtain a sonic“view” of the room and its characteristics, andadjust the receiver’s output accordingly to cus-tomize performance to the listening room.Step 9: When all measurements are successfullycompleted, the test signals will stop and aTEST DONE UNPLUG MIC message willappear in the second line of the on-screen menulistings.Figure 7fUnplug the microphone and store it in a safeplace so that it is available to recalibrate yoursystem if needed due to a change in speakers,preferred listening position, or a major change inthe room’s furnishings (such as the addition ofthick carpeting or plush furniture) that mightrequire different settings. To enter the settings tothe receiver’s memory and return to the MasterMenu, press the ⁄/¤ Navigation ButtonsD so that the on-screen cursor is pointing toRETURN T O MASTER MENU and press theSet Button F.Note: If you wish to check the test results beforeexiting the EzSet/EQ menu, press the⁄/¤ Navigation Buttons D so that the on-screen cursor is at the second line of the menulistings, and then press the ‹/› NavigationButtons E to scroll through the list ofspeaker positions. The data on each line will alsobe entered into the listings on the individualSPEAKER SETUP, DELAY ADJUST andCHANNEL ADJUST menus once you exitEZSET/EQ.Step 10: If the measurements are not successfuldue to a missing or malfunctioning speaker, anERROR message and menu will appear, asshown in Figure 7g. The EzSet/EQ system is pro-grammed to look for speaker pairs at the frontleft/front right, surround left/surround right andsurround back left/surround back right positions.If the tests to any of those three channel pairsindicates that one, but not both of the speakersin the pair is present, the menu will show NONEnext to the speaker position where the tests didnot report back that a speaker is present. Shouldthis message appear, make note of the suspectspeaker location, exit all menus and turn thereceiver off. Check all speaker wire connectionsand then rerun EzSet/EQ.Figure 7gWhen you have successfully completed theEzSet/EQ process and made any needed adjust-ments to the input and surround mode configu-rations, your receiver is ready for use. If you donot wish to make any manual adjustments to thesettings, you may skip the rest of this section andproceed to the Basic Operation section of thismanual on page 32 to learn how to operateAVR 147. For those situations where you maywish to make a change to the settings entered byEzSet/EQ, follow the instructions on the followingpages.Manual SetupHarman Kardon recommends that you use theEzSet/EQ procedure described on pages 21 toconfigure your receiver for operation. However,you may manually configure your AVR if yousimply prefer to make your adjustments manually.To begin manual setup using the full-OSD menusystem, press the OSD Button v so that theMASTER MENU appears on screen. Press the⁄/¤ Buttons n until the › cursor pointsto the MANUAL SETUP line, and press theSet Button p. The MANUAL SETUP menu(Figure 8) will appear.With the MASTER MENU on screen, press the¤ Button n until the › cursor is pointing tothe MANUAL SETUP line, and press the SetButton p. The MANUAL SETUP submenuwill appear (see Figure 8).Figure 8Adjust the submenus in the MANUAL SETUPsubmenu in order, as some settings require thatprevious settings be established first.EzSet ACTIVATE: The first line in the ManualSetup menu indicates whether you have runEzSet/EQ and whether the settings obtained byEzSet/EQ have been activated as the startingpoint for manual setup. If you have run EzSet/EQbut you wish to start the setup process fromscratch, use the ⁄/¤ Navigation ButtonsD to move the cursor to this line, and then usethe ‹/› Navigation Buttons E tochange the setting to N O.The next four lines of the Manual Setup menuare used to access the four submenus usedduring the setup process. Each submenu’ssettings are dependent upon the previoussubmenu, and therefore we recommend you visitthe menus in the order shown.Speaker SetupThis menu tells the AVR which type of speakersare in use. This is important as it determineswhich speakers receive low-frequency (bass)information.For each of these settings use the LARGEsetting if the speakers for a particular positionare traditional full-range loudspeakers that arecapable of reproducing sounds below 100Hz.Use the SMALL setting for smaller, frequency-limited satellite speakers that do not reproducesounds below 100Hz. Note that when “small”