Harman Kardon AVR 245 Owner's Manual

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50ADVANCED FUNCTIONSNOTE: If you are using a Harman Kardon HKTS speaker sys-tem, select the SMALL setting for the LEFT/RIGHT, CENTERand SURROUND lines, and the subwoofer will automatically beset to SUB.BASS MGR: This advanced setting is used if you wish to configure yourspeakers differently for different sources. For example, you may prefer toset your speakers to LARGE while listening to CDs from your CD player.By changing this setting to INDEPENDENT, you may have different set-tings for your CD player and your DVD player or other devices. We rec-ommend that you leave this setting at its factory default of GLOBAL untilyou have more experience with the AVR.Move the cursor to the BACK TO MANUAL SETUP line and press theSet Button to return to the Manual Setup Menu.The speaker sizes may also be configured without using the on-screenmenu system. Press the Speaker Setup Button on the remote, anduse the ⁄/¤ Buttons to select the desired speaker group (FrontSpeakers, Center Speaker, Surround Speakers, Surround Back Speakers,Subwoofer). Press the Set Button to display the current setting for thespeaker group, and use the ⁄/¤ Buttons again to change the setting.Press the Set Button to return to the previous display, or wait a fewseconds for the AVR to return to normal operation on its own.To access the setting for the Surround Back speakers, make sure toturn off the multiroom system using the Multiroom Setup menu.NOTE: The Speaker/Channel Indicators on the front panel ofthe receiver will display the speaker size settings as follows. Foreach speaker configured as SMALL, a single box will appear inthe position for that speaker. For each speaker configured asLARGE, a double box will appear in its position. If a speaker isconfigured as NONE, no box will appear. The subwoofer will beindicated by a single box, or no box if no subwoofer has beenconfigured. The letters inside the boxes appear when a digitalsignal is being received that has that channel discretely encoded.The letters flash when the signal is not present, such as when aDVD is paused. See Figure 82.Figure 82 – Speaker/Channel Input IndicatorsSpeaker Crossover MenuOn the Manual Setup menu, move the cursor to the SPEAKER X-OVERline and press the Set Button to display the Speaker Crossover menu.See Figure 83.Figure 83 – Speaker Crossover Menu ScreenSetting the Speaker Crossover menu correctly ensures that your speakersare properly used so that they sound their best. Although you could skipthis step the first time you use the receiver, we recommend that youtake the few extra minutes to enter the correct crossover settings.You may select from seven possible settings: 40Hz, 60Hz, 80Hz,100Hz, 120Hz, 150Hz or 200Hz. Depending upon the frequencyresponse of your speakers which you recorded in Step One –Determine Speaker Size, for each speaker group select the numberthat matches or is just above the low end of your speaker’s frequencyresponse.The LFE line sets the frequency for a low-pass filter that determineswhat information is sent to the subwoofer for playback. Since the sub-woofer output combines low-frequency information for all channels, inorder to make sure that no information is lost due to different speakershaving different capabilities, the subwoofer filter should be matched tothe highest crossover frequency used for any speaker group.Examine each of your speaker-group settings in this menu, and deter-mine which group is set to the highest frequency. Move the cursor tothe LFE line, and use the ‹/› Buttons to select that speaker group.If all speaker groups have the same setting, you may leave the LFEfilter at its factory default of the LEFT/RIGHT speaker group.Move the cursor to the BACK TO MANUAL SETUP line and pressthe Set Button to return to the Manual Setup menu.It is not possible to adjust the speaker crossovers without using theon-screen menu system.NOTE: Although the MAIN or MULTI indication appears next tothe SURR BACK line to indicate whether the surround backchannels are being used for multiroom operation, you will notbe able to change this setting from this menu.Delay Adjust MenuAs explained above in Step Two – Measure Speaker Distances, some-times the speakers are placed at different distances from the listeningposition, which can muddy the sound, as sounds are heard earlier orlater than desired.