Harman Kardon AVR 347 Owner's Manual

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SYSTEM CONFIGURATION 23ENGLISHSystem ConfigurationSubwoofers produce largely nondirectionalsound, so they may be placed almost anywherein a room. Actual placement should be based onroom size and shape and the type of subwooferused. One method of finding the optimallocation for a subwoofer is to begin by placing itin the front of the room, about 15cm from awall, or near the front corner of the room.Another method is to temporarily place thesubwoofer in the spot where you will normallysit, and then walk around the room until youfind a spot where the subwoofer sounds best.Place the subwoofer in that spot. You shouldalso follow the instructions of the subwoofer’smanufacturer, or you may wish to experimentwith the best location for a subwoofer in yourlistening room.Once the speakers have been placed in the roomand connected, the remaining steps are to pro-gram the system configuration memories.Although it is necessary to assign input/outputsettings and surround mode choices manually,we recommend that you take advantage of thepower and precision of EzSet/EQ to automatical-ly select and enter the settings for all otheraudio parameters. This will not only save youtime; it will ensure that your room is calibratedand equalized with an accuracy not possiblewhen these settings are made manually. You arenow ready to power up the AVR 347 to beginthese final adjustments.First Turn OnYou are now ready to power up the AVR tobegin these final adjustments.1. Plug the Power Cable into an un-switched AC outlet.2. Press the Main Power Switch 1 in until itlatches and the word “OFF” on the top of theswitch disappears inside the front panel. Notethat the Power Indicator 3 will turnorange, indicating that the unit is in theStandby mode.3. Remove the protective plastic film from themain front-panel lens. If left in place, the filmmay affect the performance of your remotecontrol.4. Install the three supplied AAA batteries in theremote as shown. Be certain to follow the (+)and (–) polarity indicators that are on the topof the battery compartment.5. Turn the AVR on either by pressing theSystem Power Control 2 or the InputSource Selector % on the front panel, orvia the remote by pressing the Power OnButton 3, AVR Selector 5 or any of theInput Selectors 46 on the remote. ThePower Indicator 3 will turn blue to confirmthat the unit is on, and the MainInformation Display Ò will also light up.NOTE: After pressing one of the Input Selectorbuttons 4 to turn the unit on, press the AVRSelector 5 to have the remote control the AVRfunctions.Using the On-Screen DisplayWhen making the following adjustments, youmay find them easier to make via the unit’s on-screen display system. These easy-to-readdisplays give you a clear picture of the currentstatus of the unit and facilitate speaker, delay,input or digital selection you are making.To view the on-screen displays, make certain youhave made a connection from either the HDMIOutput # or the Video Monitor Out jack on the rear panel to the HDMI, component, com-posite or S-Video input of your TV or projector. Inorder to view the AVR’s displays, the correctvideo input must be selected on your video dis-play.IMPORTANT NOTE: When viewing the on-screenmenus using a CRT-based projector, plasma displayor any direct-view CRT monitor or television, it isimportant that they not be left on the screen foran extended period of time. As with any video dis-play, but particularly with projectors, constant dis-play of a static image such as these menus orvideo game images may cause the image to bepermanently “burned into” the CRT. This type ofdamage is not covered by the AVR warranty andmay not be covered by the projector TV set’s war-ranty.The AVR has two on-screen display modes,“Semi-OSD” and “Full-OSD.” When making con-figuration adjustments, it is recommended thatthe Full-OSD mode be used. This will place acomplete status report or option listing on thescreen, making it easier to view the availableoptions and make the settings on the screen. TheSemi-OSD mode uses one-line displays only.Note that when the full OSD system is in use,the menu selections are not shown in the Infor-mation Display Ò. When the full OSD menusystem is used, OSD O N will appear in theMain Information Display Ò to remind youthat a video display must be used.When the semi-OSD system is used in conjunc-tion with the discrete configuration buttons, theon screen display will show a single line of textwith the current menu selection. That selectionwill also be shown in the Main InformationDisplay Ò.The full OSD system can always be turned on oroff by pressing the OSD button L. When thisbutton is pressed the MASTER MENU(Figure 1) will appear, and adjustments aremade from the individual menus. Note that themenus will remain on the screen for 20 secondsafter the latest action was made on the screenmenu, then they will “time-out” and disappearfrom the screen. The time-out may be increasedto as much as 50 seconds by going to theSYSTEM SETUP menu, and changing theitem titled FULL OSD TIME OUT.The semi-OSD system is also available as a sys-tem default, although it may be turned off byusing the SYSTEM SETUP menu. (See page49). With the semi-OSD system, you may makeadjustments directly, by pressing the buttons onthe front panel or remote control for the specificparameter to be adjusted. For example, tochange the digital input for any of the sources,press the Digital Select Button ÛG andthen any of the Selector buttons ‹/› 7 or⁄/¤ D on the front panel or remote.System SetupThe AVR 347 features an advanced memorysystem that enables you to establish differentconfigurations for, digital input, surround mode,for each input source. This flexibility enables youto custom tailor the way in which you listen toeach source and have the AVR memorize them.This means, for example, that you may associatedifferent surround modes and analog or digitalinputs with different sources. Once thesesettings are made, they will automatically berecalled whenever you select that input.However, we recommend that the first time youuse the AVR, you take advantage of the simplici-ty of configuring the system using the EzSet/EQprocess, which takes the guesswork out ofspeaker size and delay settings, and balancesthe speaker output levels to tailor the AVR’ssound presentation to your specific system androom. Before beginning the EzSet/EQ procedure,there are a few adjustments that need to bemade to ensure accurate results.