Harman Kardon AVR 3600 Owner's Manual

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42ADVANCED FUNCTIONSSTEP FOUR – Setting Channel OutputLevels ManuallyFor a conventional 2-channel receiver, the balance control affectsthe stereo imaging by adjusting the relative loudness of the left andright channels.With up to seven main channels, plus a subwoofer, imagingbecomes both more critical and more complex. The goal is toensure that each channel is heard at the listening position withequal loudness.EzSet/EQ calibration can handle this critical task for you, simply andautomatically. However, the AVR’s Adjust Speaker Levels menuallows you to calibrate the levels manually, either using the system’stest tone or while playing source material.1. Make sure all speakers have been placed and connected correctly.2. Adjust the number of speakers, crossover, distance and sub modefor each speaker in your system, as described in Step Three.3. Measure the channel levels in one of these ways, and adjust thechannel levels using the Adjust Speaker Levels menu:a) Preferably, use a handheld SPL meter set to the C-Weighting,Slow scale. Adjust each channel so that the meter reads 75dB.b) By ear. Adjust the levels so that all channels sound equally loud.c) If you are using a handheld SPL meter with source material,such as a test disc or an audio selection, play it and adjust theAVR’s master volume control until the meter measures 75dB.Press the Setup Button to display the menu system, and thennavigate to the Speaker Setup line. Press the OK Button to displaythe Speaker Setup menu. Select Manual Setup, press the OK Button,and then navigate to the Level Adjust line. Press the OK Button todisplay the Adjust Speaker Levels menu. See Figure 34.Figure 34 – Adjust Speaker Levels MenuAll of the speaker channels will appear with their current level settings.Reset Levels: To reset all levels to their factory defaults of0dB, scroll down to this line at the bottom of the menu and pressthe OK Button.To set your levels using the AVR 3600’s internal test tone, adjustthe TEST TONE line as follows:Test Tone: Determines whether the test tone is active. To begin,press the OK Button repeatedly to select the Off, Auto or Manualsetting. Manually moving the cursor out of the channel listings areaof the screen automatically stops the test tone.When this setting reads Auto, the test tone will automaticallycirculate to all channels, pausing for a few moments at each channeland then moving to the next channel several seconds later, asindicated by the highlight bar. Adjust the level for any channelwhen the test tone is paused there, using the 7/3 Buttons. Usethe 1/5 Buttons to move the cursor to another line, and the testtone will follow the cursor.When this setting reads Manual, the test tone will not move to thenext channel until you use the 1/5 Buttons.Individual Channels: If you are using an external sourceto set your output levels, navigate to each channel and use the7/3 Buttons to adjust the level, between –10dB and +10dB.When you have finished adjusting the speaker levels, select theBack option or press the Back/Exit Button. Record the level settingsin Table A3 in the appendix.AUDIO EFFECTSTo adjust other audio settings, such as the tone controls, press theAudio Effects Button to display the Audio Effects menu (see Figure26). The menu may also be accessed from the Setup Source menuby pressing the Info Settings Button and selecting Audio Effects.NOTE: The settings in the Audio Effects menu affect eachsource independently.Dolby Volume: See page 32 for an explanation of DolbyVolume processing and its benefits. Refer to Table 3 on that pagefor an explanation of each of the Dolby Volume settings.Tone Control: Determines whether the treble and basscontrols are active. When it’s off, the tone controls are “flat”, withno changes. When it’s on, the bass and treble frequencies areboosted or cut, depending upon the tone-control settings. When ananalog audio source is in use and the 2-Channel Stereo surroundmode is selected, setting the Tone Control to “Off” places the unitin analog bypass mode.Treble and Bass: Boost or cut the high or low frequencies byup to 10dB by using the 7/3 Buttons to change the temperaturebar setting. The default setting is 0dB, at the center of the tempera-ture bar.LFE Trim: Attenuates the loudness of the subwoofer. The settingdefaults to the maximum of 0dB. Press the 7/3 Buttons to reducethe level by up to 10dB; the setting will appear as a negative number.MP3 Enhancer: Enhances bass performance when playingMP3 tracks. Select On, or leave at the default Off setting fornon-MP3 audio.When you have finished, press the Audio Effects Button or theBack/Exit Button.VIDEO ADJUSTMENTSThe AVR 3600 uses leading-edge Faroudja DCDi Cinema videoprocessing technology. Incoming video maybe upscaled up to1080p (1080i with component video outputs) for outstanding videoquality, even with analog video sources. The Faroudja DCDi CinemaDual 3D comb filters and 10-bit video processing eliminate the