Harman Kardon AVR 435 Owner's Manual

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SYSTEM CONFIGURATION 29System ConfigurationTo assist in making these settings, the icons in theSpeaker/Channel Input Indicators Ú willchange as the speaker type is selected at eachposition. When only the inner icon box is lit, thespeaker is set for “small.” When the inner box andthe two outer boxes with circles inside them arelit, the speaker is set for “large." When no indica-tor appears at a speaker location, that position isset for “none” or “no” speaker.Note: These icons are available only whenmaking setup changes without the use of the fullOSD mode.As an example, in the Figure below, all speakersare set for “large,” and a subwoofer is set.Delay SettingsDue the different distances between the listeningposition for the front channel speakers and thesurround speakers, the amount of time it takes forsound to reach your ears from the front or sur-round speakers is different. You may compensatefor this difference through the use of the delaysettings to adjust the timing for the specificspeaker placement and acoustic conditions in yourlistening room or home theater.To re-synchronize the front, center and surroundchannels at first measure and note the distancefrom the listening/viewing position to the front,center, surround and surround back (if any) speak-ers in meters.If you have already calibrated your system usingEzSet/EQ the delay settings shown will reflect theresults of the measurements made by EzSet/EQ.No further changes are needed unless you wish tochange an item to reflect your taste or a nonstan-dard system configuration. To change the settings,follow the instructions below to enter the distancebetween the speaker’s location and your main lis-tening position. The measurements need not beaccurate to the inch, as the system is designed toaccommodate typical listening rather than a spe-cific “sweet spot” position.In addition to adjusting the delay time for eachindividual speaker position, the AVR is among thefew A/V receivers that allows you to adjust thedelay for the combined output of all speakers as agroup. This feature is called A/V Sync Delay; itallows you to compensate for delays to the videoimage that may be caused by the processing inproducts such as digital video displays, videoscalers, digital cable or satellite systems, or per-sonal video recorders. With proper adjustment ofthe setting for A/V Sync Delay, you can eliminatethe loss of lip sync that may be caused by digitalvideo applications.The Delay setting for all speakers configured foryour system will be available only (with 5.1 orwith 6.1/7.1 configuration) when any Dolby sur-round mode is selected (except Dolby-3-Stereo).In addition they are selectable with these modesonly, with all other modes the delay times arefixed. Note that the Delay settings are "Global"for all inputs, using those Dolby modes, and neednot to be repeated with any input.To start with the delay settings at first select anyinput associated with such a Dolby mode. Next,continue within the MANUAL SETUP menu(Figure 8). If the system is not already at thatpoint, press the OSD button L to bring up themaster menu. Press the ¤ Button E threetimes or until the on-screen › cursor is pointing atthe DELAY ADJUST line. Press the SetButton F to call up the menu.Figure 11Next move the › cursor to the UNIT line andselect the unit for distances you prefer to enter,feet or meter. Then move the › cursor to the F Lline where the first adjustment is made. Nowpress the ‹/ › Buttons E until the distancefrom the front left speaker to the preferred listen-ing position is entered. Next press the ¤ ButtonE once to move to the next line.Now the › cursor will be at the CEN line so thatthe delay for the center speaker may be set. Pressthe ‹/ › Buttons E until the distance from themain listening position to the center speaker isentered. Repeat the procedure for all activespeaker positions by pressing the ¤ Button Eagain and use the ‹/ › Buttons E to changethe setting.When the delay time for all speaker positions hasbeen set you may return to the master menu bypressing the ⁄/¤ Navigation Button E untilthe cursor is pointing to BACK T OMANUAL SETUP and then pressing the SetButton F. However, if you have a digital videosource or a digital video display that causes lack oflip sync you may use the A/V Sync adjust feature todelay the audio signal as it is sent to all channels(as opposed to the individual settings) so that thepicture and sound are brought back together. Werecommend that this adjustment be made usingthe direct access controls on the remote, as shownbelow. That enables you to see the image whilemaking the adjustment; however, you may alsoadjust it here using the menu system.To adjust the A/V Sync delay, press the ⁄/¤Navigation Button E so that the cursor ispointing to the A/V SYNC DELAY line onthe menu and then press the ‹/ › NavigationButton E to delay the sound sufficiently sothat it matches the on-screen video.Note that the A/V Sync delay setting is unique toeach video input source, so you may enter a dif-ferent set-ting to compensate for the differencesbetween any product attached to the Video 1, 2, 3or 4 inputs.* D E L A Y A D J U S T *→ F L : 1 2 . 0 f t S B R : 1 0 . 0 f tC E N : 1 2 . 0 f t S B L : 1 0 . 0 f tF R : 1 2 . 0 f t S L : 1 0 . 0 f tS R : 1 0 . 0 f t S U B : 1 2 . 0 f tU N I T : F E E T M E T E RA / V S Y N C D E L A Y : 0 M sE Z S E T S E T T I N G S : O F F O NB A C K T O M A N U A L S E T U P