Harman Kardon AVR 435 Owner's Manual

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SYSTEM CONFIGURATIONSYSTEM CONFIGURATION26 SYSTEM CONFIGURATION26 SYSTEM CONFIGURATIONlevel as needed until the NEAR FIELDCOMPLETE menu (Figure 14) appears afterthe test tone stops.Figure 15When both the Far Field and Near Field measurementshave been successfully completed your system isready for use. Thanks to EzSet/EQ, the settings forspeaker “size”, speaker crossover, channel output andindividual channel delay time have been automaticallyset and require no further adjustment. In addition,EzSet/EQ also performs a complete room equalizationthat tailors the system’s performance for the best pos-sible sound with your combination of speakers, speak-er placement and room acoustics. The next few pagesin this manual detail the procedure for manually enter-ing system data, but unless you want to view the set-ting information and make an adjustment, you are nowready to enjoy the finest in home theater and musicreproduction. Go to page 32 for complete informationon operating your AVR 435.Manual SetupIn most cases it is simpler, easier and more accurateto let EzSet/EQ take care of entering the systemparameters for speaker “size”, speaker crossover,channel output and individual channel delay time.However, if you feel that your listening room or systemcomponents are best suited to manual entry of thesesettings, the AVR 435 also allows you to enter or trimany of these traditional system parameters. Even if youdo make the settings manually, we recommend thatyou run the EzSet/EQ tests first so that a baseline set-ting is established, and then make your adjustmentsfrom there. Note that once EzSet/EQ has been run youdo not need to adjust all system settings, only thosethat you want to adjust.To view or change the current settings, press theOSD Button U on the remote to bring up theMASTER MENU (Figure 1). Next, press the ¤Navigation Button o as needed until the cursor ison the MANUAL SETUP line. Press the SetButton q to view the MANUAL SETUPmenu (Figure 16).Figure 16If you have already run the EzSet/EQ calibration sys-tem, the first line of the menu enables you to hearthe difference between the settings established byEzSet/EQ. The default setting is ON, which plays theincoming source with the EzSet/EQ settings. To hearthe system in a Bypass mode, with none of the equal-ization filters in the circuit path, press the ‹/›Navigation Button o so that OFF is highlighted.Note that once changed, this setting will remain untilyou change it again in this menu. While you may wantto use this menu option to hear the difference thatEzSet/EQ makes, we recommend that you leave thesetting on to take advantage of the benefits ofEzSet/EQ’s advanced room correction technology.The EZSET ADJUST line on the menuenables you to set the system’s Tilt, or high-frequencyboost. To make this adjustment, first make sure thatEZSET EQ line is set to ON, as this item is notavailable when EzSet EQ is not in the signal path.When the cursor is on the EZSET ADJUSTline, press the Set Button q, and then press the‹/› Navigation Button o to enter the desiredsetting. When you have completed your adjustment,press the › Navigation Button o to move thecursor down to the BACK TO MANUALSETUP line and press the Set Button q.Note on Manual Setup Menus: Each of the fourmajor manual setup menus (Speaker Size, SpeakerCrossover, Delay Adjust and Channel Adjust) includesa line that reads EZSET SETTINGS. Whenthe default setting of OFF is shown you are able tomake any required adjustments that are available onthat menu. However, you may change the setting toON at any time to recall the settings established whenEzSet/EQ was last run. It is also important to note thatwhen the EzSet/EQ settings are in use, the AVR willnot allow any changes to be made. To trim the settingspress the ‹/› Navigation Button o until the cur-sor is on the EZSET SETTINGS line onthe menu in use and press the ‹/› NavigationButton o to change the setting to OFF. This willallow you to make changes to the settings on thatmenu.Speaker SetupAlthough using EzSet/EQ to enter the settings forspeaker “size” and crossover point, you may wish tomake changes to those settings, or to manually entera complete speaker profile for your system. In addi-tion, for systems where you with to have separatespeaker configuration settings for each input, ratherthan use the same settings for all inputs, you may alsoconfigure that option in these menus. Two separatemenus are used to enter this information, and youmay change the data on either or both, as needed.The SPEAKER SIZE menu tells the AVRabout the bass reproduction capabilities of yourspeakers. This, in turn, determines which speakersreceive bass information that is derived from audiotracks or specifically intended for reproduction bylow-frequency-capable speakers by the use of a low-frequency effects (“LFE”) channel in digital programsources. In addition, by telling the AVR whether speakersare available for the Surround Back channels, theinformation on this menu is used to determine whichsurround modes may be used (e.g., modes such asDolby Digital EX, Dolby Pro Logic IIx, or DTS-ES,requiring SBL/SBR speakers, are only available whena speaker is present in those channels).The SPEAKER X-OVER menu is used to fur-ther tailor the bass management system by determin-ing the frequencies at which bass information is sentto a specific speaker position. This menu also containssettings to route LFE information and to set the sub-woofer high-pass filter order.To configure the speakers in your system for use withthe AVR 435, or to check the settings entered byEzSet/EQ, check the settings on the various sub-menugroups on the MANUAL SETUP menu, startingwith the SPEAKER SIZE menu (Figure 17)and then check the other menus’ settings. To do this,go to the Manual Setup Menu (Figure 16) by firstpressing the OSD Button U to recall the MasterMenu (Figure 1). Next, press the ‹/› NavigationButton o until the cursor is on the MANUALSETUP line on the menu in use and press the SetButton q. When the MANUAL SETUPMenu is shown, press the ‹/› Navigation Buttono again until the cursor is on the SPEAKERSIZE line and press the Set Button q.Figure 17* S P E A K E R S I Z E *→→ L E F T / R I G H T : S M A L LC E N T E R : S M A L LS U R R O U N D : S M A L LS U R R B A C K : N O N E M A I NS U B M O D E : S U BS U B S I Z E : 1 0 i n / 2 5 0 m mE 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* M A N U A L S E T U P *→→ E Z S E T E Q : O F F O NE Z S E T A D J U S TS P E A K E R S I Z ES P E A K E R X O V E RD E L A Y A D J U S TC H A N N E L A D J U S TB A C K T O M A S T E R M E N U* N E A R F I E L D E R R O R *N e a r F i e l d E q w a s n o ts u c c e s s f u l .P l e a s e c h e c k m i cP l a c e m e n t a n d v o l u m eS e t t i n gB A C K T O N E A R F I E L DB A C K T O M A S T E R M E N U→→