Harman Kardon AVR 445 Owner's Manual

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SYSTEM CONFIGURATION 33ENGLISHSystem ConfigurationSPEAKER will appear in both the lower thirdof the video display and the Main InformationDisplay ˜.Within five seconds, either press the ‹/› buttons7 $ on the front panel or the ⁄/¤ buttonsE on the remote to select a different speakerposition, or press the Set Button @F tobegin the adjustment process for the front leftand right speakers.When the Set button @ F has been pressedand the system is ready for a change to the frontspeaker setting, the on-screen display and MainInformation Display ˜ will read FRONTLARGE or FRONT SMALL depending onthe current setting. Press the ‹/› buttons 7 $on the front panel or the ⁄/¤ buttons E onthe remote until the desired setting is shown,using the instructions for “large” or “small”shown earlier, then press the Set button @F.If another speaker position needs to be changed,press the ‹/› buttons 7 $ on the front panelor the ⁄/¤ buttons E on the remote toselect a different speaker position, press the Setbutton @ F and then the ‹/› buttons 7 $on the front panel or the ⁄/¤ buttons E onthe remote until the correct speaker setting isshown and press the Set button @ F againto confirm the selection.To assist in making these settings, the icons inthe Speaker/Channel Input Indicators Úwill change as the speaker type is selected ateach position. When only the inner icon box is lit,the speaker is set for “small.” When the inner boxand the two outer boxes with circles inside themare lit, the speaker is set for “large." When noindicator appears at a speaker location, thatposition is set 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 takesfor sound to reach your ears from the front orsurround speakers is different. You maycompensate for this difference through the use ofthe delay settings to adjust the timing for thespecific speaker placement and acousticconditions in your listening room or hometheater.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)speakers 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 wishto change an item to reflect your taste or anonstandard system configuration. To change thesettings, follow the instructions below to enterthe distance between the speaker’s location andyour main listening position. The measurementsneed not be accurate to the inch, as the system isdesigned to accommodate typical listening ratherthan a specific “sweet spot” position.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 view or change the current delay settings,make sure the EZSET/EQ MAIN menu(Figure 17a) is on the screen. Press the ⁄/¤Navigation Button EF to move thecursor to DELAY ADJUST and then pressthe Set Button FQ. The DELAYADJUST menu (Figure 21) will appear on thescreen.Figure 21Next move the ➞ cursor to the UNIT line andselect the unit for distances you prefer to enter,feet or meter. Then move the ➞ cursor to theF L line where the first adjustment is made. Nowpress the ‹/ › Buttons EF until thedistance from the front left speaker to thepreferred listening position is entered. Next pressthe ¤ Button EF once to move to the nextline.If you wish to reset all delay settings to thefactory defaults, as shown in Figure 21, press the⁄/¤ Navigation Button EF until thecursor is pointing to the DELAY RESET line.Next, press the ‹/› Navigation ButtonEF so that O N is highlighted in reversevideo. The settings will reset, and you may nowcontinue to make any needed changes followingthe instructions shown below. Once you makethe first change to the default settings, thesetting on the DELAY RESET line will returnto OFF, indicating that the factory defaults areno longer in effect.Now the ➞ cursor will be at the CEN line sothat the delay for the center speaker may be set.Press the ‹/ › Buttons EF until thedistance from the main listening position to thecenter speaker is entered. Repeat the procedurefor all active speaker positions by pressing the¤ Button EF again and use the‹/ › Buttons EF to change the setting.If you have already run Ezset/EQ, return to thesettings established by the automated system bypressing the ⁄/¤ Navigation Button EFuntil the cursor is pointing to the EZSETSETTINGS line. Next, press the ‹/›Navigation Button EF so that O N ishighlighted in reverse video. The settings will beresent to the values calculated by Ezset/EQ, andthe menu will be locked so that the settings maynot be changed. To go back into the menu andmake any manual changes to one or morechannels, you must first return the cursor to theEZSET SETTINGS line and press the ‹/›Navigation Button EF so that OFF ishighlighted in reverse video. This will unlock themenu to allow changes.When the delay time for all speaker positions hasbeen set you may return to the master menu bypressing the ⁄/¤ Navigation Button EFuntil the ➞ cursor is pointing to BACK T OMANUAL SETUP and then pressing the SetButton FQ.Note that the delay settings may also beadjusted at any time when the Dolby Digital orDolby Pro Logic II modes are in use by pressingthe Delay button on the remote . Then pressthe ⁄/¤ E buttons on the remote to selectthe Center or Rear channels for adjustment,followed by a press of the Set button F. Next,press the ⁄/¤ buttons E on the remote untilthe desired figure appears in the MainInformation Display ˜ and press the Setbutton p twice to confirm the setting andreturn to the normal display.When the delay settings are complete, press the¤ Button EF once so that the cursor isnext to the BACK T O MANUAL SETUPmenu line and press Set Button FQ toreturn to the MANUAL SETUP menu.* D E L A Y A D J U S T *→ F L : 1 2 f t S B R : 1 0 f tC E N : 1 2 f t S B L : 1 0 f tF R : 1 2 f t S L : 1 0 f tS R : 1 0 f t S U B : 1 2 f tD E L A Y R E S E T : O F F O NU N I T : F E E T M E T E RE 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