Harman Kardon AVR 635 Owner's Manual

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28 SYSTEM CONFIGURATIONexcept with Hall and Theater modes, NO surroundchannel bass will be sent to the subwoofer output.When NONE is selected, surround-sound infor-mation will be split between the front left andfront right outputs. For optimal performancewhen no surround speakers are in use, the Dolby3 Stereo mode should be used.When you are using surround back speakers withyour system, press the ¤ Button E on theremote to move the cursor to SURR BACK.This line serves two functions in that it not onlyconfigures the setting for the surround backchannels when they are present, it also tells theAVR’s processing system to configure the unit foreither 5.1 or 6.1/7.1 operation.Press the ‹/› Buttons on the remote to select theoption that best describes the speakers in use atthe left and right back surround positions basedon the definitions on this page:When NONE is selected, the system will adjustso that only 5.1-channel surround processing/decoding modes are available and the surroundback amplifier channels will not be used. Whenthis is the case for your system you may wish totake advantage of the availability of this amplifierchannel pair for use in powering a second set ofspeakers that have their source selected by theAVR’s multiroom control system. See page 38 formore information.When SMALL is selected the system will adjustso that the full complement of 6.1/7.1 surroundprocessing/decoding modes are available, andlow-frequency information below the crossoverpoint (identical with the one for the surroundspeakers) will be sent to the subwoofer outputwhen the subwoofer is set to ON, or to the FrontLEFT/RIGHT when subwoofer is set to OFF.When LARGE is selected the system will adjustso that the full complement of 6.1/7.1 surroundprocessing/decoding modes are available, and afull-range signal will be sent to the surround backchannels, with no low-frequency information sentto the subwoofer output.7. When you have completed your selection forthe surround channels, press the ¤ Button Eon the remote to move the cursor to SUBMODE.8. Press the ‹/› Buttons E on the remote toselect the option that best describes your system.The choices available for the subwoofer positionwill depend on the settings for the other speak-ers, particularly the front left/right positions.If the front left/right speakers are set toSMALL, the subwoofer will automatically be setto SUB, which is the “on” position.If the front left/right speakers are set toLARGE, three options are available:• If no subwoofer is connected to the AVR, pressthe ‹/› Buttons E on the remote so thatNONE appears in the on-screen menu. Whenthis option is selected, all bass information willbe routed to the front left/right “main” speakers.• If a subwoofer is connected to the AVR, youhave the option to have the front left/right“main” speakers reproduce bass frequencies atall times, and have the subwoofer operate onlywhen the AVR is being used with a digitalsource that contains a dedicated Low FrequencyEffects, or LFE soundtrack. This allows you touse both your main and subwoofer speakers totake advantage of the special bass created forcertain movies. To select that option press the‹/› Buttons E on the remote so that SUB( LFE) appears in the on-screen menu.• If a subwoofer is connected and you wish touse it for bass reproduction in conjunction withthe main front left/right speakers, regardless ofthe type of program source or Surround modeyou are listening to, press the ‹/› ButtonsE on the remote so that SUBL/R+LFEappears in the on-screen menu. When thisoption is selected, a full-range signal will besent to the front left/right “main” speakers. Thesubwoofer will receive the front left and rightbass frequencies under the crossover frequencyselected in another setting on this menu, asdescribed below, and also the LFE soundtrack.After making any required changes to the Sub-woofer Mode line, press the ⁄/¤ NavigationButton E to move the cursor to the SUBSIZE line. The setting on this line enters thedata of the size of your subwoofer’s driver so thatthe proper gain, filters and equalization settingswill be used with EzSet/EQ.To change the setting, make certain that the cur-sor is on the SUBSIZE line and press the⁄/¤ Navigation Button E, so that the set-ting appears that matches the diameter of yoursubwoofer’s driver. If you do not remember whatthe size is, you can either measure the driver’sdiameter or consult the owner’s manual for thespeaker.When you have completed the settings for speak-er “size”, press the ⁄/¤ Navigation ButtonE to move the cursor to the BACK T OMANUAL SETUP line to continue youradjustments. It is also important to remember tore-run the EzSet/EQ system if any changes havebeen made to the settings on this menu, follow-ing the instructions shown on page 26 for usingthe Manual mode.Speaker Crossover SettingWhen all initial speaker “size” settings have beenmade, you now have the option to take advantageof the AVR’s Quadruple Crossover system, whichallows individual crossover settings to be made foreach speaker grouping set to "Small". The low-fre-quency crossover point is set by the design of yourspeakers.Note: if the Speaker is set to Large in SpeakerSize menu the crossover is automatically set to40Hz when EzSet/EQ runs. It is defined as thefrequency which is the lowest possible frequencythe speaker is capable of reproducing, or thefrequency at which sound is sent to the speaker’sinternal low-frequency driver, as opposed to themid-range driver. The settings on the SPKR X -OVER menu also allow you to set the high passfilter that determines which frequencies go to thesubwoofer when the AVR 635 is playing back thelow frequency effects (LFE) channel from a digitalsoundtrack.Before making any changes to the settings for thecrossover point we suggest that you find thecrossover point for the speakers in each of the fourgroupings, front left/right, center, surround and sur-round back by looking at the specifications page ofthe speaker’s owner’s manual, by getting thatinformation from the manufacturer’s Web site, orby contacting your dealer or the manufacturer’scustomer service department. You will need thisfigure to accurately configure the next group ofsettings.The factory default setting for all speaker positions is100Hz. If that setting is acceptable for all channels,then no adjustments are needed and you may skipthis section.To make changes to the speaker crossovers orLFE high-pass filter setting, go to the SPKR X -OVER submenu within the MANUALSETUP menu (Fig. 8). To do this, first press theOSD Button L so that the MASTERMENU (Figure 1) appears. Next, press the ‹/›Navigation Button E until the cursor is onthe MANUAL SETUP line on the menu in useand press the Set Button F. When theMANUAL SETUP menu is shown, press the‹/› Navigation Button E again until thecursor is on the SPEAKER X-OVER line andpress the Set Button F to view the SPKRX-OVER menu (Figure 10).Figure 10To change the setting for any of the four speakergroups Left/Right, Center, Surrounds or SurroundBack, press the ⁄/¤ Buttons E until the cur-sor is next to the line where you wish to make achange and then press the ‹/› Buttons Euntil the desired setting appears. The availablechoices at which point low-frequency informationwill be sent to the subwoofer (or to the FrontLeft/Right speakers in case subwoofer is set toOFF), rather than to the speaker channel, are40Hz, 60Hz, 80Hz, 100Hz, 120Hz, 150Hz and200Hz. Pick the choice that is identical to theinformation for the speakers, or if an exact matchis not possible, pick the closest choice that isABOVE the speaker’s lowfrequency limit to avoidthe creation of a low-frequency “hole” whereyour system will have no bass information.* S P E A K E R X - O V E R *→ L E F T / R I G H T : 1 0 0 H zC E N T E R : 1 0 0 H zS U R R O U N D : 1 0 0 H zS U R R B A C K : 1 0 0 H zL F E L P F L T : 1 2 0 H zE 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 PSystem Configuration