Harman Kardon AVP-1A Owners Manual - Page 5

A

Step-By-Step"Quick

Guide"

Installation

of

Your

Model

AVP1A

I.

You

will

require

the

following

items:

Left/right

front

speakers,

two

surround

speakers,

necessary

audio

amplifiers,

and

an

audio

-video

source

plus

necessary

interconnect

cables.

Additional

options

include

a

cen-

ter

channel

speaker,

and

subwoofers

or

THX

-

certified

loudspeaker

components.

2.

Place

the

speakers

and

connect

them

to

your

amplifiers.

Be

sure

to

observe

proper

polarity.

A

typi-

cal

front

speaker

placement

diagram

is

found

on

page

11.

A

dipolar

surround

speaker

placement

diagram

is

found

on

page

12.

A

Home

THX

Audio

System

block

diagram

is

found

on

page

15.

3.

Connect

the

appropriate interconnect

cables

between

the

outputs

of

the

Model

AVP1A

to

the

audio

amplifier

inputs.

Be

sure

to

turn

off

the

electronic

crossover

if you

are

not

using

a

subwoofer.

The

push

switch

is

found

on

the

rear

panel

of

the

AVP1A.

Also

note

that

an

electronic

crossover

is

provided

for

a

sub

-

woofer

on

the

surround

channels

as

well.

If

your

sur-

round

speakers

have

woofers

of

less

than

eight

inches

in

diameter,

we

suggest

that

you

leave

the

surround

channel

electronic

crossover

engaged.

4.

Connect

the

output

of

an

audio

-video

source

such

as

a

laser

disc

player

or

HiFi

VCR

to

the

AVP1A.

5.

Turn

on

the

AVP1A.

b.

Using

the

hand

held

remote

control,

set

the

following:

MODE:

Dolby

Pro

Logic

or

Home

THX

Cinema.

CTR:

On,

if

a

center

speaker

is

used.

REF:

On.

INPUT

CALIBRATE:

Auto

position.

PAN:

CTR

position

on.

DELAY:

Set

to

20

ms.

7.

Make

sure

the

Bass

EQ

is

turned

off

(full

coun-

terclockwise)

and

set

the

Input

Level

control

to

the

12

o'clock

position.

8.

On

the

front

panel

of

the

AVP1A,

turn

on

the

Noise

Sequencer.

The

test

signal

wi

ll

start

at

left

front

channel

and

go

clockwise

around

the

room.

If

you

are

not

using

side

speakers,

turn

off

the

side

channel

output

switch

on

the

rear

panel.

Adjust

the

Output

Trim

Level

controls

so

that

the

volume

is

the

same

from

each

speaker

at

the

listening

loca-

tion.

We

recommend

the

use

of

a

sound

pressure

level

meter,

if

avai

lable,

set

for

"C"

weighting,

"slow".

Set

each

speaker

for

85

dB

sound

level

using

the

internal

noise

sequencer.

9.

Turn

off

the

Noise

Sequencer.

Select

a

Dolby

Surround

encoded

movie

on

laser

or

hifi

VCR

to

verify

system

performance.

10.

Read

the

rest

of

this

manual

for

additional

infor-

mation

regarding

the

fine

tuning

of

your

system!

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