Harman Kardon AVR 144 Owners Manual - Page 30
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INITIAL SETUP If you are using a handheld SPL meter with source material, such as a test disc or another audio selection, play it now and adjust the AVR's master volume control until the meter measures 75dB. If you are using the AVR's internal test tone, then adjust the AVR's master volume to -15dB. Adjust the levels using either the remote control by itself, or using the full-OSD menu system. A. Using the Remote Control With the Test Tone While sitting in the listening position, press the Test Button on the remote. The test tone will start playing at the front left channel. After a few seconds, it will move to the center channel, then the front right channel, surround right, surround left and finally the subwoofer, displaying the channel name on the front of the receiver and in the semi-OSD display, as well as the current level setting (varies between -10dB and +10dB). Press the ⁄/¤ Buttons to adjust the level setting, and the tone will remain at that channel until several seconds after your last adjustment. When you have finished adjusting the levels, press the Test Button again to stop the tone. Measure the levels by ear or using an SPL meter, as described above. B. Using the Full-OSD Menu The full-OSD menu system offers the easiest and most flexible manner of setting output levels. Press the OSD Button to display the Master Menu, and then navigate to the MANUAL SETUP line. Press the Set Button to display the Manual Setup menu, and then navigate to the CHANNEL ADJUST line. Press the Set Button to display the Channel Adjust menu. See Figure 38. If you would like to set your levels using the AVR 144's internal test tone, you will need to adjust the TEST TONE SEQ and TEST TONE lines as follows. TEST TONE SEQ: When this setting reads AUTO, the test tone will automatically circulate to all channels, pausing for a few moments at each channel and then moving to the next channel several seconds later, as indicated by the blinking cursor. You may adjust the level for any channel when the test tone is paused there by using the ‹/› Buttons. You may also use the ⁄/¤ Buttons at any time to move the cursor to another line, and the test tone will follow the cursor. When this setting reads MANUAL, the test tone will not move to the next channel until you use the ⁄/¤ Buttons to move it. TEST TONE: This line determines whether the test tone is active or not. To begin the process of setting the levels, use the ‹/› Buttons to change the setting to ON. Any time you manually move the cursor out of the channel listings area of the screen, this setting will automatically change to OFF, ending the test tone. NOTE: Setting the channel levels while one surround mode is active does not necessarily carry over to all other modes. We recommend that after you have set the levels satisfactorily in one mode, you note the results and change to other surround modes. For those modes that don't reflect your level settings, you may either copy the settings you obtained as a short cut, or redo the procedure to determine the correct settings for those surround modes. Step Five - Configure Sources This is the last step in the configuration process. Press the OSD Button to view the Master Menu. The cursor will be pointing to the INPUT SETUP line, and you need only press the Set Button to display the Input Setup menu. See Figure 39. Figure 38 - Channel Adjust Menu Screen All of the speaker channels will appear at the top of the screen with their current level settings. Any channels that have not been programmed using the Speaker Size menu will display four dashes and will not be accessible. CHANNEL RESET: If you wish to start by resetting all of the levels to their factory defaults of 0dB, navigate to this line and change the setting to ON. The levels will be reset, and this setting will then revert to OFF. If you are using an external source to set your output levels, simply navigate to each channel and use the ⁄/¤ Buttons to adjust the level as desired. Figure 39 - Input Setup Menu Screen The first line indicates that the receiver is currently set to the tuner source. In fact, you may hear static if the tuner is set to an unused frequency. You will not be able to make any changes to the tuner, other than selecting a component video input or adjusting the tone controls. It is not recommended that you make either of these changes for the tuner. 30