Harman Kardon AVR 240 Owners Manual - Page 30

With the on-screen

›

cursor pointing to

FL

, press

the

‹

/

›

Buttons

o

until the distance from the

front left speaker to the preferred listening position

is entered. Next, press the

¤

Button

n

to move

the cursor to the

CENTER

line and use the

‹

/

›

Buttons

o

again to enter the distance from the

center speaker to the listening position. Continue in

this fashion to enter the distance from the listening

position to each of the front right

(FR)

, surround

right

(SR)

, surround back right

(SBR)

, sur-

round back left

(SBL)

, surround left

(SL)

and

subwoofer

(SUB)

speakers. Remember that the

SBL

and

SBR

adjustments will only be needed

when you have surround back speakers installed.

If you wish to reset the delay settings to their factory

defaults at any time, use the

/

/

¤

Buttons

n

so

that the cursor is pointing to

DELAY RESET

and then press the

‹

/

›

Buttons

o

so that

OFF

appears. The factory settings shown in Figure 14 will

then be restored.

A/V Sync Delay

If you have a digital video source or a digital video dis-

play that causes lack of lip sync you may use the A/V

Sync adjust feature to delay the audio signal as it is

sent to

all

channels (as opposed to the individual set-

tings) so that the picture and sound are brought back

together. We recommend that this adjustment be

made using the direct access controls on the remote,

as shown below. That enables you to see the image

while making the adjustment; however, you may also

adjust it here using the menu system.

To adjust the A/V Sync delay, press the

/

/

¤

Buttons

n

so that the

›

cursor is pointing to the

A/VSYNCDELAY

line on the menu and then

press the

‹

/

›

Buttons

o

to delay the sound suffi-

ciently so that it matches the on-screen video.

Since the A/V Sync Delay setting is best made while

viewing the video program that is out of sync with its

audio track, we strongly recommend that method

rather than using the menu system. To do that, first

press the

Delay Button

º

on the remote. The A/V

Sync Delay setting appears first, and it may be adjusted

by pressing the

Set Button

p

within five seconds

of when the

A/V SYNC DELAY

message

appears in the on-screen display and the

Lower

Display Line

ı

. Then, press the

‹

/

›

Buttons

o

to enter the desired delay setting that brings the

video and sound back in sync. Press the

Set Button

p

again to enter the setting.

NOTE:

The A/V Sync delay setting is unique to

each video input source, so you may enter a different

setting to compensate for the differences between

any product attached to the DVD or Video 1, 2, 3

or 4 inputs.

When the speaker-to-listening-position distance has

been entered for all active speaker positions, press the

/

/

¤

Buttons

n

until the on-screen cursor is next

to

BACKTOMANUALSETUP

and press

the

Set Button

p

.

The delay settings may be changed at any time

directly from the remote control by pressing the

Delay Button

¹

.

A/VSYNCDELAY

will

appear in the

Lower Display Line

ı

, but you

may press the

/

/

¤

Buttons

n

to select any

of the speaker groups.

Output Level Adjustment

Output level adjustment is a key part of the configura-

tion of any surround sound product. It is particularly

important for a digital receiver such as the AVR 240,

as correct outputs ensure that you hear soundtracks

with the proper directionality and intensity.

IMPORTANT NOTES:

• Listeners are often confused about the operation

of the surround channels. While some assume that

sound should always be coming from each speaker,

most of the time there will be little or no sound in

the surround channels. This is because they are

only used when a movie director or sound mixer

specifically places sound there to create ambience

or a special effect, or to continue action from the

front of the room to the rear. Once the output

levels are properly set, it is normal for surround

speakers to operate only occasionally. Artificially

increasing the volume to the rear speakers may

destroy the illusion of an enveloping sound field

that duplicates the way

you hear sound in a movie

theater or concert hall.

•

If you have elected to use your AVR 240 in a 6.1-

channel configuration, you will not be able to use

the EzSet+ procedure unless you follow these

instructions. First, do not connect the surround back

speaker, and run EzSet+ using a 5.1-channel con-

figuration. Then connect your single surround back

speaker to the LEFT

Surround Back Speaker

Output

½

. Now follow the instructions in this sec-

tion to manually set the correct speaker size, delay

and output level for the surround back speaker.

Remember that the test tone will circulate to all

seven channels; you simply won’t hear any sound

when it reaches the right surround back channel.

Harman Kardon strongly recommends that you

upgrade your speaker system to a 7.1-channel

package as soon as you can to achieve the best

possible reproduction of all surround programs.

If you have already completed an automated setup

using EzSet+ the settings calculated during that pro-

cedure will already appear. No further adjustment is

required unless you wish to change a specific item to

reflect your personal taste or a nonstandard system

configuration.

Before beginning the output level adjustment process,

make certain that all speaker connections have been

properly made. The system volume should be set to

the level that you will use during a typical listening

session.

Using the Full-OSD System

Follow these steps while seated in the listening posi-

tion that will be used most often:

1. Adjust the volume so that it is at

-15dB

, as

shown in the on-screen display or

Lower

Display Line

ı

.

2. If you have not run EzSet+, make certain that all

speaker positions have been properly configured

for their

LARGE

or

SMALL

settings (as

outlined above).

3. Output level adjustment is most easily done

through the

CHANNELADJUST

sub-

menu (Figure 15). If you are already at the

MASTERMENU

, press the

¤

Button

n

until the on-screen

›

cursor is next to the

MANUALSETUP

line. Press the

Set

Button

p

to enter the

MANUALSETUP

submenu, and then scroll down using the

¤

Button

n

until the

›

cursor is pointing

to the

CHANNELADJUST

line.

Press the

Set Button

p

again, and the

CHANNELADJUST

submenu will

appear (see Figure 15).

Figure 15

When the

CHANNEL ADJUST

submenu

first appears, the test tone is off. If desired, you

may immediately use the

¤

Button

n

to

select any channel for adjustment using an exter-

nal source, such as a test disc, from which to

judge the output levels. After the

›

cursor is

pointing to the channel to be adjusted, press the

‹

/

›

Buttons

o

to raise or lower the output

level. However, before proceeding with any man-

ual adjustment we recommend that you first use

the AVR’s internal test tone generator and auto-

matic sequencer to send a tone to each channel

so that you may verify that all speaker connec-

tions have been properly made.

* CHANNEL ADJUST *

FL :

0dB

SBR:

0dB

CEN:

0dB

SBL:

0dB

FR :

0dB

SL :

0dB

SR :

0dB

SUB:

0dB

CHANNEL RESET:OFF

TEST TONE SEQ:AUTO

TESY TONE

:OFF

BACK TO MANUAL SETUP

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