Harman Kardon AVR 520 Owners Manual - Page 25

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SYSTEM CONFIGURATION

System Configuration

cedure as many times as necessary to achieve a

desired result. In order to prevent possible

damage to your hearing or your equipment, we

emphasize that you should avoid setting the

master volume above 0dB.

Manual Output Level Adjustment

Output levels may also be adjusted manually,

either to set them to a specific level with an

SPL meter, or to make fine tuning adjustments

to the levels obtained using the EzSet remote.

Figure 7

Manual output level adjustment is most easily

done through the

CHANNELADJUST

menu (Figure 7). If you are already at the main

menu, press the

¤

Button

n

until the on-

screen

›

cursor is next to the

CHANNEL

ADJUST

line. If you are not at the main

menu, press the

OSD Button

v

to bring up

the

MASTERMENU

(Figure 1), and then

press the

¤

Button

n

four times so that the

on-screen

›


CHANNEL

ADJUST

line. Press the

Set Button

p

to

bring the

CHANNELADJUST

menu

(Figure 7) to the screen.

As soon as the new menu appears, you will

hear a test noise circulate from speaker to

speaker in a clockwise direction around the

room. The test noise will play for two seconds

in each speaker before circulating, and a blink-

ing on-screen cursor will appear next to the

name of each speaker location when the sound

is at that speaker.

NOTE:

Remember to verify that the speakers

have been properly connected. As the test noise

circulates, listen to make certain that the sound

comes from the speaker position shown in the

Main Information Display

Y

. If the sound

from a speaker location does NOT match the

position indicated in the display, turn the

AVR 520 off using the

Main Power Switch

1

and check the speaker wiring or connec-

tions to external power amplifiers to make cer-

tain that each speaker is connected to the cor-

rect output terminal.

After checking for speaker placement, let the

test noise circulate again, and listen to see

which channels sound louder than the others.

Using the front left speaker as a reference,

press the

‹

/

›

Buttons

o

on the

remote to bring all speakers to the same vol-

ume level. When one of the

‹

/

›

buttons is

pushed, the test noise circulation will pause on

the channel being adjusted to give you time to

make the adjustment. When you release the

button, the circulation will resume after five

seconds.

Continue to adjust the individual channels until

the volume level sounds the same from each

speaker. Note that adjustments should be made

with the

‹

/

›

Buttons

o

on the remote

only, NOT the main volume controls. If you are

using a sound-pressure level (SPL) meter for

precise level adjustment, set the volume so that

the meter reads 75dB, C-Weighting Slow.

You may also adjust the output levels manually

while using the level indication feature of the

EzSet remote. To activate the sensor and indica-

tor, simply press and release the

Program/SPL

Indicator Button

c

on the remote while

the test tone is circulating. The

Program/SPL

Indicator

c

will change color to indicate

the level. Adjust the level using the

‹

/

›

Buttons

o

until the LED lights green

for all channels. When it is red, the level is too

high; when it is amber, the level is too low.

Press the

SPL Indicator Select

c

button

when you are finished to turn the sensor and

Indicator off.

NOTE:

The subwoofer output level is not

adjustable using the test tone. To change the

subwoofer level, follow the steps for Output

Level Trim Adjustment on page 32.

When all channels have an equal volume level,

the adjustment is complete. To exit this menu,

press the

⁄

/

¤

Buttons

n

until the on-

screen

›


BACKTO

MASTER

MENU

line, and then press the

Set Button

p

to return to the

MASTER

menu.

The output levels may also be adjusted at any

time using the remote control and semi-OSD

system. To adjust the output levels in this fash-

ion, press the

Test Button

i

. As soon as

the button is pressed, the test tone will begin

to circulate as indicated earlier.The correct

channel from which the test noise should be

heard will be shown in the lower third of the

video screen and in the

Main Information

Display

Y

. While the test noise is circulating,

the proper channel position will also be

indicated in the

Speaker/Channel Input

Indicators

Q

by a blinking letter within the

correct channel.

To adjust the output level, press the

‹

/

›

Buttons

o

until the desired level is

shown in the display or on screen. Once the

buttons are released, the test noise will begin

to circulate again in five seconds.

When all channels have the same output level,

press the

Test Tone Selector

i

button

again to complete the process.

NOTE:

Output level adjustment is not available

for the VMAx or Surround Off mode.

Additional Input Adjustments

After one input has been adjusted for Surround

mode, digital input (if any), speaker type, and

output levels, go back to the

IN/OUT

SETUP

line on the

MASTERMENU

and

enter the settings for each input that you will

use. In most cases, only the digital input and

surround mode will be different from one input

to the next, while the speaker type, crossover

frequency, Night mode and output level set-

tings will usually be the same and may be

quickly entered by entering the same data used

for the original input.

Once the settings outlined on the previous

pages have been made, the AVR 520 is ready

for operation. While there are some additional

settings to be made, these are best done after

you have had an opportunity to listen to a vari-

ety of sources and different kinds of program

material. These advanced settings are described

on pages 34 to 35 of this manual. In addition,

any of the settings made in the initial configu-

ration of the unit may be changed at any time.

As you add new or different sources or speak-

ers, or if you wish to change a setting to better

reflect your listening taste, simply follow the

instructions for changing the settings for that

parameter as shown in this section.

Having completed the setup and configuration

process for your AVR 520, you are about

to experience the finest in music and home-

theater listening. Enjoy!

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* CHANNEL ADJUST *

FRONT LEFT

: 0dB

SB

RIGHT

: 0dB

CENTER

: 0dB

FRONT RIGHT

: 0dB

SURR RIGHT

: 0dB

SURR LEFT

: 0dB

CHANNEL RESET:OFF ON

TEST TIME

:OFF ON

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