Harman Kardon AVR 7550HD Owners Manual - Page 43

ADVANCED FUNCTIONS easier than ever, since an external power amplifier is not required. Select the Zone 2 option at this line, and connect the Surround Back Speaker Outputs to loudspeakers located in the remote room. The main room will be configured automatically for up to 5.1 channels. See฀the฀Multizone฀Operation฀section฀for฀more฀information. NOTE: When the Surround Back speakers are set to "Zone 2", they will not be configured during the EzSet/EQ II process. To use the speakers in the main listening area, configure them as "On", and run the EzSet/EQ II process for a 7.1- or 7.2-channel system. If the speakers will only be used during multizone operation, configure them manually, as explained below. The settings in this menu affect the remainder of the speaker setup process and the availability of various surround modes at any time. When you have finished, select the Back option or use the Back/ Exit Button. Adjust Crossover Frequencies Menu After you have programmed the number of speakers, the AVR will return to the Speaker Setup Position menu (see Figure 28). Navigate to the Crossover (Size) line and press the OK Button to display the Adjust Crossover Frequencies menu (see Figure 30). have a subwoofer, either upgrade to full-range speakers or add a subwoofer at the earliest opportunity If฀you฀set฀the฀front฀speakers฀to฀LARGE,฀select฀one฀of฀the฀three฀ settings for the subwoofer. u L/R+LFE: This setting sends all low-frequency information to the subwoofer, including both information that would normally be played through the front left and right speakers, and the special low-frequency effects (LFE) channel information. u Off: Select this setting when no subwoofer is in use. All low-frequency information will be sent to the front left and right speakers. u LFE: This setting plays low-frequency information contained in the left and right program channels through the front speakers, and directs only the LFE channel to the subwoofer. NOTE: If you are using a Harman Kardon HKTS Series speaker system, select the appropriate numeric crossover frequency฀for฀the฀Main฀Speaker฀groups,฀and฀the฀subwoofer฀ will automatically be set to LFE. Adjust Speaker Distance Menu Placing the speakers at different distances from the listening positions can muddy the sound, as sounds are heard earlier or later than desired. Even if all of your speakers are placed the same distance from the listening position, do not skip this menu. On the Speaker Setup Position menu, move the cursor to the Distance line and press the OK Button to display the Adjust Speaker Distance menu. See Figure 31. Figure฀30฀-฀Adjust฀Crossover฀Frequencies฀Menu The AVR will only display those speaker groups programmed in the Number of Speakers menu. Refer to Table A3 for each speaker's crossover. For the main speakers, this is the lowest frequency the speaker reproduces well. For each main speaker, select one of the seven crossover frequencies: 40Hz, 60Hz, 80Hz, 100Hz, 120Hz, 150Hz or 200Hz. If the crossover frequency is below 40Hz, select the first option, "Large". This setting doesn't refer to the speaker's physical size, but to its frequency response, which is also called "full range". Specify the size of the subwoofer's transducer as 8, 10, 12 or 15 inches. The AVR always sets the subwoofer crossover to 100Hz, but uses the transducer size for equalization. Write down the settings in Table A3 in the appendix. When you have finished entering the settings, select Back, or press the Back/Exit Button. Sub Mode Move฀the฀cursor฀to฀the฀Sub฀Mode฀line.฀This฀setting฀depends฀upon฀ how you programmed the front left and right speakers If฀you฀set฀the฀front฀speakers฀to฀a฀numeric฀crossover฀frequency,฀ the subwoofer setting will always be LFE. All low-frequency information will always be sent to the subwoofer. If you don't Figure฀31฀-฀Adjust฀Speaker฀Distance฀Menu Enter the distance from each speaker to the listening position, as measured฀in฀Step฀Two฀-฀Measure฀Speaker฀Distances฀and฀recorded฀ in Table A4 in the appendix (see page 42). The default unit of measurement is feet. To change the unit to meters, return to the main AVR menu. Select the System Settings menu, then scroll down to the General AVR Settings section and select฀the฀Unit฀of฀Measure฀line.฀Press฀the฀OK฀Button฀to฀change฀ the setting. Select a speaker, then use the 7/3 Buttons to change the mea- surement. The values vary between 0 and 30 feet, with a default of 12 feet for all speakers except the Surround Left and Right Speakers, for which the default is 10 feet. NOTE: If the surround back channels are assigned to the multizone system, you will not be able to adjust their delay settings. 44