Harman-Kardon Explore Advanced Functions of the AVR 160 Stereo Receiver

ADVANCED FUNCTIONS

Number of Speakers

Move the cursor to the Number of Speakers line and press the OK Button. See Figure 27.

Figure 27 – Number of Speakers Menu

Program the correct setting for each speaker group: ON when the speakers are present in the system, and OFF for positions where no speakers are installed. The Front Left & Right speakers are always ON and may not be disabled. Any changes will be reflected in the total number of speakers displayed at the top of the screen.

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 TO MANUAL SETUP” option.

Crossover Menu

After you have programmed the number of speakers, return to the Manual Setup menu (see Figure 29). Navigate to the CROSSOVER line and press the OK Button to display the Crossover menu. See Figure 28.

Sub Mode

Move the cursor to the SUB MODE line in the Manual Setup menu. 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 SUB. All low-frequency information will always be sent to the subwoofer. If you don’t 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.

♦♦ 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.

♦♦ Off: Select this setting when no subwoofer is in use. All low- frequency information will be sent to the front left and right speakers.

♦♦ 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.

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 Manual Setup menu, move the cursor to the DISTANCE line and press the OK Button to display the Distance menu. See Figure 29.

ENGLISH

Figure 28 – Crossover Menu

The AVR will only display those speaker groups programmed in the Number of Speakers menu.

Refer to Table A6 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”.

You may 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 A6 in the appendix.

When you have finished entering the settings, select BACK TO MANUAL SETUP.

Figure 29 – 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 32).

The default unit of measurement is feet. To change the unit to meters, scroll down to the Unit setting. Use the M N Buttons to toggle the setting between FEET and METERS.

Select a speaker, then use the M N Buttons to change the measurement. The values vary between 0 and 30 feet (10 m), with a default of 10 feet (3,3 m) for all speakers. To reset all of the settings to their default values, scroll down to the DELAY RESET setting and use the M N Buttons to change this setting to ON, where it will remain until any of the speaker delay settings are changed.

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