LEFT/RIGHT: This line tells the AVR 145 the capabilities of your front left and right speakers. Use the ‹/› Buttons to select either SMALL or LARGE for these speakers.
CENTER: Move the cursor to the line for the center speaker, and use the ‹/› Buttons to select a setting for this speaker.
NOTE: If the receiver is currently in one of the Logic 7 surround modes, which will be the case the first time you turn on the receiver, you won’t be able to set the center speaker to LARGE, due to the requirements of the Logic 7 processor. You may use the SMALL setting instead. As you listen to the receiver, if you find the SMALL setting is not satisfactory, change the surround mode to one of the Dolby Pro Logic II modes (using the Surround Select menu, accessible from the Master Menu), and then you may come back to this menu and change the center speaker to the LARGE setting.
SURROUND: Move the cursor to the line for the surround, or rear, speakers, and use the ‹/› Buttons to select a setting for these two speakers.
SUBWOOFER: Move the cursor to the line for the subwoofer, which is programmed a little differently. The subwoofer’s “size” setting depends upon how you programmed the front left and right speakers.
•If you set the front speakers to SMALL, the subwoofer setting will be SUB, and you won’t be able to change it. All
•If you set the front speakers to LARGE, you may select from three possible settings for the subwoofer.
•L/R+LFE: This setting sends all
•LFE: This setting plays
•NONE: This setting steers all
NOTE: If you are using a Harman Kardon HKTS speaker sys- tem, select the SMALL setting for the LEFT/RIGHT, CENTER and SURROUND lines, and the subwoofer will automatically be set to SUB.
BASS MGR: This advanced setting is used if you wish to configure your speakers differently for different sources. For example, you may prefer to set your speakers to LARGE while listening to CDs from your CD player. By changing this setting to INDEPENDENT, you may have different set-
INITIAL SETUP
tings for your CD player and your DVD player or other devices. We rec- ommend that you leave this setting at its factory default of GLOBAL until you have more experience with the AVR.
Move the cursor to the BACK TO MANUAL SETUP line and press the Set Button to return to the Manual Setup Menu.
NOTE: The Speaker/Channel Indicators on the front panel of the receiver will display the speaker size settings as follows. For each speaker configured as SMALL, a single box will appear in the position for that speaker. For each speaker configured as LARGE, a double box will appear in its position. If a speaker is configured as NONE, no box will appear. The subwoofer will be indicated by a single box, or no box if no subwoofer has been configured. The letters inside the boxes appear when a digital signal is being received that has that channel discretely encoded. The letters flash when the signal is not present, such as when a DVD is paused.
Figure 38 – Speaker/Channel Input Indicators
Speaker Crossover Menu
On the Manual Setup menu, move the cursor to the SPEAKER
Figure 39 – Speaker Crossover Menu Screen
Setting the Speaker Crossover menu correctly ensures that your speakers are properly used so that they sound their best. Although you could skip this step the first time you use the receiver, we recommend that you take the few extra minutes to enter the correct crossover settings.
You may select from seven possible settings: 40Hz, 60Hz, 80Hz, 100Hz, 120Hz, 150Hz or 200Hz. Depending upon the frequency response of your speakers which you recorded in Step One – Determine Speaker Size, for each speaker group select the number that matches or is just above the low end of your speaker’s frequency response.
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