INITIAL SETUP
The receiver will generate a loud test tone, which sounds like static. In fact, it’s a tone that simultaneously uses all frequencies from 20Hz to 20kHz.
The tone should be heard first through the front left speaker. It will circu- late to the other speakers in this order: front left, center, front right, sur- round right, surround left. The tone pauses for a few moments at each speaker position, while a microphone built into the remote measures the loudness (sound pressure level) of the tone. The remote contains pro- gramming that compares the loudness of the tone at each position to a reference and sends commands to the receiver to adjust the output level for that channel until the tone matches the reference.
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The result is that each speaker will be heard equally loud at the listening position. This is important for movie directors, who adjust the loudness of each channel in the recording to produce a desired sound presenta- tion. Usually, the director reduces the loudness of, or even the presence of information in the surround channels so as not to distract the viewer from the main action taking place on screen. If the test tone sounds as loud in the rear speakers as it does coming from the other speakers, then the receiver is performing correctly.
As the tone circulates to each speaker position, the
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As the levels are being adjusted, the LED on the remote will change until it is green for all channels.
The tone will circulate a second time, and then the procedure will end.
NOTE: In order to optimize performance for each of the many surround modes and their variants, the AVR 145 is able to associate a different set of output level settings with each mode. While this results in extremely realistic reproduction of surround sound presentations, it does require that you determine the cor- rect settings for each surround mode.
The first time you turn on the AVR, it will default to the Logic 7 Music mode. Harman Kardon recommends that at initial
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If you prefer, you may run EzSet for the major surround modes, such as Logic 7 (select either Cinema or Music), Dolby (select Dolby Pro Logic II Movie) and DTS (select DTS Neo:6). Then you may copy the resulting level settings for the other mode variants within each group.
Advanced users may rerun EzSet for each mode individually.
Step Five – Configure Sources
This is the last step in the configuration process.
Press the OSD Button to view the Master Menu. The cursor will be pointing to the INPUT SETUP line, and you need only press the Set Button to display the Input Setup menu.
Figure 42 – Input Setup Menu Screen
The first line indicates that the receiver is currently set to the tuner source. In fact, you may hear static if the tuner is set to an unused fre- quency. You will not be able to make any changes to the tuner, other than selecting a component video input or adjusting the tone controls. It is not recommended that you make either of these changes for the tuner.
Press the ‹ Button to view the next source. The sources will be selected in the following order: Tape,
For each of these sources, you may adjust the settings below. At a mini- mum, you should make sure that sources you connected to either of the component video inputs has the correct settings, and that sources you connected to any of the digital audio inputs also display the correct settings. Other settings are optional, and you may adjust them at a later time when you have more experience with the AVR. Refer to the work- sheets you filled out during installation as you assign inputs to each source.
TITLE: You may change the display name for any source (except the tuner). Not only does this enable you to customize your system; it helps
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