Harman-Kardon Comprehensive Manual for Advanced Functions of Harman Kardon AVR 1600

ADVANCED FUNCTIONS

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).

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.

Figure 28 – Crossover 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”.

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 A3 in the appendix.

When you have finished entering the settings, select Back, to Manual Setup.

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 infor- mation will always be sent to the subwoofer. If you don’t have a subwoofer, either upgrade to full-range speakers or add a sub- woofer 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.

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.

Figure 29 – 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 40).

The default unit of measurement is feet. To change the unit to meters, scroll down to the Unit setting. Use the 7/3 Buttons to toggle the setting between FEET and METERS.

Select a speaker, then use the 7/3 Buttons to change the meas- urement. The values vary between 0 and 30 feet, with a default

of 10 feet for all speakers. To reset all of the settings to their default values, scroll down to the DELAY RESET setting and use the 7/3 Buttons to change this setting to ON, where it will remain until any of the speaker delay settings are changed.

A/V SYNC DELAY: This line allows you to compensate for a “lip sync” problem, in which a source device or the video display intro- duces a significant amount of video processing that causes the audio and video parts of the signal to lose synchronization. You may delay the audio for all channels by up to 180 milliseconds to compensate.

NOTE: We recommend adjusting the A/V Sync Delay using the Delay Button on the remote, so as to view the picture while adjusting the audio delay. With the program playing, press the Delay Button, and the A/V SYNC DELAY message will appear on the front panel and in the semi-OSD display. Press the OK Button to display the current delay setting, and use the 7/3 Buttons to adjust the setting until the picture and sound are back in sync.

STEP FOUR – Setting Channel Output Levels Manually

For a conventional 2-channel receiver, the balance control affects the stereo imaging by adjusting the relative loudness of the left and right channels.

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