Harman-Kardon AVR 255, AVR 355 owner manual System Configuration, Figure, English

System Configuration

Figure 6

Step 6: After you select “Continue”, the screen shown in Figure 6 will appear.Although the AVR may be used with up to eight speakers, you may have elected not to install surround back speak- ers at this time, or you may have decided to use the surround back speaker channels to power speakers in the remote room of a multiroom sys- tem. This screen directs you to program EzSet/EQ for a 5.1- or 7.1-channel configuration. Select the setting that reflects the number of speakers installed in your system, and EzSet/EQ will do the rest automatically!

NOTE: If you are using fewer than six speakers in your system, then it will not be possible to configure your speakers using EzSet/EQ, and you will need to select Manual Configuration as described starting on page 24. If you have selected a 6.1-channel configuration, using only a single surround back speaker,it is possible to use a combination of EzSet/EQ automatic configuration for 5.1 speakers, connect the single surround back speaker to the left Surround Back Speaker Output, and then configure the surround back speaker manually, as described from page 25. However,we do not recommend the 6.1-channel configuration.

If you have forgotten to plug in the EzSet/EQ microphone, the warning screen shown in Figure 7 will appear as a reminder.

Figure 7

NOTE: As shown in the Figures, while EzSet/EQ is in progress a Cancel setting is highlighted. You may interrupt EzSet/EQ at any time by sim- ply pressing the OK Button X.

IMPORTANT NOTE: Anyone with hearing that is sensitive to loud noises should leave the room at this point, or use ear protection sufficient to reduce the noise level. Inexpensive foam-style ear plugs, available at most drug stores, may be used to reduce the sound level to a tolerable level. If you are uncomfortable with, or cannot tolerate, loud sounds and do not use some sort of ear protection, we strongly recommend that you leave the room and ask someone else to run the EzSet/EQ process, or that you do not use EzSet/EQ and enter the configuration settings manually, as described on pages 24 through 27.

Figure 8

Step 7: Once EzSet/EQ has been started, you will hear test signals circulate among all of the speakers as the system sets the master level, checks to see where there are speakers, sets the distance measurement and calculates delay time settings, sets the speaker “size”, and sets the speaker crossover point. During the measure- ment and calibration process, you may observe the progress of the testing by reading the messages that appear in the second line of the menu listing.

EzSet/EQ uses the left front speaker to set the master volume level, and then it proceeds directly to measuring the speaker output levels.

Step 8: When the EzSet/EQ process has fin- ished, a screen will appear with its results.. You may press the OK Button X, and the Speaker Setup screen shown in Figure 4 will appear.

Unplug the microphone and store it in a safe place so that it is available to recalibrate your system if needed due to a change in speakers, preferred listening position, or a major change in the room’s furnishings (such as the addition of thick carpeting or plush furniture) that might require different settings.

When you have successfully completed the EzSet/EQ process and made any needed adjust- ments to the input and surround mode configu- rations, your receiver is ready for use. If you do not wish to make any manual adjustments to the settings, you may skip the rest of this section and proceed to the Basic Operation section of this manual on page 30 to learn how to operate AVR 255/AVR 355. For those situations where you may wish to make a change to the settings entered by EzSet/EQ, follow the instructions on the following pages.

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