User manual HARMAN KARDON AVR 80 II

[. . . ] With the purchase of a Harman Kardon AVR 80 II you are about to begin many years of listening enjoyment. The AVR 80 II has been custom designed to provide all the excitement and detail of movie sound tracks and every nuance of musical selections. With onboard Dolby* Digital and DTS Decoding, the AVR 80 II delivers six discrete channels of audio that take advantage of the digital sound tracks from the latest DVD and LD releases and Digital Television broadcasts. While complex digital systems are hard at work within the AVR 80 II to make all of this happen, hookup and operation are simple. [. . . ] When SUR SP NONE is selected, surround-sound information will be split between the front-left and front-right outputs. Note that for optimal performance when no surround speakers are in use, the Dolby 3 Stereo mode should be used instead of Dolby Pro Logic. When you have completed your selection for the surround channel, press the Set button i 3 , and then press the / / ¤ 1 buttons h on the remote or the Selector buttons 3 on the front panel 4 to change the display to S-W SPEAKER. Press the Set button i 3 , and then 1 press the / / ¤ buttons h on the remote or the Selector buttons 3 on 4 the front panel to select the option that best describes your system. Select S-W SP ON if a subwoofer is connected to your system. Select S-W SP OFF if a subwoofer is NOT connected to your system. Note that when no subwoofer is selected, lowfrequency sounds below 100Hz will be sent to the front-left and front-right speakers, provided that the selection in Step 4 has been set to LARGE. Otherwise, no lowfrequency sounds will be heard at all. This option is not available when the front, center or surround speakers are set to SMALL. When all speaker selections have been made, press the Set button i 31 to return to normal operation. Output Level Adjustment Output level adjustment is a key part of the configuration process for any surround-sound product. NOTE: The subwoofer output level is not adjustable using the test tone. To change the subwoofer level, follow the steps for Output Level Trim Adjustment on page 25. When you have adjusted the outputs so that all channels have the same level, press the Test Tone button 34 on the remote to complete the adjustment. Delay Settings Due the different distances between the frontchannel speakers and the listening position compared to the surround speakers and the listening position, the amount of time it takes for sound to reach your ears from the front or surround speakers is different. You may compensate for this difference through the use of the delay settings to adjust the timing to tailor the specific speaker placement and acoustic conditions in your listening room or home theater. The factory setting is appropriate for most rooms, but some installations create an uncommon distance between the front and surround speakers that may cause the arrival of frontchannel sounds to become disconnected from surround-channel sounds. To resynchronize the front and surround channels, follow these steps: 1. Measure the distance from the listening/ viewing position to the front speakers. Measure the distance from the listening/ viewing position to the surround speakers. Subtract the distance to the surround speakers from the distance to the front speakers. a. When setting the delay time for the Dolby Digital surround modes, the optimal delay time is the result of that subtraction. [. . . ] Press the Input or Video Device Selector c 35 you wish to reassign and the Mute button 31 at the same time until the red light illuminates under the Device Control Selector 35 . Press the Input or Video Device Selector c 35 for the function you wish to program into the reassigned button. Enter the three-digit code for the specific model you wish the reassigned button to operate. Press the same Input or Video Device Selector c 35 pressed in Step 1 once again to store the selection. [. . . ]