AVR 75 (serv.man3) - Harman Kardon Audio User Guide / Operation Manual. Page 21

AVR75 120   rev (c) 8/27/97

System Configuration

9. Enter the information for the

SURROUND CH

. speaker by using the 

‹

or 

›

buttons 

i

on the remote to

select the type of surround channel
speaker that will be used. Press the 
buttons so that 

LARGE

, 

SMALL

or

NONE

is highlighted to match the speak-

er type you will use as described 
in #7 above. The 

LARGE

setting sends a

full range output to the left/right 
surround speakers, while the 

SMALL

setting sends low-frequency sounds to 
the subwoofer output or to the front
speakers when no subwoofer is selected.
If the surround speakers will not be used,
the 

NONE

setting will send the audio for

the surround channels to the front
left/right speakers. When the selection
has been made, press the 

¤

button once

so that the on-screen cursor 

>

is point-

ing to 

GO TO SETUP MENU 2

. Press

j

to move to the next menu.

10. At 

SETUP MENU 2

(see figure #3),

you enter information that configures
the AVR75 for the type of center channel
speaker to be used, and whether or not a
subwoofer is in use. While the on-screen
cursor is pointing to 

CENTER CH

. press

the 

‹

or 

›

buttons 

i

on the remote to

select the correct type of center channel
speaker as described in #7. When

LARGE

is highlighted a full-range sig-

nal will be sent to the center channel.
When 

SMALL

is highlighted the audio

to the center channel will be cut at
100Hz and low-frequency information
will be routed to the subwoofer output or
to the front left/right speakers if no sub-
woofer is selected. When the selection has
been made, press the 

¤

button once so

that the on-screen cursor 

>

is pointing to

the 

SUBWOOFER

line of the display. 

11. At the 

SUBWOOFER

line use 

the 

‹

or 

›

buttons 

i

on the remote 

to highlight 

ON

or 

OFF

. Select 

ON

when

an optional external subwoofer is con-
nected to the 

⁄

. If a subwoofer is not used,

highlight 

OFF

. In this position all low-

frequency sounds (below 100Hz) will be
routed to the front left/right speakers.
Note that the subwoofer cannot be set to

OFF

when the front speakers are set to

SMALL

in 

SETUP MENU 1

. When the

selection has been made press the 

¤

button once so that the on-screen cursor

>

is pointing to 

GO TO SETUP MENU

3

. Press 

j

to move to the next

menu.

12. At 

SETUP MENU 3

(see figure #4),

various control functions will be set.
The first item is the 

LFE LEVEL

CONTROL

. “LFE” is the Low-Frequency

Effects channel that is used when Dolby
Digital signals are present. The normal
setting for LFE is 0dB, but the control
may also be set to -10dB 
for reduced output when an LFE signal 
is present. The LFE may also be turned

OFF

to reduce low-frequency repro-

duction. When the LFE level is set, or 
to bypass this setting, press the 

¤

button 

i

on the remote to move to 

the next setting.

NOTE: When the LFE is set to 

OFF

the

LFE output is cut, and not sent to any
other speaker.

13. The next line is the 

NIGHT MODE

setting. This feature reduces the input

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level for Dolby Digital sources only by 

1

/

3

to 

1

/

4

at their loudest thresholds,

preventing unwanted bursts of loud
sounds without restricting the dynamic
range or volume of other sounds or at
less than maximum levels. The feature
may be turned 

OFF

by pressing the 

‹

or 

›

buttons 

i

on the remote until

OFF

is highlighted. The Night mode

may also be turned on and off at any
time by pressing the 

button 

e

on the remote. When the Night mode is
set, or to bypass this setting, press the 

¤

button 

i

to move to the next setting.

14. The 

SETUP LOCK

prevents any of

the major control settings from being
changed once it is engaged. This feature
is set at the factory to 

UNLOCK

, so that 

all settings may be adjusted. If you wish
to prevent settings from being easily or
inadvertently being changed, use the 

‹

or 

›

buttons 

i

on the remote until

LOCK

is highlighted. Once the 

LOCK

setting is engaged and you exit 

SETUP

MENU 3

, no changes may be made to

any of the Setup menus. To make
changes to these menus you must return
to 

SETUP MENU 3

and use the 

‹

or 

›

buttons 

i

on the remote until

UNLOCK

is highlighted. When the

LOCK

setting is engaged, the word

LOCK

will appear at the top of the

menus to remind you that no changes
may be made. When all adjustments
have been made, press the 

¤

button 

i

twice and then press 

j

to

RETURN TO THE MAIN MENU

. 

At this point you may wish to adjust 
the delay time settings, although it is 

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