AVR 85 (serv.man4) - Harman Kardon Audio User Guide / Operation Manual. Page 22

AVR85 120   rev (g) 6/14/97

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. If the surround
speakers will not be used, the 

NONE

set-

ting 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 pointing 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 AVR85 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.
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 connect-
ed 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, depending on
the setup for those 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 point-

ing 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 out-
put when an LFE signal is present. The
LFE may also be turned 

OFF

, which will

route any LFE signals to the front
left/right speakers. 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, even though the sys-
tem is still decoding the LFE signal from
a digital audio source.

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13. The next line is the 

NIGHT MODE

setting. This feature reduces the input
level of Dolby Digital sources 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. At this point, unless you
wish to make changes to the Multiroom
system, press the 

¤

button 

i

twice

and then press 

j

to 

RETURN

TO THE MAIN MENU

. Setup and

operation of the Multiroom system is
described on page 32 of this manual.

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