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• If no subwoofer is connected to the AVR 240,

press the

‹

›

Buttons

on the remote so

that

NONE

appears in the on-screen menu.

When this option is selected, all bass information
will be routed to the front left/right “main” speakers.

• If a subwoofer is connected and you wish to have

the front left/right “main” speakers reproduce bass
frequencies at all times, and have the subwoofer
operate only when the AVR 240 is being used
with a digital source that contains a dedicated
Low-Frequency Effects, or LFE, soundtrack. Press
the

‹

›

Buttons

on the remote so that

LFE

appears in the on-screen menu.

• If a subwoofer is connected and you wish to use it

for bass reproduction in conjunction with the main
front left/right speakers, regardless of the type of
program source or Surround mode, press the

‹

›

Buttons

on the remote so that

SUB

LFE+L/R

appears in the on-screen menu.

When this option is selected, a full-range signal
will be sent to the front left/right “main” speakers,
and the subwoofer will receive the bass frequen-
cies under frequency selected, as described
below, as well as the LFE information.

When all crossover settings have been made, or in
those cases where none are needed, press the

Button

so that the cursor is next to the

BASS

MGR

line to make the final setting on this menu.

This setting allows you to use the same speaker size
configuration for all inputs, or to have different settings
for each input. In most cases, the factory default set-
ting of

GLOBAL

will be appropriate, as most lis-

teners do not need to have individualized settings.
However, some listeners, particularly those with full-
range front speakers that are used for both movies
and music, may prefer that different bass management
be used when listening to music through a CD player
as opposed to a movie from a DVD player, VCR or
cable/satellite set-top. Also, you may wish to activate
or deactivate certain speakers for some sources. For
example, when listening to CDs, you may wish to have
only the front left and right speakers active, or for
watching TV, you may wish to deactivate the surround
back speakers in favor of a 5.1-channel configuration.

If you wish to customize the speaker settings for
each input, make certain that the

›

cursor is on the

BASS MGR

line, and press the

‹

›

Buttons

so that

INDEPENDENT

appears. When this

setting is entered by exiting the menu, you may need
to go back to the

INPUT

menu to select another

input, and then return to this menu page again to
change the settings for that input. Repeat the proce-
dure for any input where you wish to have a different
set of speaker configurations.

NOTE:

When the

INDEPENDENT

setting is

activated, you may assign different speaker size set-
tings to each input to accommodate different bass
management settings that match your preferences
with the type of program material normally used with a
particular source (for example, when movies are played
from DVD and music from a CD player). However, the
actual speaker crossover settings are set only once and
do not change with the input selection. The reason is
that, while bass management preferences may vary,
the actual speakers remain the same, regardless of the
bass-management and redirection settings.

When all initial speaker “size” settings have been
made, you now have the option to take advantage of
the AVR 240’s Quadruple Crossover system, which
allows individual crossover settings to be made for
each speaker grouping. In systems where full-range or
tower speakers are used for the front soundstage or
where different brands or models are in use at the
various speaker positions, this feature allows you to
customize the bass management and redirection
circuits with a precision not previously possible.

If you have already completed an automated setup
using EzSet+ the settings calculated during that pro-
cedure will already appear. No further adjustment is
required unless you wish to change a specific item to
reflect your personal taste or a nonstandard system
configuration.

The low-frequency crossover setting is determined by
the design of your speakers. Depending on the design
and driver complement of your speakers, it is usually
the lowest possible frequency the speaker is capable
of reproducing. Before making any changes to the
settings for the crossover point, we suggest that you
find the lowest frequency for the speakers in each of
the three groupings, front left/right, center and sur-
rounds, by looking at the specifications page of each
speakers’ owner’s manual, or by contacting your dealer
or the manufacturer’s customer service department or
Web site. You will need this figure to accurately config-
ure the next group of settings.

The factory default setting for all speaker positions is
100Hz. If that setting is acceptable for all channels,
then no adjustments are needed and you may skip
this section. However, if you wish to change one of the
settings, proceed to the

SPEAKER X-OVER

submenu by pressing the

Button

until the

›

cursor is pointing to the

BACK TO MANUAL

SETUP

line of the

SPEAKER SIZE

sub-

menu, and then pressing the

Set Button

so that

the

MANUAL SETUP

submenu appears. The

press the

Button

until the

›

cursor is point-

ing to the

SPEAKER X-OVER

line. Press the

Set Button

, and the

SPEAKER X-OVER

submenu will appear (see Figure 13).

Figure 13

To change the setting for any of the four speaker
groups, press the

⁄

Buttons

until the cursor

is next to the line where you wish to make a change
and then press the

‹

›

Buttons

until the

desired setting appears. The available choices at which
point low-frequency information will be sent to the
subwoofer, rather than to the main speaker channel,
are 40Hz, 60Hz, 80Hz, 100Hz, 120Hz, 150Hz and
200Hz. Pick the choice that is identical to the informa-
tion for the speakers, or if an exact match is not possi-
ble, pick the closest choice that is ABOVE the speak-
er’s low-frequency limit or crossover point to avoid the
creation of a low-frequency “hole” where your system
will have no bass information.

In cases where

LARGE

is selected as the front

channel speaker option and

LFE+L/R

is selected

as the subwoofer option, the front channel sound
information below the setting shown will be sent to
BOTH the front channel speakers and the subwoofer.
The crossover settings for the Left/Right, Center,
Surround and Surround Back speakers are used to
determine where bass information is sent when it is
derived from the main channels of a source. The set-
ting for the menu line shown as

LFE

is used to

impose a low-pass filter point for the information in the
Low Frequency Effects (LFE) channel that is a part of
Dolby Digital- and DTS-encoded source material.
While the LFE channel, which is the “.1” you see in
surround sound designations, is restricted to low fre-
quency sounds, some mixes may include information
that is higher in frequency than your subwoofer is
capable of reproducing. To prevent unwanted sounds
from being sent to subwoofers that cannot handle
them and which do not have a built-in low-pass filter,
the

LFE

option line enables you to select a setting

for the low-pass filter that is part of the subwoofer
feed from the LFE channel. The settings available are
the same as those tied to any one of the four available
speaker positions on this submenu. We recommend
that you use the frequency that is just slightly higher
than the upper capability limit of your subwoofer, as
shown in the sub’s owner’s manual. When the cursor
is on the

LFE

line, press the

‹

›

Navigation

Buttons

to choose the appropriate setting. When

all speaker selections have been made, press the

Button

and then the

Set Button

to return