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SYSTEM CONFIGURATION

Remember that the test tone will circulate to all
seven channels; you simply won’t hear any sound
when it reaches the right surround back channel.
Harman Kardon strongly recommends that you
upgrade your speaker system to a 7.1-channel
package as soon as you can to achieve the best
possible reproduction of all surround programs.

If you have already completed an automated setup
using EzSet/EQ 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.

Before beginning the output level adjustment process,
make certain that all speaker connections have been
properly made. Set the system volume to the level that
you will use during a typical listening session.

Using the Full-OSD System

Follow these steps while seated in the listening posi-
tion that will be used most often:

1. Adjust the volume so that it is at

-15dB

, as

shown in the on-screen display or

Lower

Display Line

2. If you have not run EzSet/EQ, make certain that

all speaker positions have been properly config-
ured for their

LARGE

SMALL

settings

(as outlined above).

3. Output level adjustment is most easily done

through the

CHANNEL ADJUST

sub-

menu (Figure 15). If you are already at the

MASTER MENU

, press the

Button

until the on-screen

›

cursor is next to the

MANUAL SETUP

line. Press the

Set

Button

to enter the

MANUAL SETUP

submenu, and then scroll down using the

Button

until the

›

cursor is pointing

to the

CHANNEL ADJUST

line.

Press the

Set Button

again, and the

CHANNEL ADJUST

submenu will

appear (see Figure 15).

Figure 15

When the

CHANNEL ADJUST

submenu

first appears, the test tone is off. If desired, you

may immediately use the

Button

select any channel for adjustment using an exter-
nal source, such as a test disc, from which to
judge the output levels. After the

›

cursor is

pointing to the channel to be adjusted, press the

‹

›

Buttons

to raise or lower the output

level. However, before proceeding with any man-
ual adjustment we recommend that you first use
the AVR’s internal test tone generator and auto-
matic sequencer to send a tone to each channel
so that you may verify that all speaker connec-
tions have been properly made.

4. To turn the test tone on and have it automatically

circulate among the channels where a speaker
has been configured (see page 28), press the

Button

until the

›

cursor is pointing to

the

TEST TONE SEQ

line on the menu.

Next, press the

‹

›

Buttons

until

AUTO

is shown. The test tone will immediately begin to
circulate clockwise around the room, playing for
two seconds in each speaker before switching
to the next speaker position. The

›

cursor will

blink next to the active speaker to indicate which
speaker the sound should be coming from.

As the test noise circulates, listen to make certain

that the sound comes from the speaker position
shown in the

Lower Display Line

, next to

the

›

cursor in the on-screen display, and by

the flashing indication in the

Speaker/Channel

Input Indicators

. If the sound from a speaker

location does NOT match the position indicated in
the display, turn the AVR 340 off using the

Main

Power Switch

and check the speaker wiring

or connections to external power amplifiers to
make certain that each speaker is connected to
the correct output terminal.

5. After checking for speaker placement, let the test

noise circulate again, and listen to see which
channels sound louder than the others. Using
the front left speaker as a reference, press the

‹

›

Buttons

on the remote to bring all

speakers to the same volume level. When one of
the

‹

›

Buttons

is pushed, the test noise

circulation will pause on the channel being adjust-
ed to give you time to make the adjustment.
When you release the button, the circulation will
resume after five seconds.

6. Continue to adjust the individual channels until the

volume level sounds the same from each speaker.
Adjustments should be made only with the

‹

›

Buttons

on the remote, NOT the main volume

controls. If you are using a sound-pressure level
(SPL) meter for precise level adjustment, set the
volume so that the meter reads 75dB on the C-
Weighting, Slow scale.

You may also make these same adjustments with
complete manual control over the channel being
adjusted by pressing the

Button

until the

›

cursor is pointing to the

TEST TONE SEQ

line

on the menu and then using the

‹

›

Buttons

to select

MANUAL

. In the

MANUAL

mode, the

test tone will also start immediately, but the tone will
only be moved to another channel by pressing the

Button

. When the manual sequencing mode is

active, the tone is turned off by pressing the

Button

until the

›

cursor is pointing to the

TEST TONE

line and the

‹

›

Buttons

are then pressed to select

OFF

If you find that the output levels are either uncomfort-
ably low or high, you may repeat the procedure.
Return to Step 2 and adjust the master volume either
slightly higher or lower to accommodate your particu-
lar room layout and your tastes. You may repeat this
procedure as many times as necessary to achieve
a desired result. In order to prevent possible damage
to your hearing or your equipment, we emphasize
that you should avoid setting the master volume
above 0dB.

When all channels have an equal volume level, the
adjustment is complete. Use the

⁄

Buttons

to move the

›

cursor next to the

TEST TONE

line, and press the

‹

›

Buttons

until the word

OFF

appears to stop the test tone.

Note that any time a given surround mode is selected,
even for a different source input, these output level
settings will be used. However, the output levels must
be set independently for each surround mode, includ-
ing variations such as Dolby Pro Logic II-Movie versus
Dolby Pro Logic II-Music. Although this may seem to
be tedious, it is necessary in order to optimize the
AVR’s performance when differing methods are
employed to steer the audio materials to the various
channels. However, the AVR will carry over the settings
for one mode to the same mode in a different channel
configuration, such as Dolby Pro Logic IIx-Movie and
Dolby Pro Logic II-Movie. If you wish, as a shortcut to
get started quickly, you may set the levels for Dolby
Pro Logic IIx-Movie and copy down those settings, re-
entering them for each of the Dolby modes and enter-
ing the settings only for those speakers which are
available for each mode. Later, it is recommended that
you adjust the output levels while listening to various
sources, as opposed to the test tone. See page 42
for more information on trimming the output levels
to external source material.