In addition to providing delaying adjustments for each
individual speaker position, the AVR 435 is among the
few A/V receivers that allows you to adjust the delay
for the combined output of all speakers as a group.
This feature is called A/V Sync Delay; it allows you to
compensate for delays to the video image that may be
caused by the processing in products such as digital
video displays, video scalers, digital cable or satellite
systems, or personal video recorders. With proper
adjustment of the setting for A/V Sync Delay, you can
eliminate the loss of lip sync that may be caused by
digital video applications.
To make any changes to the delay settings, go to the
DELAY ADJUST
submenu within the
MANUAL
SETUP
menu (Figure 16). To do this, first press
the
OSD Button
U
so that the
MASTER
MENU
(Figure 1) appears. Next, press the
⁄
/
¤
Navigation Button
o
until the cursor is
on the
MANUAL SETUP
line on the menu
in use and press the
Set Button
q
. When the
MANUAL SETUP
menu is shown, press the
⁄
/
¤
Navigation Button
o
again until the cursor
is on the
DELAY ADJUST
line and press the
Set Button
q
to view the
DELAY ADJUST
menu (Figure 19).
Figure 19
If you are using this menu for the first time, press the
¤
Navigation Button
o
to proceed to the next
step, as no reset is needed. However, if you are
returning to this menu to change the current settings,
you may wish to reset all channels to the factory
default distances before entering new data.
To reset the settings, make certain that the cursor is
on the
DELAY RESET
line and then press the
‹
/
›
Navigation Buttons
o
so that
ON
is shown
in highlighted video and note that the factory defaults
will appear. Press the
⁄
Navigation Button
o
to
scroll back up into the channel listings to make your
adjustments following the instructions shown above
Figure 19. When your first setting change is made,
OFF
will automatically be highlighted on the
DELAY RESET
line to indicate that the
change has been made.
The default for distance settings on this menu is in
feet. If your measurements are in feet, proceed to the
next step; if your measurements are made in meters,
press the
¤
Navigation Button
o
until the on-
screen
Ô
cursor is at the
UNIT
line on the menu.
Then, press the
‹
/
›
Navigation Button
o
so
that
METER
is highlighted. When the change
in measurement units is made, press the
⁄
/
¤
Navigation Button
o
to return the
Ô
cursor to
the
FL
position.
With the on-screen
Ô
cursor pointing to
FL
, press
the
‹
/
›
Navigation Button
o
until the distance
from the center speaker to the preferred listening
position is entered. Next, press the
¤
Navigation
Button
o
to move the cursor to the
NEXT
line
and use the
‹
/
›
Navigation Button
o
again to
enter the distance from the main listening position to
the center speaker. Repeat the procedure for all active
speaker positions, first using the
¤
Navigation
Button
o
to change to the next position, and then
use the
‹
/
›
Navigation Button
o
to change
the setting. Note that only the speaker positions that
have been set to
LARGE
or
SMALL
in the
SPEAKER SETUP
menu, as shown on
page 26, may be adjusted. The appearance of
three dashes next to a speaker position in place
of a distance setting indicates that you have not
configured an active speaker for that location.
When the delay time for all speaker positions has
been set you may return to the manual setup by
pressing the
⁄
/
¤
Navigation Button
o
until the
Ô
cursor is pointing to
BACK TO MANUAL
SETUP
and then pressing the
Set Button
q
.
However, if you have a digital video source or a digital
video display that causes lack of lip sync you may use
the A/V Sync adjust feature to delay the audio signal
as it is sent to
all
channels (as opposed to the individ-
ual settings) so that the picture and sound are brought
back together. We recommend that this adjustment be
made using the direct access controls on the remote,
as shown below. That enables you to see the image
while making the adjustment; however, you may also
adjust it here using the menu system.
To adjust the A/V Sync delay, press the
⁄
/
¤
Navigation
Button
o
so that the
Ô
cursor is pointing to the
A/V Sync Delay line on the menu and then press the
‹
/
›
Navigation Button
o
to delay the sound
sufficiently so that it matches the on-screen video.
The delay settings may be adjusted at any time using
the remote control and while viewing an on-screen
image by pressing the
Delay Select Button
a
.
The A/V Sync Delay setting is first, and it may be
adjusted by pressing the
Set Button
q
within five
seconds of when the
A/V SYNC DELAY
message appears in the on-screen display and the
Lower Display Line
$
. Then, press the
‹
/
›
Navigation Button
o
to enter the desired delay
setting that brings the video and sound back in sync.
Press the
Set Button
q
again to enter the setting.
Note that the A/V Sync delay setting is unique to each
video input source, so you may enter a different set-
ting to compensate for the differences between any
product attached to the different inputs.
To change one of the individual speaker positions
directly, press the
Speaker Select Button
b
,
followed by the
⁄
/
¤
Navigation Button
o
to
select the desired position as that name appears in the
on-screen display and the
Lower Display Line
$
.
When the name of the speaker position to be adjusted
appears press the
Set Button
q
within 5 seconds.
Press the
‹
/
›
Navigation Button
o
to enter the
desired delay setting for that speaker and then press
the
Set Button
q
to enter the setting. The
⁄
/
¤
Navigation Button
o
may be used to select
another position, or you may simply wait 5 seconds
for the system to time out and return to normal
operation.
When all changes to the Delay settings have been
made press the
⁄
/
¤
Navigation Button
o
until
the cursor is on the
BACK TO MANUAL
SETUP
menu and then pressing the
Set Button
q
so that you may make any other adjustments to
the system parameters. If the changes just made com-
plete the manual adjustments needed, press the
OSD
Button
U
to exit the menu system and resume
normal system operation.
Output Level Adjustment
Output level adjustment is a key part of the configura-
tion of any surround sound product. It is particularly
important for a digital receiver such as the AVR 435,
as correct outputs ensure that you hear soundtracks
with the proper directionality and intensity.
In most cases, you will not need to make any
adjustments to the output level, as the settings
made by running EzSet/EQ are as accurate as those
made manually. However, you are able to use the
CHANNEL ADJUST
menu to trim the settings
to suit your personal preferences or to configure the
system so that the output settings are different from
one input source to another. The ability to make indi-
vidual output level adjustments on a per-input basis is
useful for listeners who may prefer different settings
for the subwoofer or an individual channel group such
as the front speakers when playing musical selections
via the CD input as opposed to the movie soundtracks
more frequently used with the DVD input. This menu
also allows you to adjust the output levels using
external sources such as a test disc or other program
material that you use as a standard, rather than the
system’s test tone.
* DELAY ADJUST *
→
→
FL :12 ft SBR: 10 ft
CEN:12 ft SBL: 10 ft
FR :12 ft SL : 10 ft
SR :10 ft SUB: 12 ft
DELAY RESET:
OFF
ON
UNIT:
FEET
METER
A/V SYNC DELAY : 0mS
EZSET SETTINGS :
OFF
ON
BACK TO MASTER MENU
SYSTEM CONFIGURATION
SYSTEM CONFIGURATION
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