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SYSTEM CONFIGURATION 29
ENGLISH
System Configuration
Step 2: The EzSet/EQ microphone should be
placed in either your usual listening position or,
if there is a large seating area, the center of the
room, at the listeners’ ear level.You may find it
convenient to use a camera tripod for stable
placement of the EzSet/EQ microphone at the
correct height.The microphone includes a
threaded insert on the bottom for tripod mount-
ing.
Step 3: Plug the EzSet/EQ microphone into the
AVR 347’s Headphone Jack
4
, making
certain that the mini-plug to 1/4" phone plug
adaptor supplied with the microphone is firmly
connected.The microphone cable is approxi-
mately 7 meter long, which should accommo-
date most listening room situations. If required,
you may use an optional extension cable, avail-
able at most electronics stores, for use in larger
rooms. However, we recommend that you avoid
using extension cords for the microphone cable,
as they may adversely affect the test results.
Step 4: Once the microphone is properly posi-
tioned and plugged in, proceed to the EzSet/EQ
menus by first pressing the OSD Button
L
to
bring the main Menu to the screen. Next, press
the
⁄
/
¤
Navigation Buttons
D
to high-
light the
Speaker-tab in white, and press
Set
F
to access the SPEAKERSETUP.
Press the
¤
Button
D
to select the Auto
Configuration
-line and press the Set
Button
F
to move to the next screen
(Figure 14).
Figure 14
Step 5: The first screen of the EzSet/EQ system
will now appear to remind you to plug in the
microphone. If you have not already done so,
plug the microphone into the Headphone Jack
4
as described in steps 2 and 3.When you are
ready to proceed, make certain that the cursor is
pointing to
Continueand press the Set
Button
F
. If you do not wish to continue
with the EzSet/EQ process, press the
‹
/
›
Navigation Buttons
Ea
to highlight
Canceland then press the Set Button
F
to return to the SPEAKER SETUP.
Figure 15
Step 6: After you select “Continue”, the screen
shown in Figure 15 will appear.Although the
AVR may be used with up to eight speakers, you
may have elected not to install surround back
speakers at this time, or you may have decided
to use the surround back speaker channels to
power speakers in the remote room of a multi-
room system.This screen directs you to program
EzSet/EQ for a 5.1- or 7.1-channel configuration.
Select the setting that reflects the number of
speakers installed in your system, and EzSet/EQ
will do the rest automatically!
NOTE: If you are using fewer than six speakers
in your system, then it will not be possible to
configure your speakers using EzSet/EQ, and you
will need to select Manual Configuration as
described starting on page 31. If you have
selected a 6.1-channel configuration, using only
a single surround back speaker, it is possible to
use a combination of EzSet/EQ automatic
configuration for 5.1 speakers, connect the
single surround back speaker to the left
Surround Back Speaker Output, and then
configure the surround back speaker manually,
as described from page 31. However, we do not
recommend the 6.1-channel configuration.
If you have forgotten to plug in the EzSet/EQ
microphone, the warning screen shown in
Figure 16 will appear as a reminder.
Figure 16
NOTE: As shown in Figures 14-22, while
EzSet/EQ is in progress a
Cancelsetting is
highlighted.You may interrupt EzSet/EQ at any
time by simply pressing the Set Button
F
.
IMPORTANT NOTE: Anyone with hearing that
is sensitive to loud noises should leave the room
at this point, or use ear protection sufficient to
reduce the noise level. Inexpensive foam-style
ear plugs, available at most drug stores, may be
used to reduce the sound level to a tolerable
level. If you are uncomfortable with, or cannot
tolerate, loud sounds and do not use some sort
of ear protection, we strongly recommend that
you leave the room and ask someone else to run
the EzSet/EQ process, or that you do not use
EzSet/EQ and enter the configuration settings
manually, as described on pages 31 through 34.
Figure 17
Step 7: Once EzSet/EQ has been started, you
will hear test signals circulate among all of the
speakers as the system sets the master level,
checks to see where there are speakers, sets the
distance measurement and calculates delay time
settings, sets the speaker “size”, and sets the
speaker crossover point. During the measure-
ment and calibration process, you may observe
the progress of the testing by reading the
messages that appear in the second line of the
menu listing.
EzSet/EQ uses the left front speaker to set the
master volume level, and then it proceeds
directly to measuring the speaker output levels.
Speaker Level: During this test, EzSet/EQ
ensures that all speakers sound equally loud at
the listening position. During a surround sound
presentation it is common for the surround
channels to sound less prominent, or not to be
used at all at times. By setting the baseline
channel levels correctly, the AVR behaves as a
blank canvas for the movie director to create
special effects.
A screen similar to the one shown in Figure 18
will appear, with the speaker position changing
as EzSet/EQ measures the levels for each
speaker.You may occasionally hear EzSet/EQ
send a tone back to the front left speaker.This
enables EzSet/EQ to compare the level of the
speaker being measured to the reference level it
set for the front left speaker.