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INITIAL SETUP
LEFT/RIGHT: This line tells the AVR 146 the capabilities of your front
left and right speakers. Use the ‹/› Buttons to select either SMALL
or LARGE for these speakers.
CENTER: Move the cursor to the line for the center speaker, and use
the ‹/› Buttons to select a setting for this speaker.
NOTE: If the receiver is currently in one of the Logic 7 surround
modes, which will be the case the first time you turn on the
receiver, you won’t be able to set the center speaker to LARGE,
due to the requirements of the Logic 7 processor. You may use
the SMALL setting instead. As you listen to the receiver, if you
find the SMALL setting is not satisfactory, change the surround
mode to one of the Dolby Pro Logic II modes (using the
Surround Select menu, accessible from the Master Menu), and
then you may come back to this menu and change the center
speaker to the LARGE setting.
SURROUND: Move the cursor to the line for the surround, or rear,
speakers, and use the ‹/› Buttons to select a setting for these
two speakers.
SUBWOOFER: Move the cursor to the line for the subwoofer, which is
programmed a little differently.The subwoofer’s “size” setting depends
upon how you programmed the front left and right speakers.
• If you set the front speakers to SMALL, the subwoofer setting will
be SUB, and you won’t be able to change it. All low-frequency
information will always be sent to the subwoofer. If you don’t have
a subwoofer, you may wish to set your front speakers to LARGE
so as not to lose this information, but you may need to lower the
volume to avoid adverse results. We recommend that you either
upgrade to full-range speakers or add a subwoofer to your system
at the earliest opportunity.
• If you set the front speakers to LARGE, you may select from three
possible settings for the subwoofer.
• L/R+LFE: This setting sends all low-frequency information to the
subwoofer, including both information that would normally be
played through the front left and right speakers and the special
low-frequency effects (LFE) channel information.
• LFE: This setting plays low-frequency information contained in
the left and right program channels to the front speakers, and
directs only the LFE channel information to the subwoofer.
• NONE: This setting steers all low-frequency information to the
front speakers, and no information to the subwoofer output.
Use this setting if you have a passive subwoofer, or a powered
subwoofer that you connected to the front speaker outputs.
NOTE: If you are using a Harman Kardon HKTS speaker
system, select the SMALL setting for the LEFT/RIGHT, CENTER
and SURROUND lines, and the subwoofer will automatically be
set to SUB.
BASS MGR: This advanced setting is used if you wish to configure your
speakers differently for different sources. For example, you may prefer to
set your speakers to LARGE while listening to CDs from your CD player.
By changing this setting to INDEPENDENT, you may have different settings
for your CD player and your DVD player or other devices. We recommend
that you leave this setting at its factory default of GLOBAL until you have
more experience with the AVR.
Move the cursor to the BACK TO MANUAL SETUP line and press the
Set Button to return to the Manual Setup Menu.
The speaker sizes may also be configured without using the on-screen
menu system. Press the Speaker Setup Button on the remote, and
use the
⁄/¤ Buttons to select the desired speaker group (Front
Speakers, Center Speaker, Surround Speakers, Subwoofer). Press the
Set Button to display the current setting for the speaker group, and use
the
⁄/¤ Buttons again to change the setting. Press the Set Button
to return to the previous display, or wait a few seconds for the AVR to
return to normal operation on its own.
NOTE: The Speaker/Channel Indicators on the front panel
of the receiver (see Figure 41) will display the speaker size
settings as follows. For each speaker configured as SMALL, a
single box will appear in the position for that speaker. For each
speaker configured as LARGE, a double box will appear in its
position. If a speaker is configured as NONE, no box will appear.
The subwoofer will be indicated by a single box, or no box if
no subwoofer has been configured. The letters inside the boxes
appear when a digital
signal is being received that has that
channel discretely encoded.
The letters flash when the signal
is not present, such as when a DVD is paused.
Figure 41 – Speaker/Channel Input Indicators
Speaker Crossover Menu
On the Manual Setup menu, move the cursor to the SPEAKER X-OVER
line and press the Set Button to display the Speaker Crossover menu.
See Figure 42.
Figure 42 – Speaker Crossover Menu Screen
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