Harman-Kardon DPR 1001 - Manual (Page 21)

SYSTEM CONFIGURATION 21
SYSTEM CONFIGURATION
is capable of reproducing, or the frequency at which
sound is sent to the speaker’s internal low-frequency
driver, as opposed to the mid-range driver. Before mak-
ing any changes to the settings for the crossover point
we suggest that you find the crossover point for the
speakers in each of the three groupings, front left/right,
center front and surrounds by looking at the specifica-
tions page of the speaker’s owner’s manual, by getting
that information from the manufacturer’s Web site, or by
contacting your dealer or the manufacturer’s customer
service department. You will need this data to accurately
configure the next group of settings.
The factory default setting for all speaker positions is
100Hz. If that setting is acceptable for all channels, no
adjustments are needed and you may skip this section.
To change one of the settings, press the
⁄ Navigation
Button n so that the cursor moves back up to the
top of the list of setting options. Press the ‹ / ›
Navigation Buttons n so that X-OVER is
highlighted and the menu will change to the screen
shown in Figure 6.
Figure 6
To change the setting for any of the three speaker
groups, press the
⁄ / ¤ Navigation Buttons n until
the cursor is next to the line where you wish to make a
change and then press the
‹ / › Navigation Buttons
n 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 and
200Hz. Pick the choice that is identical to the informa-
tion for the speakers, or if an exact match is not possible,
pick the closest choice that is ABOVE the speaker’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 has been selected as the
front channel speaker option and L/R+LFE has
been selected as a 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 subwoofer’s crossover point will automatically
adjust to meet the setting for each speaker grouping
so that no bass information will be lost.
When all crossover settings have been made, or in
those cases where none are needed, press the ¤
Navigation Button n so that the BASS MGR
line is highlighted.
This setting allows you to use the same speaker configu-
ration and crossover settings for all inputs, or to have dif-
ferent settings for each input. In most cases the factory
default setting of
GLOBAL will be appropriate, as
most listeners do not need to have individualized speaker
settings. However, some listeners, particularly those with
full-range front speakers that are used for both movies
and music may prefer that different crossover points 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 box.
If you wish to customize the crossovers to each input,
make certain that the
BASS MGR line is highlighted
and press the ‹ / › Navigation Buttons n so that
INDIVIDUAL appears. When this setting is
stored by exiting the menu, the configuration settings just
entered will apply to the current input ONLY, and you will
need to go back to the
IN/OUT SETUP menu
to select another input, and then return to this menu
page again to change the settings for the next input.
Repeat the procedure for any input where you wish
to have a different set of speaker configuration and
crossover settings.
When all speaker selections have been made, press the
¤
Navigation Button n and then the Set Button
p to return to the MAIN menu.
Delay Settings
If Dolby Digital, Dolby Pro Logic or DTS is selected as
the surround mode for an input, you may need to adjust
the delay time setting. The delay time is not adjustable for
any other modes.
Due to the different distances between the listening posi-
tion for the front-channel speakers and the surround
speakers, the amount of time it takes for sound to reach
your ears from the front versus surround speakers dif-
fers. You may compensate for this difference through the
use of the delay settings to adjust the timing for the
speaker placement and acoustic conditions in your lis-
tening room or home theater.
The factory setting is appropriate for most rooms, but
some installations create an uncommon distance
between the front and surround speakers that may
cause the arrival of front-channel sounds to become dis-
connected from surround-channel sounds.
To set the delay time for a specific input, the DELAY
ADJUST menu (Figure 7) should be visible in your
on-screen display. If the system is not already at that
point, press the OSD Button
to bring up the
MAIN menu, press the ¤ Navigation Button n
until the DELAY ADJUST line is highlighted.
Press the Set Button
p to call up the menu.
Figure 7
When the DELAY ADJUST menu appears,
note that the default setting uses the distance from the
speakers to the prime listening position in feet as the
means by which the delay settings are calculated. We
suggest that you use those distances, and proceed to
the next step. However, you may also enter the distances
in meters. To use that alternative method, first press the
¤ Navigation Buttons n until the DELAY
UNIT line is highlighted in reverse video. Press the
‹ / › Navigation Buttons n to select the desired
entry mode of FEET or METERS. After the choice of
data entry method has been made, press the
⁄
Navigation Button n twice to highlight the
FRONT DELAY line.
With the FRONT DELAY line highlighted in
reverse video, press the ‹ / › Navigation Buttons n
until the distance from the front left/right speakers to
the prime listening position is entered in either feet or
meters, depending on which unit of measurement has
been selected.
Once the Front Delay has been set, press the ¤
Navigation Button n once so that CENTER
DELAY is highlighted in reverse video. Press the ‹ / ›
Navigation Buttons n until the distance from the
center speaker to the prime listening position is entered
in either feet or meters, depending on which unit of
measurement has been selected.
NOTE: The Center Delay setting may only be made if
the Dolby Digital or Dolby Digital EX mode has been
selected, and the center channel speaker has been con-
figured for either Small or Large. If you cannot adjust the
center channel delay, check to make certain that these
settings have been established in the Surround Select
and Speaker Setup menus.
When the speaker-to-listening position distance or a spe-
cific delay time setting has been entered for the front and
center speakers, press the
¤ Navigation Button n
to highlight either the Surround (SURR) or Surround Back
(SBACK) speakers and make any adjustments needed to
enter the correct distance from those speakers to the lis-
tening position. Press the Set Button
p when the
desired speaker pair is highlighted, and make the adjust-
ments as shown above.
You may also change the delay time settings at any time
from either the remote control or the front panel.
* * D E L A Y A D J U S T * *
F R O N T D E L A Y : 1 2 f t
C E N T E R D E L A Y : 1 0 f t
S U R R D E L A Y : 1 0 f t
S B A C K D E L A Y : 1 0 f t
D E L A Y U N I T : F E E T
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* S P E A K E R S E T U P *
M O D E : X - O V E R
L E F T / R I G H T : 1 0 0 H Z
C E N T E R : 1 0 0 H Z
S U R R O U N D : 1 0 0 H Z
S U R R B A C K : 1 0 0 H Z
S U B W O O F E R : - - - - -
B A S S M G R : G L O B A L
R E T U R N T O M A I N M E N U