Manual
System Configuration
noisewill moveto the nextchannel.Note
that the color changesarefor your infor-
mation,but youdo not needto adjust
anything,as EzSetwill doall the work.
• Whileadjustmentsare being made,the
red LEDunderthe AVR Selector O
will flash.Thisis normal,and indicates
that EzSetis operating.
7.After the test noisehascirculatedonce
through eachchannel,it will sendthe tone
to eachchannelonceagain,to verifythe
settings,
8. After two complete circulations of the tone,
the levels are set. The Program/SPI
Indicator I_I wi remain green at each
f * OUTPU- ADJ_ST *
• FRONT LEFT : _dB
CENTER : _dB
FRONT RIGHT: _dB
SURR RIGHT : _dB
SURR LEFT : OdB
RETURN TO MENU
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Assoon asthe new menuappears,youwill
heara test noisecirculatefromspeakerto
speakerin a clockwisedirectionaroundthe
room.Thetest noisewill olayfor two seconds
n eachspeakerbeforecirculating,anda b ink-
channel.Uponcompletionof the second mg on-screencursorwill appearnextto the
circulation,the Program/SPLindicatorwi nameof eachspeakerlocationwhenthe sound
flashgreentwice andthen goout. The isat that speaker.
tone will stop andtheAVR220 will return
to normaloperation. NOTE:Rememberto verifythat the speakers
havebeenproperlyconnected.As the test noise
tor, simplypressand releasethe SPLButton
on the remotewhile the testtone is circu-
lating.TheProgram/SPLIndicator _ will
changecolorto indicatethe level.Adjustthe
level usingthe ,/• Buttonsli_) _ until
the LEDlightsgreenfor all channels.Whenit is
red the levelis too high;when it isamberthe
level istoo low. Pressthe SPLButton
whenyou arefinishedto turn the sensorand
indicatoroff.
NOTE:Thesubwooferoutput levelisnot
adjustableusingthe testtone.Tochangethe
subwooferlevel,follow the stepsfor Output
_evelTrimAdjustmenton page29.
Whenall channelshaveanequalvolumelevel,
the adjustmentiscomplete.To exitthis menu,
pressthe A/v ButtonsIi_tli_I until the on-
screen• cursorisnextto the RET UR N T 0
MENU line,and then pressthe Set Button
to returnto the MASTER MENU.
If youfind that the output levelschosenby circulates,listento makecertainthat the sound
EzSetare eitheruncomfortablylow or high,you comesfrom the speakerpositionshownin the Theoutput levelsmayalso be adjustedat any
mayrepeatthe procedure.Returnto Step2 Main Information Display [_ll. f the sound time usingthe discretebuttonsand semi-OSD
aboveand setthe mastervolumeeitherslightly from a speakerlocationdoes NOTmatchthe system.Toadjustthe output levelsin this fash-
higheror lowerto accommodateyour particular
room layoutandyour tastes.Youmayrepeat
this procedureas manytimesasnecessaryto
achievea desirecresult, n orderto prevent
possibledamageto your hearingor your equip-
ment,we emphasizethat youshouldavoid set-
ting the mastervolumeaboveOdB.
Manual Output LevelAdjustment
Output levelsmayalsobeadjustedmanually,
eitherto set themto a soecificlevelwith an
SPLmeter,or to makefine-tuningadjustments
to the levelsobtained usingthe EzSetremote.
Manualoutput level adjustmentismosteasily
donethroughthe OUTPUT ADJUST
menu(Figure7). If you are alreadyat the
positionindicatedin the display,turn the ion, pressthe TestToneSelector _[_Jll_l.As
AVR220 off usingthe Main Power Switch
[] and checkthe speakerwiring to makecer-
tain that eachspeakeris connectedto the cor-
"ectoutputterminal.
After checkingfor speakerplacement,let the
test noisecirculateagain,and listento see
which channelssoundlouderthan the others.
Usingthefront left speakeras a reference,
soonas the button ispressed,the test tone will
beginto circulateas indicatedearlier.Thecor-
rect channelfrom which the testnoiseshoulc
be heardwil beshownin the lowerthird of
the videoscreenand in the Main Information
Display [C4I.While thetest noiseiscirculating,
the properchannelpositionwill also beindicat-
ed in the Speaker/ChannelIndicators [] by
a blinking etterwithin the correctchannel.
pressthe _1/• ButtonsI_t _ on the remote
to bring all speakersto the samevolumelevel. Toadjustthe output level,pressthe Selector
Notethat when oneof the _/• buttonsis Buttons [] on the front panelor the ,I/•
pushed,the test noisecirculationwill pause Buttons _ _ until the desiredlevel is
onthe channelbeingadjustedto giveyoutime shownin the displayor on screen.Oncethe
to makethe adjustment.Whenyourelease buttonsare released,the test noisewill begin
the button,the circulationwi resumeafter :o circulateagain in five seconds.
MA ST ER MENU, pressthe • Button _ five seconds.
until the on-screen• cursorisnextto the
OUTPUT ADJUST line. If youare not at
the MASTE R ME NU, pressthe OSD
Button _ to 3ringupthe MASTER
MENU (Figure1),and then pressthe •
Button _ the on-screen• cursorisnextto
the OUTPUT ADJUST ine.Pressthe Set
Button _ to bringthe OUTPUT
AD J UST menu(Figure7) to the screen.
Continueto adjustthe individualchannelsuntil
the volumelevelsoundsthe samefrom each
speaker.Notethat adjustmentsshouldDemade
with the _I• Buttons _ _ on the remote
only,NOTthe mainvolumecontrols.Ifyou are
usinga soundpressurelevel(SPL)meterfor
preciseleveladjustment,setthe volumesothat
the meterreads75dB,C-WeightingSlow.
Youmayalsoadjustthe output levelsmanually
while usingthe levelindicationfeatureof the
Whenall channelshavethe sameoutput level,
pressthe TestToneSelector Button [_[_J(_
againto completethe process.
NOTE:Outputleveladjustmentis not available
for the VMAxor SurroundOff mode.However,
the levelsof the left and right channelsin
SurroundOff (Stereo)modemaybeadjusted
relativeto eachother usingthe Balance
Control i"[E].
EzSetremote.Toactivatethe sensorandindica-
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