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INSTALLATION AND CONNECTIONS 17

No matter which type or brand of speakers is
used, the same model or brand of speaker
should be used for the front-left, center and
front-right speakers. This creates a seamless
front soundstage and eliminates the possibility
of distracting sonic disturbances that occur when
a sound moves across mismatched front-channel
speakers.

The placement of speakers in a multichannel
home-theater system can have a noticeable
impact on the quality of sound reproduced.

Depending on the type of center-channel
speaker in use and your viewing device, place
the center speaker either directly above or below
your TV, or in the center behind a perforated
front-projection screen.

Once the center-channel speaker is installed,
position the left-front and right-front speakers so
that they are as far away from one another as
the center-channel speaker is from the preferred
listening position. Ideally, the front-channel
speakers should be placed so that their tweeters
are no more than 60cm above or below the
tweeter in the center-channel speaker.

They should also be at least 0.5 meter from your
TV set unless the speakers are magnetically
shielded to avoid colourings on the TV screen.
Note that most speakers are not shielded, even
with complete surround sets only the Center
speaker may be.

Depending on the specifics of your room
acoustics and the type of speakers in use, you
may find that imaging is improved by moving the
front-left and front-right speakers slightly
forward of the center-channel speaker. If
possible, adjust all front loudspeakers so that
they are aimed at ear height when you are
seated in the listening position.

Using these guidelines, you’ll find that it takes
some experimentation to find the correct
location for the front speakers in your particular
installation. Don’t be afraid to move things
around until the system sounds correct. Optimize
your speakers so that audio transitions across
the front of the room sound smooth.

When the AVR is used in 5.1-channel operation,
the preferred location for surround speakers is
on the side walls of the room, at or slightly
behind the listening position. In a 7.1-channel
system, both side surround and back surround
speakers are required. The center of the speaker
should face you (see below).

Rear surround speakers are required when a full
7.1-channel system is installed, and they may
also be used in 5.1 channel mode as an alterna-
tive mounting position when it is not practical to
place the main surround speakers at the sides of
the room. Speakers may be placed on a rear
wall, behind the listening position. As with the
side speakers, the center of the rear surrounds
should face you. The speakers should be no more
than 2 meters behind the rear of the seating
area.

It is appropriate to configure the AVR 335 for
either 5.1- or 7.1-channel operation, but not for
6.1 channels. When 6.1-channel program
material or a 6.1-channel processing mode is in
use, material for the surround back channel will
be outputted simultaneously through both the
Surround Back Left and Right Speaker
Outputs

(. Connecting only one loudspeaker

to these speaker terminals will not only deprive
you of the benefits of 7.1-channel surround
modes, such as Logic 7, but will also interfere
with the functioning of EzSet+ speaker setup
and calibration, as described on page 23. It may
also put undesirable strain on the surround back
amplifier circuits and power supplies.

Subwoofers produce largely nondirectional
sound, so they may be placed almost anywhere
in a room. Actual placement should be based on
room size and shape and the type of subwoofer
used. One method of finding the optimal
location for a subwoofer is to begin by placing it
in the front of the room, about 15cm from a
wall, or near the front corner of the room.
Another method is to temporarily place the
subwoofer in the spot where you will normally
sit, and then walk around the room until you
find a spot where the subwoofer sounds best.
Place the subwoofer in that spot. You should
also follow the instructions of the subwoofer’s
manufacturer, or you may wish to experiment
with the best location for a subwoofer in your
listening room.

Right Front
Speaker

Left Front

Speaker

No more than 

         60cm

Center Front Speaker

Center Front

Speaker

Rear-Wall Mounting

TV or Projection Screen

Right Front

Speaker

Left Front

Speaker

No more than 2m

when rear-mounted

speakers are used

B)  The distance between the left and right
speakers should be equal to the distance from
the seating position to the viewing screen. 
You may also experiment with placing the left
and right speakers slightly forward of the center
speaker.
Rear speaker mounting is an alternate location
for 5.1 systems. It is required for 7.1 operation.

At least 15 cm from celling

At least 60 cm

18 SYSTEM CONFIGURATION

Once the speakers have been placed in the room
and connected, the remaining steps are to pro-
gram the system configuration memories. With
the AVR two kind of memories are used, those
associated individually with the input selected,
e.g. surround modes, and others working global-
ly for all inputs selected like speaker output lev-
els, crossover frequencies or delay times used by
the surround sound processor.

You are now ready to power up the AVR to begin
these final adjustments.

1. Plug the Power Cable

 into an unswitched

AC outlet.

2. Press the Main Power Switch 1 in until it

latches and the word “OFF” on the top of the
switch disappears inside the front panel. Note
that the Power Indicator 3 will turn
orange, indicating that the unit is in the
Standby mode.

3. Remove the protective plastic film from the

main front-panel lens. If left in place, the film
may affect the performance of your remote
control.

4. Install the three supplied AAA batteries in the

remote as shown. Be certain to follow the (+)
and (–) polarity indicators that are on the top
of the battery compartment.

5. Turn the AVR on either by pressing the System

Power Control 2 or the Input Source
Selector % on the front panel, or via the
remote by pressing the Power On Button
3, AVR Selector 5 or any of the Input
Selectors

46 on the remote. The Power

Indicator 3 will turn blue to confirm that the
unit is on, and the Main Information
Display ˜ will also light up.

NOTE: After pressing one of the Input Selector
buttons

4 to turn the unit on, press the AVR

5 to have the remote control the AVR

functions.

When making the following adjustments, you
may find them easier to make via the unit’s on-
screen display system. These easy-to-read
displays give you a clear picture of the current
status of the unit and facilitate speaker, delay,
input or digital selection you are making.

To view the on-screen displays, make certain you
have made a connection from the Video Monitor
Out jack 

 on the rear panel to the composite

or S-Video input of your TV or projector. In order
to view the AVR’s displays, the correct video input
must be selected on your video display. Note that
the on-screen menus are not available when a
component video display is in use.

IMPORTANT NOTE: When viewing the on-screen
menus using a CRT-based projector, plasma display
or any direct-view CRT monitor or television, it is
important that they not be left on the screen for an
extended period of time. As with any video display,
but particularly with projectors, constant display of
a static image such as these menus or video game
images may cause the image to be permanently
“burned into” the CRT. This type of damage is not
covered by the AVR warranty and may not be cov-
ered by the projector TV set’s warranty.

The AVR has two on-screen display modes,
“Semi-OSD” and “Full-OSD.” When making con-
figuration adjustments, it is recommended that
the Full-OSD mode be used. This will place a
complete status report or option listing on the
screen, making it easier to view the available
options and make the settings on the screen. The
Semi-OSD mode uses one-line displays only.

Note that when the full OSD system is in use, the
menu selections are not shown in the Infor-
mation Display ˜. When the full OSD menu
system is used,

OSD O N

will appear in the

Main Information Display ˜ to remind you
that a video display must be used.

When the semi-OSD system is used in conjunc-
tion with the discrete configuration buttons, the
on screen display will show a single line of text
with the current menu selection. That selection
will also be shown in the Main Information
Display ˜.

The full OSD system can always be turned on or
off by pressing the OSD button 

L. When this

button is pressed the 

MASTER MENU

(Figure 1) will appear, and adjustments are made
from the individual menus. Note that the menus
will remain on the screen for 20 seconds after the
latest action was made on the screen menu, then
they will “time-out” and disappear from the
screen. The time-out may be increased to as
much as 50 seconds by going to the

ADVANCED SELECT

menu, and changing

the item titled 

FULL OSD TIME OUT

.

The semi-OSD system is also available as a sys-
tem default, although it may be turned off by

using the 

ADVANCED SELECT

menu. (See

page 38). With the semi-OSD system, you may
make adjustments directly, by pressing the but-
tons on the front panel or remote control for the
specific parameter to be adjusted. For example, to
change the digital input for any of the sources,
press the Digital Select Button Û

G and

then any of the Selector buttons

‹

/

›

7 or

⁄

/

¤

D on the front panel or remote.

The AVR 335 features an advanced memory sys-
tem that enables you to establish different con-
figurations for the speaker configuration, digital
input, surround mode, delay times, crossover fre-
quencies and speaker setting for each input
source. To ease the speaker setting, the same
speaker setting can also be made for all inputs.
This flexibility enables you to custom tailor the
way in which you listen to each source and have
the AVR memorize them. This means, for example,
that you may associate different surround modes
and analog or digital inputs with different
sources, or set different speaker configurations
with the resultant changes to the bass manage-
ment system or the use of the center speaker
and/or the Subwoofer. Once these settings are
made, they will automatically be recalled
whenever you select that input.

However, we recommend that the first time you
use the AVR, you take advantage of the simplicity
of configuring the system using the EzSet+
process, which takes the guesswork out of speak-
er size and delay settings, and balances the
speaker output levels to tailor the AVR’s sound
presentation to your specific system and room.
Before beginning the EzSet+ procedure, there are
a few adjustments that need to be made to
ensure accurate results.

The factory default settings for the AVR 335 have
all inputs configured for an analog audio input
except for the DVD input, where the Coaxial
Digital Input

! is the default. Once the DSP

processing system is used for the first time for
any input, the speaker settings will automatically
default to “Small” at all positions with the sub-
woofer set to “LFE.” The default setting for the
surround modes is Logic 7 Music, although Dolby
Digital or DTS will automatically be selected as
appropriate when a source with digital encoding
is in use.

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SYSTEM CONFIGURATION 19

Before using the unit, you will probably want to
change the settings for most inputs so that they
are properly configured to reflect the use of digi-
tal or analog inputs and the surround mode asso-
ciated with the input. Remember that since the
AVR memorizes the settings for each input indi-
vidually, you will need to make these adjustments
for each input used. However, once they are
made, further adjustment is only required when
system components are changed.

To make this process as quick and as easy as pos-
sible, we suggest that you use the full-OSD sys-
tem with the on-screen menus, and step through
each input.

Input Setup
The first step in configuring the AVR is to select
an input, i.e. to associate an analog or digital
input with each input source in use, e.g. CD or
DVD. Note that once an input is selected, all
settings for the Digital Input, Speaker Configura-
tion, Delay and Surround Mode will ”attach”
themselves to that input and be stored in a
nonvolatile memory. This means that once made,
the selection of an input will automatically recall
those settings. For that reason, the procedures
described below must be repeated for each input
source so that you have the opportunity to
custom tailor each source to your specific
listening requirements. However, once made they
need not be changed again unless you need to
alter a setting.

When using the full-OSD system to make the
setup adjustments, press the OSD button 

L

once so that the 

MASTER MENU

(Figure 1)

appears. Note that the 

›

cursor will be next to

the 

INPUT SETUP

line. Press the Set button

F to enter the menu and the 

INPUT

SETUP

menu (Figure 2) will appear on the

screen. Press the 

‹

/

›

buttons 

E& until the

desired input name appears in the highlighted
video, as well as being indicated in the front
panel Input Indicators ˆ by the blue LED next
to the desired input name. If the input will use the
standard left/right analog inputs, no further
adjustment is needed (except with DVD).

If you wish to associate one of the digital inputs
with the selected input source, press the 

¤

D on the remote while the 

INPUT

SETUP

menu (Figure 2) is on the screen, and

note that the on-screen cursor will drop down to
the 

DIGITAL I N

line. Press the 

‹

/

›

E& until the name of the desired digital
input appears. To return to the Analog input,

press the buttons until the word 

ANALOG

appears. When the correct input source appears,
press the 

¤

button 

D until the 

›

cursor

appears next to 

BACK T O MASTER MENU

,

and press the Set Button

F.

To associate an analog or digital input with the
input source currently selected at any time using
the discrete function buttons, press the Digital
Input Select Button Û

G on the front panel

or the remote while the full-OSD is not in use.
Within five seconds, make your input selection
using the Selector buttons on the front panel 7
or the 

⁄

/

¤

D Buttons on the remote until

the desired digital or analog input is shown in the
Main Information Display ˜ and in the
lower third of the video display connected to the
AVR 335. Press the Set Button

F to enter the

new input assignment.

Some digital video input sources, such as a cable
box or HDTV set-top may change between analog
and digital outputs, depending on which channel
is in use. The AVR’s Auto Polling feature allows
you to avoid losing the audio feed when this hap-
pens by permitting both analog and digital con-
nections to the same source on the AVR. Digital
audio is the default, and the unit will automati-
cally switch to the analog audio if the digital
audio stream stops.

In cases where only a digital source is used, you
may wish to disable the Auto Polling feature to
prevent the AVR from trying to “find” an analog
source when the digital source is paused. To turn
Auto Polling off for any input, first make certain
that the 

➞

cursor is pointing to the 

AUTO

POLL

line on the menu screen. Next, press the

‹

/

›

E& so that 

OFF

is highlighted in reverse video. Repeat the proce-
dure at any time by highlighting 

O N

to restore

the Auto Polling feature.

Surround Setup
Once the speaker setup has been completed, the
next step for that input is to set the surround
mode you wish to use with that input. Since sur-
round modes are a matter of personal taste, feel
free to select any mode you wish – you may
change it later. The Surround Mode chart on page
29-30 may help you select the mode best suited
to the input source selected. For example you may
select Dolby Pro Logic II or Logic 7 for most ana-
log inputs and Dolby Digital for inputs connected
to digital sources. In the case of inputs such as a
CD Player, Tape Deck or Tuner, you may wish to
set the mode to Stereo, if that is your preferred
listening mode for standard stereo sources, where
it is unlikely that surround encoded material will
be used. Alternatively, the 5 Channel Stereo or
Logic 7 Music mode may also be a good choice
for stereo-only source material.

It is easiest to complete the surround setup using
the full-OSD on-screen menus. From the

MASTER

menu (Figure 1), press the 

⁄

/

¤

D until the 

➞

cursor is next to the

SURROUND SELECT

menu. Press the 

F so that the 

SURROUND

SELECT

menu (Figure 3) is on the screen.

Each of the option lines on this menu (Figure 3)
selects the surround mode category, and within
each of those categories there will be a choice of
the specific mode options. The choice of modes
will vary according to the speaker configuration in
your system.

When the 

SURR BACK

line of the 

SPEAK-

E R SETUP

menu (Figure 9) is set to 

NONE

the AVR will be configured for 5.1-channel opera-
tion, and only the modes appropriate to a five-
speaker system will appear.

When the 

SURR BACK

line of the 

SPEAK-

E R SETUP

menu (Figure 9) is set to 

SMALL

or 

LARGE

the AVR will be configured for

6.1/7.1-channel operation, and additional modes
such as Dolby Digital EX and 7 STEREO or Logic 7
7.1 will appear, as they are only available when
seven main speakers are present. In addition, the
modes DTS ES (Discrete) and DTS+NEO:6 (DTS ES
Matrix) available in the AVR will not appear
unless a digital source is playing the correct bit-
stream. In addition, some of the modes available
in the AVR will not appear unless a digital source
is selected and is playing the correct bitstream.

Note: When a Dolby Digital or DTS source is
selected and playing, the AVR will select the ap-
propriate surround mode automatically, no matter
which surround mode was selected for that input
as default. Then no other surround modes will be
available, except VMAx with Dolby Digital record-
ings and all Pro Logic II modes with Dolby Digital
2 channel (2.0) recordings (see page 33).

To select the mode that will be used as the initial
default for an input, first press the 

⁄

/

¤

buttons

D until the on-screen cursor is next to the
desired mode’s master category name. Next, press
the Set Button

F to view the sub-menu. Press

the 

‹

/

›

E& to scroll through the

available choices, and then press the 

¤

D so that the cursor is next to 

to continue the setup process.

On the 

DOLBY SURROUND

menu (Figure 4),

the selection choices include Dolby Digital, Dolby
Pro Logic II or llx Music, Dolby Pro Logic II or llx
Cinema, Dolby Pro Logic II and Dolby 3 Stereo.
The Dolby Digital EX mode is only available when
the system is set for 6.1/7.1 operation by config-
uring the Surround Back speakers to “Small” or
“Large” as described on page 23. When a disc is
playing that contains a special “flag” signal in the
digital audio data stream, the EX mode will be

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20 SYSTEM CONFIGURATION

selected automatically. It may also be selected
using this menu or through the front panel or
remote controls as shown on page 31. A com-
plete explanation of these modes is found on
Page 29-30. Note that when the Dolby Digital
mode is selected there are additional settings
available for the Night mode that are associated
with the surround mode only, not with the input.
That´s why these settings must be made only
once, not with each input in use. They are described
later in the next main chapter (see below).

When the 

➞ cursor is pointing to the 

MODE

line, press the 

‹

/

›

E&

to select the desired Dolby surround mode, again
remembering that the choice of available modes
will vary with the type of program material being
played and the number of speakers in your system
configuratioin.

When Dolby Pro Logic II Music or Dolby Pro Logic
IIx Music is selected as the listening mode, three
special settings are available to tailor the sound
field to your listening room environment and your
individual taste and preferences. (When other
Dolby Surround modes are selected, dotted lines
will indicate that these settings are not active.)

• Center Width: This setting adjusts the balance

of the vocal information in the front soundstage
between the center and front left/right speak-
ers. The lower settings spread the center chan-
nel sound more broadly into the left and right
channels. A higher number (up to “7”) produces
a tighter center channel presentatioin.

• Dimension: This setting alters the perceived

depth of the surround field by creating a shal-
lower presentation that appears to move
sounds toward the front of the room, or a deep-
er presentation that appears to move the center
of the sound field toward the back of the room.
The setting of “0” is a neutral default, with the
range of adjustment shown as “R-3” for a
deeper, rear-oriented sound to “F-3” for a shal-
lower, front-oriented sound.

• Panorama: Switch this setting on or off to add

an enveloping wrap-around presentation that
increases the perception of sound along the
sides of the room.

To change these parameters, press the 

⁄

/

¤

D while the 

DOLBY

SURROUND

menu is on the screen until the 

➞

cursor is pointing to the line on the menu with
the parameter you wish to change. Then, press the

‹

/

›

E& to alter the

setting to your taste.

Note that when the Dolby Digital mode is select-
ed there are additional settings available for the
Night mode that are associated with the surround
mode only, not with the input. That´s why these
settings must be made only once, not with each
input in use.

Night Mode Settings
The Night mode is a feature of Dolby Digital that
uses special processing to preserve the dynamic
range and full intelligibility of a movie sound track
while reducing the peak level. This prevents
abruptly loud transitions from disturbing others,
without reducing the sonic impact of a digital
source. Note that the Night mode is only available
when the Dolby Digital surround mode is selected.

To adjust the Night mode setting from the menu
press the OSD Button 

L so that the

MASTER

menu appears. Then press the 

¤

but-

ton 

D to access the 

AUDIO SETUP

and

press Set

F to select the 

SURROUND

SETUP

menu. Press Set

F to select the

DOLBY

menu (see fig. 5).

To adjust the Night mode setting, make certain
that the 

➞

cursor is on the 

NIGHT

line of the

DOLBY

menu. Next, press 

‹

/

›

E& to choose between the following set-
tings.

OFF

: When OFF is highlighted, the Night mode

will not function.

MID

: When MID is in the highlighted video,

a mild compression will be applied.

MAX

: When MAX is in the highlighted video,

a more severe compression algorithm will be
applied.

When you want to use the Night mode feature,
we recommend that you select the MID setting as
a starting point and change to the MAX setting
later, if desired.

Note that the Night mode may be adjusted direct-
ly any time that Dolby Digital surround mode is
selected by pressing the Night button 

B. When

the button is pressed, the words 

D-RANGE

fol-

lowed by the current setting (

MID

,

MAX

,

OFF

)

will appear in the lower third of the video screen
and in the Main Information Display ˜.
Press the 

⁄

/

¤

buttons 

D within five seconds

to select the desired setting, then press Set 

F

to confirm the setting.

The last option line in this menu is the setting to
turn the unit’s upsampling feature on or off. In
normal use, this feature is turned off, which

means that digital sources are processed at their
native sample rate. For example, a 48kHz digital
source will be processed at 48kHz. However, the
AVR allows you to upsample the incoming 48kHz
signals to 96kHz for added resolution.

To take advantage of this feature, press the

⁄

/

¤

Navigation Button n so that the 

➞

cursor is next to the UPSAMPLING line and
press the

‹

/

›

E& so

that ON is highlighted in reverse video. Note that
this feature is only available for the Dolby Pro
Logic II-Music, Dolby Pro Logic II-Movie, Dolby Pro
Logic and Dolby 3 Stereo modes.

On the 

DTS

menu, the selection choices made

with the 

‹

/

›

E& on the remote

are determined by a combination of the type of
DTS program material in use and whether the 5.1
or 6.1/7.1 speaker output configuration is in use.

When the 5.1 configuration is in use the AVR will
automatically select the 5.1 version of DTS
processing when a DTS data stream is received.
When the 6.1/7.1 mode is selected, the DTS-ES
Discrete mode will automatically be activated
when a DTS source with the ES Discrete “flag” is
in use and the DTS-ES Matrix mode will be acti-
vated when an ES-Matrix encoded audio track is
received. In both cases the appropriate surround
mode will be indicated in the Main Information
Display ˜ in the front panel display and on the
screen. When a non-ES DTS disc is in use, when
the 6.1/7.1 mode is chosen the unit automatically
will select the DTS + NEO:6 mode to create a full
eight-speaker surround mode. See page 29 for a
complete explanation of the DTS modes.

On the 

LOGIC 7

menu, the selection choices

made with the 

‹

/

›

E& on the

remote are determined by whether the 5.1 or
6.1/7.1 speaker output configuration is in use. In
either case, the selection of a Logic 7 mode
enables Harman Kardon’s exclusive Logic 7 pro-
cessing to create fully enveloping, multichannel
surround from either two-channel Stereo or
Matrix-encoded programming such as VHS
cassettes, laserdiscs or television broadcasts
produced with Dolby surround.

In the 5.1 configuration you may select the Logic
7/5.1 Music, Cinema or Enhanced modes. They
work best with two-channel music, surround-
encoded programs or standard two-channel pro-
gramming of any type, respectively. When the
6.1/7.1 mode is selected, the Logic 7/7.1 Music or
Cinema modes are available, but the output will
be in a full eight-channel sound field. Note that
the Logic 7 modes are not available when either
Dolby Digital or DTS Digital soundtracks are in
use.

On the 

menu, the selection

choices made with the 

‹

/

›

E& on

the remote select one of the DSP surround modes
that are designed for use with two-channel stereo
programs to create a variety of sound field pre-
sentations. The choices available are Hall 1, Hall

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