SYSTEM CONFIGURATION 17
SYSTEM CONFIGURATION
all bass information will be routed to the front
left/right “main” speakers.
• If a subwoofer is connected to the AVR 130, you
have the option to have the front left/right “main”
speakers reproduce bass frequencies at all times,
and have the subwoofer operate only when the
AVR 130 is being used with a digital source that
contains a dedicated Low-Frequency Effects, or
LFE, soundtrack. This allows you to use both your
main and subwoofer speakers to take advantage
of the special bass created for certain movies.
Press
▲/▼ Buttons n on the remote
so that
SUB LFE appears in the Lower
Display Line
¯.
• If a subwoofer is connected and you wish to use it
for bass reproduction in conjunction with the main
front left/right speakers, regardless of the type of
program source or surround mode you are listen-
ing to, press the
▲/▼ Buttons n on the
remote so that
SUB L/R+LFE appears in
the
Lower Display Line ¯. When this option is
selected, a “complete” feed will be sent to the
front left/right “main” speakers, and the subwoofer
will receive bass frequencies below 100Hz.
10. When all speaker setup selections have been
made, simply wait five seconds and the AVR will
return to normal operation.
Triple Crossover Setting
The AVR 130 is unique among all receivers in its price
class to provide Triple Crossover functionality. Where
conventional bass-management systems only accom-
modate a global crossover setting, Harman Kardon’s
Triple Crossover system allows you to set a different
crossover point for the front left/right, center and sur-
round speakers. This is key to creating a seamless
soundfield when a system uses different brands or
models of speakers from one of these three groupings
to another.
If you are not familiar with what the crossover point is,
the term refers to the frequency at which the full-range
signal is divided between your main speakers and the
subwoofer. Since the subwoofer is specially designed
for low-frequency reproduction, it isn’t able to repro-
duce high frequencies. Conversely, by relieving the
main speakers of the requirement to reproduce bass
frequencies, it is possible to build smaller, more effi-
cient “satellite” style speakers. Setting the crossover
frequency properly means that each speaker does the
job it was intended to do, without the strain or possible
damage caused by being fed the wrong signals. In
order to properly take advantage of the Triple
Crossover function, we encourage you to consult the
owner’s manual for your speakers to determine the
lowest frequency they are designed for, which will be
the number that will be used in making the settings in
this section.
Note that the factory default setting is a crossover
point of 100Hz for all speakers. If your speakers have
a crossover at that setting you do not need to make
any of these adjustments and you should proceed to
the next step. However, if, for example, your front
speakers have a crossover point of 80Hz, your center
speaker crosses over at 120Hz and your surround
speakers crossover at yet a different point, adjusting
these settings will help establish the proper relationship
between the low-frequency sound that is sent to your
subwoofer and the balance of the sound that is repro-
duced by your main speakers.
If your speaker complement does require a change to
the crossover settings, proceed as follows:
1. Press the
Speaker Button 6 .
2. Press the
▲/▼ Buttons n on the remote or
the
‹/› Buttons ) on the front panel so that
SPEAKER XOVER appears in the Lower
Display Line
¯ and press the Set Button o@
to enter the crossover menu tree.
3. When
FRONT 3X-FREQ appears in the
Lower Display Line ¯, press the Set Button
o@ to change the setting for the front left/right
speakers.
4. Press the
▲/▼ Buttons n on the remote or
the
‹/› Buttons ) on the front panel to scroll
through the available choices, and when the crossover
frequency that matches your speakers appears in the
Lower Display Line ¯, press the Set Button
o@ to return to the speaker group selection.
5. Press the
⁄
/
¤
Buttons n on the remote or
the
‹/› Buttons ) on the front panel again to
select another speaker group, either
CENTER
3X-FREQ
to adjust the crossover for the center
channel speaker, or
SURR 3X-FREQ to adjust
the crossover for the surround speakers, and press the
Set Button o@ when the desired speaker group
appears to change the setting as needed, following
the instructions in Step 4, above.
6. When all required crossover settings have been
entered, press the
Set Button o@ to return to
normal operation.
Global/Independent Bass Manager Memory
A feature unique to the AVR 130 in its class allows
the storage of different speaker size settings and
crossover points for each input source. In most cases,
you will not need to take advantage of this capability,
particularly when the speakers used are all frequency-
limited “satellite” type models. However, when a sys-
tem’s front speakers are large full-range models, you
may wish to use different “large” or “small” settings for
inputs such as the tuner or CD, where two-channel
stereo music may be the desired listening mode, as
opposed to the DVD or other video-related inputs
where a subwoofer will be used.
If you do not need to create different speaker configu-
ration settings for each input, skip to the next section.
To take advantage of this capability, follow these steps:
1. Configure the speaker size information as described
on page 16. This sets the common baseline for all
inputs.
2. Select the input for which you wish to have a
setting other than the original one by pressing the
appropriate
Input Selector f.
3. Press the
Speaker Button 6 and then press
the
▲/▼ Buttons n on the remote or the ‹/›
Buttons ) on the front panel so that BASS
MANAGER
appears in the Lower Display Line
¯. Press the Set Button o@.
4. When
GLOBAL appears in the Lower Display
Line
¯ press the ▲/▼ Buttons n on the
remote or the
‹/› Buttons ) on the front panel to
select
INDEPENDENT. Press the Set Button
o@ to enter the request into the AVR’s memory.
5. Once the
BASS MANAGER message re-
appears in the
Lower Display Line ¯ you have
configured the AVR so that different speaker size and
crossover settings may be chosen for each input. To
enter these settings, first wait five seconds until the unit
returns to normal operation. At that time, select anoth-
er input and repeat the instruction steps for Speaker
Setup and Triple Crossover Setting as shown on the
previous pages.
Configuring the Surround Off
(Stereo) Modes
For superior reproduction of two-channel program
materials, the AVR 130 offers two Stereo modes: an
analog Stereo-Direct mode that bypasses the digital
signal processing circuitry for a completely analog sig-
nal path that preserves the purity of the original signal,
and a digital mode that is capable of providing bass
management for optimal distribution of the low fre-
quencies between smaller speakers and a subwoofer.
