Harman Kardon AVR 171 OS User Manual

AVR
Notes on Setting Speaker Volumes in Home Theater Systems:
While setting your system's individual speaker volume levels is ultimately up to your
personal taste, here are some ideas you may find helpful:
• For films and video-music programs, your overall goal should be to create an
enveloping, realistic sound field that draws you into the film or music program
without drawing your attention away from the action on the screen.
• For multichannel music recordings, some music producers will create a sound field
that places the musicians all around you; others will create a sound field that places
the musicians in front of you, with more subtle ambience in the surround speakers
(as you would experience in a concert hall).
• In most 5.1-channel and 7 .1-channel film soundtracks, the surround speakers are
not intended to be as loud or as active as the front speakers. Adjusting the surround
speakers so they are always as loud as the front speakers could make dialogue
difficult to understand and will make some sound effects sound unrealistically loud.
Notes on Setting Subwoofer Volume:
• Sometimes the ideal subwoofer volume setting for music is too loud for films, while
the ideal setting for films is too quiet for music. When setting the subwoofer volume,
listen to both music and films with strong bass content and find a "middle ground"
volume level that works for both.
• If your subwoofer always seems too loud or too quiet, you may want to place it in
a different location. Placing the subwoofer in a corner will always tend to increase
its bass output, while placing it away from any walls or corners will always tend to
reduce its bass output.
AVR 1710S/AVR 171S only: Listening in Zone 2
With the multizone system in use, you may enjoy an exciting 5.1-channel home theater
presentation in the main listening area, while others listen to an entirely different source in
another room. See Install a Multizone System, on page 19, for installation information.
You set up and activate the AVR's multizone system from the on-screen Zone 2 menu .
Press the OSD/Menu button, and navigate to the Zone 2 line. Press the OK button to
display the Zone 2 menu.
Status: This line lets you turn Zone 2 on or off.
Source: This line lets you select the source input for Zone 2. You may select a different
source from the one currently operating in the main listening area. However, if the same
source has been selected for both the main listening area and Zone 2, listeners in both
areas will hear the same content.
Only analog audio sources are available to Zone 2. To hear digital devices such as a CD
player in Zone 2, follow these steps:
1. In addition to making a digital audio connection, connect the source device's analog
audio outputs to the AVR. Make a note in Table A5 on page 39 to record which set of
analog inputs you used.
2. Use the AVR's front-panel Audio Input button to select the analog audio input. (Leave
the Audio setting for the source device in the Source Setup menu set to the digital
input.)
Advanced Functions
Notes about listening in Zone 2:
• Although you can listen to iPod or USB as a source in Zone 2, you cannot begin
iPod or USB playback from within Zone 2. You must initially select iPod or USB as a
source in Zone 1 and begin playback of a track or playlist from there. Then you can
select iPod as the Zone 2 source and control playback from within Zone 2 even if you
switch Zone 1 to a different source.
• Only one of the AVR's internal sources (iPod, USB, vTuner, Network, AirPlay, DLNA
DMR) can be active at a time across both zones. For example, if you are listening
to vTuner as the source in Zone 1 and switch the source in Zone 2 to USB, it will
switch the source in Zone 1 to USB(and vice versa) . To listen to different sources in
Zone 1 and Zone 2 at the same time, at least one source must be one of the AVR's
configurable external sources (Cable/Sat, Disc, STB or TV) that is connected to one
of the AVR's analog audio inputs, or one of the AVR's terrestrial radio sources (FM
or AM).
Volume: Highlight this line, and use the Left/Right buttons to control the volume in Zone
2.
Assigned AMP: This line lets you assign the Assigned AMP channels to "Zone 2" for
multizone operation (see Number of Speakers, on page 31). When this line is set to Zone
2, you may configure the main listening room for only up to 5.1 channels.
To use the remote to control the sound in Zone 2, press the remote's Zone 2 button. The
volume, mute and source select buttons will control the sound in Zone 2 and the Zone 2
button will illuminate whenever you press a button to indicate that the remote is in the
Zone 2 control mode. Press the Zone 2 button again to return the remote to the main
listening area control mode.
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Harman Kardon AVR 171 OS Specifications

General

Brand	Harman Kardon
Model	AVR 171 OS
Category	Receiver
Language	English