User's Manual
you wish to choose another option to skip the sub-
woofer measurements and either complete the
EQ Design or return to the
EZSET/EQ
MAIN
menu.
• If there was an error during the test, the Design
Step 2 Error message will appear. Follow the on-
screen instructions to check speaker connections
(
if no sound was heard from the speaker during
the test), check the microphone placement to make
c
ertain it is no further than half the distance from the
speaker to the listening position and pointing directly
at the speaker, or increase the volume by 5dB. After
taking the corrective steps, make sure the cursor is
pointing to
REPEAT TEST and press the
OK/Enter Button E on the TC 30 or the Set
Button
œ
on the ZR 10 remote. Select the
speaker again and repeat the steps as needed until
a successful measurement is made.
Steps 3 and 4: The third and fourth steps in the
EzSet/EQ II Design process are the measurement for
the subwoofers, if present. Although the subwoofers
are generally considered one speaker position, since
the AVR 745 may be used with two subwoofers, two
separate measurement steps must be combined for a
complete EQ Design.
When the
SUBWOOFER DESIGN message
appears, make certain that the cursor is pointing to
CONTINUE TO SUB DESIGN and press
the
OK/Enter Button E on the TC 30 or the Set
Button
œ
on the ZR 10 remote control. The
EZSET DESIGN STEP 3 (Figure 20)
message will appear.
Figure 20
Follow the instructions (using the extender rod if nec-
essary),
to make sure that the microphone is at ear
level and to the left of where the microphone was
placed during the Far Field measurements. Press the
OK/Enter Button E on the TC 30 or the Set
Button
œ
on the ZR 10 remote to continue.
When the
WARNING message appears on
screen, press the
‹/› Navigation Buttons D
©
to start the test. The test tone will be sent to the sub-
woofer(s) and the system will then pause slightly to
perfor
m the needed calculations.
When the calcula-
tions are complete, the
EZSET DESIGN
STEP 4 message will appear.
The instructions here are identical to those in Step 3
except that the microphone should be placed to the
right of where it was during Far Field measurements.
Press the OK/Enter Button E on the TC 30 or the
Set Button
œ
on the ZR 10 remote to continue.
When the subwoofer tests in Steps 3 and 4 are com-
p
lete, a message (Figure 21) will appear after a brief
pause to display the results.
Figure 21
• If the tests were successful, the message will show
the number of subwoofers, as shown in Figure 21.
You may either press the
OK/Enter Button E on
the TC 30 (or the
Set Button
œ
on the ZR 10
remote) to continue to the next step and conclude
the EzSet Design process, or press the
⁄
/
¤
Navigation Buttons D
©
and then the
OK/Enter Button E on the TC 30 (or the Set
Button
œ
on the ZR 10 remote) to either repeat
the subwoofer test or return to the main EzSet/EQ
menu. In most cases you should select “Continue.”
• If the tests were not successful, a message similar
to Figure 21 will appear, except that the top line
will flash
DESIGN STEP 3/4 ERROR.
Follow the suggestions in the message to verify that
the
subwoofer
(s) is properly connected and that the
microphone is in the proper position,
and increase
the volume level by 5dB
.
Then, press the
OK/Enter
Button
E on the
TC 30 or the
Set Button
œ
on the ZR 10 remote to repeat the test as often as
needed until a successful result is achieved.
Step 5: When all measurements are successfully
completed, the final step in the EzSet Design process
is to save the settings into the AVR 745’s memory.
Y
ou may program up to three different EQ settings to
accommodate differences in placement of the micro-
phone to reflect alternate listening positions, but we
recommend that you create two settings and leave
one memor
y in the “bypass”
mode so that you have
the ability to compare the two equalized settings
against a “straight through” setting that has no equal-
ization applied.
At the conclusion of the measurements for an
EQ Design, make certain that the
EZSET/EQ
DESIGN DONE menu (Figure 22) is on your
screen.
It will appear when you are done with the
Subwoofer design, or when you “skip” through the
Near Field and/or Subwoofer steps.
F
igure 22
The “test drive” feature allows you to listen to the
s
ource that was playing before the EzSet/EQ Design
process was initiated, and it is a good way to make
sure that you are pleased with the results. The
“Warning” refers to the fact that the volume level may
have been raised during the Design process, so it is
always a good idea to lower the volume a bit. You may
always raise it once the playback starts.
With the cursor pointing to
CONTINUE, press
the
OK/Enter Button E on the TC 30 or the Set
Button
œ
on the ZR 10 remote, and playback will
resume while the on-screen menu changes to the
DESIGN PREVIEW page (Figure 23).
Figure 23
• If you are pleased with the sound, press the
OK/Enter Button E on the TC 30 or the Set
Button
œ
on the ZR 10 remote to move to the
next screen and store the settings.
• If the sound is not to your liking, press the
⁄
/
¤
Navigation Buttons D
©
so that the cursor is
next to
NO and then the OK/Enter Button E on
the TC 30 or the
Set Button
œ
on the ZR 10
remote
. Follow the on-screen prompts in the menus
to return to the
EZSET/EQ MAIN menu
and repeat the EQ Design process.
•
If this is your first attempt at running
EzSet/EQ
II,
we recommend that you save the settings
,
even if
you are not sure whether you like them,
then rerun
the
EQ Design process again. Since the AVR 745 is
able to store multiple EQ Design settings, this will give
you the opportunity to compare two different designs
to the bypass mode with no equalization applied. Y
ou
may then select the preset you like best.
If you proceed to store the settings
,
the next menu will
let you select which memor
y position will be used
(Figure 24).
*
DESIGN PREVIEW *
EQ design has been
completed.
Do you like your current
listening experience?
YES
NO
→→
* EZSET DESIGN DONE *
To test drive your
Design, please connect
audio source, adjust
volume and play.
CONTINUE
BACK TO EZSET/EQ MAIN
→→
* DESIGN STEP 3/4 RESULTS *
EZSET successful
Detected speaker config:
SUBWOOFER 1:YES
SUBWOOFER 2:NO
CONTINUE
REPEAT SUBWOOFER TEST
BACK TO EZSET/EQ MAIN
→→
EZSET DESIGN STEP 3
Put mic at ear level,
3ft/0.9m to the left
Of the preferred
listening position.
CONTINUE
BACK TO EZSET/EQ MAIN
→→
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