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SYSTEM CONFIGURATIONSYSTEM CONFIGURATION

SYSTEM CONFIGURATION 25SYSTEM CONFIGURATION 25

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 set-

tings 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 speakers. The lower

settings spread the center channel sound more

broadly into the left and right channels. A higher

number (up to “7”) produces a tighter center chan-

nel presentatioin.

• Dimension: This setting alters the perceived depth

of the surround field by creating a shallower presen-

tation that appears to move sounds toward the front

of the room, or a deeper presentation that appears

to move the center of the sound field toward the

back of the room. The setting of “O” is a neutral

default, with the range of adjustment shown as

“R-3” for a deeper, rear-oriented sound to “F-3”

for a shallower, 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

⁄

Navigation Buttons o 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

‹

›

Navigation Buttons o to alter the setting to

your taste.

When the DOLBY DIGITAL mode is

selected,

there are additional settings available for

the Night mode, as shown in Figure 6.

Figure 6

The Night mode is a feature of Dolby Digital that pre-

serves the dynamic range and full intelligibility of a

movie soundtrack while reducing the peak level. This

prevents abruptly loud transitions from disturbing

others, without reducing the sonic impact of a digital

source. The Night mode is only available when specially

encoded Dolby Digital signals are played.

To adjust the Night mode setting, make certain that the

➔ cursor is on the NIGHT line of the DOLBY

menu. Next, press

‹

›

Navigation Button o to

choose between the following settings, as they appear

in the on-screen display:

OFF: When OFF is shown, the Night mode will

not function.

MID: When MID is shown, a mild compression

will be applied.

MAX: When MAX is shown, a more severe com-

pression algorithm will be applied.

We recommend that you select the MID setting as

a starting point and change to the MAX setting later,

if desired.

The Night mode may also be adjusted directly any

time a Dolby Digital source is playing by pressing

the Night Mode Button T. When the button is

pressed, D-RANGE will appear in the lower third

of the video screen and in the Lower Display Line

$. Press the Night Mode Button T within three

seconds to select the desired setting.

When all settings for the surround setup have been

made, press the

⁄

Navigation Button o

so that the

›

cursor is next to BACK TO

MASTER MENU, and press the Set Button

q to return to the MASTER MENU.

In the DTS menu, the selection choices made with

the

‹

›

Navigation Button o on the remote are

determined by a combination of the type of program

material in use and whether the 5.1- or 6.1/7.1-

channel configuration is in use.

When a DTS digitally encoded source is playing, the

choice of modes for 7.1 systems will vary according

to the program source (DTS 5.1, DTS-ES Matrix or

DTS-ES Discrete). Press the

‹

›

Navigation Button

o to scroll through the choices available for your

system and the program in use. The DTS Neo:6 Music

mode is available with analog and PCM digital stereo

sources and the DTS Neo:6 Cinema mode may be

used with matrix surround-encoded sources for an

enhanced 5.1-channel sound field.

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 detected. When the 6.1/

7.1 mode is selected, the DTS-ES Discrete mode will

automatically be activated for DTS sources with the ES

Discrete “flag.” When a non-ES DTS disc is in use, you

may select the DTS-ES Matrix mode to create a full

7.1 surround mode. See page 36 for an explanation

of the DTS modes.

When an analog or two-channel PCM source is play-

ing, the DTS Neo:6 modes are available, which cre-

ates a three-, five- or six-channel presentation of

the sound. The exact modes available will depend on

the number of speaker positions established in the

SPEAKER SETUP menu. (See page 26 to

configure the system for the number and type of

speakers in your system.)

In the LOGIC 7

menu, the choices available

are

determined by whether the 5.1- or 6.1/7.1-channel

configuration is in use. In either case, the selection of a

Logic 7 mode enables Harman Kardon’s exclusive

Logic 7 processing to create multichannel surround

from two-channel stereo- or matrix-encoded program-

ming such as VHS cassettes or television broadcasts

produced with Dolby Surround.

With 5.1 configurations, you may select the Logic 7/5.1

Music, Cinema or Enhance modes. They work best

with surround-encoded programs or two-channel pro-

gramming of any type. For 6.1/7.1 configurations,

the Music and Cinema modes may be selected. The

Logic 7 modes are not available when either Dolby

Digital or DTS Digital soundtracks are in use. See

page 36 for an explanation of the Logic 7 modes.

In the DSP (SURR) menu, the choices made

with the

‹

›

Navigation Button o select one of

the DSP surround modes designed for use with two-

channel stereo programs to create a variety of sound

field presentations. The Hall and Theater modes are

designed for multichannel installations, while the two

VMAx modes are optimized for use in delivering a full

surround field when only front left and front right

speakers are installed. See page 36 for an explanation

of the DSP surround modes.

In the STEREO menu, the choices made with the

‹

›

Navigation Buttons o include a traditional

two-channel stereo presentation that uses only the left

and right front speakers. When SURROUND

OFF is selected, the unit is in a full bypass mode

with no bass management or other processing applied

to the signal as it is routed directly from the input to

the volume stage. When SURROUND OFF +

DSP is selected, you will still have a two-channel

presentation, but bass management is applied.

You may also select a 5 CH STEREO and 7

CH STEREO mode, depending on how many

speakers are available. These two modes feed a two-

channel presentation to the front left/right and sur-

round speakers, as stereo pairs, with a mix of the left

and right channels fed to the center speakers. See

page 36 for a complete explanation of the stereo

modes.

This menu also includes a setting to turn the unit’s

upsampling feature on or off. In normal use, this

feature is turned off, which means that digital sources

** DOLBY SURROUND **

MODE: DOLBY DIGITAL

CENTER WIDTH: ---

DIMENSION : ---

PANORAMA : ---

NIGHT : OFF

BACK TO SURR SELECT

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