Surround Setup - Harman Kardon AVR 335 Owner's Manual

SYSTEM CONFIGURATION
When using the full-OSD system to make the setup
adjustments, press the OSD Button v once so that
the MASTER MENU (Figure 1) appears. The
cursor will be next to the INPUT SETUP line.
Press the Set Button p to enter the menu and the
INPUT SETUP menu (Figure 2) will appear on
Buttons o until the
the screen. Press the /
‹ ›
desired input name appears in the highlighted video,
as well as being indicated in the front-panel Input
Indicators ı. If the input will use the standard
left/right analog inputs, no further adjustment
is needed.
* I N P U T S E T U P *
I N P U T : V I D E O 1
D I G I T A L I N : A N A L O G
A U T O P O L L : O F F
B A C K T O M A S T E R M E N U
Figure 2
If you wish to associate one of the digital inputs with
the selected input source, press the ¤
on the remote while the INPUT SETUP menu
(Figure 2) is on the screen, and the on-screen cursor
will drop down to the DIGITAL IN line. Press
Buttons o until the name of the desired
the /
‹ ›
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 n once so that the
cursor appears next
›
to BACK TO MASTER MENU, and press the
Set Button p.
To change the digital input at any time using the dis-
crete function buttons and the semi-OSD system,
press the Digital Select Button q on the remote.
Within 5 seconds, make your input selection using the
Buttons n until the desired digital or analog
/
⁄ ¤
input is shown in the Upper Display Line ˜ and in
the lower line of the on-screen display. Press the Set
Button p to enter the new digital 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 335's Auto Polling feature allows you to
avoid losing the audio feed when this happens by per-
mitting both analog and digital connections to the
same source on the AVR. Digital audio is the default,
and the unit will automatically 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
18 SYSTEM CONFIGURATION
digital source is paused. To turn the Auto Polling off for
any input, first make certain that the
ing to the AUTO POLL line on the menu screen.
›
Next, press the
‹
that OFF appears. Repeat the procedure so that
ON appears to restore the Auto Polling feature.
When all needed adjustments have been made, press
Button n until the
the ¤
BACK TO MASTER MENU to continue with
the system configuration.

Surround Setup

The next step is to set the surround mode you wish
to use with the input that was previously selected in
the INPUT SETUP menu. Since surround
modes are a matter of personal taste, feel free to
select any mode you wish – you may change it later.
However, to make it easier to establish the initial
parameters for the AVR 335, it is best to select Dolby
Pro Logic II or Logic 7 for most analog 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
("Surround off") as they are not typically used with
Button n
multichannel program material, and it is unlikely that
surround-encoded material will be used. Alternatively,
the Logic 7 Music mode is a good choice for stereo-
only source material. See page 29 for more informa-
tion on available surround modes.
When selecting surround modes for digital program
material, the AVR 335 will always examine the data
¤
stream and automatically select Dolby Digital or DTS
as applicable.
It is easiest to complete the surround setup using the
full-OSD on-screen menus. From the MASTER
MENU (Figure 1), press the
until the cursor is next to the SURROUND
›
SELECT line. Press the Set Button p until the
SURROUND SELECTmenu (Figure 3) is on
the screen.
* S U R R O U N D
D O L B Y S U R R O U N D
D T S
L O G I C 7
D S P ( S U R R )
V M A x
S T E R E O
B A C K T O
Figure 3
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
cursor is point-
›
Navigation Buttons o so
/
›
cursor is next to
›
Buttons n
/
⁄ ¤
S E L E C T *
M A S T E R M E N U
vary according to the speaker configuration in your
system. When the SURR BACK line of the
SPEAKER SETUP menu (Figure 9) is set to
NONE the AVR 335 will be configured for 5.1-
channel operation, and only the modes appropriate to
a five-speaker system will appear. When the SURR
BACK line of the SPEAKER SETUP menu
(Figure 9) is set to SMALL or LARGE the
AVR 335 will be configured for 6.1/7.1-channel oper-
ation, and additional modes such as Dolby Digital EX
and DTS-ES will appear, as they are only available
when seven main speakers are present. In addition,
some of the modes available in the AVR 335 will
not appear unless a digital source is selected and is
playing the correct bitstream. Remember that when
6.1-channel program material is playing, the same
information will be heard through both of the surround
back speakers.
To select the mode that will be used as the initial
default for an input, first press the /
⁄ ¤
n until the on-screen cursor is next to the desired
mode's master category name, such as DOLBY,
DTS, DSP (SURR) or VMAX. Next, press
the Set Button p to view the submenu. Press the
Buttons o to scroll through the available
/
‹ ›
Button n so that
choices, and then press the
¤
the cursor is next to BACK TO MASTER
MENU to continue the setup process.
The following few paragraphs detail the instructions
needed for modes with multiple choices.
On the DOLBY menu (Figure 4), choices include
Dolby Digital, Dolby Pro Logic II-Music, Dolby Pro
Logic II-Movie, Dolby Pro Logic, Dolby 3 Stereo, Dolby
Pro Logic IIx (Movie and Music) and Dolby Virtual
Speaker Reference or Wide. The Dolby Digital EX and
Dolby Pro Logic IIx modes are only available when the
system is set for 6.1/7.1 operation by configuring the
Surround Back speakers to "Small" or "Large" as
described on page 20 or 23. When a disc is playing
that contains a special "flag" signal in the digital audio
data stream, the EX mode will be selected automati-
cally. It may also be selected using this menu or
through the front-panel or remote controls, as shown
on page 28. A complete explanation of these modes
is found on page 29.
When a Dolby Surround mode is selected, a menu will
be shown, as detailed in Figure 4. The choices on this
menu include the selection of the actual surround
mode, the selection of rear channel post-processing
when the system is configured for 7.1 operation,
adjustments to the Night Mode when available with
a Dolby Digital soundtrack, the adjustment of special
parameters available when either Dolby Pro Logic II
Music or Dolby Pro Logic IIx Music is selected as
Buttons