Harman Kardon AVR 235 Owner's Manual page 19

SYSTEH CONFIGURATION
6,1/7.1 operation bycor#iguring 1 1_e Surround Back
speakers t e 'Small" o r "Large/' as described o n page
Pl, Whena discis playing treat c ontains a spedaldata
"flag"inthe digital a udiodatastream, t he DolbyDigital
EXmodewill a ulomat_eally beselectedThisrrode
mayalsobe selected usingthismenuor g_rough 1 he
front-panel or remote controls, asshownon page26,
A complete selectron of the av_ilable D @y surround
modesisroundinthe charton page27,
WhenDolbyProLogicIIMusicor DolbyProLogicIIx
Musicis selected a s thelistening mode, t hreespecial
set%%ae a_aik_ble to tailor_e sound fieldto your
listening roomenvironment andyourindividual hste
a//dpreferences, (When otherDolbySurround modes
areselected, dottedlineswinindicate thattheseset-
tingsarenot active.)
• Center W idth: T hissettingadjusls the balance ofthe
vocalinformation i nthetrentsoundsta@ betwed
thecenterandfrontleft/right s peakers T helower
settings spread the centerchannel soundmore
broadly intothe/eftaridriglt chat/nets A higher
r/umber ( up1o"7") psducesa tightercenter
channel p resentation
Dimension: Thissettingaltarsthe perceived d epth
of thesurround fieldbycreating a shallower presen-
radon thatappears to movesounds toward tee front
of theroom,or a deeperpresentation _f_at appears
te movetie centerof lbe sound fieldtowa/dthe
backof theroom. T hesettingof "0" Jsa neulral
default, w iththe ra%eof adjustment shown as
"R-3"fora deeper, rear-oriented sound to "F 3"
tar a shdowet, t rent-oriented s ound
•Panorarna:Switchthissettingon or off to addan
enveloping w raparound p resentation thatincreases
theperception o f sound alongthesidesofthe recto,
lu change theseparameters, pressthe y/A
NavigationButtons_ whilethe D 0 L BY
S UR R0 UN D menuis on thescreenuntilthe
cursoris poinhng to the lineon the menuwiththe
parameter youwispto cfargo Then, p ressthe _/1_
Navi%tion Buttoi_s _ to ger theearingto
yourtaste
When the DOLBY DIGIT? AL rhodeis
selected, l be_e aread@onal s ettings a ,,gabletar
theNi@tmode
TheNightmodeisa feature of OdbyDigital t hatpro
serves the d%amicra%eandtellintelligibiliS/of a
moviesouodt_ack whilereduci;_g t he peaklevel. ? tis
prevents a bruptly loudtransitions from disturbing
others, w ithout r educing the sonicimpact o f a digital
source TheNight m odeis onlyavailable w henspecially
encoded DolbjDigital s ignals areplayed
Toadjustthe Nightmodesettw_g, makecertain thatthe
cursorison the NI GH 1"lineof the D 0 L BY
meuu Next,press_/_ NavigationButton @ to
choose between thefollowirgsettings, a stheyappear
in_heon screen ds#ay:
OF F: When0 F F is highlighted, the Nightmode
willnot {unc, tion
MI D: WhenMI D is highlighted, a mJJd o ompres
sloewill be applied,
MA X: WbenMA X is highlighted, a moreseve#e
compression algorithm willbe applied
V'v_ recommend f %t youselect t he MI D settingas
a starting pointandchange to the MA X settinglate_.
Jfdesired
TheNightmodemayalsobe aqusteddirectly any
tirade a DolhyDigital s ourceis phyingbypressing
the Night Mode Button _ When the bultonis
pressed, D - RA NGE wJ]J appear J nthe bluerthird
of thevideoscreen andint% LowerDisplayLine
Ressthe A/'_" NavigationButton _ within
threeseconds to select t he desired setting.
Thelastoptionlineinthismenuis thesettingto turn
the unit'supsampling f eature on or dl In normal u se,
thisfeature isturnedoft whichmeans thatdigital
sources areprocessed a t theirnatNesample rate.For
example, a 48kHzdigital s ourcew111 be processed a t
48kHz,However, theAVR235 allows youto upsam-
piethe incoming 48kHzsi%alsto 96kHzforadded
resolution.
Totakeadw_nt%e o f thisfeature, p ressthe A/_i¥
NavigationButton @ soII_at t he_ cursor i s next
to the U PS AMPL I N G lineandpressthe _/J_
NavigationButton @ sohat 0 N is highliuhted i n
reverse video.Notethatthisfeature is onlyavailable
forthe DolbyProLogicII Music,DolbyProLogicII-
Movie, D olbyProLogicandDolby3 Stereomodes.
Whenallsettings br surround setuphavebeenmade,
plessthe A/'_ NavigationButtons @ sothatthe
cursor i s nexttoBACK TO MAST?ER MENU,
andpressII_eSet Button @ to return to the
MASTER MENU
Onthe D TS menu,the choices madewithtie _/_
Buttons @ on the remote aredetermined b ya
combination o f thetypeof program matenaJ Jnuse
andwhether t ee 51- or 6,1/7,1 channel configure
tionis in use
When a DTSsource is phying, t he choiceof modes
for 71 syslerns w illvaryaccording t o the typeof pro
gramsource (DTS 5,1, DTSESMatrix or DTS_ES
Discrete) P ressthe ,_/_ Buttons @ to scroll
through the choices thatareavailable f or yoursystem
andtheprogram ir_useTheDTSNee:6Musicmode
is available w ithanalog stereosources and_neDTS
Nee:6Cinemamodeis available w ithanalogmatrix
surround encoded sources to deliver a n enhanced
5,1 channel s ound field
Whenthe 61 col/%uratiors is in use, 1 %AVewill
autornatioally select t he 5,I version of DTSprocessing
whena OTSdatastrearn is sdectedWhentee 61/
7,1 modeisselected, t he DTSESDiscrete modewill
automa_JcalJy be actuated whena DTSsource withthe
ESDiscrete "fkg" is inuse Whena nonESDTSdisc
is inuse,youmayselect t he DTSESMatrixmode
through thismenuto create a fulleight-speaker sur
roundmode.SeepageP7 fora complete explanal_on
of theDTBmodes,
Onthe L 0 GI C 7 menu, t he choices madewith
the _/_ Buttons @ on the remote am determined
bywhether t he 51 or 6.1/71 chunnel configuration
is in use IneitWer case,thesebct_on o f a Logic7
modeensbles Harman K_doNsexdusk, e Logic7
processing t o createfullyerweloping, multichannel
surround sound fromeithertwochannel S tereoor
Matrix encoded prograrnmi% suchasVHScassettes,
laserdiscsor televfsion b roadcasts produced wi_l_
Dt%ysurround
In the 51 eonfiguration, youmayselect t he Logic', 7/
5,1 Music, C inema or Enhance modeTheyworkbest
withb/vs chanr_ef music, s urround encoded programs
or st_ndard b _,_o chant/dplograrr/mk_g of at/ytype,
respectively F or6,1/71 configural_ons, theMusicand
Cinema modesmaybeselected. T heLogic7 modes
am notavailable w heneitherDolbyDigital o r DTS
digitalsoundtracks areinuse,Seepage27 fur a
complete explanation o f the Logic7 modes,
Onthe D SP ( SU RR ) menu,thechoicesmade
withthea!_ Buttons @ on the remote select f rom
oneof the DSPsurround modes thataredesigned for
usewilh/_,vo c hannel s tereoprograms t o createa
varietyof sound fieldpresentations Thechoices avail
ableareHall1, Hall2, Theater, VMAxNearandVMAx
FatTheHallandTheater m odesaredesigned for
mqtichannel installations, whilethe1_0VMAxmodes
areoptilrgedforuseil_delivering afullsurround field
whenonlythe t_ont l eftaridfrontrightspeakers a re
installedSeepage27 tot a complete expBnetion o f
the DSPsurround modes.
Onthe S I" E RE 0 menu.the choices madewiththe
_,/_ Butions @ or,the remote mayeifl_er t urnthe
surround p_ocessing off fora fladil_onal lwo channel
sternep_esentaton, or select5 STEREO or
? STEREO depending on whether t he 5,1 or
6,1/71 outputis inuse The]allotmodesteeda lwo