Configuring The Surround Off (Stereo) Modes - Harman Kardon AVR 245 Owner's Manual

System Configuration
: When MAX is in the highlighted video,
MAX
a more severe compression algorithm will be
applied.
When you want to use the Night mode feature,
we recommend that you select the MID setting as
a starting point and change to the MAX setting
later, if desired.
Note that the Night mode may be adjusted
directly any time that Dolby Digital surround
mode is selected by pressing the Night button
. When the button is pressed, the words
followed by the current setting
D-RANGE
( , , ) will appear in the lower
MID MAX OFF
third of the video screen and in the Main In-
formation Display Ò. Press the
within five seconds to select the desired
setting, then press Set to confirm the
setting.
On the menu, the selection choices made
DTS
with the Buttons on the remote
‹ / ›
are determined by a combination of the type of
DTS program material in use and whether the 5.1
or 6.1/7.1 speaker output configuration is in use.
When a DTS source is playing, the choice of
modes for 7.1 systems will vary according to the
type of program source (DTS Stereo, DTS 5.1,
DTS-ES Matrix or DTS-ES Discrete). Press the
Buttons to scroll through the choices
that are available for your system and the pro-
gram in use.
With no source playing, or while an analog audio
source is playing, you will only be able to view
the DTS Neo:6 surround mode choices. These
include DTS Neo:6 3-channel Cinema mode (rec-
ommended when front left, right and center
speakers are present but no surround speakers
are available), DTS Neo:6 5-channel Cinema
mode (recommended for movies or television),
DTS Neo:6 5-channel Music mode (optimized for
music-only materials), and DTS Neo:6 6-channel
Cinema and Music modes (available when the
Surround Back speaker channels are configured
as either or , as described on
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page 25).
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 received.
When the 6.1/7.1 mode is selected, the DTS-ES
Discrete mode will automatically be activated
when a DTS source with the ES Discrete "flag" is
in use and the DTS-ES Matrix mode will be acti-
vated when an ES-Matrix encoded audio track is
received. In both cases the appropriate surround
mode will be indicated in the Main
Information Display Ò in the front panel dis-
play and on the screen. When a non-ES DTS disc
is in use, when the 6.1/7.1 mode is chosen the
unit automatically will select the DTS + NEO:6
mode to create a full eight-speaker surround
mode. When a DTS 96/24 signal is detected, the
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AVR 245 defaults to the DTS surround mode, but
reproduces the higher-resolution materials that
are present due to the higher sampling rate auto-
matically. See page 32 and 33 for a complete
explanation of the DTS modes.
On the
LOGIC 7
made with the
‹
remote are determined by whether the 5.1 or
6.1/7.1 speaker output configuration is in use. In
either case, the selection of a Logic 7 mode
enables Harman Kardon's exclusive Logic 7 pro-
cessing to create fully enveloping, multichannel
surround from either two-channel Stereo or
Matrix-encoded programming such as VHS
cassettes, laserdiscs or television broadcasts
buttons
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produced with Dolby surround.
In the 5.1 configuration you may select the Logic
7/5.1 Music, Cinema or Enhanced modes. They
work best with two-channel music, surround-
encoded programs or standard two-channel pro-
gramming of any type, respectively. When the
6.1/7.1 mode is selected, the Logic 7/7.1 Music
or Cinema modes are available, but the output
will be in a full eight-channel sound field. Note
that the Logic 7 modes are not available when
either Dolby Digital or DTS Digital soundtracks
are in use.
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On the (
DSP SURR
choices made with the
the remote select one of the DSP surround modes
that are designed for use with two-channel
stereo programs to create a variety of sound field
presentations. The choices available are Hall 1,
Hall 2, Theater. The Hall and Theater modes are
designed for multichannel installations. See
pages 32-33 for a complete explanation of the
DSP surround modes. Note that the Hall and
Theater modes are not available when a Dolby
Digital or DTS soundtrack is played.
On the
STEREO
made with the
‹
remote may either turn the surround processing
off for a traditional two-channel stereo presen-
tation, or select
depending on whether the 5.1 or
Stereo
6.1/7.1 output is in use. The latter modes feed
the stereophonic input signal to both front
speakers, to the rear speakers and to both sur-
round back speakers (if in use), while the mono-
phonic signal parts are spread over all speakers,
also the Center. See page 32-33 for a complete
explanation of the 5 CH Stereo and 7 CH Stereo
modes.
menu, the selection choices
Buttons on the
/ ›
) menu, the selection
Buttons on
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menu, the selection choices
Buttons on the
/ ›
or
5 C H Stereo 7 C H
After the selections are made in the Dolby, DTS,
Logic 7, DSP (Surround) or Stereo menus, press
the buttons so that the cursor moves
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to the BACK TO SURR SELECT
presss the Set Button .
Configuring the Surround Off
(Stereo) Modes
For superior reproduction of two-channel pro-
gram materials, the AVR offers two Stereo modes:
an analog Stereo-Direct mode that bypasses the
digital signal processing circuitry for a completely
analog signal path that preserves the purity of
the original signal, and a digital mode that is
capable of providing bass management for opti-
mal distribution of the low frequencies between
smaller speakers and a subwoofer.
Stereo-Direct (Bypass) Mode
When the analog Stereo-Direct mode is selected
by pressing the Stereo Mode Selector
until appears in the Main
SURROUND OFF
Information Display Ò and the Surround
Mode Indicator ( for Surround Off is lit, the
AVR will pass the analog source material directly
through to the front left and right speakers,
bypassing the digital processing circuitry.
In this mode, the front left and right speakers will
automatically be configured as
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possible to configure these speakers as
When the AVR is in the Stereo Bypass mode you
may still configure the subwoofer output so that
it is either turned off, with a full-range signal
going to the front left/right speakers, or you may
configure it so that the subwoofer feed is
activated.
The factory default setting is to have the sub-
woofer turned off for this mode, but you may
change that setting by following these steps:
1. Press the Speaker Button 6
@ to activate the
2. Press the Set Button
configuration menu.
3. Press the Buttons on the remote or
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Buttons 7 on the front panel to select
the
/
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the desired option. turns off the
SUB NONE
feed to the subwoofer, while
SUB <L+R>
turns it on.
4. When the desired setting has been entered,
@ to return to nor-
press the Set Button
mal operation.
Stereo-Digital Mode
When the Stereo-Direct (Bypass) mode is in use a
full range signal is always sent to the front
left/right speakers. By its nature, that option does
not pass the signal through the AVR's digital sig-
nal processing, creating the requirement for full-
range speakers. If your front speakers are band-
width limited, "satellite"speakers, we recommend
that you do NOT use the Bypass mode, but rather
line and
; it is not
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