Night Mode Settings - Harman Kardon AVR 335 Owner's Manual

System Configuration
selected automatically. It may also be selected
using this menu or through the front panel or
remote controls as shown on page 31. A com-
plete explanation of these modes is found on
Page 29-30. Note that when the Dolby Digital
mode is selected there are additional settings
available for the Night mode that are associated
with the surround mode only, not with the input.
That´s why these settings must be made only
once, not with each input in use. They are described
later in the next main chapter (see below).
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M O D E : D O L B Y P L I I
M U S I C
C E N T E R W I D T H : 3
D I M E N S I O N : 0
P A N O R A M A : O F F
N I G H T : - - - - -
B A C K T O S U R R S E L E C T
Figure 4
When the © cursor is pointing to the
Navigation Buttons Ea
line, press the /
‹ ›
to select the desired Dolby surround mode, again
remembering that the choice of available modes
will vary with the type of program material being
played and the number of speakers in your system
configuratioin.
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 settings 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 speak-
ers. The lower settings spread the center chan-
nel sound more broadly into the left and right
channels. A higher number (up to "7") produces
a tighter center channel presentatioin.
• Dimension: This setting alters the perceived
depth of the surround field by creating a shal-
lower presentation that appears to move
sounds toward the front of the room, or a deep-
er presentation that appears to move the center
of the sound field toward the back of the room.
The setting of "0" is a neutral default, with the
range of adjustment shown as "R-3" for a
deeper, rear-oriented sound to "F-3" for a shal-
lower, 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 D while the
menu is on the screen until the ©
SURROUND
cursor is pointing to the line on the menu with
the parameter you wish to change. Then, press the
Navigation Buttons Ea to alter the
/
‹ ›
setting to your taste.
20 SYSTEM CONFIGURATION
Note that when the Dolby Digital mode is select-
ed there are additional settings available for the
Night mode that are associated with the surround
mode only, not with the input. That´s why these
settings must be made only once, not with each
input in use.

Night Mode Settings

The Night mode is a feature of Dolby Digital that
uses special processing to preserve the dynamic
range and full intelligibility of a movie sound track
while reducing the peak level. This prevents
abruptly loud transitions from disturbing others,
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without reducing the sonic impact of a digital
source. Note that the Night mode is only available
when the Dolby Digital surround mode is selected.
To adjust the Night mode setting from the menu
press the OSD Button L so that the
menu appears. Then press the
MASTER
ton D to access the
press Set F to select the
menu. Press Set F to select the
SETUP
menu (see fig. 5).
DOLBY
MODE
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M O D E : D O L B Y
C E N T E R
D I M E N S I O N
P A N O R A M A
N I G H T
U P S A M P L I N G
B A C K T O
Figure 5
To adjust the Night mode setting, make certain
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that the cursor is on the
menu. Next, press
DOLBY
Ea to choose between the following set-
tings.
: When OFF is highlighted, the Night mode
OFF
will not function.
: When MID is in the highlighted video,
MID
a mild compression will be applied.
: 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 direct-
ly any time that Dolby Digital surround mode is
selected by pressing the Night button B. When
the button is pressed, the words
lowed by the current setting (
will appear in the lower third of the video screen
and in the Main Information Display ˜.
/
⁄ ¤
Press the
⁄ / ¤
DOLBY
to select the desired setting, then press Set F
to confirm the setting.
The last option line in this menu is the setting to
turn the unit's upsampling feature on or off. In
normal use, this feature is turned off, which
but-
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and
AUDIO SETUP
SURROUND
S U R R O U N D *
D I G I T A L
W I D T H : - - - -
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: O F F
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S U R R O U N D S E L E C T
line of the
NIGHT
Buttons
/
‹ ›
fol-
D-RANGE
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MID MAX OFF
buttons D within five seconds
means that digital sources are processed at their
native sample rate. For example, a 48kHz digital
source will be processed at 48kHz. However, the
AVR allows you to upsample the incoming 48kHz
signals to 96kHz for added resolution.
To take advantage of this feature, press the
Navigation Button n so that the
/
⁄ ¤
cursor is next to the UPSAMPLING line and
Navigation Button Ea so
press the /
‹ ›
that ON is highlighted in reverse video. Note that
this feature is only available for the Dolby Pro
Logic II-Music, Dolby Pro Logic II-Movie, Dolby Pro
Logic and Dolby 3 Stereo modes.
On the menu, the selection choices made
DTS
Buttons Ea on the remote
with the
/
‹ ›
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 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 ˜ in the front panel display 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. See page 29 for a
complete explanation of the DTS modes.
On the menu, the selection choices
LOGIC 7
Buttons Ea on the
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
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.
On the ) menu, the selection
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DSP SURR
Buttons Ea on
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 pre-
sentations. The choices available are Hall 1, Hall
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