Video Setup Submenu; Video Adjustments Banner - Harman Kardon DVD 27 Owner's Manual

SYSTEM SETUP
NOTE: Any changes made to the Digital Output setting
during playback will not take effect until after play has
been stopped and restarted.
PCM Limit: This setting determines whether the digital
audio output of the DVD 27 will be sent to your
receiver or processor at its original sampling rate, or
whether high-resolution (96kHz or greater) materials
will be downsampled to 48kHz. Select the 96kHz
setting if your receiver is capable of resolving digital
signals greater than 48kHz and does not require
downsampling. If you select the 96kHz setting
when your receiver is not capable of processing sig-
nals with a sampling rate greater than 48kHz, then
you will not hear any audio when high-resolution
materials are played. If you are uncertain of your
receiver's capabilities, select the 48kHz setting
to limit the sampling rate to 48kHz.
NOTE: Due to copyright restrictions, the DVD 27 will
not output an uncompressed signal in the PCM format
from a disc recorded with 96kHz/24-bit resolution,
such as some DTS audio CDs. If the Digital Output
setting in the Audio Setup submenu is set
to PCM, and the PCM Limit setting is set to
96kHz, no audio will be outputted, and the mes-
sage CGMS MUTE will appear in the Main
Information Display . "CGMS" stands for "Copy
General Management System." Should this message
appear, change the PCM Limit setting to 48kHz
to hear the audio at a lower resolution.
Dynamic Range: This setting allows you to take
advantage of the programming present on some
Dolby Digital recordings to reduce the volume of
louder passages while maintaining intelligibility of qui-
eter passages. This means that you may listen to pro-
grams at a level that allows the full impact of a sound-
track to be heard at a volume that is lower than you
might otherwise use to avoid disturbing others. The
DVD 27 accomplishes this by compressing the audio
to a greater or lesser degree, depending on which set-
ting you choose. Three options are available:
• MINIMUM does not make any changes to the
original playback, and should be used when the vol-
ume setting in the listening room may be as loud as
you desire.
• MEDIUM applies a moderate amount of compres-
sion so that louder passages are a little bit quieter.
• MAXIMUM applies more compression so that
louder passages are much softer.
Feel free to experiment with the settings at any time.
Note that if your receiver or processor also allows you
to program the dynamic range setting, also known as
the "Night Mode, " you do not need to make any
adjustments on the DVD 27 and should leave the
setting at MINIMUM.
20 SYSTEM SETUP

Video Setup Submenu

This menu establishes the DVD's configuration for
video format settings such as aspect ratio and output
scan. It also allows access to the Video Adjustments
banner (see next section).
As with all setup menus, press the Setup Button j
to activate the main menu screen, and then press the
Navigation Buttons n until the VIDEO
⁄¤
SETUP icon is highlighted, and then press the
Enter Button s.
Figure 7
The following adjustments are available on the Video
Setup menu:
Aspect Ratio: This setting selects the aspect ratio
of video programming. Your choice should be made
according to the shape of your video display and your
personal preferences. Two choices are available:
• 16:9: If you have a widescreen (16:9) display, or a
display that has a widescreen mode, choose this
setting. With this setting, the DVD 27 will adjust the
output for widescreen movies so that they fill the
entire screen in the proper aspect ratio. Note, how-
ever, that in this setting a disc recorded in the 4:3
aspect ratio will appear in the widescreen as a
boxed image in the center, with black columns on
the left and right side of the screen. Note that if the
widescreen option is chosen and a widescreen
movie is played on a conventional 4:3 aspect-ratio
set, the image will be distorted due to vertical com-
pression.
• 4:3: If you have a standard, 4:3 aspect ratio video
display, choose this setting. You will see the entire
frame of the movie as it is recorded on the disc
without any image cutoff at the left and right sides.
While this allows widescreen movies to be shown in
their entirety, they will occupy a smaller portion of
the screen and black "letterbox" bars may appear
at the top and bottom of the screen.
Video Output: This setting selects between the
S-Video Output ¶ and Component Video
Outputs ∞, which are not available simultaneously
If you have connected one of these outputs to your
video display and the screen is blank, you will need to
temporarily connect the Composite Video Output
§ to your TV in order to view the on-screen menus
and change this setting.
Scan Type: This setting allows you to select
between progressive and interlaced scanning for
the Component Video Outputs ∞ to maximize
the image resolution for the type of video display in
use. Note that the output at the S-Video ¶ and
Composite Video § outputs will always be stan-
dard-rate video that is compatible with any television
set or video display. Two choices are available:
• Progressive: Select this option if you have a video
display that is compatible with input sources of
480P or greater. Displays labeled as "HDTV Ready, "
including virtually all large-screen LCD and plasma
displays, are compatible with progressive scan.
• Interlaced: Select this option when you are using
an older video display that has Y/Pr/Pb component
inputs, but which is not capable of displaying high
scan rate, or "HD" signals.
NOTES:
1. The Scan Type may only be changed when the
Video Output setting has been set to Component.
2. If you have connected the DVD 27 to a video dis-
play that is not capable of displaying progressive
scan video using the Component (Y/Pr/Pb) Video
Outputs ∞, and you have inadvertently changed
the Video Output Setting to Component and the
Scan Type setting to Progressive, you may reset
the scan type to interlaced by pressing the
Progressive Scan/Interlaced Button r. The
display will blink, indicating that the scan type has
been reset to interlaced mode.
Alternatively, as a last-resort measure, you may com-
pletely reset all of the DVD 27's settings, including the
scan type, by exiting the on-screen menu system and
pressing and holding the Clear Button d for five
seconds. The display will blink, and all settings will
return to the factory defaults.

Video Adjustments Banner

This banner menu allows you to adjust the brightness,
sharpness and black level of the video signal to com-
pensate for differences between your DVD player and
other video sources. You may use either the DVD 27's
built-in color bar test signal or a test disc as the stan-
dard for the adjustments. To ensure that your system is
properly optimized, we strongly recommend that you
adjust your video display using the display's own con-
trols before making any changes to the DVD 27's
output. Once the display is properly calibrated with
all settings on the DVD 27 set to their midpoint, use
the controls on this menu to fine-tune the DVD 27's
output.
Due to the nature of these settings, the navigation is
somewhat different from the DVD 27's other menus