Video Processing; Surround Mode Selection; Digital Audio Playback; Volume And Tone Control - Harman Kardon AVR 7300 Owner's Manual

Volume and Tone Control

• Adjust the volume to a comfortable level using the
front-panel Volume Control ) or remote Volume
Up/Down Buttons r
.
• To temporarily silence all speaker outputs, press the
Mute Button 33 . This will interrupt the out-
put to all speakers and the headphone jack, but it
will not affect any recording or dubbing that may be
in progress. When the system is muted, the word
MUTE will flash in the on-screen display and
Upper Display Line #, press the Mute Buttons
33 again to return to normal operation.
• The unit's tone controls may be taken out of the
signal path by pressing the Tone Mode Button on
the front panel or the remote
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press of either button will show a message in the
on-screen display and Lower Display Line $
with the current status of the tone controls. The sys-
tem default is TONE IN, which indicates that
the bass and treble controls are active. Press the
Navigation Button o on the remote or
/
⁄ ¤
the ‹ / › Button 8 on the front panel to
change the setting to TONE OUT, which is "flat"
response without the tone controls being active.
• When the tone controls are active, the bass and tre-
ble boost/cut may be adjusted by first pressing the
Tone Mode Button on the front panel
remote until the desired setting (BASS
MODE or TREBLE MODE) appears in the
on-screen display and the Lower Display Line
$. Next, use the Navigation Button o
/
⁄ ¤
on the remote or the ‹ / › Button
front panel to change the setting as desired. The
unit will return to normal operation within five sec-
onds after the setting is changed.
• For private listening, simply place a standard
1/4" stereo headphone plug or adaptor into the
behind the door 9 on
Headphone Jack
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the front panel. The speakers will automatically mute
and the audio output will be sent to the head-
phones. The Lower Display Line $ will read
DOLBY H: BP, indicating that the headphone
output is in the Bypass mode, and to confirm that
no processing is being used.
• When the headphones are in use, you may take
advantage of the Dolby Headphone modes to bring
added spaciousness to headphone listening. Press
the Dolby Mode Select Button
Surround Mode Selector 3 to cycle through the
three Dolby Headphone modes to select the one
that you prefer.

Video Processing

The AVR 7300 features unique combination of video
scaling and processing options that are available when
the unit is connected to a "digital ready" or HD capa-
ble display device. Thanks to DCDi by Faroudja tech-
nology and a series of video parameter settings that
may be set and stored individually for each video input
source, the AVR 7300 provides the ultimate in video,
as well as audio reproduction.
To take advantage of the video processing circuits with
your digital or HDTV compatible video display, simply
press the Video Processing On/Off Button h on
the remote or the Set/Video Button
door on the front panel, hold it for a second, and then
release it. This will turn on the processing circuits as
noted by the brief appearance of a message reading
. The first FAROUDJA: ON in the Lower Display Line
$ and in the on-screen display. Press and hold the
button again to turn the processing off.
Once the processing is turned on, it will remain on
until it is turned off by pressing the Video Processing
On/Off Button h on the remote or the Set/Video
Button on the front panel again and releasing
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it so that you see a FAROUDJA: OFF
message.

Surround Mode Selection

One of the most important features of the AVR 7300
is its ability to reproduce a full multichannel sound field
or the
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from digital sources, analog matrix surround-encoded
programs and standard stereo programs.
Selection of a surround mode is based on personal
taste, as well as the type of program source material
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being used. For example, motion pictures or TV pro-
grams bearing the logo of one of the major surround-
encoding processes, such as Dolby Surround or DTS
Stereo may be played in either the Dolby Digital,
Dolby Pro Logic II Cinema, Dolby Pro Logic IIx Cinema,
DTS Neo:6 Cinema, or Logic 7 Cinema surround
modes, depending on the source material.
NOTE: Once a program has been encoded with matrix
surround information, it retains the surround information
as long as the program is available in stereo. Thus,
movies with surround sound may be decoded via any
of the analog surround modes such as Pro Logic II or
IIx Cinema, Logic 7 Cinema or DTS Neo:6 Cinema,
when they are broadcast via conventional TV stations,
cable, pay-TV and satellite transmission. Also, a growing
number of TV programs, sports broadcasts and radio
or the
dramas are also recorded in surround sound.
Even when a program is not listed as carrying intentional
surround information, you may find that the Pro Logic II,
Logic 7 Enhanced or DTS Neo:6, VMAx and the Hall or
Theater modes often deliver enveloping surround pre-
sentations through the use of the natural information
present in all stereo recordings.
Surround modes may be changed at any time by
using either the front panel or remote control. To
select a new surround mode from the front panel, first
press the Surround Mode Group Selector Button
2 until the desired major surround mode group such
as Dolby, DTS or Logic 7 is selected. Next, press the
Surround Mode Selector Button 3 to choose the
specific individual surround mode.
To select a surround mode using the remote, press
behind the
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the button for the surround mode group that includes
the mode you wish to choose: Dolby
Digital , DTS Neo:6
or DSP Surround f. The first press of the
button will show the current mode from that group if it
is already in use, or the first available mode if you are
currently using another mode. To cycle through the
available modes in that group, press the button again
until the desired mode appears in the Lower Display
Line $, the on-screen display and in the front-panel
Surround Mode Indicators %.
The Dolby Digital, Dolby Digital EX, DTS 5.1, DTS-ES
Matrix and DTS-ES Discrete modes may only be
selected when a digital input is in use. In addition,
when a digital source is present, the AVR 7300 will
automatically select and switch to the correct mode,
regardless of the mode that has been previously
selected. For more information on selecting digital
sources, see the Digital Audio Playback section below.
When the 6-Channel/8-Channel direct inputs are in
use, there is no surround processing, as these inputs
take the analog output signals from an optional, exter-
nal DVD-Audio or SACD player, or another source
device, and carry them straight through to the volume
control.
To listen to a program in traditional two-channel
stereo, using the front left and front right speakers
only (plus the subwoofer, if installed and configured),
press the Stereo Mode Select Button
SURROUND OFF appears in the Lower Display
Line $. From the front panel, press the Surround
Mode Group Selector 2 until the Stereo modes
appear in the on-screen display and Lower Display
Line $. Next, press the Surround Mode Selector
Button 3 until SURROUND OFF appears in
the on-screen display and Lower Display Line $.

Digital Audio Playback

Digital audio is a major advancement over analog sur-
round processing systems. It delivers up to six discrete
channels, and each channel reproduces full frequency
range (20Hz to 20kHz) and offers dramatically improved
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