Surround Operation - Harman Kardon FESTIVAL 60 Owner's Manual

Surround
Operation
Festival 80
Festival 80 is equipped to deliver superior home
theater sound for movies and music. Festival 80
uses a 5-speaker system and a subwoofer to
create realistic effects and surround imaging.
Press Surround to access all surround functions
and controls.
Note: It is normal for the surround channels to
operate only occasionally and often to be silent.
Movie directors typically use these channels
exclusively to establish ambiance or create effects.
Turning the volume level up to "hear" more
surround sound may actually distort the
intended illusion and introduce unwanted
system noise.
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Customizing the Sound
Tuner
CD
CD
Aux
mode
cntr spkr
setup
Bass Treble
Surround
Option Buttons
Choosing a Surround mode
m o d e
Press repeatedly for desired Surround mode.
m o v i e Duplicates the acoustics of a movie
theater. This mode activates Festival's
Dolby* Pro Logic* feature which reads
the surround sound effects in movies.
m u s i c Creates optimal surround for
music sources.
Hall simulator.
h a l l
Surround sound turned off.
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Adjusting the output of your center speaker
c n t r s p k r
Press repeatedly for desired center speaker mode.
Center speaker loudness is equal to
n o r m
other speakers.
b o o s t Increases center speaker loudness
without affecting other speakers. This is
a convenient way to selectively increase
the center channel volume of movies or
other video or Dolby Pro Logic sources.
Configuring your system for surround sound
s e t u p
Press to access surround speaker setup functions.
Pressing setup will change the function of some
buttons and activate functions of others (see
pages 16-17).
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Selector Buttons
An innovative Festival feature called Wrap allows
you to control the feeling of spaciousness in a
listening area by creating the illusion of distance
between the front and surround speakers.
Movie and Music surround modes begin with a
factory default setting for the Wrap effect. The
Movie and Music settings may be adjusted by
using the selector buttons on the console. Press -
to decrease or + to increase how far the sound
"wraps" around the listening area. Dots on the
Wrap indicator will light to show changes to the
Wrap setting.
The Movie mode is based on Dolby Pro Logic,
a surround sound process that uses information
encoded in two-channel stereo recordings to
produce four distinct channels (left, center, right
and surround). Dolby Pro Logic is used in movies,
television programs and some music recordings.
When the word REFERENCE appears in the Wrap
Indicator, the Wrap circuits are turned off for
standard Pro Logic operation. Increase or decrease
the amounts of Wrap as shown above to suit your
listening taste.
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WRAP
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