Harman Kardon AVR 435 Owner's Manual page 22

SYSTEM CONFIGURATION
upsample t he incoming 48kHzsignals to 96kHz
foraddedresolution.
Totakeadvantage o f thisfeature, pressthe A/V
NavigationButton _ sothatthe.-->cursorisnext
tothe U PS AMPL I N G lineandpressthe ._/_,
NavigationButton _ sothat0 N is highlighted i n
reverse video. N otethatthisfeature is onlyavailable
forthe DolbyProLogicII Music, D olbyPm LogicII
Movie, D olbyProLogicandDolby3 Stereomodes.
When all desired changes h avebeenmadeon this
menu,pressthe ,I,/V NavigationButton
sothatthe .->cursoris nextto the B AC K T 0
MA I N ME NU line;presstheSet Button li_iJ.
Surround Setup
Thenextstepis to setthesurround modeyouwish
to usewiththeinputthatwaspreviously s elected in
the I NP UT SE T U P menu.Sincesurround
modes area matter of personal taste, f eelfreeto
select a nymodeyouwish youmaychange it later.
However] to makeit easier t o establish t he ini17al
parameters forthe AVR435,we suggest L ogic7
(Cinema o r Music)for- m ostanalog inputs. I nthecase
of inputssuchasa CDPlaye_] TapeDeckor Tuner, you
maywishto setthe modeto Stereo("Surround off")
astheyarenot typically u sedwithmultichannel pro-
grammaterial, andit is unlikely t hatsurround encoded
material will beusedAlternatively the Logic7 Music
¢'
modeis agoodchoice forstereoonlysource material
Seepage34 formoreinforma17on on available sur
roundmodes.
Fordigitalprogram material t heAVRwillalways exam
inethedatastreamandautomatically select a Dolby
Digital o r DTSmodeasapplicable.
Itis easiest t o complete thesurround setupusing the
fullOSDon screenmenus. Fromthe MAS T E R
ME NU (Figure 1), pressthe ,_,/v Navigation
Button @ untilthe.-> cursoris nextto the
SURROUND SELECT line. P resstheSet
Button _ untilthe SURROUND SELECT
menu(Figure 4) is on the screen.
_ SURROUND SELECT _$
DOLRY SURROUND
DTS
LOGIC 7
DSP (SURR)
STEREO
BACK TO MASTER MENU
F_gum 4
Eachof the option linesonthismenu(Figure, 4)
selects thesurround modecategory, andwithineach
of thosecategories t herewillbe a choiceof the
specific modeoptions.
Thechoice of modes willvaryaccording t o thespeaker
configuration i nyoursystem. W hen the SU RR
BACK lineof the SPEAKER SETUP menu
(Figure 6) issetto N 0 N E theAVR435 will becon
figuredfor5.1 channel operation, andonlythe modes
appropriate t o a fivespeaker s ystem willappeal. W hen
the SURR BACK lineofthe SPEAKER
SE T U P menu(Figure 6) issetto S MA L L or
L A RGE, theAVR435 willbe configured f or
6.1/7.1 channel operation, andadditional modes
suchas DolbyDigital E XandDTSESwillappear, as
theyareonlyavailable w henseven mainspeakers a re
present. I n addition, someof the modes available in
theAVR435 will notappear u nless a digitalsource is
selected andis playing the correct b itstream.
Toselectthe modethatwillbeusedasthe initial
default f oran input, f irstpresstne A/• Navigation
Button _ untilthe on screen cursoris nextto the
desired mode'smastercategory name, s uchas
DOLBY SURROUND, DTS, DSP
( S UR R ) or S T E RE 0. Next, p ressthe Set
Button _ to viewthe submenu. Press the ,/_,
NavigationButton @ to scroll t hrough the avail
ablechoices, andthenpressthe • Navigation
Button @ sothatthe cursoris nextto B AC K
T 0 MAS T E R ME NU to continue the setup
process.
Thefollowing fewparagraphs detail t he instructions
needed for modeswithmu117ple choices.
Onthe DOLBY SURROUND menu(Fig. 5 ),
choices includeDolbyDigital, D olbyPm LogicII,Dolby
ProLogicIIx, M ovieandMusic, D olbyProLogicand
DolbyVirtual Speaker Reference o r Wide. F ora
complete description o fthe different D olby Surround
modes, s eepage34. TheDolbyDigital E XandDolby
ProLogicIix modesareonlyavailable w henthe
system is setfor 6.1/7.1 operation byconfiguring
the Surround B ackspeakers t o "Small" o r "Large", as
described o n page28, or viaEzSeVEQ. Whena disc
is playing witha DolbyDigital s oundtrack t hatcontains
a special " flag"signalinthedatastream, t he Dolby
Digital E Xmodewill beselected automatically. It may
alsobe selected usingthismenuor through thefront
panel o r remote controls, asshownon page33. A
complete explanallon o fthesemodesis foundon
page34.
f
_ DOLBY SURR _
MODE: _ ! _
NIGHT: _MID MAX
BACK TO SURR SELECT
F_gum 5
Whenthe _ cumoris pointing to the M0 DE line,
pressthe,/, NavigationButtons_ to select t he
desiredDolby surroundmode, a gainremembering t hat
the choiceof available m odeswinvarywiththetypeof
program material b eingplayedandthe number o f
speakers inyoursystem configuratioin.
WhenDolbyPm LogicHMusicor DolbyPm LogicIIx
Music is selected asthe listening mode,threespecial
seltings are, a vailable t o tailorthe sound fieldto your
listening roomenvironment andyourindividual taste
andpreferences. (S!hen otherDolbySurround modes
areselected, d ottedlineswill indicate thattheseset
tingsare notactive.)
• Center W idth: T hissetting adjusts the balance of the
vocalintormation i nthe frontsoundstage b etween
the center a ndfrontleft/right s peakers. Thelower
settings spread the centerchannel soundmore
broadly intothe leftandrightchannels. A higher
number(upto "7") produces a tightercenter
channel p resentatioin.
• Dimension: Thissetting airesthe pemeived d epth
of the surround fieldbycreating a shallower presen-
tationthatappears to movesounds towardthefront
of the room,or a deeper p resentation t hatappears
to movethe centerof thesoundfieldtowaidthe
backof the room. T heselting of "0" is a neutral
detault, w iththe rangeof adjustment shown as
"R%'fora deepe_, reanoriented s ound to "F %'
fora shalloweT, frontoriented sound.
• Panorama: Switchthisselting on or offto addan
enveloping w raparound p resentation thatincreases
the perception o f sound alongthe sides of the room.
Tochange thesepammetem, pressthe 'v'/A
NavigationButtons _ whilethe D 0 L B Y
S UR R0 UN D menuis onthe screen untilthe .->
cursoris pointing to thelineon themenuwiththe
parameter youwishto change. Then,pressthe_/_,
NavigationButtons _ to alterthe selting to
yourtaste.
Whenthe DOLBY DIGITAL modeis
selected, t he Night m odesettings areavailable, as
shownin Figure 6.