System Configuration - Harman Kardon AVR 435 Owner's Manual

SYSTEM CONFIGURATION
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TheNightmodeisa feature of DolbyDigital thatuses
special p rocessing t o preserve the dynamic rangeand
fullintelligibility of a moviesoundtrack w hilereducing
the peaklevel. T hisprevents a bruptly loudt_ansitions
from disturbing o thers, w ithout r educing the sonic
impact o f a digital s ource. TheNightmodeisonly
available whenspecially e ncoded DolbyDigital s ignals
are played.
ToadjusttheNightmodesetting, m akecertain thatthe
cursoris on the N I GHT lineof the D0 L B Y
menu.Next, p ress,/I, NavigationButton _ to
choose between the following settings, astheyappear
intheon screen display:
0 F F: When0 F F is highlighted, the Nightmode
will not function.
MI D:When MI D ishighlighted, a mild compres
sion willbeapplied,
MA X: WhenMAX ishighlighted, a moresevere
compression algorithm will be applied.
Werecommend t hatyouselectthe MI D settingas
a starting pointandchange to the MAX settinglatar,
if desired.
TheNightmodemayalsobeadjusted directly any
time a DolbyDigital s ourceisplaying by pressing
the NightMode Button _. Whenthe buttonis
pressed, D - R AN GE willappear i nthe lowerthird
of thevideoscreenandinthe Lower DisplayLine
_lj. Press the A/V NavigationButton _ within
3 seconds to select t he desired setting.
When all settings forthe surround setuphavebeen
made, p ressthe _,/'v" NavigationButton
sothatthe • cursoris nextto B AC K T 0
MA ST ER ME NU, andpresstheSet Button
to roturn to the MASTER MENU.
Onthe D T S menu,theselection choices madewith
the ,/• NavigationButton _ on theremoteare
determined b ya combination o f the typeof program
material in useandwhether t he 5.1 or 6.1/7.1
channel configuration i s inuse.
When a DTS sourceis playing, the choiceof modes
for 7.1 systams w ill varyaccording to thetypeof
program soume (DTS 5.1, DTSESMatix or DTS-ES
Discrete). Press the _/_, NavigationButton _ to
scrollthrough thechoices thatareavailable foryour
system andthe program inuse.TheDTSNeo:6Music
modeisavailable withanalog andPCM digitalstereo
sources andthe DTSNeo:6Cinema modeis available
withanalog matrix surround encoded sources to deliver
an enhanced 5 .1 channel soundfield.
Whenthe5.1 configuration i s inuse,theAVRwill
automatically select t he 5.1 vemion of DTSprocessing
whena DTS datastroamis selected. Whenthe
6.1/7.1 modeis selected, t he DTSESDiscrote mode
willautomatically beactivated whena DTSsourcewith
the ESDiscrote "flag"is in use. W hena nonESDTS
discis in use, y ou mayselect t he DTSESMatrix
modethrough thismenuto createa funeight-speaker
surround mode. S eepage34 fora complete explana
tionof the DTSmodes.
Onthe L 0 G I C 7 menu,he selections m adewith
the _/• NavigationButton _ on theremote are
determined b ywhether t he 5.1 or 6.1/7.1 channel
configuration i sin use,ineithercase, t he selection of
a Logic7 modeenables Harman Kardon's e xclusive
Logic7 processing t o create fullyenveloping, mulh
channel surround fromeither t wo channel Stereo or
Matrix-encoded progTamming suchasVHScassettes,
laserdiscsor television broadcasts produced with
Dolbysurround.
In the5,1 configuration, you mayselectthe Logic7/
5.1 Musicor Cinema. They workbestwithlwo chan-
nelmusic, s urround-encoded programs o r standard
lwo channel p rogramming o f anytype,respectively.
Seepage34 fora complete explanation o f the
LogicY modes.
Onthe D SP ( SU RR ) menu, t he selection
choices madewiththe _/• NavigationButton
on the remote select f romoneof the DSPsurround
modesthatam designed forusewithtwochannel
stereoprograms t o croatea varieS/of s oundfieldpre
sentations, Thechoices available areHall1, Hail2 or
TheateT. TheHallandTheater m odes areavailable in
bothfive andsix-channel verisions, depending on
yoursystem configuration. Seepage34 fora com-
pleteexplanation of the DSPsurround modes.
Onthe S T E RE 0 menu, t he selection choices
madewiththe _/• NavigationButton _ onthe
remotemayeitherturnoffall processing a ndbass
management tot a traditional twochannel s tereo
presentation; selecta stereo outputwithbass
management; or select a 5 CH S T E RE 0 and
7 CH ST ER E0 mode,depending o n howmany
speakers a reavailable. These twomodesfeeda two
channel presentation t o allspeakers. Seepage34 for
a complete explanation of the stereomodes.
_,_Mstan t o ananalogstereo sourcewithout a ny
bass management, sothatthe lefL andrightfront
speakers r eceive a fullrangesignal, s traight t hrough
fromthe inputgainsection to thevolume control,
pressthe_/• NavigationButton _ sothat
SURROUND OFF appears inthe highlighted
video. T olisten to two channel analog sources while
takingadvantage o f theAVR435'sbassmanagement
system, p ressthe,/• NavigationButton _ so
thatSURROUND OFF+DSP appears inthe
highlighted v ideo.
Afterthe selechons are madeonthe Dolby, D TS,
Logic7, DSP(Surround) or Stereomenus, p ressthe
A/T NavigationButton _ sothatthe cursor
movestotheBACK TO MASTER
MENU
lineandpressthe Set Button _.
Using EzSetYEQ
TheAVR435 uses Harman Ka_don's EzSet/EO t ach
nology to automatically configure y oursystem to deliver
the bestpossible performance b ased on yourspecific
speaker s election, wherethespeakers a replacedin
the roomandthe acoushc influences i nyourlistening
room.Byusinga seriesof testsignals andthe pro
cessing powerof theTexas Instruments D A610 digital
signalprocessor, EzSWEQ eliminates t he needfor
manual adjustment of speaker " size", crossover, delay
andoutputlevel s ettings whileit addsthe powerof a
mull1 bandparametric e qualizer t o smooth out thefre
quency settings foroptimal s oundreproduction.
Inaddition to making systemsetupquickandeasy,
EzSet/EQ is moreprecise thanmanual s eltings. With
EzSet/EQ y ou areableto calibrata yoursystemina
fraction of the timeit wouldtaketo enterthe settings
manua,y, andwithrosulta thatrivalthoseachieved with
expensive t estequipment andtimeconsuming p roce
dures. T heendresult i sa system calibration profile
thatenables yournewreceiver t o deliverthebestpos
siblesoundno matter w hattypeof speakers y ouhave
or whatthedimensions o f yourlistening roomare.
We recommend t hatyoutakeadvantage o f the preci
sionof EzSeVEQ t o calibrate yoursystem, b utif
desired you mayalsomakeanyof the configuration
seltings manually, or trimtheseltings provided by
EzSet/EQ b yfollowing t heinstructions onpages 26 31
Beforestarting the EzSeVEQ p rocess, makecertain
thatyou haveconnected a ll speakers f oryoursystem
andthatyouhaveboththe EzSeYEQ m icrophone a nd
the extender r odhandy. I fyou have a standard camera
tripod,attachtheextender r odto the tripod,andthen
screwthe microphone t o the top of therod. Place the
tripodat yourprimary listening position, at leastthree
feetfromthe nearost speaker a ndadjustit sothat
microphone i s at least t hreefeetaboveearlevel. I f
youdo nothavea tripod,simply screwthe extender