Harman Kardon AVR 635 Owner's Manual page 23

SYSTEM CONFIGURATION
Each of theoptionlineson thismenu(Figure 4)
selects the surround modecategory, andwithineach
of thosecategories t herewill bea choiceof the
specific modeoptions.
Thechoice of modes willvaryaccording t othe speaker
configuration in yoursystem. Whenthe SU RR
BACK lineofthe SPEAKER SETUP menu
(Figure 6) is setto N0 NE the AVR635will be con-
figuredfor 5.1 channel o peraSon, andonlythe modes
appropriate t o afivespeaker s ystem willappear. When
the SURR BACK lineof the SPEAKER
SE T U P menu(Figure 6) is setto SII AL L or
L A RGE, theAVR635 will be configured f or
6.1/Y.1 channel operation, andadditional modes
suchasDolbyDigital E XandDTSESwill appea_, as
theyareonlyavailable whensevenmainspeakers a re
present. I naddition, s omeof themodesavailable in
the AVR635 willnot appear u nless a digital s ourceis
selected andis playing the correct b itstream.
Toselect t he modethatwillbe usedas theinitial
detault f oran input, f irstpressthe A/• Navigation
Button _ untiltheon-screen cursoris nextto the
desired mode'smastercategory name, s uchas
DOLBY SURROUND, DTS, DSP
( S U R R ) orS T E R E 0,Next, press the Set
Button _ to viewthe submenu. Press the,/•
NavigationButton _ to scrollthrough theavail
ablechoices, a ndthenpressthe• Navigation
Button _ sothatthe cursoris nextto B AC K
T 0 11 AST ER 11 EN U to continue the setup
process.
Thefollowing fewparagraphs d etail t he instructions
needed for modes withmultiplechoices.
Onthe DOLBY SURROUND menu(Fig. 5 ),
choices include DolbyDigital. D olbyProLogicII.Dolby
ProLogicIIx.Movie andMusic. D olby ProLogicand
Dolby Virtual S peaker R eference o rWide.Fora
complete description o f the different D oJby S urround
modes, s eepage34. TheDolbyDigital E XandDelby
ProLogicIIx modes areonlyavailable whenthe
system is setfor6.1/7.1 operation byconfiguring
the Surround Backspeakers t o "Small" or "Large", as
described o n page28. or viaEzSWEQ. Whena disc
is playing witha DolbyDigital s oundtrack t hatcontains
a special "flag"signal i nthe datastream, t he Dolby
Digital E Xmodewillbe selected automatically. Itmay
alsobe selected usingthismenu or lhmughthefront-
panel o r remote controls, asshown on page33. A
complete explanation o f thesemodesisfoundon
page34.
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_ DOLBY SURROUND _
MODE:
CENTER WIDTH: 3
DIMENSION: 0
PANORAMA: _ ON
NIGHT:
BACK TO SURR SELECT
F_yure 5
Whenthe_ cursoris pointing to the M0 DE line,
pressthe ,/• NavigationButtons _ to select t he
desired Dolbysurround mode,againremembering t hat
the choice of available modeswillvarywiththe typeof
program material beingplayed andthenumber o f
speakers i nyoursystem configuralloin.
WhenDolbyProLogicIIMusic or DolbyProLogicIIx
Musicis selected asthe listening mode. l hreespecial
settings areavailable to tailorthe sound fieldto your
listening roomenvironment andyourindividual taste
andpreferences. (WhenotherDolbySurround m odes
areselected, d ottedlineswill indicate thattheseset
tingsarenot active.)
• Center W idth: T hisse_ngadjusts thebalance of the
vocalintormallon i nthe fiont soundstage belvveen
thecenterandfront left!right s peakers. The lower
settings spread the centerchannel soundmore
broadly intothe lettandrightchannels. A higher
number(upto "Y")produces atightercenter
channel p resentatioin.
• Dimension: Thissettingaltersthe perceived d epth
of the surround fieldby creating a shallower presen-
tationthatappears to movesounds toward the front
of the room, o r a deeper p resentation thatappears
to movethecenterof the sound fieldtowardthe
backofthe room.Thesettingof "0" is a neutral
default, w iththe rangeof adjustment shownas
"R 3" fora deeper, reaporiented s ound to "F 3"
fora shallower, frontoriented sound.
.. Panorama: Switch11% settingon or off to addan
enveloping w raparound p resentation thatincreases
theperception ofsoundalongthesides of the room.
Tochange theseparameters, pressthe 'T/A
NavigationButtons _ whilethe D0 L B Y
SU RR 0 U ND menuison the screen untilthe .-)
cursoris pointing to the lineon the menuwiththe
parameter y ouwishto change. Then,press the _/•
NavigationButtons _ to alterthe setting to
yourtaste.
When the DOLBY
DIGITAL
modeis
_s
selected, t heNightmodesettings a r_available, as
showninFigure 6.
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_ DOLBY SURROUND _
CENTER WIDTN: ---
DIMENSION : ---
PANORAMA : ---
NIGNT:_ MID MAX
BACK TO SURR SELECT
,Ogum 6
TheNightmodeis a feature of DolbyDigital t hatuses
special p rocessing t o preserve thedynamic rangeand
fullintelligibility of a moviesoundtrack w hilereducing
the peaklevel. T hisprevents abruptly loudtransitions
fromdisturbing others, withoutreducing the sonic
impact o f adigitalsource. TheNightmodeis only
available whenspecially e ncoded DelbyDigital s ignals
areplayed.
Toadjust t he Nightmodesetting, m akece_lain thatthe
cursoris onthe NI GH T lineof the D0 L B Y
menu.Next, p ress_/• NavigationButton _ to
choosebetween thefollowing settings, astheyappear
intheon-screen display:
0 F F: When0 F F is highlighted, the Nightmode
will notfuncllon.
MI D: WhenMI D is highlighted, a mildcompres
signwinbe applied.
MAX: WhenMAX is highlighted, a moresevere
compression a lgorithm will beapplied.
We recommend t hatyouselectthe MI D settingas
a sta_l:ing pointandchange to the MA X settinglatet_
if desired.
TheNightmodemayalsobe adjusted directly any
timea DolbyDigital s ource is playing bypressing
the Night Mode Button _. Whenthebultonis
pressed. D - RA NGE willappear i nthe lowerthird
of the videoscreen andinthe Lower DisplayLine
_"_1. Press the A/V NavigationButton _ within
3 seconds to selectthe desired setting.
Whenall settings f orthe surround setuphavebeen
made. p ressthe ,_/'v" NavigationButton
so thatthe• cursoris nextto B AC K T 0
11 AS T E R 11 EN U, andpressthe Set Button
to returnto the MASTER MENU.
Onthe D T S menu. t he selection choicesmadewith
the _/• NavigationButton _ on the remote are
determined b y a combination o f the typeof program
material inuseandwhether t he 5.1 or 6.1/7.1
channel c onfiguration is inuse.
Whena DTSsourceis playing, thechoiceof modes
for 7.1 systems w illvaryaccording t o the typeof