Surround Mode Chart - Harman Kardon AVR 335 Owner's Manual

OPERATION
Surround Mode Chart
MODE FEATURES
DolbyDigital Available onlywithdigital i nputsources encoded withDolbyDigital d ata,It provides upto fiveseparate mainaudiochannels a nd
a specialdedicated lowf_equency effects(LFE) c hannel
DobyDigital E X Available w henthe receiver i s configured tor 61/71 -channel o peration, D olbyDigital E Xis thelatestversion of DolbyDigitalWhenusedwith
movies or otherprograms thathavespecial e ncoding, D olbyDigital B '<reproduces s pecially e ncoded soundttacks s othata tall 61/71 soundfield is
available Whenthereceiver i s settor 61/71 operation anda DolbyDigital s ignal i s present, t he BXmodeis automafically selectedEvenif specific
EXencoding is notavailable to provide the additional channel, t hespecial a lgorithms w ill derivea 6.1/71 output
DTS51 Whenthespeaker c onfiguration i s settor 51 channel o perationtheDTS51 modeis available w henDVDaudio-only musicor laserdiscsencoded
withDTSdataareplayedDTS51 provides upto fiveseparate mainaudiochannels a nda special d edicated lowtrequency channel
DTS-ES 61 Matrix Whenthespeaker c onfiguration i s settor 61/71 operation, p layback of a DTSencodedprogram sourcewillautomatically triggertheselection
DTSES61 Discrete of one of thetwoDTS-ES modesNewerdiscswithspecial D TS-ES discrete encoding will bedecoded to provide sixdiscrete, f ulbbandwidth
channels plusa separate lowf_equency c hannel A ll otherDTSdiscswill bedecodedusingtheDTSESMatrixmode, w hichcreates a 61 channel
soundfieldf_omtheoriginal 5 1 channel soundtrack,
DolbyProLogicII is the latest v ersion of DolbyLaboratory's b enchmaTk surround technology t hat decodes tullmange, discrete left centerright,
rightsurround andleftsurround channels f rom eithermatrix surround encodedprograms andconventional stereo sources whenananaloginput
is inuse TheDolbyPro LogicII Moviemodeis ophmized for moviesoundt_acks, whilethe ProLogicIIMusicmodeshouldbe usedwith
musical selections ThePro Logicmodeactivates original P roLogicprocessing f or thosewhopreferthat presentation,
Dolby P roLogic 1Ix isthelatest extension of Dolby R o Logic IItechnology thato_eatas adiscrete 6 1 and 71 sound field f_om matrix s urround or twochannel
stereo sources insystems configured forsurrx}und back speakers B othMovie and Music versions o fPrx} L ogic IIxa_e available
DobyProLogicII
Movie
Music
ProLogic
Dolby P rx_ L ogic 1Ix
Music
Movie
Logic7 Cinema
Logic7 Music
Logic7 Enhance
Exclusive t o Harman Kardon tor A/V receiversLogic7 is an advanced m odethatextracts the maximum surround intormation fromeither
surround encoded programs or conventional stereo materialDepending o n thenumberof speakers inuse andthe selection madein the
SURROUND S ELECT menuthe"51" versions d Logic7 modesare available w henthe 51 optionis chosenwhilethe"7,1" versions of
Logic7 producea tullsoundfieldpresentation including backsurround speakers w henthe"6,1/71" ophon is chosenTheLogic7 C (orCinema)
modeshould be usedwithanysourcethatcontains DolbySurround or similarmatrixencoding Logic7 C delivers increased center channel
intelligibility, andmoreaccurate placement of sounds withfadesandpansthataremuchsmoother a ndmorerealistic thanwithotherdecoding
techniques. The Logic7 M or Musicmodeshouldbe usedwithanalog or PCM stereosourcesLogic7 M enhances t helistening experience b y
presenfing a widerf_ont s oundstage andgreaterrearambienceBothLogic7 modesalsodirectlowttequencyintormation t o thesubwoofer
(ifinstalled andconfigured) to deliver maximum bassimpact. T heLogic7 E (orEnhance) m odeavailable onlywhenthe 51 optionis chosen
isan extension of theLogic7 modethatis primarily usedwithmusicalprograms Logic7 addsadditional bassenhancement thatcirculates low
frequencies i nthe 40Hzto 120Hz rangeto thetrontandsurround speakers to delivera lesslocalized soundstage t hatappears broader a ndwider
thanwhenthesubwoofer i sthe solesourceof bassenergy
DTSNeo:6Cinema These two modesareavailable whenanyanalogsourceis playing to create a six-channel surround presentation t romconvenfional Matrix-encoded
DTSNeo:6Music andtradifional StereosourcesSelect t heCinema version of Neo:6whena program witeanytype of analogMatrixsurround encoding is present,
Select t he Musicversion of Nee:6for optimal p rocessing w hena nonencoded two channel s tereoprogram is beingplayed
Doby3 Stereo Uses the intormahon c ontained ina surround encoded or two-channel stereoprogram to createcentapchannel informafion In addWon, the
intormation thatis normally sentto therearchannel s urround speakers is caretully mixedinwiththef_ont l eftandtrent-right c hannels t or increased
realismUsethismodewhenyou havea center channel s peaker b utno surround speakers,
Dolby ViNual S peaker Dolby Virtual S peaker u sesadvanced technology t o simulate the sonicsignature of a speaker I ooafion evenwhenthereis no speaker p hysically
Reference present i nthatIocafionTheReterence ( "REF") m odeactivates any missing speakers t o simulate a 51 presentafion w ithaccurate Iocalizafion
Wide TheWidemodevirtualizes t he locations d thetrontchannel s peakers t o create a widerimageanda moreenveloping s oundfield It is available n o
matter h ow manyspeakers arepresent
Theater TheTheater m odecreates a soundfieldthatresembles t heacoushc taeling d a standard liveperformance t heatar
Hall1, Hall2 Thetwo Hallmodescreate soundfieldsthatresemble a small(Hall1) andmediumsized(Hall 2 ) concerthall
VMAxNear Whenonlythetwottont channel loudspeakers are used,Harman's patented V MAxmodedelivers a three-dimensional soundspacewiththeillusion
VMAxFar of "phantom speakers" a tthe center andsurround positions TheVMAxN.or "NearFieldl' m odeshould be selected whenyourlistening positionis
less thanfivefeettromthespeakersTheVMAxF,or "FarField'.' modeshould be selected whenyourlistening position is greaterthanfivetaetf_om
the speakers TheVMAxmodesarealsoavailable u singthe Headphones Output [] Whenheadphones are beingused theFarFieldmodewill
appear t o pushthe soundfieldawayflorayourearsreducing the "inside the head" s ensation oftenexperienced w henusingheadphones
5 Channel S tereo Thismodetakesadvantage of multiple speakers to place a stereo signal a t boththef_ont a ndbackd a room.Depending o n whether t heAVR
7 Channel S tereo has beenconfigured tor eiteer51 or 61/71 operafiononeof thesemodes,butnotboth,is available a t anytime Ideal t or playing musicin
situations suchasa party, i tplacesthe samesignal a t thetrontdeft a nd surroundde_ andtront-dght a ndsurround rightspeakers
Thecenterchannel i sfed a summedmonomixof the in phasematerial of the leftandrightchannels
Surround Thismodel_rns oftall surround processing andpresents t he pureleft andrightchannel presentafion d two channel stereoprograms
Oft(Stereo) WhenS U R R0 U N I) 0 F F is selected, theunit is ina "bypass" m ode withno bassmanagement When SU R R 0 U il 1) 0 F F + DS P is
selectedthesignal i s digitized andbassmanagement settings areapplied
DolbyHeadphone DolbyHeadphone e nables ordinarystereo headphones t o portray thesoundof a five-speaker surround playback systemThe DH1modecreates a
DH1 headphone presentation h at resembles a small, w ell dampedroomandis appropriate t or usewithbothmoviesandmusiconlyrecordings. TheDH2
DH2 modecreates a moreacoustically l iveroomparficularly s uited to musiclistening, The DH3modecreates a larger r oom.morelikea concerthallor
DH3 movie theaterTheBypass modesends a "purestereo"feedto theheadphones,
Foradditional i nformation o nthe specifics o f surround modesandprocessing, information a boutDolbymodesmay beroundatwwwdolby com/Oonsumerfrechnologies.
Information a boutDTSmodesis available a t wwwdtsonline c om/home&car/overview php