Surround Mode Chart - Harman Kardon AVR 225 Owner's Manual

OPERATION
Surround Mode Chart
MODE FEATURES
DolbyDigital Available o nlywithdigitalinputsources encoded withDolbyDigital d ata.Itprovides upto fiveseparate mainaudio
channels a nda special dedicated Low-Frequency Effects channel.
DELAY TIMERANGE
Center: O res- 5ms
Initial S etting: O res
Surround: Ores - 15ms
Initial S etting: O res
DFS Available o nlywithdigitalinputsources encoded withDFS data.Available o n special D VD, L Dandaudio-only d iscs, Delay timenot adjustable
DFSprovides u p to fiveseparate mainaudiochannels anda special d edicated low-frequency channel.
DolbyProLogicII DolbyProLogicII isthe latest v ersion of DolbyLaboratory's benchmark s urround technology t hatdecodes 15ms- 30ms
Movie full-range, discrete left,center r ight,rightsurround andleftsurround channels f rom matrix surround-encoded Initial S etting: 1 5ms
Music programs a ndconventional stereosources, lhe DolbyProLogicIIMoviemodeisoptimized for movie soundtracks,
Emulation whilethe ProLogicIIMusicmodeshouldbe usedwithmusical selections. TheProLogicIIEmulation m ode
re-creates o riginal ProLogicprocessing f orthosewhoprefer t hatpresentation.
Logic7 C Logic7 is anadvanced m odethatextracts the maximum surround information f romeithersurround-encoded Delay time not adjustable
Logic7 M programs o r conventional stereomaterial, lhe Logic7 C (orCinema) m odeshouldbe usedwithanysource that
contains DolbySurround o r similar m atrix encoding. Logic7 C delivers increased c enter-channel intelligibility, and
moreaccurate placement of sounds withfadesandpansthataremuchsmoother a ndmorerealistic thanwith
otherdecoding techniques, lhe Logic7 M (orMusic)modeshouldbe usedwithanalog or PCMstereo sources.
Logic7 M enhances t he listening experience b ypresenting a widerfrontsoundstage andgreater r earambience.
BothLogic7 modesalsodirectlow-frequency information t o the subwoofer (if installed andconfigured) to deliver
maximum bassimpact.
Dolby3 Stereo Uses the information c ontained i n asurround-encoded or two-channel stereoprogram to createcenter-channel Nosurround channels
information. In addition, the information t hatisnormally s entto the rear-channel surround speakers i s carefully mixed
inwiththe front-left a ndfront-right c hannels f or increased r ealism. U sethismodewhenyou havea centerchannel
speaker b ut no surround speakers.
[heater
Hall1
Hall2
VMAx Near
VMAxFar
The[heatermodecreates a soundfieldthatresembles t he acoustic f eelingof a standard liveperformance t heater. Delay time notadjustable
Ihe two Hallmodes createsound fieldsthatresemble a small(Hall 1 ) or medium-sized ( Hall 2 ) concerthall. Delay time notadjustable
Whenonlythe twofront-channel loudspeakers areused, H arman's patented V MAxmodedelivers a Nosurround channels
three-dimensional soundspacewiththe illusion of "phantom speakers" a tthe centerandsurround positions.
TheVMAxN (or"NearField") modeshouldbe selected whenyourlistening position is lessthanfivefeetfrom
the speakers. TheVMAxF (or"FarField") modeshouldbe selected whenyourlistening position isgreaterthan
fivefeetfrom thespeakers. TheVMAxmodesarealsoavailable using the Headphones Output I_1.When
headphones arebeingused, t he FarFieldmodewill appear t o pushthe sound fieldaway fromyourears,
reducing the"inside the head" sensation o ftenexperienced w henusingheadphones.
Fhismodetakesadvantage o f multiple speakers t o placea stereosignal a t boththefront andbackof aroom.
Ideal f orplaying musicin situations s uchasa party, i t places the samesignal a tthe front-left a ndsurround-left,
andfront-right a ndsurround-right speakers, lhe centerchannel is fed a summed monomixof the in-phase
material of the leftandrightchannels.
l-hese modesturnoff allsurround processing a ndpresent the pureleft-andright-channel presentation o f two-
channel stereoprograms, lhe Stereo-Direct (Bypass) modemayonlybeusedwithanalog sourceinputs, a sit
preserves t he analog formatof theaudiosignal f or itsentirepathof travel t hrough the receiver t o the speaker a nd
subwoofer outputs, b ypassing a ll digital p rocessing. Digital b assmanagement is notavailable inStereo-Direct mode.
l-heStereo-Digital modecan beusedwitheitherananalog or digitalinput, a sthe signal u ndergoes d igitalbass
management to optimize the distribution o f the lowfrequencies b etween t he mainspeakers a ndasubwoofer.
5-Channel Stereo
Surround O ff(Stereo)
Stereo-Direct (Bypass)
Stereo-Digital
Nodelayis available for
thismode
Nosurround channels