Aspect Ratio; Audio Menu; Dynamic Range; Audio Language - Harman Kardon DVD 21 Owner's Manual

System Setup
Important Note:
Some DVD discs currently available contain a
video data inconsistency resulting in an unwant-
ed screen artifact. This can occur during video
standard conversion as from NTSC to PAL (when
PAL is selected and you see a slight flickering on
horizontal lines with NTSC discs).
To overcome these artifacts follow these steps:
During Play mode press the STATUS button, the
Status Bar will appear (see page 21). Press
ARROW (M ) to select the "V" (Video) field on
the far right side of the banner, then change the
setting from 0 to either 1 or 2 (KL) until the
artifacts disappear.
Note: If the DVD 21 is connected to the TV using
RGB via SCART, then the TV will be able to repro-
duce NTSC images correctly, even if the TV is
PAL-only, (but it must be PAL60 compatible).

Aspect Ratio

This step selects the TV aspect ratio, conventional
screen shape (4:3) or widescreen (16:9), accord-
ing to your TV:
I 4:3 Letterbox: Choose this setting if the DVD
player is connected to a conventional (4:3) TV
set and you would prefer to see movies with-
out any parts being cut off. You will see the
entire frame of the movie and DVD's recorded
with normal 4:3 format will fill the entire
screen. But movies in widescreen will occupy a
smaller portion of the screen, with black bars
at the top and bottom of the screen.
I 4:3 Pan Scan: Choose this setting if the DVD
player is connected to a conventional (4:3) TV
set and you want widescreen movies to fill the
entire screen. Note that this setting is effective
only with a few widescreen DVD's recorded
with the Pan and Scan mode. With those
movies you won't see parts of the picture (par-
ticularly the right and left edges).
Most discs produced in a widescreen format
can't be cropped in this fashion, which means
the black bars will appear at the top and bot-
tom of the screen (letterbox format). Some
widescreen DVD's, particulary anamorphic
types (with full vertical line resolution, see sec-
tion "16:9"below), may be shown with origi-
nal width but spread vertically. With these disc,
the letterbox format must be selected.
This setting is usefull only with a few DVD's,
with all others the letterbox format fits best.
I 16:9 Widescreen: Choose this setting if your
DVD player is connected to a widescreen TV, or
to a conventional (4:3) TV changeable to wide-
screen (16:9) mode.
With this set up, discs recorded with 4:3 aspect
ratio will appear as a boxed image in the center
of a 16:9 widescreen TV, with black bars to the
left and right of the image (not with 4:3 TVs
changeable to 16:9 mode). True widescreen
(anamorphic) DVD's i.e. those shown spread
vertically when the DVD player is set to "16:9"
and your TV is set to "4:3", will be shown
optimally with full vertical resolution. With some
4:3 TV's, set to 16:9 format, discs with 4:3 format
may be played compressed vertically. With those
discs the TV must be set to 4:3 format.
Select TV ASPECT with the ARROW (KL)
buttons, if it is not already selected in the VIDEO
menu, then press ARROW (N) or ENTER to
access the TV ASPECT sub-menu. The right
column displays the current setting (highlighted)
and two options. If needed, select a new setting.
Press ENTER to confirm the new setting.

Audio Menu

In the Main Menu, use the ARROW (KL)
buttons to highlight the AUDIO menu, press
ARROW ( N) or ENTER to access the AUDIO
submenu. The left column shows the items in the
Audio Menu. The right column shows the current
setting for each item.

Dynamic Range

Select DYNAMIC RANGE with the Arrow (KL)
buttons, if it is not already highlighted, then press
ARROW (N) or ENTER to access the Dynamic
Range sub-menu.
This setting enables Dolby Digital recordings to
be played back with full dialogue intelligibility
while reducing peak levels by a selected amount.
This smooth level compression prevents abrupt
loud transitions from disturbing others without
reducing the impact of the digital source percep-
tibly.
Select FULL for normal, uncompressed dynamic
range. Select MEDIUM for moderate compression.
Select MINIMUM for the highest level of com-
pression.
Note: If selected, Dynamic Range compression is
only active when a Dolby Digital signal is detect-
ed and only for the analog outputs.

Audio Language

This step will define the default audio language
(if the disc contains different language tracks).
Choosing an audio language by pressing AUDIO
on the remote control (see page 8) will change
this setting only temporarily.
Select AUDIO LANGUAGE with the ARROW
(KL) buttons, if it is not already selected,
then press ARROW (N) or ENTER to access the
AUDIO LANGUAGE sub-menu. The right column
displays the current setting (highlighted) and the
options.
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