Dynamic Range Setting; Digital Audio Out - Harman Kardon DVD 5 Owner's Manual

Setup Menu

Dynamic Range Setting

With the DVD format you have the opportunity
to hear a program's soundtrack in the most
accurate and realistic presentation possible,
thanks to the use of digital audio technology.
However, in certain instances you may wish to
slightly compress the dynamic range of the
audio output (the difference between the loud-
est sounds and the quietest ones) so that you
may listen to a movie at a lower volume with-
out losing dialog intelligibility.
In most cases it is desirable to leave the
Dynamic Range setting at "OFF" so that no
compression is applied to the audio, but if you
wish to change to a compressed setting, follow
these steps.
First, you must be viewing the Setup Menu
(Figure 1), which is available by pressing the
Menu Button ` while the unit is in the
Stop mode. At the Setup Menu, press the
Navigation Button e until the Dynamic
Range option is highlighted. Next, press the
Enter Button d and select one of the two
choices in the options box using the
Navigation Buttons e (Figure 14). The
choices are as follows:
Off: Select this option to turn off the
Dynamic Range compression and have the
soundtrack presented exactly as it was
authored.
On: Select this option to turn on the
Dynamic Range compression circuitry so
that the dialog will remain clear even at low
volume levels.
Figure 14
When you have made your selection using the
Navigation Buttons e to highlight
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the desired option, press the Enter Button
d and note that the circle next to your choice
will fill in. The menu system will then automati-
cally return to the status listing.
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If you have no other changes to make after set-
ting this default, press the Menu Button `
to remove the Setup Menu from the screen, or
press the Play Button g/@ to begin or
resume playback.
Note that the performance of the Dynamic
Range function is dependent on the audio
format of the disc being played, and whether
or not the disc's soundtrack is capable of this
feature.

Digital Audio Out

DVD players accommodate a variety of audio
formats, including Dolby Digital, DTS and the
PCM audio format used by conventional CD
discs and some DVD playback. Depending on
the type of equipment your DVD 5 is connected
to, you need to set a default for the type of
audio outputs accommodated. Although the
DVD 5 will play all of these disc types, this set-
ting creates a default that tells which way to
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present the soundtracks when there is a choice.
To select a Digital Audio Output default, you
must be viewing the Setup Menu (Figure 1),
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which is available by pressing the Menu
Button ` while the unit is in the Stop mode.
At the Setup Menu, press the
Button e until the Digital Audio Out option
is highlighted. Next, press the Enter Button
d. Select one of the three choices in the
options box (Figure 15) using the
Navigation Buttons e. The choices are
as follows:
PCM: Choose this setting if you are using
only the left/right Analog Audio Outputs
£, or if the Digital Audio Outputs
¡/™ are connected to a processor that is
capable of playing conventional PCM audio
for CDs.
Dolby Digital: Choose this setting if the
DVD 5 is connected to an A/V receiver or
surround processor that is capable of decod-
ing Dolby Digital.
DTS: Choose this setting if the DVD 5 is
connected to an A/V receiver or surround
processor that is capable of both DTS and
Dolby Digital decoding.
Figure 15
NOTE: If you select the DTS option, your
receiver or processor MUST be capable of
decoding DTS audio. If the DTS option is chosen
and the unit is connected to a product that
cannot support DTS, no audio will be heard
when a DTS disc is played.
Remember, regardless of the option chosen, you
may still have to adjust the settings on your
audio equipment to match the output of the
DVD 5. In addition, the choice of which audio
formats are available is limited by the type of
material recorded on the disc when it was
authored.
When you have made your selection using the
Navigation Buttons e to highlight
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⁄ ¤
Navigation
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the desired option, press the Enter Button
d and note that the circle next to your choice
will fill in. The menu system will then automati-
cally return to the status listing.
/
⁄ ¤
If you have no other changes to make after set-
ting this default, press the Menu Button `
to remove the Setup Menu from the screen, or
press the Play Button g/@ to begin or
resume playback.