Harman Kardon AVR 247 Owner's Manual

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SYSTEM CONFIGURATION 25ENGLISHSystem ConfigurationFigure 10To change these parameters, press the ⁄/¤Navigation Buttons D while theSurround menu is on the screen until theline on the menu with the parameter you wishto change is highlighted in blue. Then, press theSet Button F and the ‹/› NavigationButtons E to alter the setting to yourtaste.Note that when the Dolby Digital mode isselected there are additional settings availablefor the Night mode that are associated with thesurround mode only, not with the input. That´swhy these settings must be made only once, notwith each input in use.Night Mode SettingsThe Night mode is a feature of Dolby Digital thatuses special processing to preserve the dynamicrange and full intelligibility of a movie soundtrack while reducing the peak level. This preventsabruptly loud transitions from disturbing others,without reducing the sonic impact of a digitalsource. Note that the Night mode is onlyavailable when the Dolby Digital surround modeis selected.To adjust the Night mode setting from the menupress the OSD Button L so that the mainmenu appears. Then press the ¤ button D tohighlight the Surround -tab and press SetF to access it. Press the ¤ Button D twiceuntil the Night -line is highlighted in blue.(see figure 11).Figure 11To adjust the Night mode setting, first press theSet Button F, followed by the ‹/› ButtonsE to choose between the followingsettings.OFF: When OFF is highlighted, the Night modewill not function.MID: When MID is in the highlighted video,a mild compression will be applied.MAX: When MAX is in the highlighted video,a more severe compression algorithm will beapplied.When you want to use the Night mode feature,we recommend that you select the MID settingas a starting point and change to the MAXsetting later, if desired.Note that the Night mode may be adjusteddirectly any time that Dolby Digital surroundmode is selected by pressing the Night buttonB. When the button is pressed, the wordsD-RANGE followed by the current setting(MID, MAX, OFF) will appear in the lowerthird of the video screen and in the MainInformation Display Ò. Press the ⁄/¤buttons D within five seconds to select thedesired setting, then press Set F to confirmthe setting.The last option line in this menu is the setting toturn the unit’s upsampling feature on or off. Innormal use, this feature is turned off, whichmeans that digital sources are processed at theirnative sample rate. For example, a 48kHz digitalsource will be processed at 48kHz. However, theAVR allows you to upsample the incoming48kHz signals to 96kHz for added resolution.Figure 12To take advantage of this feature, press the⁄/¤ Navigation Button n so that theUpsampling -line is highlighted in blueand press Set Button F, followed by the ‹/›Navigation Button E so that O N ishighlighted in reverse video. Note that thisfeature is only available for the Dolby ProLogic II-Music, Dolby Pro Logic II-Movie,Dolby Pro Logic and Dolby 3 Stereo modes.On the DTS menu, the selection choices madewith the ‹/› Buttons E on the remoteare determined by a combination of the type ofDTS program material in use and whether the5.1 or 6.1/7.1 speaker output configuration is inuse.When a DTS source is playing, the choice ofmodes for 7.1 systems will vary according to thetype of program source (DTS Stereo, DTS 5.1,DTS-ES Matrix or DTS-ES Discrete). Press the ‹/›Buttons E to scroll through the choicesthat are available for your system and theprogram in use.With no source playing, or while an analogaudio source is playing, you will only be able toview the DTS Neo:6 surround mode.When the 5.1 configuration is in use the AVRwill automatically select the 5.1 version of DTSprocessing when a DTS data stream is received.When the 6.1/7.1 mode is selected, the DTS-ESDiscrete mode will automatically be activatedwhen a DTS source with the ES Discrete “flag” isin use and the DTS-ES Matrix mode will beactivated when an ES-Matrix encoded audiotrack is received. In both cases the appropriatesurround mode will be indicated in the MainInformation Display Ò in the front paneldisplay and on the screen. When a non-ES DTSdisc is in use, when the 6.1/7.1 mode is chosenthe unit automatically will select the DTS +NEO:6 mode to create a full eight-speakersurround mode. When a DTS 96/24 signal isdetected, the AVR 247 defaults to the DTSsurround mode, but reproduces the higher-resolution materials that are present due to thehigher sampling rate automatically. See page35-36 for a complete explanation of the DTSmodes.On the LOGIC 7 menu, the selection choicesmade with the ‹/› Buttons E on theremote are determined by whether the 5.1 or6.1/7.1 speaker output configuration is in use. Ineither case, the selection of a Logic 7 modeenables Harman Kardon’s exclusive Logic 7processing to create fully enveloping, multi-channel surround from either two-channelStereo or Matrix-encoded programming such asVHS cassettes, laserdiscs or television broadcastsproduced with Dolby surround.In the 5.1 configuration you may select theLogic 7/5.1 Music, Cinema or Enhanced modes.They work best with two-channel music,surround-encoded programs or standard two-channel programming of any type, respectively.When the 6.1/7.1 mode is selected, the Logic7/7.1 Music or Cinema modes are available, butthe output will be in a full eight-channel soundfield. Note that the Logic 7 modes are notavailable when either Dolby Digital or DTSDigital soundtracks are in use.