Harman Kardon AVR 347 Owner's Manual

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40 OPERATIONOperation6-Channel/8-Channel Direct Input• There are two input choices available for usewith sources such as a DVD-Audio or SACDplayer that are connected to the 8-ChannelDirect Inputs . Select the appropriate inputaccording to the way your system and sourceequipment is configured:• The 6 C H DIRECT INPUT should beused when the Surround Back Left and Rightinputs are NOT in use and the input sourcedevice has its own internal bass managementsystem. This input passes the input from thesource directly through to the volume controlwithout any analog to digital conversion and itmutes the unused input jacks to preventunwanted noise from interfering with systemperformance.• The 8 C H DIRECT INPUT should beused when an input is connected to all eight8-Channel Direct Inputs and when theinput source device has its own internal bassmanagement system. This input passes the inputfrom the source directly through to the volumecontrol without any analog to digital conversionand it mutes the unused input jacks to preventunwanted noise from interfering with systemperformance.Note that when the 6-Channel or 8-ChannelDirect Input is in use, you may not select a sur-round mode, as the external decoder determinesthe processing in use. In addition, there is nosignal at the record outputs or bass manage-ment when the 6-Channel or 8-Channel DirectInput is in use and the tone or balance controlswill not function.Controls and Use of Headphones• Adjust the volume to a comfortable level usingthe front panel Volume Control ı or remoteVolume Up/Down F buttons.• To temporarily silence all speaker outputspress the Mute button G. This will inter-rupt the output to all speakers and the head-phone jack, but it will not affect any recording ordubbing that may be in progress. When the sys-tem is muted, the word MUTE will blink in theMain Information Display Ò. Press theMute button G again to return to normaloperation.• To set the output of the AVR so that the out-put is “flat,” with the tone and balance controlsde-activated, press the Tone Mode button 8once or twice so that the words Tone Offappear momentarily in the Main InformationDisplay Ò. To return the tone controls to anactive condition, press the Tone Mode 8 but-ton once or twice so that the words Tone I nmomentarily appear in the Main InformationDisplay Ò.• For private listening, plug the 6.3 mm stereophone plug from a pair of stereo headphonesinto the front panel Headphone Jack 4. Notethat when the headphone’s plug is connected,the word DOLBY H:BP will scroll onceacross the Main Information Display Ò andall speakers will be silenced. When the head-phone plug is removed, the audio feed to thespeakers will be restored.• When the headphones are in use, you maytake advantage of the Dolby Headphone modesto bring added spaciousness to headphone lis-tening. Press the Dolby Mode Select ButtonM or the Surround Mode Group Selector5 to cycle through the three Dolby Headphonemodes to select the one that you prefer.Surround Mode SelectionOne of the most important features of theAVR 347 is its ability to reproduce a full multi-channel surround sound field from digitalsources, analog matrix surround encodedprograms and standard stereo or even monoprograms.Selection of a surround mode is based on per-sonal taste, as well as the type of programsource material being used. For example, CDs,motion pictures or TV programs bearing the logoof one of the major surround-encoding process-es, such as Dolby Surround should be played ineither the Dolby Pro Logic II or IIx Movie (withmovies) or Music (with music) surround mode,with any DTS NEO:6 mode or with HarmanKardon´s exclusive Logic 7 Movie Mode, to cre-ate a full range 5.1 channel or (with Logic 7 andDTS NEO:6) even 7.1 channel surround signalfrom surround encoded programs, with a stereo-phonic left and right rear signal, just as it wasrecorded (e.g. sound being recorded from leftrear side will be heard from that side only, formore details see chart on page 37-38).Note that when Dolby Digital 2.0 signals (e.g."D.D. 2.0" tracks from DVD), that are encodedwith Dolby Pro Logic information, are receivedvia any digital input, the Dolby Pro Logic IIMovie mode will be selected automatically (inaddition to the Dolby Digital mode) and willdecode a full range 5.1 channel surround soundeven from those recordings (see also "DolbyDigital" on page 41).To create wide, enveloping sound field environ-ments and defined pans and flyovers with allanalog stereo recordings select the Dolby ProLogic II Music or Emulation mode or HarmanKardon’s exclusive Logic 7 Music mode for adramatic improvement in comparison to theDolby Pro Logic (I) mode of former times.NOTE: Once a program has been encoded withmatrix surround information, it retains the sur-round information as long as the program isbroadcast in stereo. Thus, movies with surroundsound may be decoded via any of the analog sur-round modes such as Pro Logic II or IIx Cinema,Logic 7 Cinema or DTS Neo:6 Cinema, when theyare broadcast via conventional TV stations, cable,pay-TV and satellite transmission. In addition, agrowing number of made-for-television programs,sports broadcasts, radio dramas and music CDsare also recorded in surround sound. You mayview a list of these programs at theDolby Laboratories Web site at www.dolby.comEven when a program is not listed as carryingintentional surround information, you may findthat the Dolby Pro Logic II or IIx Music, DTSNEO:6 Music or Logic 7 Music or Enhancedmodes often deliver enveloping surround presen-tations through the use of the natural surroundinformation present in all stereo recordings.However, for stereo programs without anysurround information the Theater, Hall and 5/7CHStereo modes should be tried (effective particular-ly with old ”extreme” stereo recordings) and formono programs, we suggest that you try theTheater or Hall modes. And when you use onlytwo front channel speakers you should select anyof the Dolby Virtual Speaker surround modes,delivering a virtually three dimensional soundspace with two speakers only.Surround modes are selected using either thefront panel controls or the remote. To select anew surround mode from the front panel, firstpress the Surround Mode Group SelectorButton 5 until the desired major surroundmode group such as Dolby, DTS or Logic 7 isselected. Next, press the Surround ModeSelector Button 9 to choose the specificindividual surround mode.