Harman Kardon AVR 354 Owner's Manual

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52 52ADVANCED FUNCTIONSWhen you have finished making adjustments in the Audio Effects menu,press the Audio Effects Button or the Back/Exit Button to clear the screen.Video AdjustmentsThe AVR 354 uses leading-edge Faroudja DCDi Cinema video pro-cessing technology, with incoming video upscaled to 1080p (up to1080i when component video outputs are used) for outstanding videoquality, even with older analog video sources. The Faroudja DCDi CinemaDual 3D comb filters and 10-bit video processing eliminates the jaggededges and moiré patterns seen with less advanced processing. Thanksto this “Torino” video processing chip, on-screen graphics may begenerated in high definition, and blended with the incoming video.This not only delivers crisp, clear information messages, it allows youto continue to watch a program while making system adjustments.The video processor automatically provides the best picture based onthe capabilities of your video display and the incoming source videosignals. However, you may experiment with the Video Modes menuadjustments to try to improve the picture further.Video ModesAfter you have adjusted the picture settings on your video display, addi-tional adjustments may be made to the AVR, if necessary, to furtherimprove the picture. Access these settings from the Video Modes menu.Press the Video Modes Button on the front panel or remote, and thescreen shown in Figure 71 will appear. The menu may also be accessedfrom the Setup Source menu by pressing the Info Settings Button andselecting the Video Modes line.Figure 71 – Video Modes MenuVideo Mode: The default setting of Processor Off passes the videosignal through to the display without any processing. Select one of theseprocessing options to optimize the picture for the current program byapplying adjustments to the brightness, contrast, color and sharpness:• Sports: For sporting events.• Nature: For programs shot outdoors, in a natural setting.• Movie: For movies and many television broadcasts.• Custom: Allows manual adjustment of the picture settings. TheBrightness, Contrast, Color and Sharpness settings will appear onscreen as sliders with values ranging from 0 to 100. The defaultsetting for each adjustment is 50. Use the ‹/› Buttons to changeeach setting’s value.Picture Adjust: Use this setting to change the aspect ratio of thedisplayed image.When displaying widescreen (16:9) images on a full screen (4:3)device, letterbox format will be used, in which black bars may appearabove and below the image.When displaying full screen images on a widescreen device, black orgray bars may appear to the left and right of the image (pillarboxing).Some displays, especially plasma and CRT monitors, may suffer from“burn-in” when the same image, such as the horizontal or vertical bars,is left on screen for a long period of time. Use this setting to adjust thepicture so that it fills the display’s screen. The options are:• Auto Fit: The AVR automatically adjusts the image as required tofit the display’s capabilities.• Height Fit: Adjusts the image to eliminate any bars above or belowit. Bars may remain at the sides.• Width Fit: Adjusts the image to eliminate any bars on the sides.Bars may remain above and below the image.• Zoom 1x: Displays the image as received from the source. If theimage is in the 4:3 aspect ratio, on widescreen displays pillarboxformat may be used. If the image is in the 16:9 aspect ratio, on fullscreen (4:3) displays letterbox format may be used.• Zoom 2x: Stretches the image evenly to completely fill the screen.The outer portions of the image may be cropped.Feel free to experiment with this setting for each source until you finda pleasing display format for each program.Advanced Video Settings: Press the › or OK Button to display theAdvanced Video Modes submenu (see Figure 72).Figure 72 – Advanced Video Modes MenuNoise Reduction: Change this setting from its default of Off to Low,Medium or High to filter out signal noise.MPEG Noise Reduction: This setting is designed to address twospecific types of video distortion, mosquito noise and blocking artifacts.If you see haziness or shimmering around the edges of objects or thescrolling credits in a film, or if the image appears to “pixellate” intoblocks, change the MPEG Noise Reduction setting from its default ofOff to the Low, Medium or High setting to improve the picture.