Harman Kardon AVR 435 Owner's Manual

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SYSTEM CONFIGURATIONSYSTEM CONFIGURATIONSYSTEM CONFIGURATION 23SYSTEM CONFIGURATION 23Figure 6The Night mode is a feature of Dolby Digital that usesspecial processing to preserve the dynamic range andfull intelligibility of a movie soundtrack while reducingthe peak level. This prevents abruptly loud transitionsfrom disturbing others, without reducing the sonicimpact of a digital source. The Night mode is onlyavailable when specially encoded Dolby Digital signalsare played.To adjust the Night mode setting, make certain that theÔ cursor is on the NIGHT line of the DOLBYmenu. Next, press ‹/› Navigation Button o tochoose between the following settings, as they appearin the on-screen display:OFF: When OFF is highlighted, the Night modewill not function.MID: When MID is highlighted, a mild compres-sion will be applied.MAX: When MAX is highlighted, a more severecompression algorithm will be applied.We recommend that you select the MID setting asa starting point and change to the MAX setting later,if desired.The Night mode may also be adjusted directly anytime a Dolby Digital source is playing by pressingthe Night Mode Button T. When the button ispressed, D-RANGE will appear in the lower thirdof the video screen and in the Lower Display Line$. Press the ⁄/¤ Navigation Button o within3 seconds to select the desired setting.When all settings for the surround setup have beenmade, press the ⁄/¤ Navigation Button oso that the › cursor is next to BACK TOMASTER MENU, and press the Set Buttonq to return to the MASTER MENU.On the DTS menu, the selection choices made withthe ‹/› Navigation Button o on the remote aredetermined by a combination of the type of programmaterial in use and whether the 5.1- or 6.1/7.1-channel configuration is in use.When a DTS source is playing, the choice of modesfor 7.1 systems will vary according to the type ofprogram source (DTS 5.1, DTS-ES Matrix or DTS-ESDiscrete). Press the ‹/› Navigation Button o toscroll through the choices that are available for yoursystem and the program in use. The DTS Neo:6 Musicmode is available with analog and PCM digital stereosources and the DTS Neo:6 Cinema mode is availablewith analog matrix surround-encoded sources to deliveran enhanced 5.1-channel sound field.When the 5.1 configuration is in use, the AVR willautomatically select the 5.1 version of DTS processingwhen a DTS data stream is selected. When the6.1/7.1 mode is selected, the DTS-ES Discrete modewill automatically be activated when a DTS source withthe ES Discrete “flag” is in use. When a non-ES DTSdisc is in use, you may select the DTS-ES Matrixmode through this menu to create a full eight-speakersurround mode. See page 34 for a complete explana-tion of the DTS modes.On the LOGIC 7 menu, the selections made withthe ‹/› Navigation Button o on the remote aredetermined by whether the 5.1- or 6.1/7.1-channelconfiguration is in use. In either case, the selection ofa Logic 7 mode enables Harman Kardon’s exclusiveLogic 7 processing to create fully enveloping, multi-channel surround from either two-channel Stereo- orMatrix-encoded programming such as VHS cassettes,laser discs or television broadcasts produced withDolby surround.In the 5.1 configuration, you may select the Logic 7/5.1 Music or Cinema. They work best with two-chan-nel music, surround-encoded programs or standardtwo-channel programming of any type, respectively.See page 34 for a complete explanation of theLogic 7 modes.On the DSP (SURR) menu, the selectionchoices made with the ‹/› Navigation Button oon the remote select from one of the DSP surroundmodes that are designed for use with two-channelstereo programs to create a variety of sound field pre-sentations. The choices available are Hall 1, Hall 2 orTheater. The Hall and Theater modes are available inboth five- and six-channel verisions, depending onyour system configuration. See page 34 for a com-plete explanation of the DSP surround modes.On the STEREO menu, the selection choicesmade with the ‹/› Navigation Button o on theremote may either turn off all processing and bassmanagement for a traditional two-channel stereopresentation; select a stereo output with bassmanagement; or select a 5 CH STEREO and7 CH STEREO mode, depending on how manyspeakers are available. These two modes feed a two-channel presentation to all speakers. See page 34 fora complete explanation of the stereo modes.To listen to an analog stereo source without anybass management, so that the left and right frontspeakers receive a full-range signal, straight throughfrom the input gain section to the volume control,press the ‹/› Navigation Button o so thatSURROUND OFF appears in the highlightedvideo. To listen to two-channel analog sources whiletaking advantage of the AVR 435’s bass-managementsystem, press the ‹/› Navigation Button o sothat SURROUND OFF+DSP appears in thehighlighted video.After the selections are made on the Dolby, DTS,Logic 7, DSP (Surround) or Stereo menus, press the⁄/¤ Navigation Button o so that the cursormoves to the BACK TO MASTER MENUline and press the Set Button q.Using EzSet/EQThe AVR 435 uses Harman Kardon’s EzSet/EQ tech-nology to automatically configure your system to deliverthe best possible performance based on your specificspeaker selection, where the speakers are placed inthe room and the acoustic influences in your listeningroom. By using a series of test signals and the pro-cessing power of the Texas Instruments DA 610 digitalsignal processor, EzSet/EQ eliminates the need formanual adjustment of speaker “size”, crossover, delayand output level settings while it adds the power of amulti-band parametric equalizer to smooth out the fre-quency settings for optimal sound reproduction.In addition to making system setup quick and easy,EzSet/EQ is more precise than manual settings. WithEzSet/EQ you are able to calibrate your system in afraction of the time it would take to enter the settingsmanually, and with results that rival those achieved withexpensive test equipment and time consuming proce-dures. The end result is a system calibration profilethat enables your new receiver to deliver the best pos-sible sound no matter what type of speakers you haveor what the dimensions of your listening room are.We recommend that you take advantage of the preci-sion of EzSet/EQ to calibrate your system, but ifdesired you may also make any of the configurationsettings manually, or trim the settings provided byEzSet/EQ by following the instructions on pages 26–31.Before starting the EzSet/EQ process, make certainthat you have connected all speakers for your systemand that you have both the EzSet/EQ microphone andthe extender rod handy. If you have a standard cameratripod, attach the extender rod to the tripod, and thenscrew the microphone to the top of the rod. Place thetripod at your primary listening position, at least threefeet from the nearest speaker and adjust it so thatmicrophone is at least three feet above ear level. 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