Harman Kardon DVD 21 Owner's Manual

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SYSTEM SETUP 17System SetupImportant Note:Some DVD discs currently available contain avideo data inconsistency resulting in an unwant-ed screen artifact. This can occur during videostandard conversion as from NTSC to PAL (whenPAL is selected and you see a slight flickering onhorizontal lines with NTSC discs).To overcome these artifacts follow these steps:During Play mode press the STATUS button, theStatus Bar will appear (see page 21). PressARROW (M ) to select the ”V” (Video) field onthe far right side of the banner, then change thesetting from 0 to either 1 or 2 (KL) until theartifacts disappear.Note: If the DVD 21 is connected to the TV usingRGB via SCART, then the TV will be able to repro-duce NTSC images correctly, even if the TV isPAL-only, (but it must be PAL60 compatible).Aspect RatioThis step selects the TV aspect ratio, conventionalscreen shape (4:3) or widescreen (16:9), accord-ing to your TV: 4:3 Letterbox: Choose this setting if the DVDplayer is connected to a conventional (4:3) TVset and you would prefer to see movies with-out any parts being cut off. You will see theentire frame of the movie and DVD’s recordedwith normal 4:3 format will fill the entirescreen. But movies in widescreen will occupy asmaller portion of the screen, with black barsat the top and bottom of the screen. 4:3 Pan Scan: Choose this setting if the DVDplayer is connected to a conventional (4:3) TVset and you want widescreen movies to fill theentire screen. Note that this setting is effectiveonly with a few widescreen DVD’s recordedwith the Pan and Scan mode. With thosemovies you won’t see parts of the picture (par-ticularly the right and left edges).Most discs produced in a widescreen formatcan’t be cropped in this fashion, which meansthe black bars will appear at the top and bot-tom of the screen (letterbox format). Somewidescreen DVD’s, particulary anamorphictypes (with full vertical line resolution, see sec-tion ”16:9”below), may be shown with origi-nal width but spread vertically. With these disc,the letterbox format must be selected.This setting is usefull only with a few DVD’s,with all others the letterbox format fits best. 16:9 Widescreen: Choose this setting if yourDVD player is connected to a widescreen TV, orto a conventional (4:3) TV changeable to wide-screen (16:9) mode.With this set up, discs recorded with 4:3 aspectratio will appear as a boxed image in the centerof a 16:9 widescreen TV, with black bars to theleft and right of the image (not with 4:3 TVschangeable to 16:9 mode). True widescreen(anamorphic) DVD’s i.e. those shown spreadvertically when the DVD player is set to ”16:9”and your TV is set to ”4:3”, will be shownoptimally with full vertical resolution. With some4:3 TV’s, set to 16:9 format, discs with 4:3 formatmay be played compressed vertically. With thosediscs the TV must be set to 4:3 format.Select TV ASPECT with the ARROW (KL)buttons, if it is not already selected in the VIDEOmenu, then press ARROW (N) or ENTER toaccess the TV ASPECT sub-menu. The rightcolumn displays the current setting (highlighted)and two options. If needed, select a new setting.Press ENTER to confirm the new setting.Audio MenuIn the Main Menu, use the ARROW (KL)buttons to highlight the AUDIO menu, pressARROW ( N) or ENTER to access the AUDIOsubmenu. The left column shows the items in theAudio Menu. The right column shows the currentsetting for each item.Dynamic RangeSelect DYNAMIC RANGE with the Arrow (KL)buttons, if it is not already highlighted, then pressARROW (N) or ENTER to access the DynamicRange sub-menu.This setting enables Dolby Digital recordings tobe played back with full dialogue intelligibilitywhile reducing peak levels by a selected amount.This smooth level compression prevents abruptloud transitions from disturbing others withoutreducing the impact of the digital source percep-tibly.Select FULL for normal, uncompressed dynamicrange. Select MEDIUM for moderate compression.Select MINIMUM for the highest level of com-pression.Note: If selected, Dynamic Range compression isonly active when a Dolby Digital signal is detect-ed and only for the analog outputs.Audio LanguageThis step will define the default audio language(if the disc contains different language tracks).Choosing an audio language by pressing AUDIOon the remote control (see page 8) will changethis setting only temporarily.Select AUDIO LANGUAGE with the ARROW(KL) buttons, if it is not already selected,then press ARROW (N) or ENTER to access theAUDIO LANGUAGE sub-menu. The right columndisplays the current setting (highlighted) and theoptions.