Harman Kardon DVD 37 Owner's Manual

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4 TERMINOLOGYTerminologySince they share some of the characteristics andtechnology of CD players, many of the terms andoperational concepts used in a DVD player aresimilar to what you may be familiar with from CDplayers and changers, or older video disc formatssuch as Laser Disc. However, if this is your firstDVD product, some of the terms used to describethe features of a DVD player may be unfamiliar.The following explanations should solve some ofthe mysteries of DVD, and help you to enjoy allthe power and flexibility of the DVD format andthe DVD.With the arrival of DVD, disc data capacity hasincreased dramatically. On a DVD Video disc mostof this capacity is taken up by MPEG 2 video andthe multichannel movie soundtrack in DolbyDigital and/or DTS. This information iscompressed.Aspect Ratio: This is a description of the widthof a video image in relation to its height.A conventional video screen is four units wide forevery three units of height, that’s why the ratio iscalled ”4:3”. Newer wide aspect ratio videodisplays are 16 units wide for every nine units ofheight, making them more like the screen in amovie theater. The program material on a DVDmay be recorded in either format and, inaddition, you may configure the DVD to playback in either format, depending on the featuresrecorded on a disc.Component Video: This form of video signaleliminates many of the artifacts of traditionalcomposite video signals by splitting the signalinto a separate luminance channel (the “Y” sig-nal channel) and two color-difference signals (thePr and Pb signal channels). With a componentvideo connection, you will see greater pictureresolution and eliminate many picture imperfec-tions such as the moiré patterns often seen oncheck-patterned cloth. However, in order to ben-efit from component video, you must have avideo display with Y/Pr/Pb component videoinputs. Do not connect the component video out-puts of the DVD 37 to the standard composite orS-video inputs of a TV or recorder.Group: The individual tracks on a DVD-Audiodisc may be combined into Groups. There may bemore than one Group on a disc. Depending onthe way a disc’s producers create the program,the Groups can contain different program materi-al, or they may repeat the disc’s content in differ-ent audio formats, such as 5.1 audio or high-res-olution stereo.HDCP (High-Bandwidth Digital ContentProtection): HDCP is the specification for pro-tecting digitally encoded content from unautho-rized copying when it is transmitted from a DVDplayer (or other video source) to a video displayusing HDMI or DVI connections. In order to takeadvantage of the high-resolution output of theDVD 37 via its HDMI output, your display mustbe HDCP-compliant. Virtually all displays withHDMI inputs are HDCP-compliant, but not allDVI-equipped displays are. If you are using theDVD 37 with an optional HDMI-to-DVI cable oradapter, check the owner’s manual for your dis-play to determine whether it is HDCP-compliant.HDMI ™ (High-Definition MultimediaInterface ™): HDMI is a serial-bus form of com-munication between the DVD player and thevideo display or audio/video receiver. With 5Gbpsof bandwidth, it is capable of passing uncom-pressed digital audio and high-definition digitalvideo using a single cable. With HDMI, theDVD 37 is capable of outputting high-resolution(720p or 1080i) video and 5.1-channel DolbyDigital or DTS digital audio, with the convenienceof just a single cable connection.JPEG Files: JPEG stands for the JointPhotographic Experts Group, which developed astandard for compressing still images, such asphotographs. JPEG files may be created on apersonal computer by importing images from adigital camera, or scanning printed photographs.These files may be burned onto a compact disc.The DVD 37 is capable of recognizing JPEG filesand enabling you to view them on your videoscreen.Title: For a DVD, a title is defined as an entiremovie or program. There can be as many chapterswithin a title as the producers decide to include.Most discs include only one title, but some mayhave more than one, to give you a “DoubleFeature” presentation.Chapter: DVD programs are divided intochapters and titles. Chapters are the sub-sectionsprogrammed into a single title on a disc.Chapters may be compared to the individualtracks on an audio CD.RGB Video: This is a new form of video signalthat eliminates many of the artifacts of tradition-al composite video signals by splitting the signalinto the three fundamental colors Red, Greenand Blue (RGB). With an RGB connection (viaSCART), you will see greater picture resolutionand eliminate many picture imperfections such asthe moiré patterns often seen on checkeredpatterned cloths. However, in order to benefitfrom RGB video, you must have a video displaywith an RGB compatible SCART input.Progressive Scan: Due to the immense datastorage capacity of DVD, images are nowadaysstored progressively (intact, rather than inter-laced). This allow all of the lines in each frame(odd and even) to be shown at the same time.Harman Kardon Cinema Lounge comes with trueprogressive scan video output resulting in a 40%greater light output than a conventional TV anda stunningly detailed, high definition image withabsence of visible scanlines and motion artifacts.WMA Files: WMA (Windows Media® Audio) isan audio compression format that was developedby the Microsoft® Corporation for use with itsWindows Media Player. WMA files can be evensmaller in size than MP3 files, while maintainingsimilar quality. The DVD 37 is among those DVDplayers capable of playing discs containing WMAfiles. Note that Windows Media Player uses otherfile formats; however, the DVD 37 is only capableof playing files that end in the “.wma” extension.See page 5 for more information on WMA filesupport.Multiple Angle: DVDs have the capability toshow up to four different views of the samescene in a program. When a disc is encoded withmultiple-angle information, pressing the Anglebutton will enable you to switch between thesedifferent views. Note that at present, few discstake advantage of this capability and, when theydo, the multiple-angle technology may only bepresent for short periods of time within the disc.Producers will usually insert some sort of icon orgraphic in the picture to alert you to theavailability of multiple viewing angles.Reading: This is a message that you will seeafter you´ve loaded the disc and the tray hasclosed. It refers to the fact that the player mustfirst examine the contents of the disc to see if itis a CD or DVD, and then extract the informationabout the type of material on the disc, such aslanguages, aspect ratios, subtitles, number oftitles and more. The slight delay while thecontents of the disc are read is normal.Resume: The operation of the Stop Button onthe DVD works differently from what you areused to on CD players. On a traditional CDplayer, when you press the Stop button, the unitdoes just that: it stops playback. On a CD player,when you press the start button again, the discstarts from the beginning. With the DVD,however, you have two options when playingDVD discs. Pressing Stop once will stop playback,but it actually puts the unit in the Resume mode.This means that you can turn the machine offand, when you press play the next time, the discwill resume or continue from the point on thedisc where the Stop button was pressed. This ishelpful if you are watching a movie and mustinterrupt your viewing session but wish to pickup where you left off. Pressing the Stop buttontwice will stop the machine in a traditionalmanner and, when the disc is played again, it willstart from the beginning.In resume mode, the cover of the DVD will bedisplayed, if available. Otherwise, theHarman Kardon screen will appear.DivXDivX is the name of a revolutionary new videocodec which is based on the MPEG-4 compres-sion standard for video. This DVD player will play-back discs created with DivX software. The DVDplayer’s playback functionalities of DivX videodiscs will vary depending on the DivX softwareversion used for creating your movies. For moreinformation about the different software versionsof DivX, please go to www.divx.com.Terminology29681_DVD37_ENG 18/08/06 12:17 Side 4