Harman Kardon DVD 5 Owner's Manual

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22 SYSTEM SETUPSystem SetupTV AspectThis step selects the TV aspect, conventionalscreen shape (4:3) or widescreen (16:9), accord-ing to your TV set: 4 x 3 letterbox: Choose this setting if theDVD5 is connected to a conventional (4:3) TVset and you would prefer to see movies intheir original aspect ratio. You will see theentire frame of the movie and DVDs recordedwith normal 4:3 format will fill the entirescreen. But movies in widescreen will occupya smaller portion of the screen, with blackbars at the top and bottom of the screen. 4 x 3 Pan Scan: Choose this setting if theDVD5 is connected to a conventional (4:3) TVset and you want widescreen movies to fillthe entire screen. Note that this setting iseffective only with some (less) specificwidescreen DVDs recorded with the Pan andScan mode. With those movies you won’t seeparts of the picture (particularly the right andleft edges).Most discs produced in a wide screen formatcan’t be cropped in this fashion, which meansthe black bars will further appear at the topand bottom of the screen (letterbox format).Some widescreen DVDs, particulary anamorphtypes (with full vertical line resolution), maybe shown with original width but spread ver-tically. With those disc the letter box formatmust be selected.Thus this selection is usefull only with someless specific DVDs, with all others the selec-tion of the letterbox format fits best. 16 x 9 Widescreen: Choose this setting if yourDVD player is connected to a widescreen TVor to a conventional (4:3) TV, set to wide-screen (16:9) mode.With this set up, discs recorded in 4:3 aspectratio will appear as a boxed image in the cen-ter, with black columns on the left and rightside of the screen. But true widescreen discs(anamorph recordings, i.e. those shownspread vertically when DVD5 is set to "4:3Pan Scan" mode, see above) will be shownoptimally, i.e. with full vertical resolution. Withsome 4:3 TVs, set to 16:9 format, discs with4:3 format may be played compressed verti-cally. With those discs the TV must be set to4:3 format.To select TV Aspect follow these steps:1. Press ARROW (UP or DOWN) on the remoteto select TV Aspect on the SET UP MENUDISPLAY.2. Press ENTER or ARROW (right), TV AspectMenu appears.3. Press ARROW (UP or DOWN) on the remoteto select specific TV Aspect Menu.4. Press ENTER.5. Press PLAY to resume normal playback orRETURN to delete Set Up Display from screen.Dynamic RangeThis setting enables Dolby Digital recordings tobe played back with full dialogue intelligibilitywhile reducing peak levels and increasing lowlevels by 1/4 to 1/3. This smooth level compres-sion prevents abrupt loud transitions from dis-turbing others without reducing the impact ofthe digital source perceptibly.To select Dynamic Range Compression:1. Press ARROW (UP or DOWN) on the remoteto select Dynamic Range on the SET UPMENU DISPLAY.2. Press ENTER (Dynamic Range Menu appears).3. Press ARROW (UP or DOWN) on the remoteto select dynamic range mode (on or off).4. Press ENTER.5. Press PLAY to resume normal playback. This function only works with Dolby DigitalDVD and in conjunction with the Dolby DigitalDecoder connected to the digital outputof DVD5, depending on its ”Night Mode”setting:a) When Dynamic Range is off, normal audiorange is selected.b) When Dynamic Range is On and ”NightMode” on decoder is off, normal audiorange is selected.c) Dynamic compression is activated onlywhen Dynamic Range on DVD5 is on AND“Night Mode” on the decoder is on.