Harman Kardon DVD 50 Owner's Manual

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24 SETUP MENUDynamic Range SettingWith the DVD format you have the opportunityto hear a program’s soundtrack in the mostaccurate and realistic presentation possible,thanks to the use of digital audio technology.However, in certain instances you may wish toslightly compress the dynamic range of theaudio output (the difference between the loud-est sounds and the quietest ones) so that youmay listen to a movie at a lower volume with-out losing dialog intelligibility.In most cases it is desirable to leave theDynamic Range setting at “OFF” so that nocompression is applied to the audio, but if youwish to change to a compressed setting, followthese steps.First, you must be viewing the Setup Menu(Figure 1), which is available by pressing theMenu Button while the unit is in theStop mode. At the Setup Menu, press the¤ Navigation Button e until the DynamicRange option is highlighted. Next, press theEnter Button ` and select one of thetwo choices in the options box using the⁄/ ¤ Navigation Buttons e (Figure 13).The choices are as follows:Figure 13 Off: Select this option to turn off theDynamic Range compression and have thesoundtrack presented exactly as it wasauthored. On: Select this option to turn on theDynamic Range compression circuitry sothat the dialog will remain clear even at lowvolume levels.When you have made your selection using the⁄/ ¤ Navigation Buttons e to highlightthe desired option, press the Enter Button` and note that the circle next to your choicewill fill in. The menu system will then automati-cally return to the status listing.If you have no other changes to make after set-ting this default, press the Menu Buttonto remove the Setup Menu from the screen, orpress the Play Button g/# to begin orresume playback.Note that the performance of the DynamicRange function is dependent on the audioformat of the disc being played, and whetheror not the disc’s soundtrack is capable of thisfeature.Digital Audio OutDVD players accommodate a variety of audioformats, including Dolby Digital, DTS and thePCM audio format used by conventional CDdiscs and some DVD playback. Depending onthe type of equipment your DVD 50 is connectedto, you need to set a default for the type ofaudio outputs accommodated. Although theDVD 50 will play all of these disc types, thissetting creates a default that tells which way topresent the soundtracks when there is a choice.In addition to compatibility with both DolbyDigital and DTS multichannel soundtracks,the DVD 50 also accommodates the latest96kHz DVD recordings. This menu sectionallows you to select how 96kHz audio pro-grams are handled so that they are compatiblewith your A/V receiver or surround processor.To select a Digital Audio Output default, youmust be viewing the Setup Menu (Figure 1),which is available by pressing the MenuButton while the unit is in the Stopmode. At the Setup Menu, press the ¤Navigation Button e until the DigitalAudio Out option is highlighted. Next, press theEnter Button `. Select one of the threechoices in the options box (Figure 14) using the⁄/ ¤ Navigation Buttons e. The choicesare as follows:Figure 14 Stream/PCM: Choose this option if yourA/V receiver or surround processor is capa-ble of decoding both Dolby Digital and DTSaudio. With this selection, either DolbyDigital or DTS will be output according tothe choice made in the Audio Menu optionsprovided by the DVD disc. Dolby Digital/PCM: Choose this option ifyour A/V receiver or surround processor hasa digital input, but is only capable of decod-ing Dolby Digital. With this selection, whenboth a Dolby Digital and DTS program arepresent, the DVD 50 will automatically out-put the Dolby Digital data stream. PCM: Choose this setting if you are usingonly the left/right Analog Audio Outputs£, or if the Digital Audio Outputs¶/• are connected to a processor that iscapable of decoding only conventional PCMaudio for CDs.Remember, regardless of the option chosen, youmay still have to adjust the settings on youraudio equipment or in a specific disc’s menusto match the output of the DVD 50. In addition,the choice of which audio formats are availableis limited by the type of material recorded onthe disc when it was authored.Use the ⁄/ ¤ Navigation Buttons e tomake your selection, as noted by the circle tothe right of your desired choice turning orange.Once a selection has been made for the type ofdigital audio data streams that the DVD 50outputs, you may also need to adjust the way ithandles the various sampling frequencies usedin the production of digital audio for DVD. TheDVD 50 is compatible with both 48kHz and96kHz sampling, but some early A/V receiversand surround processors are not. If your audiosystem is NOT capable of handling 96kHz audiosignals in their native form, do not make anychanges to the bottom part of the Digital AudioOut menu, and press the Enter Button `twice to return to the Main Menu Settingsoption. However, if your audio system can han-dle these signals, change the setting to achievethe greatest audio fidelity possible.282828Setup Menu