Harman Kardon HS 100 Owner's Manual

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16 SYSTEM SETUPSystem SetupDynamic Range: This setting enables DolbyDigital recordings to be played back with fulldialogue intelligibility while reducing peak levels.This smooth level compression prevents abruptloud transitions from disturbing others withoutreducing the impact of the digital sourceperceptibly.Delay Unit: This setting sets the measuring unitfor Delay in either Feet or Meter.Tone Control: Activates or De-activates theBass and Treble settings. Once either the Bass orTreble Settings are changed, the Tone Controlautomatically switches to ON.Bass Level: Sets the level of low frequencies.Treble Level: Sets the level of high frequencies.DVD Sound Mode: Sets the audio format ofthe DVD-disc playing (for other sources, seeSurround Mode in each respective chapter). Onceset to stereo, every surround format on a DVDwill be converted to a pure stereo signal. Onceset to DPLII, all stereo signals on a DVD areforced into 5.1., leaving all multichannel signalsin their original format. This setting isrecommended. Original will follow the surroundformat on the disc.Audio AdjustmentThe Audio Adjustment Submenu contains theaccess to the speaker delay and the output leveladjustment settings of the HS 100. Follow theexplanations in the Upper Menu Line on thebottom of your screen to make adjustments.DelayDue to the different distances between thelistening position for the front channel speakersand the surround speakers, the amount of time ittakes for sound to reach your ears from the frontor surround speakers is different. You maycompensate for this difference through the use ofthe delay settings to adjust the timing for thespecific speaker placement and acoustic con-ditions in your listening room or home theater.Measure the distance from the listening positionto each of the individual loudspeakers. Oncedone, select per loudspeaker the distance that isclosest to the one measured.Output level adjustmentOutput level adjustment is a key part of theconfiguration process for any surround soundproduct.NOTE: Listeners are often confused about theoperation of the surround channels. While someassume that sound should always be comingfrom each speaker, most of the time there will belittle or no sound in the surround channels. This isbecause they are only used when a moviedirector or sound mixer specifically places soundthere to create ambiance, a special effect or tocontinue action from the front of the room to therear. When the output levels are properly set it isnormal for surround speakers to operate onlyoccasionally. Artificially increasing the volume tothe rear speakers may destroy the illusion of anenveloping sound field that duplicates the wayyou hear sound in a movie theater or concerthall.The default settings of the DVD player is 0 dB forall channels. In case you feel adjustments arenecessary in your setup, we advise you to makethe adjustments using a test disc containingeither pink noise or tracks that you are veryfamiliar with.Video SettingsThe Video Setting Submenu contains thefollowing settings. Follow the explanations in theUpper Menu Line on the bottom of your screento change the settings.Aspect Ratio: This step selects the TV aspectratio, conventional screen shape (4:3) orwidescreen (16:9), according to your TV.TV Standard: Sets the output video format i.e.NTSC or PAL, of the HS Controller. If you have amulti standard TV, we recommend the AUTOsetting for optimal picture quality.Scan Type: Sets the component video output toInterlace or Progressive. Before changing thesetting to Progressive, make sure that your videodisplay connected to the component output iscapable of handling progressive scan signals. Assoon as you select progressive scan the scantype, the Video Output will automatically changeto Component. All other outputs, compositevideo on cinch, SCART and S-Video, will be keptInterlaced. The interlaced composite and S-Videooutputs remain active for connection to a second(interlaced) video display.Video Output: Sets the video output type toScart or Component. Scart will be used for mostTV’s. Component will be used for most LCD,Plasma and projectors.Scart Output: Selects which kind of videooutput signals will be routed over the scart. RGBwill be used for most TV’s as it provides the bestpicture quality.Video AdjustmentThe Video Adjustment Submenu contains the TestScreen. First adjust the video display device (TV)with the help of the Test Screen. After that theoutput settings of the player can be fine-tunedwith the Color, Contrast, Brightness, Tint (NTSCand interlaced outputs only) and Black Level(NTSC and interlaced outputs only) settings. Inorder to change the settings, move the cursor tothe “+“ or “-“ icon on the same line as thesetting. Once one of the icons is highlighted,pressing ENTER 6 will increase or decrease thevalue of the setting, as will be shown in the barbehind the setting. To exit the Video AdjustmentMenu, move the cursor to DONE, and pressENTER 6.