Harman Kardon HS 300 Owner's Manual

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TERMINOLOGY 5ENGLISHTerminologySince 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.High Definition Multimedia Interface(HDMI): HDMI has emerged as the digitalstandard for connecting High Definition devices,displays and components, and provides for thepristine transmission of high-definition digitalvideo and digital audio via a single cable. HDMIis the first and only digital interface forConsumer Electronics devices that can carryuncompressed high-definition video, compressedor uncompressed multi-channel audio and com-mand data, allowing customers to obtain puredigital picture and sound directly from the source(as it was meant to be seen and heard).USB On-The-Go: Due to its widespread accept-ance, USB is becoming the de facto industrystandard for connecting peripherals to PCs andlaptops. Many of the new peripherals using USBare also portable devices.As these portable devices increase in popularity,there is a growing need for them to communi-cate directly with each other when a PC is notavailable, for instance in consumer electronicsproducts. The USB On-The-Go technologyaddresses this need for mobile interconnectivity.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: DVD offers progressive scanvideo outputs for use with compatible high-reso-lution televisions and projectors. Before DVD, noconsumer medium could store, transmit or displayvideo with full resolution. To conserve bandwidth,analog compression (interlacing) is employed: firstthe odd-numbered lines of a frame are displayed,followed by the even-numbered lines. The result isthat only half of the video image is drawn at onetime; the viewer's brain must reassemble thecomplete image. This is acceptable, if the monitoris not too large and if there is not too muchmotion in the image. Large displays and fast-mov-ing images reveal the limitations of this system.Thanks to DVD's immense data capacity, imagesare now stored intact (progressively), so that allthe lines in each frame (odd and even) are shownat the same time. But because most TV's cannothandle a progressive signal, all current DVDplayers generate an interlaced output forcompatibility. Now, the Harman Kardon DVD isamong the select few DVD players with trueprogressive scan video output (NTSC and PAL) foruse with compatible TV's and CRT projectors andwith all plasma, LCD and DLP display devices viathe component video output. The result is 40%greater light output than a conventional TV and astunningly detailed high definition image, alongwith an almost complete absence of visiblescanlines and motion artifacts. Of course,traditional Y/Pr/Pb component video, SCART,S-Video and composite video outputs areincluded for use with conventional televisions andprojectors.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.Terminology