Harman Kardon AVR 140 Owners Manual - Page 19

SYSTEM CONFIGURATION encoded in the source signal, depending on the configuration of your system (e.g., 5.1 or 7.1) and the number of channels encoded in the signal. Keep in mind that the Dolby Digital EX and Dolby Pro Logic IIx modes are available only when the AVR is set for 6.1/7.1 operation. When Dolby Pro Logic II Music or Dolby Pro Logic IIx Music is selected as the listening mode, three special settings are available to tailor the sound field to your listening room environment and your individual taste and preferences. (When other Dolby Surround modes, such as Dolby Pro Logic II Movie, are selected, dashed lines will indicate that these settings are not active.) • Center Width: This setting adjusts the balance of the vocal information in the front soundstage between the center and front left/right speakers. The lower settings spread the center channel sound more broadly into the left and right channels. A higher number (up to "7") produces a tighter center channel presentation. • Dimension: This setting alters the perceived depth of the surround field by creating a shallower presentation that appears to move sounds toward the front of the room, or a deeper presentation that appears to move the center of the sound field toward the back of the room. The setting of "0" is a neutral default, with the range of adjustment shown as "R-3" for a deeper, rear-oriented sound to "F-3" for a shallower, front-oriented sound. • Panorama: Switching this setting on adds an enveloping wraparound presentation, which increases the perception of sound along the sides of the room. To change these parameters, press the ¤ Button n while the DOLBY SURROUND submenu is on the screen until the › cursor is pointing to the line on the menu with the parameter you wish to change. Then, press the ‹/› Buttons o to alter the setting to your taste. When a Dolby Digital source is playing and the DOLBY DIGITAL mode is selected, the Night mode settings may be available, if the program material is encoded for Night mode, as shown in Figure 6. * DOLBY SURROUND * MODE:DOLBY DIGITAL CENTER WIDTH:---- DIMENSION :---- PANORAMA :---- NIGHT :OFF UPSAMPLING :---- BACK TO SURROUND SELECT Figure 6 The Night mode is a feature of Dolby Digital that uses special processing to preserve the dynamic range and full intelligibility of a movie soundtrack while reducing the peak level. This prevents abruptly loud transitions from disturbing others, without reducing the sonic impact of a digital source. The Night mode is only available when specially encoded Dolby Digital signals are played. To adjust the Night mode setting, make certain that the › cursor is on the NIGHT line of the DOLBY SURROUND submenu. Next, press the ‹/› Buttons o to choose between the following settings, as they appear in the on-screen display: OFF: When OFF is highlighted, the Night mode will not function. MID: When MID is highlighted, a mild compression will be applied. MAX: When MAX is highlighted, a more severe compression algorithm will be applied. We recommend that you select the MID setting as a starting point and change to the MAX setting later, if desired. The Night mode may also be adjusted directly any time a compatible Dolby Digital source is playing by pressing the Night Mode Button l. When the button is pressed, D-RANGE OFF will appear in the lower third of the video screen and in the Lower Display Line ı. Press the ¤ Button n within 3 seconds to select the desired setting. The last option line in this menu is the setting to turn the unit's upsampling feature on or off. In normal use, this feature is turned off, which means that digital sources are processed at their native sample rate. For example, a 48kHz digital source will be processed at 48kHz. However, the AVR 140 allows you to upsample the incoming 48kHz signals to 96kHz for added resolution. To take advantage of this feature, press the ¤ Button n so that the › cursor is next to the UPSAMPLING line and press the ‹/› Buttons o until ON appears. Note that this feature is only available for the Dolby Pro Logic II-Music, Dolby Pro Logic II-Movie, Dolby Pro Logic and Dolby 3 Stereo modes. When all settings for surround mode setup have been made, press the ¤ Button n so that the › cursor is next to BACK TO SURROUND SELECT, and press the Set Button p to return to the SURROUND SELECT submenu. On the DTS menu, the choices made with the ‹/› Buttons o on the remote are determined by a combination of the type of program material in use and whether the 5.1- or 6.1/7.1-channel configuration is in use. When a DTS source is playing, the choice of modes will vary according to the type of program source (DTS Stereo, DTS 5.1, DTS 96/24, DTS-ES Matrix or DTS-ES Discrete). Press the ‹/› Buttons o to scroll through the choices that are available for your system and the program in use. With no source playing, or while an analog audio source is playing, you will only be able to view the DTS Neo:6 surround mode choices. These include DTS Neo:6 3-channel Cinema mode (recommended when front left, right and center speakers are present but no surround speakers are available), DTS Neo:6 5-channel Cinema mode (recommended for movies or television), DTS Neo:6 5-channel Music mode (optimized for music-only materials), and DTS Neo:6 6-channel Cinema and Music modes (available when the Surround Back speaker channels are configured as either LARGE or SMALL; see page 21). When the 5.1 configuration is in use, the AVR will automatically select the 5.1 version of DTS processing when a DTS data stream is selected. When the 6.1/7.1 mode is selected, the DTS-ES Discrete mode will automatically be activated when a DTS source with the ES Discrete "flag" is in use. When a non-ES DTS disc is in use, you may select the DTS-ES Matrix mode through this menu to create a full eight-channel surround mode. When a DTS 96/24 signal is detected, the AVR 140 defaults to the DTS surround mode, but reproduces the higher-resolution materials that are present due to the higher sampling rate automatically. See page 28 for a complete explanation of the DTS modes. When the incoming bitstream is a DTS digital signal, the AVR 140's sophisticated microprocessor allows you to select a "combination" mode that applies postprocessing so that Dolby Pro Logic IIx or DTS Neo:6 may be used to create back surround channels from a 2.0 or 5.1 source. This will appear in the MODE line by showing both the digital mode and the second mode, separated by a plus sign (e.g., DTS+ DOLBY PRO LOGIC II MUSIC). On the LOGIC 7 menu, the choices made with the ‹/› Buttons o on the remote are determined by whether the 5.1- or 6.1/7.1-channel configuration is in use. In either case, the selection of a Logic 7 mode enables Harman Kardon's exclusive Logic 7 processing to create fully enveloping, multichannel surround sound from either 2-channel Stereo or Matrix-encoded programming such as VHS cassettes, laser discs or television broadcasts produced with Dolby surround. You may select the Logic 7/5.1 Music, Cinema or Enhance mode, in the 5.1 configuration. Each works best with 2-channel music recordings, surround- SYSTEM CONFIGURATION 19