Harman Kardon DVD 48 Owners Manual - Page 32

INITIAL SETUP HDMI Video: This setting may be used to manually adjust the resolution of the HDMI Output signal. The default Auto setting detects the best resolution the video display is capable of displaying and selects it. If your video display can handle a higher setting, you may select it here. If the display does not support the selected setting, the DVD 48 will automatically select an appropriate setting. For some programs, such as DVDs of older television programs, you may prefer a lower resolution to avoid distortion due to how they were recorded. When the 480p/576p setting is selected, the DVD 48 will always output at 480p for compatibility with NTSC displays. Each setting's number indicates the number of horizontal lines per frame. Resolutions ending in "p" are progressive scan, meaning that all lines making up one frame are displayed in one pass. When the resolution ends in "i", it is interlaced, meaning that each frame is displayed in two passes, one for all odd-numbered lines and one for all even-numbered lines. Progressive scan images tend to be brighter, clearer and freer of distortion. Wide Screen Format: This setting may be used to adjust how a 4:3 aspect ratio image is displayed on a wide-screen video display using the progressive scan Component Video Outputs or the HDMI Output. • NL Stretch: The image is stretched in a non-linear way so that it fills the screen, leaving no black or gray bars at the top or sides. The image is stretched more towards the sides than in the center to avoid distortion. • Pillar Box: The image is displayed in its original aspect ratio with bars on the left and right sides of the screen. This may result in burn-in on some plasma displays. • Off: No aspect ratio adjustment is made. DVI Output Range: This setting adjusts the image when the HDMI Output is used with an HDMI-to-DVI adapter to connect it to the video display. Select the Enhanced setting if the black and white in the picture are not distinct. Leave the setting at the default Standard setting if you cannot see the correct image when Enhanced is selected. HDMI Audio: This setting determines whether and in what format the audio signal is output through the HDMI Output. • Auto: At this setting the DVD 48 outputs the native digital audio format, such as Dolby Digital, DTS or MPEG, or PCM as recorded on the disc. DVD-Audio MLP Lossless™ audio is always decoded by the DVD 48 and output as up to 5.1 discrete PCM channels when either the Auto or PCM setting is selected. • PCM: At this setting the DVD 48 outputs decoded multichannel or two-channel PCM signals. • Off: This setting mutes the audio output. If the DVD 48 is connected to a receiver or processor that is not capable of accessing the audio portion of the HDMI signal, select this setting. NOTES: • If the receiver or television is not capable of processing the data in its native format via HDMI, it is automatically decoded and output as multichannel PCM. • If the receiver or television does not support multichannel signals, it is automatically downmixed to 2-channel PCM at 48kHz/16 bits or less. 32 • If the receiver or television prohibits downmixing, only the left and right channel information is output, and you may wish to use the 6-Channel Analog Audio Outputs instead. • SACD signals are never available at the HDMI Output, and the analog audio outputs should always be used. • When Auto or PCM is selected, the Coaxial and Optical Digital Audio Outputs are muted. When you have finished making any adjustments to the HDMI Setup menu, press the Return Button to return to the SYSTEM SETUP menu screen (Figure 20). Step Five - Disc Settings The Disc Setup menu contains some settings that affect playback of various discs. If the SYSTEM SETUP menu screen (Figure 20) is not already in view, press the Setup Button. Use the ⁄/¤ Buttons to select the Disc tab, and press the Enter Button to view the DISC SETUP menu. See Figure 32. Figure 32 - Disc Setup Menu Screen Audio Language: This setting is used to select the default language that will be used for program playback. The factory default setting is English, but you may choose French, Spanish, Japanese, German, Italian or Russian. To select a language other than those shown, select Others from the menu and press the Enter Button. A dialog box will appear, prompting you to enter a four-digit language code. Look up the desired language code in Table A11 in the appendix and use the Numeric Keys to enter it. This setting will display "Others" rather than the selected language name. This procedure selects a preferred audio program language, but it will only be available when the disc being played contains that language. The list of languages available on any given disc is always shown on the disc jacket, usually at the bottom of the back cover. The audio playback language may also be changed during playback using the Audio Select Button, but any changes made will only be effective during playback of that disc. NOTE: The Audio Select Button is also used to change the disc's audio output format, e.g., Dolby Digital 5.1 versus Dolby Digital 2.0. Subtitle Language: This setting selects the language used for the display of subtitles. The default setting is OFF, to play discs without subtitles. To set the player so that subtitles will always play in a specific language when they are available, select from the choices shown.