Harman Kardon FESTIVAL 60 Owners Manual - Page 19

Customizing the Sound Surround Operation Festival 80 Festival 80 is equipped to deliver superior home theater sound for movies and music. Festival 80 uses a 5-speaker system and a subwoofer to create realistic effects and surround imaging. Press Surround to access all surround functions and controls. Tuner CD Aux Bass Treble Surround 1 8 8 5 6 CD TRACK TIME mode surround sound movie cntr spkr norm setup > - + WRAP Note: It is normal for the surround channels to operate only occasionally and often to be silent. Movie directors typically use these channels exclusively to establish ambiance or create effects. Turning the volume level up to "hear" more surround sound may actually distort the intended illusion and introduce unwanted system noise. Option Buttons Choosing a Surround mode mode Press repeatedly for desired Surround mode. m o v i e Duplicates the acoustics of a movie theater. This mode activates Festival's Dolby* Pro Logic* feature which reads the surround sound effects in movies. m u s i c Creates optimal surround for music sources. h a l l Hall simulator. o f f Surround sound turned off. Adjusting the output of your center speaker cntr spkr Press repeatedly for desired center speaker mode. n o r m Center speaker loudness is equal to other speakers. b o o s t Increases center speaker loudness without affecting other speakers. This is a convenient way to selectively increase the center channel volume of movies or other video or Dolby Pro Logic sources. Configuring your system for surround sound setup Press to access surround speaker setup functions. Pressing setup will change the function of some buttons and activate functions of others (see pages 16-17). Selector Buttons An innovative Festival feature called Wrap allows you to control the feeling of spaciousness in a listening area by creating the illusion of distance between the front and surround speakers. Movie and Music surround modes begin with a factory default setting for the Wrap effect. The Movie and Music settings may be adjusted by using the selector buttons on the console. Press to decrease or + to increase how far the sound "wraps" around the listening area. Dots on the Wrap indicator will light to show changes to the Wrap setting. The Movie mode is based on Dolby Pro Logic, a surround sound process that uses information encoded in two-channel stereo recordings to produce four distinct channels (left, center, right and surround). Dolby Pro Logic is used in movies, television programs and some music recordings. When the word REFERENCE appears in the Wrap Indicator, the Wrap circuits are turned off for standard Pro Logic operation. Increase or decrease the amounts of Wrap as shown above to suit your listening taste. 18 festival 60/80