Harman-Kardon BDS770 owner manual Using the Disc Player

BDS 270/BDS 570

Using the Receiver and Using the Disc Player

Surround-Sound Modes

Your BDS receiver can decode and play audio programs in these native audio formats:

•• Dolby Digital

•• Dolby Digital Plus

•• Dolby TrueHD

•• DTS Digital

•• DTS-HD™High Resolution Audio

•• DTS-HD Master Audio™

•• PCM

•• MP3: 32kbps – 320kbps bitrates, including variable bitrate encoding

The audio formats available for any particular program depend on the program and on how you have configured your BDS receiver in the Audio Settings menu:

Available Audio Formats

To switch between the available surround-sound modes for the program currently playing, press the Surround button. Each press of the Surround button will change to the next available mode in line. A pop-up display will appear on the TV, showing the modes as you cycle through them.

Listening Through Headphones

Your BDS receiver’s headphone connection accepts a standard 1/8-inch (3.5mm) stereo headphone plug. When you insert the headphone plug into the connector, the receiver’s speaker outputs will mute; the HDMI audio output will not mute.

When headphones are connected to the receiver’s Headphone jack, pressing the remote’s Surround button cycles between these two modes:

•• HARMAN headphone, which virtualizes a multichannel surround soundtrack down to two channels. This mode retains the soundtrack’s original directional cues, allowing you to enjoy an enveloping surround-sound experience on any ordinary pair of stereo headphones.

•• Headphone Bypass, which downmixes surround-sound programs into normal stereo. This mode does not retain any multichannel directional cues that may be in the original surround-sound program.

Using the Disc Player

Disc Handling Precautions

•• To keep the disc clean, handle the disc by its edge. Do not touch the surface.

•• Do not stick paper or tape on the disc. If there is glue (or a similar substance) on the disc, remove the substance completely before using the disc.

•• Do not expose the disc to direct sunlight or heat sources such as hot air ducts or leave it in a car parked in direct sunlight, as there can be a considerable rise in temperature inside the car.

•• After playing, store the disc in its case.

•• Do not write on the label side with a ball-point pen or other sharp writing utensils.

•• Be careful not to drop or bend the disc.

Disc Cleaning Precautions

•• Before playing, clean the disc with a cleaning cloth. Wipe the disc from the center out.

•• Do not use solvents such as benzine, thinner, commercially available cleaners or anti-static spray intended for vinyl LPs.

Regional Coding

Your BDS receiver is designed to be compatible with region management information that is encoded on most Blu-ray Disc recordings and DVD recordings. If there is a region code on a disc other than the one your BDS receiver is designed for, it will not play in your BDS receiver.

See the sidebar box on page 4 for complete information about your receiver’s region coding.

Copyright

Audio-visual material may consist of copyrighted works that must not be recorded without the permission of the owner of the copyright. Please refer to relevant laws covering copyright protection.

Copy Protection

Your BDS receiver is in compliance with HDCP (High-Definition Copy Protection), and a video display connected via the HDMI output must also be HDCP-compliant.

The BDS receiver supports Rovi copy protection. On Blu-ray Disc recordings and DVD discs that include a copy-protection code, if the contents of the disc are copied using a VCR, the copy-protection code prevents the videotape copy from playing normally.

Supported Disc Formats

The BDS receiver can play the following types of discs (5"/12cm, and 3"/8cm size):

•• BD-Video (single-layer or double-layer)

•• DVD-Video

•• DVD+R/+RW

•• DVD-R/-RW

•• CDDA (CD digital audio)

•• CD-R/RW

NOTE: The compatibility and performance of dual-layer discs is not guaranteed.

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