Button Eso that SURROUND

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playing that contains a special “flag” signal in the

6.1/7.1 mode is selected, the Logic 7/7.1 Music or

* * S U R R O U N D S E L E C T * *

digital audio data stream, the EX mode will be

Cinema modes are available, but the output will

D O L B Y

S U R R

selected automatically. It may also be selected

be in a full eight-channel sound field. Note that

D T S

using this menu or through the front panel or

the Logic 7 modes are not available when either

L O G I C

D S P ( S U R R )

remote controls. A complete explanation of these

Dolby Digital or DTS Digital soundtracks are in

V M A x

S T E R E O

modes is found on page 29.

use.

B A C K T O M A S T E R M E N U

Note that when the Dolby Digital mode is select-

On the DSP (SURR) menu, the selection

ed there are additional settings available for the

choices made with the ‹/ › Buttons Eon the

Night mode that are associated with the surround

remote select one of the DSP surround modes

Figure 6

mode only, not with the input. That´s why these

that are designed for use with two-channel stereo

Each of the option lines on this menu (Figure 6)

settings must be made only once, not with each

programs to create a variety of sound field pre-

selects the surround mode category, and within

input in use. They are described later in the next

sentations. The choices available are Hall 1, Hall

each of those categories there will be a choice of

main chapter (see below).

2, Theater, VMAx Near and VMAx Far. The Hall

the specific mode options. The choice of modes

and Theater modes are designed for multichannel

will vary according to the speaker configuration in

* * D O L B Y * *

installations, while the two VMAx modes are opti-

your system.

mized for use in delivering a full surround field

M O D E :

D O L B Y D I G I T A L

when only the front left and front right speakers

When the SURR BACK line of the

N I G H T :

O F F

M I D M A X

are installed. See pages 29 and 30 for a complete

SPEAKER SETUP menu (Figure 5) is set to

B A C K T O S U R R S E L E C T

explanation of the DSP surround modes. Note

NONE the AVR will be configured for 5.1-chan-

that the Hall and Theater modes are not available

nel operation, and only the modes appropriate to

when a Dolby Digital or DTS soundtrack is played.

a five-speaker system will appear.

When the SURR BACK line of the

On the STEREO menu, the selection choices

SPEAKER SETUP menu (Figure 5) is set to

Figure 7

made with the ‹/ › Buttons Eon the remote

SMALL or LARGE the AVR will be configured

On the DTS menu, the selection choices made

may either turn the surround processing off for a

for 6.1/7.1-channel operation, and additional

traditional two-channel stereo presentation, or

with the ‹/ › Buttons Eon the remote are

modes such as Dolby Digital EX and 7 STEREO or

select 5 Stereo or 7 Stereo depending

determined by a combination of the type of DTS

Logic 7 7.1 will appear, as they are only available

on whether the 5.1 or 6.1/7.1 output is in use.

program material in use and whether the 5.1 or

when seven main speakers are present. In

The latter modes feed the stereophonic input sig-

6.1/7.1 speaker output configuration is in use.

addition, the modes DTS ES (Discrete) and

nal to both front speakers, to the rear speakers

DTS+NEO:6 (DTS ES Matrix) available in the AVR

When the 5.1 configuration is in use the AVR will

and to both surround back speakers (if in use),

will not appear unless a digital source is playing

automatically select the 5.1 version of DTS

while the monophonic signal parts are spread

the correct bitstream.

processing when a DTS data stream is received.

over all speakers, also the Center. See page 30 for

Note: When a Dolby Digital or DTS source is

When the 6.1/7.1 mode is selected, the DTS-ES

a complete explanation of the 5 Stereo and 7

Discrete mode will automatically be activated

Stereo modes.

selected and playing, the AVR will select the

when a DTS source with the ES Discrete “flag” is

To listen to an analog stereo source without any

appropriate surround mode automatically, no

in use and the DTS-ES Matrix mode will be acti-

matter which surround mode was selected for

bass management, so that the left and right front

vated when an ES-Matrix encoded audio track is

that input as default. Then no other surround

speakers receive a full-range signal, straight

received. In both cases the appropriate surround

modes will be available, except VMAx with Dolby

through from the input gain section to the vol-

mode will be indicated in the Lower Display

Digital recordings and all Pro Logic II modes with

ume control, press the ‹/ › Navigation Button

Line ˜ in the front panel display and on the

Dolby Digital 2 channel (2.0) recordings (see page

Eso that SURROUND OFF appears in the

screen. When a non-ES DTS disc is in use, when

34).

the 6.1/7.1 mode is chosen the unit automatically

highlighted video. To listen to two-channel analog

To select the mode that will be used as the initial

sources while taking advantage of the AVR’s bass-

will select the DTS + NEO:6 mode to create a full

management system, press the ‹/ › Navigation

default for an input, first press the ⁄/¤ buttons

eight-speaker surround mode. See page 29, 33

Euntil the on-screen cursor is next to the

for a complete explanation of the DTS modes.

OFF+DSP appears in the highlighted video.

desired mode’s master category name. Next, press

On the Logic 7 menu, the selection choices

After the selections are made in the Dolby, DTS,

the Set Button Fto view the sub-menu. Press

made with the ‹/ › Buttons Eon the remote

the ‹/› Buttons Eto scroll through the avail-

Logic 7, DSP (Surround) or Stereo menus, press

are determined by whether the 5.1 or 6.1/7.1

able choices, and then press the ¤ Button E

the ⁄/¤ buttons Eso that the cursor moves

so that the cursor is next to BACK TO MASTER

speaker output configuration is in use. In either

to the BACK TO SURR SELECT line and

case, the selection of a Logic 7 mode enables

MENU to continue the setup process.

presss the Set Button F.

Harman Kardon’s exclusive Logic 7 processing to

On the Dolby menu (Figure 7), the selection

Adjustments for Other Inputs

create fully enveloping, multichannel surround

choices include Dolby Digital, Dolby Pro Logic II

from either two-channel Stereo or Matrix-encod-

After one input has been adjusted for analog or

Music, Dolby Pro Logic II Cinema, Dolby Pro Logic

ed programming such as VHS cassettes, laserdiscs

digital input, speaker type and surround mode,

II Emulation Dolby Virtual Speaker Reference and

or television broadcasts produced with Dolby sur-

return to the INPUT SETUP line on the

Wide, and Dolby 3 Stereo. A complete explanation

round.

MASTER menu and enter the settings for each

of these modes is found on Page 29.

In the 5.1 configuration you may select the Logic

input that you will use. In most cases, only the

The Dolby Digital EX mode is only available when

digital input and surround mode may be different

7/5.1 Music, Cinema or Enhanced modes. They

the system is set for 6.1/7.1 operation by config-

from one input to the next, while the speaker type

work best with two-channel music, surround-

uring the Surround Back speakers to “Small” or

will usually be the same (inputs set to

encoded programs or standard two-channel pro-

“Large” as described on page 22. When a disc is

GLOBAL). But if prefered you can also select

gramming of any type, respectively. When the

different speaker types or turn speakers on or off

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