Harman-Kardon DVD 38 manual Remote Control Functions

REMOTE CONTROL FUNCTIONS

Dimmer: Some people find the front-panel displays distracting, especially while watching a movie in a darkened room. Each press of this button cycles through the Full Brightness, Half Brightness and Off settings. The Power Indicator will always remain lit to remind you that the DVD 38 is turned on.

NOTE: Although you may enter commands and operate the DVD 38 normally even with the front-panel display fully dimmed, the display will not wake when a command is entered. To view the display messages, press the Dimmer Button to change the brightness setting.

Scan Type: Each press of this button toggles between the Progressive- and Interlaced Scan settings of the Component Video Outputs. It has no effect on the Composite, S-Video or HDMI Outputs. The button also has no effect while the SYSTEM SETUP menu is on-screen. Press the Clear or Setup Button to clear the on-screen displays. Use this button when your video display is not capable of handling progressive-scan component video signals, and you have inadvertently selected the progressive scan setting in the VIDEO SETUP menu.

Audio Mode: This button adjusts the Bass Management setting, which is also found in the AUDIO SETUP menu. Stop playback of the current disc in order to use this selector.

There are three available settings: Bypass (the default), On and Stereo. The first press displays the current setting, and each additional press cycles through the three settings.

Bypass: The analog audio information is passed through the Analog Audio Outputs as is, without applying any bass management adjustments. This mode is used with receivers and processors that are capable of applying bass management settings (speaker size, output levels and delay times) to their 6-channel analog inputs.

On: This setting is used with receivers and processors that pass the audio signals from their 6-channel analog inputs directly to the outputs without applying any bass management settings. With Bass Management on, use the AUDIO ADJUSTMENTS submenu to set the DVD 38’s bass management settings.

Stereo: This mode is used when a 2-channel downmix of a multichannel audio signal is desired. For example, if you are playing a DVD-Audio disc, in which case the multichannel presentation is only available through the Analog Audio Outputs, and you would like to distribute the program to a multiroom system, select the Stereo mode.

NOTE: The 2-channel downmix (Stereo mode) and the 5.1- channel presentation of multichannel audio discs (Bypass or Bass Management On modes) are not available simultaneously. With Bass Management on, only the front left and right channel information will be available at both the 2-channel and 6-channel left and right Analog Audio Outputs. No surround or center channel information will be present in the signal output at the 2-channel Analog Audio Outputs. In Stereo mode, the down- mixed 2-channel signal will be available at both the 2-channel and 6-channel left and right Analog Audio Outputs, while none of the remaining 6-channel outputs will have any information.

Use the Audio Mode Selector to conveniently select from the three available settings without having to enter the on-screen menu system.

HD Mode: Each time the DVD 38 is turned on while connected via HDMI to a video display or other device, the DVD 38 and the other device exchange information about the other device’s video resolution capabilities. The DVD 38 sets the resolution of the HDMI Output to match the video display. If the original program materials were recorded at a much lower resolution, you may wish to change the video output resolution to improve the picture quality. Press this button to select from the resolution settings available with your display. You will not be able to select a resolution greater than your display’s capabilities.

This button performs the same function as the HDMI Settings line in the VIDEO SETUP menu. The HDMI Mode setting will not be displayed on the front panel, which indicates the resolution of the source disc’s video signal. The HDMI Mode setting may be viewed by accessing the VIDEO SETUP menu as described in the Initial Setup section.

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