Harman-Kardon 347 Stereo Receiver User Manual


 
SYSTEM CONFIGURATION 27
ENGLISH
System Configuration
Figure 10
To change these parameters, press the
/
¤
Navigation Buttons
D
while the
Surroundmenu is on the screen until the
line on the menu with the parameter you wish
to change is highlighted in blue. Then, press the
Set Button
F
and the
/
Navigation
Buttons
Ea
to alter the setting to your
taste.
Note that when the Dolby Digital mode is select-
ed there are additional settings available for the
Night mode that are associated with the sur-
round mode only, not with the input.That´s why
these settings must be made only once, not with
each input in use.
Night Mode Settings
The Night mode is a feature of Dolby Digital that
uses special processing to preserve the dynamic
range and full intelligibility of a movie sound
track while reducing the peak level.This prevents
abruptly loud transitions from disturbing others,
without reducing the sonic impact of a digital
source. Note that the Night mode is only
available when the Dolby Digital surround mode
is selected.
To adjust the Night mode setting from the menu
press the OSD Button
L
so that the main
menu appears. Then press the
¤
button
D
to
highlight the
Surround-tab and press Set
F
to access it. Press the
¤
Button
D
twice
until the
Night-line is highlighted in blue.
(see figure 11).
Figure 11
To adjust the Night mode setting, first press the
Set Button
F
, followed by the
/
Buttons
Ea
to choose between the following set-
tings.
OFF:When OFF is highlighted, the Night mode
will not function.
MID:When MID is in the highlighted video,
a mild compression will be applied.
MAX:When MAX is in the highlighted video,
a more severe compression algorithm will be
applied.
When you want to use the Night mode feature,
we recommend that you select the MID setting
as a starting point and change to the MAX
setting later, if desired.
Note that the Night mode may be adjusted
directly any time that Dolby Digital surround
mode is selected by pressing the Night button
B
.When the button is pressed, the words
D-RANGEfollowed by the current setting
(
MID, MAX, OFF) will appear in the lower
third of the video screen and in the Main
Information Display
Ò
. Press the
/
¤
buttons
D
within five seconds to select the
desired setting, then press Set
F
to confirm
the setting.
The last option line in this menu is the setting to
turn the unit’s upsampling feature on or off. In
normal use, this feature is turned off, which
means that digital sources are processed at their
native sample rate. For example, a 48kHz digital
source will be processed at 48kHz. However, the
AVR allows you to upsample the incoming
48kHz signals to 96kHz for added resolution.
Figure 12
To take advantage of this feature, press the
/¤ Navigation Button n so that the
Upsampling -line is highlighted in blue
and press Set Button
F
, followed by the
/
Navigation Button
Ea
so that ON is
highlighted in reverse video. Note that this
feature is only available for the Dolby Pro
Logic II-Music, Dolby Pro Logic II-Movie,
Dolby Pro Logic and Dolby 3 Stereo modes.
On the
DTSmenu, the selection choices made
with the
/
Buttons
Ea
on the remote
are determined by a combination of the type of
DTS program material in use and whether the 5.1
or 6.1/7.1 speaker output configuration is in use.
When a DTS source is playing, the choice of
modes for 7.1 systems will vary according to the
type of program source (DTS Stereo, DTS 5.1,
DTS-ES Matrix or DTS-ES Discrete). Press the
/
Buttons
Ea
to scroll through the choices
that are available for your system and the pro-
gram in use.
With no source playing, or while an analog
audio source is playing, you will only be able to
view the DTS Neo:6 surround mode.
When the 5.1 configuration is in use the AVR
will automatically select the 5.1 version of DTS
processing when a DTS data stream is received.
When the 6.1/7.1 mode is selected, the DTS-ES
Discrete mode will automatically be activated
when a DTS source with the ES Discrete “flag” is
in use and the DTS-ES Matrix mode will be acti-
vated when an ES-Matrix encoded audio track is
received. In both cases the appropriate surround
mode will be indicated in the Main
Information Display
Ò
in the front panel
display and on the screen.When a non-ES DTS
disc is in use, when the 6.1/7.1 mode is chosen
the unit automatically will select the DTS +
NEO:6 mode to create a full eight-speaker sur-
round mode. When a DTS 96/24 signal is detect-
ed, the AVR 347 defaults to the DTS surround
mode, but reproduces the higher-resolution
materials that are present due to the higher
sampling rate automatically. See page 37-38 for
a complete explanation of the DTS modes.
On the
LOGIC7
menu, the selection choices
made with the
/
Buttons
Ea
on the
remote are determined by whether the 5.1 or
6.1/7.1 speaker output configuration is in use. In
either case, the selection of a Logic 7 mode
enables Harman Kardon’s exclusive Logic 7
processing to create fully enveloping, multi-
channel surround from either two-channel
Stereo or Matrix-encoded programming such as
VHS cassettes, laserdiscs or television broadcasts
produced with Dolby surround.
In the 5.1 configuration you may select the Logic
7/5.1 Music, Cinema or Enhanced modes. They
work best with two-channel music, surround-
encoded programs or standard two-channel pro-
gramming of any type, respectively. When the
6.1/7.1 mode is selected, the Logic 7/7.1 Music
or Cinema modes are available, but the output
will be in a full eight-channel sound field. Note
that the Logic 7 modes are not available when
either Dolby Digital or DTS Digital soundtracks
are in use.