Filter
Top Products
40 OPERATION
Operation
6-Channel/8-Channel Direct Input
• There are two input choices available for use
with sources such as a DVD-Audio or SACD
player that are connected to the 8-Channel
Direct Inputs
9
. Select the appropriate input
according to the way your system and source
equipment is configured:
• The
6 CHDIRECT INPUTshould be
used when the Surround Back Left and Right
inputs are NOT in use and the input source
device has its own internal bass management
system.This input passes the input from the
source directly through to the volume control
without any analog to digital conversion and it
mutes the unused input jacks to prevent
unwanted noise from interfering with system
performance.
• The
8 CHDIRECT INPUTshould be
used when an input is connected to all eight
8-Channel Direct Inputs
9
and when the
input source device has its own internal bass
management system.This input passes the input
from the source directly through to the volume
control without any analog to digital conversion
and it mutes the unused input jacks to prevent
unwanted noise from interfering with system
performance.
Note that when the 6-Channel or 8-Channel
Direct Input is in use, you may not select a sur-
round mode, as the external decoder determines
the processing in use. In addition, there is no
signal at the record outputs or bass manage-
ment when the 6-Channel or 8-Channel Direct
Input is in use and the tone or balance controls
will not function.
Controls and Use of Headphones
• Adjust the volume to a comfortable level using
the front panel Volume Control
ı
or remote
Volume Up/Down
d
F buttons.
• To temporarily silence all speaker outputs
press the Mute button
c
G.This will inter-
rupt the output to all speakers and the head-
phone jack, but it will not affect any recording or
dubbing that may be in progress. When the sys-
tem is muted, the word
MUTEwill blink in the
Main Information Display
Ò
. Press the
Mute button
c
G again to return to normal
operation.
• To set the output of the AVR so that the out-
put is “flat,” with the tone and balance controls
de-activated, press the Tone Mode button
8
once or twice so that the words ToneOff
appear momentarily in the Main Information
Display
Ò
.To return the tone controls to an
active condition, press the Tone Mode
8
but-
ton once or twice so that the words
ToneIn
momentarily appear in the Main Information
Display
Ò
.
• For private listening, plug the 6.3 mm stereo
phone plug from a pair of stereo headphones
into the front panel Headphone Jack
4
. Note
that when the headphone’s plug is connected,
the word
DOLBYH:BP will scroll once
across the Main Information Display
Ò
and
all speakers will be silenced. When the head-
phone plug is removed, the audio feed to the
speakers will be restored.
• When the headphones are in use, you may
take advantage of the Dolby Headphone modes
to bring added spaciousness to headphone lis-
tening. Press the Dolby Mode Select Button
M
or the Surround Mode Group Selector
5
to cycle through the three Dolby Headphone
modes to select the one that you prefer.
Surround Mode Selection
One of the most important features of the
AVR 347 is its ability to reproduce a full multi-
channel surround sound field from digital
sources, analog matrix surround encoded
programs and standard stereo or even mono
programs.
Selection of a surround mode is based on per-
sonal taste, as well as the type of program
source material being used. For example, CDs,
motion pictures or TV programs bearing the logo
of one of the major surround-encoding process-
es, such as Dolby Surround should be played in
either the Dolby Pro Logic II or IIx Movie (with
movies) or Music (with music) surround mode,
with any DTS NEO:6 mode or with Harman
Kardon´s exclusive Logic 7 Movie Mode, to cre-
ate a full range 5.1 channel or (with Logic 7 and
DTS NEO:6) even 7.1 channel surround signal
from surround encoded programs, with a stereo-
phonic left and right rear signal, just as it was
recorded (e.g. sound being recorded from left
rear side will be heard from that side only, for
more details see chart on page 37-38).
Note that when Dolby Digital 2.0 signals (e.g.
"D.D. 2.0" tracks from DVD), that are encoded
with Dolby Pro Logic information, are received
via any digital input, the Dolby Pro Logic II
Movie mode will be selected automatically (in
addition to the Dolby Digital mode) and will
decode a full range 5.1 channel surround sound
even from those recordings (see also "Dolby
Digital" on page 41).
To create wide, enveloping sound field environ-
ments and defined pans and flyovers with all
analog stereo recordings select the Dolby Pro
Logic II Music or Emulation mode or Harman
Kardon’s exclusive Logic 7 Music mode for a
dramatic improvement in comparison to the
Dolby Pro Logic (I) mode of former times.
NOTE: Once a program has been encoded with
matrix surround information, it retains the sur-
round information as long as the program is
broadcast in stereo. Thus, movies with surround
sound may be decoded via any of the analog sur-
round modes such as Pro Logic II or IIx Cinema,
Logic 7 Cinema or DTS Neo:6 Cinema, when they
are broadcast via conventional TV stations, cable,
pay-TV and satellite transmission. In addition, a
growing number of made-for-television programs,
sports broadcasts, radio dramas and music CDs
are also recorded in surround sound.You may
view a list of these programs at the
Dolby Laboratories Web site at www.dolby.com
Even when a program is not listed as carrying
intentional surround information, you may find
that the Dolby Pro Logic II or IIx Music, DTS
NEO:6 Music or Logic 7 Music or Enhanced
modes often deliver enveloping surround presen-
tations through the use of the natural surround
information present in all stereo recordings.
However, for stereo programs without any
surround information the Theater, Hall and 5/7CH
Stereo modes should be tried (effective particular-
ly with old ”extreme” stereo recordings) and for
mono programs, we suggest that you try the
Theater or Hall modes.And when you use only
two front channel speakers you should select any
of the Dolby Virtual Speaker surround modes,
delivering a virtually three dimensional sound
space with two speakers only.
Surround modes are selected using either the
front panel controls or the remote. To select a
new surround mode from the front panel, first
press the Surround Mode Group Selector
Button
5
until the desired major surround
mode group such as Dolby, DTS or Logic 7 is
selected. Next, press the Surround Mode
Selector Button
9
to choose the specific
individual surround mode.