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SYSTEM CONFIGURATION 21
System Configuration
button
D
to access the AUDIOSETUP and
press Set
F
to select the SURROUND
SETUP
menu. Press Set
F
to select the
DOLBYmenu (see fig. 7).
Figure 7
To adjust the Night mode setting, make certain
that the
➞ cursor is on the NIGHTline of the
DOLBYmenu. Next, press
‹
/
›
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-RANGE followed by the current setting
(
MID, MAX, OFF) will appear in the lower
third of the video screen and in the Main In-
formation Display
˜
. Press the
⁄
/
¤
buttons
D
within five seconds to select the desired set-
ting, 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 235 allows you to upsample the incoming
48kHz signals to 96kHz for added resolution.
To take advantage of this feature, press the
⁄/¤ Navigation Button n so that the ➞
cursor is next to the UPSAMPLING line and
press 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 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
˜
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 surround mode. See page 26 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 pro-
cessing to create fully enveloping, multichannel
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.
On the
DSP (SURR) menu, the selection
choices made with the
‹
/
›
Buttons
Ea
on
the remote select one of the DSP surround modes
that are designed for use with two-channel
stereo programs to create a variety of sound field
presentations. The choices available are Hall 1,
Hall 2,Theater,VMAx Near and VMAx Far.The
Hall and Theater modes are designed for multi-
channel installations, while the two VMAx modes
are optimized for use in delivering a full surround
field when only the front left and front right
speakers are installed. See pages 25 for a com-
plete explanation of the DSP surround modes.
Note that the Hall and Theater modes are not
available when a Dolby Digital or DTS soundtrack
is played.
On the
STEREO menu, the selection choices
made with the
‹
/
›
Buttons
Ea
on the
remote may either turn the surround processing
off for a traditional two-channel stereo presenta-
tion, or select
5 CH Stereo
or
7CH
Stereo
depending on whether the 5.1 or
6.1/7.1 output is in use. The latter modes feed
the stereophonic input signal to both front speak-
ers, to the rear speakers and to both surround
back speakers (if in use), while the monophonic
signal parts are spread over all speakers, also the
Center. See page 26-27 for a complete explana-
tion of the 5 CH Stereo and 7 CH Stereo modes.
After the selections are made in the Dolby, DTS,
Logic 7, DSP (Surround) or Stereo menus, press
the
⁄
/
¤
buttons
D
so that the cursor moves
to the
BACK TO SURRSELECT line and
presss the Set Button
F
.
After one input has been adjusted for analog or
digital input, speaker type and surround mode,
return to the
INPUTSETUP line on the
MASTERmenu and enter the settings for each
input that you will use. In most cases, only the
digital input and surround mode may be different
from one input to the next, while the speaker
type will usually be the same (inputs set to
GLOBAL). But if prefered you can also select
different speaker types or turn speakers on or off
individually for each input in use.
Configuring the Surround Off
(Stereo) Modes
For superior reproduction of two-channel pro-
gram materials, the AVR offers two Stereo modes:
an analog Stereo-Direct mode that bypasses the
digital signal processing circuitry for a completely
analog signal path that preserves the purity of
the original signal, and a digital mode that is
capable of providing bass management for opti-
mal distribution of the low frequencies between
smaller speakers and a subwoofer.
Stereo-Direct (Bypass) Mode
When the analog Stereo-Direct mode is selected
by pressing the Stereo Mode Selector
S
until SURROUNDOFF appears in the Main
Information Display
˜
and the Surround
Mode Indicator
(
for Surround Off is lit, the
AVR will pass the analog source material directly
through to the front left and right speakers,
bypassing the digital processing circuitry.
In this mode, the front left and right speakers will
automatically be configured as
LARGE; it is not
possible to configure these speakers as
SMALL.
When the AVR is in the Stereo Bypass mode you
may still configure the subwoofer output so that
it is either turned off, with a full-range signal
going to the front left/right speakers, or you may
configure it so that the subwoofer feed is
activated.
* DOLBY SURROUND *
MODE:DOLBY DIGITAL
CENTER WIDTH:----
DIMENSION :----
PANORAMA :----
NIGHT :OFF
UPSAMPLING :-----
BACK TO SURROUND SELECT