User manual HARMAN KARDON HS 350

[. . . ] HS 350 Home Cinema System OWNER'S MANUAL ENGLISH Table of Contents Page 3 Introduction 4 Safety Information 4 Unpacking 5 Terminology 6 Features 7 Front Panel Controls 8 Front Panel Display 9 Rear Panel Connections 11 Remote Control 13 Basic Information 13 About This Manual 13 Regional Coding System Connection 14 Installation and Connections 14 Audio Connections 14 Video Connections 15 Optional Audio Connections 15 Speaker Placement 16 Connecting AC Power 16 First Turn On Playback Basics 16 Basic Playback 16 Disc Playback Features 16 Skipping tracks or titles/chapters 16 Fast Motion Playback/Fast Search 16 Freeze Frame and Frame Advance (with DVD only) 24 Information Displays 24 Programmed Play 24 Radio Menu 25 Rearranging the station list 25 Selecting presets 25 Removing presets 25 Auto Preset function 25 RDS Station ID 25 Surround Mode for Tuner TV Menu, AUX Menu, Digital In Menu 26 TV Menu 26 AUX Menu 26 Digital Menu 27 Surround Mode Chart USB Menu 27 USB Menu Remote Control 29 Learning Codes from a Remote 29 Erasing Learned Codes 29 Macro Programming DVD Language Codes 31 Language Codes Troubleshooting 32 Troubleshooting Glossary 34 Glossary Specifications 35 Specifications Declaration of Conformity 17 Slow Motion Playback (with DVD only) 17 About DivX Movie Files 17 Surround Mode System Setup 18 System Defaults 18 Setup Menu 18 System Settings 18 Display Language 18 Preferred Subtitle Language 18 Panel Time-Out 18 Status Bar Time-Out 18 Parental Control 18 Disc Recognition 19 PBC Support 19 Screen Saver 19 Show Angle Icon 19 Audio Settings 19 Preferred Audio Language 19 Dynamic Range 19 Delay Unit 19 Tone Control 19 Bass Level 19 Treble Level 19 DVD Sound Mode 19 Audio Adjustment 19 Automated Speaker Setup Using EzSet/EQ 21 Manual Setup 21 Delay 21 Output Level Adjustment 21 Video Settings 21 Aspect Ratio 21 TV Standard 21 Scan Type 21 Video Output 21 Scart Output 21 Video Mode 21 Video Resolution 21 Video Adjustment Test Screen 23 Test Screen 23 TV Picture Adjustment with Test Screen Player/Radio Menu 24 Using the Status Bar Menu 24 Player Menu 2 TABLE OF CONTENTS We, Harman Consumer Group, Inc. 2, route de Tours 72500 Château-du-Loir, FRANCE declare in own responsibility, that the product described in this owner's manual is in compliance with technical standards: EN 55013:2001 + A1:2003 EN 55020:2002 + A1:2003 EN 61000-3-2:2000 EN 61000-3-3:1995 + A1:2001 EN 60065:2002 Jurjen Amsterdam Harman Consumer Group, Inc. 12/08 Typographical Conventions In order to help you use this manual with the remote control, front-panel controls and rear-panel connections, certain conventions have been used. EXAMPLE ­ (bold type) indicates a specific remote control or front-panel button, or rear-panel connection jack EXAMPLE ­ (OCR type) indicates a message that is visible on the front-panel information display 0 ­ (number in a square) indicates a specific front-panel control 0 ­ (number in a circle) indicates a rear-panel connection 0 ­ (number in an oval) indicates a button or indicator on the remote A ­ (letter in a square) indicates an indicator on the front panel display The appearance of the text or cursor for your receiver's on-screen menus may vary slightly from the illustrations in this manual. [. . . ] ENGLISH Audio Settings Figure 4 The Audio Setting Submenu contains the following settings. Follow the explanations in the Upper Menu Line on the bottom of your screen to change the settings. Every time a disc is played that contains this audio language, it will be activated automatically. If you do not find your preferred language in the list of options, you can select your preferred language by selecting OTHER, and than typing a 4-digit code found in the code list on page 31. Dynamic Range: This setting allows you to take advantage of the programming present on some Dolby Digital recordings to reduce the volume of louder passages while maintaining intelligibility of quieter passages. This means that you may listen to programs at a level that allows the full impact of a soundtrack to be heard at a volume that is lower than you might otherwise use to avoid disturbing others. The HS 350 accomplishes this by compressing the audio to a greater or lesser degree, depending on which setting you choose. Three options are available: · MINIMUM does not make any changes to the original playback, and should be used when the volume setting in the listening room may be as loud as you desire. · MEDIUM applies a moderate amount of compression so that louder passages are a little bit quieter. · MAXIMUM applies more compression so that louder passages are much softer. Feel free to experiment with the settings at any time. Audio Adjustment Figure 6 Step 4: Once the microphone is properly positioned and plugged in, first select the AUX input by pressing the OSD Button 8, followed by moving the M/N Navigation Buttons 9 until SYSTEM SETUP 19 System Setup the AUX input is highlighted in dark blue. Next proceed to the SET-UP menu, and move the cursor to the Audio Adjustments line. Next, press the M/N Navigation Buttons 9 to move the on-screen cursor to the EZSET/EQ SETUP menu line. At this point you will begin to hear a series of test tones circulate among all the speakers in your system. While this is happening, the HS 350 is reading the signal to determine which speaker positions are active, what type of speaker is present at each active position, what the distance is from the listening position to each speaker, and to begin to build a profile of the impact of the room's acoustics on the quality of audio reproduction. When the test is completed you will hear the tones stop, and the system will pause for as long as a minute while the processor makes its calculations. Do not be alarmed if the "WARNING" message remains on the screen after tones stop until a results message is displayed as shown in Step 6 or 7, below. NOTE: While these tests detect whether a speaker is connected to a particular output, they cannot determine whether the speaker is in the correct position. (For example, it can tell whether a speaker is connected to the Surround Right output, but it cannot tell whether the speaker is on the right or left side of your listening room. ) For that reason, we strongly recommend that you try to listen as the tone circulates, around you, starting at the left front, right front, center, and finishing at the left surround and right surround. If a tone is heard from a speaker position that does not match this order, make a note of the incorrect speaker connections. When the test process stops you will see a message indicating the Far Field measurements are complete, but since there is a connection error press the ¤ Navigation Button 9 so that the on-screen cursor in Fig. When the Far Field tests are complete a message screen will appear to confirm if the procedure was successful or not. [. . . ] The rear channels are stereo and there is a discrete subwoofer channel in this format. Good channel separation is realized, because all channels are recorded discretely and processed digitally. "DTS" and "DTS Digital Surround" are trademarks of Digital Theater Systems, Inc. MPEG AUDIO International standard coding system to compress audio digital signals authorized by ISO/IEC. [. . . ]