SYSTEM CONFIGURATION
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Figure 5
To adjust the Night mode setting, make certain
that the
➞
cursor is on the
NIGHT
line of the
DOLBY
menu. Next, press
‹
/
›
Buttons
E
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 direct-
ly 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
Ò
. 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 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
E
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
DTS
menu, the selection choices made
with the
‹
/
›
Buttons
E
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
E
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 choices. These
include DTS Neo:6 3-channel Cinema mode (rec-
ommended when front left, right and center
speakers are present but no surround speakers
are available), DTS Neo:6 5-channel Cinema
mode (recommended for movies or television),
DTS Neo:6 5-channel Music mode (optimized for
music-only materials), and DTS Neo:6 6-channel
Cinema and Music modes (available when the
Surround Back speaker channels are configured
as either
LARGE
or
SMALL
, as described on
page 21).
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 surround mode. When a DTS 96/24
signal is detected, the AVR 140 defaults to the
DTS surround mode, but reproduces the higher-
resolution materials that are present due to the
higher sampling rate automatically. See page 26
and 27 for a complete explanation of the DTS
modes.
On the
LOGIC 7
menu, the selection choices
made with the
‹
/
›
Buttons
E
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
E
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 pre-
sentations. The choices available are Hall 1, Hall
2, Theater, VMAx Near and VMAx Far. The Hall
and Theater modes are designed for multichannel
installations, while the two VMAx modes are opti-
mized for use in delivering a full surround field
when only the front left and front right speakers
are installed. See pages 27 for a complete expla-
nation 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
E
on the
remote may either turn the surround processing
off for a traditional two-channel stereo presenta-
tion, or select
5 C H Stereo
or
7 C H
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 speakers,
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
SURR SELECT
line and
presss the
Set Button
F
.
Configuring the Surround Off
(Stereo) Modes
For superior reproduction of two-channel program
materials, the AVR offers two Stereo modes: an
analog Stereo-Direct mode that bypasses the digi-
tal 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 optimal distri-
bution 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
until
SURROUND OFF
appears in the
Main
Information Display
Ò
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
* D O L B Y S U R R O U N D *
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