User manual HARMAN KARDON AVR 760

[. . . ] AVR 760 AVR 660 AUDIO/VIDEO RECEIVER OWNER'S MANUAL ­ Advanced Functions SAFETY INFORMATION Important Safety InStructIonS 1. Install in accordance with the manufacturer's instructions. Do not install near any heat sources such as radiators, heat registers, stoves or other apparatus (including amplifiers) that produce heat. Do not defeat the safety purpose of the polarized or grounding-type plug. [. . . ] Use the M N Buttons to change each setting's value. Figure 34 ­ Advanced Video Modes Menu 9 ADVANCED FuNCTIONS Noise Reduction: Adjust this setting to Low, Medium or High to filter out signal noise, or turn it off. MPEG Noise Reduction: This setting is designed to address two specific types of video distortion, mosquito noise and blocking artifacts. If you see haziness or shimmering around the edges of objects or the scrolling credits in a film, or if the image appears to "pixellate" into blocks, change the MPEG Noise Reduction setting from Off to Low, Medium or High. Cross Color Suppressor: Turn this setting on to remove cross color artifacts, which can occur when high-frequency luminance (brightness) signals are misinterpreted as chroma (color) signals, causing unwanted flickering, flashing colors or rainbow patterns. Flesh Tone Enhancement: Turn this setting on to improve the appearance of actors' skin tones. Black Level: This setting is only effective when used with the Composite Video Output. Turn it on for a full black-level setting that provides the full dynamic range of black as presented on most DVDs. When turned off, the setting complies with NTSC standards for video with "setup", and may be more appropriate when your video display has limited video processing capability. Deinterlacing: For historical reasons, video in the NTSC format was interlaced. That is, each refresh of the television screen displayed only half the pixels in a frame, alternating between all of the even rows of pixels and all of the odd rows. Modern displays are capable of displaying the complete frame all at once by progressively scanning all of the rows of pixels from top to bottom. For optimal viewing on a progressive-scan display (most flat-panel displays), the video images must be deinterlaced. When viewing images via the Composite or S-Video Monitor Output, or any time the AVR's video output resolution is 576i, this setting may be turned off. Film Mode Detect: This setting is only accessible when the Deinterlacing setting is turned on. It compensates for the different frame rates in which film and video are shot. Film is shot at a rate of 24 frames per second (progressive scan), while video is shot at slightly less than 60 frames per second (interlaced). The AVR is able to detect whether the program was originally shot on film and transferred to video (e. g. , to create a DVD), and to compensate appropriately for any authoring errors in the conversion. Select a setting of 3:2 (for NTSC materials), 2:2 (for PAL materials originating overseas), Off or Auto. With a color bar test pattern from a test disc or other source on screen, the following adjustments may be made: · The color intensity setting on your TV. · Color adjustments using the color bars, which may be (left to right) black, white, yellow, cyan (turquoise), green, magenta, red, blue, black. · The color transition, seen as sharp separation of the bars. · The performance of the color circuits in your TV (with "Video" signals); bar edges should show no vertical crawling dots. [. . . ] Depending on the number of speakers in your system, select 3-, 5- or 6-channel modes, enhanced for movie or video presentations. · · · · · · · · DTS 2/2/. 0 or . 1, 3/2/. 0 or . 1 DTS 96/24 Analog (2-channel) PCM (32kHz, 44. 1kHz or 48kHz) DTS 2/2/. 0 or . 1, 3/2/. 0 or . 1 DTS 96/24 Analog (2-channel) PCM (32kHz, 44. 1kHz or 48kHz) DTS Neo:6 Music Available only in 5- and 6-channel modes, creates a surround presentation suitable for music recordings. Logic 7 Mode Group See below A Harman International proprietary technology, Logic 7 technology enhances 2-channel and matrix-encoded recordings by deriving separate information for the surround back channels. This provides more accurate placement of sound, improves panning and expands the sound field, even when used with 5. 1-channel systems. Logic 7 technology uses 96kHz processing, and is available in 5. 1-or 7. 1-channel modes. [. . . ]