User manual HARMAN KARDON HS 300

[. . . ] HS 300 Home Cinema System OWNER'S MANUAL 300 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) 17 Slow Motion Playback (with DVD only) 17 About DivX Movie Files 17 Surround Mode Radio Menu 23 Rearranging the station list 23 Selecting presets 23 Removing presets 23 Auto Preset function 24 RDS Station ID 24 Surround Mode for Tuner TV Menu, AUX Menu, Digital In Menu 24 TV Menu 24 AUX Menu 24 Digital Menu 25 Surround Mode Chart USB Menu 25 USB Menu Remote Control 26 Learning Codes from a Remote 26 Erasing Learned Codes 26 Macro Programming DVD Languages Codes 27 Languages Codes Troubleshooting 28 Troubleshooting Glossary 30 Glossary Specifications 31 Specifications Declaration of Conformity 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. 03/07 System Setup 18 System Defaults 18 Setup Menu 18 System Settings 18 Display Language 18 Preferred Subtitle Language 18 Panel Time-Out 19 Status Bar Time-Out 19 Parental Control 19 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 Delay 19 Output Level Adjustment 20 Video Settings 20 Aspect Ratio 20 TV Standard 20 Scan Type 20 Video Output 20 Scart Output 20 Video Mode 20 Video Resolution 20 Video Adjustment Test Screen 21 Test Screen 21 TV Picture Adjustment with Test Screen Player Menu 22 Using the Status Bar Menu 22 Player Menu 22 Information Displays 22 Programmed Play 2 TABLE OF CONTENTS 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. [. . . ] The HS 300 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. Delay Unit: This setting sets the measuring unit for Delay in either Feet or Meter. Tone Control: Activates or De-activates the Bass and Treble settings. Once either the Bass or Treble Settings are changed, the Tone Control automatically switches to ON. Bass Level: Sets the level of low frequencies. Treble Level: Sets the level of high frequencies. DVD Sound Mode: Sets the audio format of the DVD-disc playing (for other sources, see Surround Mode in each respective chapter). Once set to stereo, every surround format on a DVD will be converted to a pure stereo signal. Once set to DPLII, all stereo signals on a DVD are forced into 5. 1. , leaving all multichannel signals in their original format. Original will follow the surround format on the disc. ENGLISH The Audio Adjustment Submenu contains the access to the speaker delay and the output level adjustment settings of the HS 300. Follow the explanations in the Upper Menu Line on the bottom of your screen to make adjustments. Delay Due to the different distances between the listening position for the front channel speakers and the surround speakers, the amount of time it takes for sound to reach your ears from the front or surround speakers is different. You may compensate for this difference through the use of the delay settings to adjust the timing for the specific speaker placement and acoustic conditions in your listening room or home theater. Measure the distance from the listening position to each of the individual loudspeakers. Once done, select per loudspeaker the distance that is closest to the one measured. Output level adjustment Output level adjustment is a key part of the configuration process for any surround sound product. NOTE: Listeners are often confused about the operation of the surround channels. [. . . ] The picture data is compressed to about 1/40 of its original size. The DVD also uses the variable rate coding technology that changes the data to be allocated according to the status of the picture. The audio data is recorded in Dolby Digital, DTS and/or PCM, allowing you to enjoy more natural audio presence. Furthermore, various advanced functions such as multi-angle, multilingual, and subtitles may be provided with the DVD. [. . . ]