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. [. . . ] 7 is pointing to BACK and press the ENTER Button 6. At this point, exit all menus and turn the receiver off. Check all speaker wire connections and then rerun EzSet/EQ. When the Far Field tests are complete a message screen will appear to confirm if the procedure was successful or not. In most cases there will not be any problems and you will see the message shown in Figure 6d on your screen. If the speaker positions shown match the actual speaker layout in your system select NEXT and, press the ENTER Button 6 to complete EzSet/EQ by performing the Near Field Measurements from the front left, center, front right and surround left and right speakers. By taking this separate set of measurements, the HS 350 is able to complete its view of the room's sonic signature and apply equalization as needed to correct spikes and dips in the system's Figure 6d Step 7a. If the measurements are not successful due to a missing or malfunctioning speaker, the message will appear as shown in Figure 6e. EzSet/EQ is programmed to look for speaker pairs at the front left/front right, surround left/surround right and surround back left/surround back right positions. If the test results indicate that one, but not both of the speakers in any of these pairs is present, the menu will show NO next to the speaker position where the tests did not report back that a speaker is present. Should this message appear, make note of the suspect speaker location, exit all menus and turn the receiver off. Check all speaker wire connections and then rerun EzSet/EQ until all speakers are detected successfully. Figure 6a Step 5: The first two screens of the EzSet/EQ system will now appear to remind you to connect all the loudspeakers and to plug in the microphone. If you have not already done so, connect all loudspeakers and plug the microphone into the Headphone Jack 4 as described in steps 2 and 3. When you are ready to proceed, make certain that the cursor is pointing to NEXT and press the Enter Button 6. If you do not wish to continue with the EzSet/EQ process, press the </> Navigation Buttons 9 to highlight BACK and then press the ENTER Button 6 to return to the MASTER MENU. Note that if you attempt to move to the next menu without plugging in the microphone, a reminder message will flash at the bottom of the screen. Figure 6e Step 8. When the Far Field measurements are completed, the system will ask you to take Near Field measurements, one at each five speaker position. These measurements enable EzSet/EQ to produce the most accurate settings for both high and low frequency equalization. The Near Field measurements are similar to the Far Field tests, except that the system will "listen" to only one speaker at a time, rather than sending the test signals to all speakers in rotation. Figure 6b IMPORTANT NOTE: Anyone with hearing that is sensitive to loud noises should leave the room at this point, or use ear protection sufficient to reduce the noise level. Inexpensive foam-style ear plugs, available at most drug stores, may be used to reduce the sound level to a tolerable level. If you are uncomfortable with, or cannot tolerate, loud sounds and do not use some sort of ear protection, we strongly recommend that you leave the room and ask someone else to run the EzSet/EQ process, or that you do not use EzSet/EQ and enter the configuration settings manually, as described on page 21. Figure 6f Step 9. During the Near Field testing, (Figure 6f), you will see an instruction to place the microphone in a different position than the one used for the initial Far Field measurements. [. . . ] 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. [. . . ]