User manual HARMAN KARDON PC13

[. . . ] Designed to provide all the excitement and detail of movie soundtracks and every nuance of musical selections, the PC13 is truly a multichannel system for the new millennium. The PC13 has been engineered so that it is easy to take advantage of all the power of its digital technology. To obtain the maximum enjoyment from your new system, we urge you to read this manual. A few minutes spent learning the functions of the various controls will enable you to take advantage of all the power the HS is able to deliver. [. . . ] Although each Menu has various Submenus and Settings, they are all navigated in the same way. All submenus, settings and options can be accessed with the help of the ARROW (KLNM 9) and ENTER 6 buttons on the remote control. To change a setting, simply move the cursor to the setting you wish to change. This setting will be highlighted in light blue, and a brief explanation will appear in the Upper Menu Line on the bottom of your screen, together with the available options for this setting on the Lower Menu Line. Move the ARROW M / N 9 buttons to the requested option for this setting. Press ENTER 6 to activate the new setting. (A) (C) Current Settings (D) Upper Menu Line with Brief Explanation (E) Lower Menu Line with Possible Options Set Up Menu The first step in checking or changing the system defaults is to access the Setup Menu. First, make certain that the HS Controller is properly connected to a video display, and that power is connected. For this process, however, you do not need to load a disc into the unit. During STOP, PAUSE or PLAY mode, if you press OSD on the remote, the Main Menu appears on the screen. This Main Menu and all menus in the following section may look different, listing the settings with different languages, depending on the settings made previously. With the factory default setting all languages are set to "English", that´s why with all menus the English version is shown in the manual. You can also set the preferred subtitle language to OFF. In that case no subtitles will be shown. Panel Time-Out: Sets the time-out interval for the Front Panel Information Display. After the selected time, the display will dim completely. (A) Main Menu Line (B) Submenus 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. Preferred Audio Language: Defines your preferred audio language. 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 typing a 4-digit code found in the code list on page 21. SYSTEM SETUP 15 ENGLISH System Setup Dynamic Range: This setting enables Dolby Digital recordings to be played back with full dialogue intelligibility while reducing peak levels. This smooth level compression prevents abrupt loud transitions from disturbing others without reducing the impact of the digital source perceptibly. 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. [. . . ] DVD A disc that contains up to 8 hours of moving pictures even though its diameter is the same as a CD. The data capacity of a single-layer and single-sided DVD, at 4. 7 GB (Giga Byte), is 7 times that of a CD. Furthermore, the data capacity of a dual-layer and single-sided DVD is 8. 5 GB, a single-layer and double-sided DVD 9. 4 GB, and a dual-layer and double-sided DVD 17 GB. The picture data uses the MPEG 2 format, one of the worldwide standards of digital compression technology. [. . . ]