User manual HARMAN KARDON PC200 OWNERS GUIDE

[. . . ] Whether the text appears in all uppercase or upper- and lowercase characters, performance and operation remain the same. 2 TABLE OF CONTENTS Introduction Thank you for choosing Harman Kardon!With the purchase of a Harman Kardon PC200 you are about to begin many years of listening enjoyment. Designed to provide all the excitement and detail of movie soundtracks and every nuance of musical selections using only one pair of stereo loudspeakers and a subwoofer, the PC200 is truly a multichannel system for the new millennium. The PC200 has been engineered so that it is easy to take advantage of all the power of its digital technology. [. . . ] Disc Recognition: When set to on, the next time a disc is inserted, the HS will show a "Disc Recognized" message, with the question if you would like to play the disc from the beginning or would like to resume from where you last stopped the disc. The memory can contain information of the last 100 discs played. PBC Support: Activates PBC (Play Back Control) Support for VCD discs. Screen Saver: Activates a Screen Saver to prevent image "burn" in a video display device. If you connect the HS Controller to a plasma screen or video projector, we recommend you activate the screen saver at all times. Show Angle Icon: Determines whether the Angle Icon will appear on the screen when there are different angles available on a DVD disc. Dynamic Range: This setting allows you to take advantage of the programming present on some Dolby Digital recordings to reduce the volume of louder passages while maintaining intelligibility of quieter passages. This means that you may listen to programs at a level that allows the full impact of a soundtrack to be heard at a volume that is lower than you might otherwise use to avoid disturbing others. The PC200 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. In most cases, the "automatic" mode is your best choice, as it senses whether the disc being played was originally recorded on video or shot on film. However, in some cases you may wish to compensate for errors in the disc authoring that occur when the frame rate is not properly maintained when films are converted to video. Three choices are available: · Auto: This is the recommended setting, as it lets the HS System analyze the signals from the DVD and adjust the output accordingly. · Movie: Choose this option for optimal playback of material that was shot on film, even though you are viewing it on video via a DVD. · Video: Choose this option for optimal playback of material that was shot directly to video, such as concerts and sports programming. The Video Setting Submenu contains the following settings. Follow the explanations in the Upper Menu Line on the bottom of your screen to change the settings. Aspect Ratio: This step selects the TV aspect ratio, conventional screen shape (4:3) or widescreen (16:9), according to your TV. If you have a conventional 4:3 TV that can (automatically) switch to show a 16:9 format, you should select 16:9 rather than 4:3. TV Standard: Sets the output video format i. e. If you have a multi standard TV, we recommend the AUTO setting for optimal picture quality. [. . . ] 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. [. . . ]