User manual HARMAN KARDON TL8500

[. . . ] 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 TL8500 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 TL8500 is truly a multichannel system for the new millennium. The TL8500 has been engineered so that it is easy to take advantage of all the power of its digital technology. [. . . ] 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 any of the Dolby Virtual Speaker modes, all stereo signals on a DVD are forced any of the Dolby Virtual Speaker modes into virtual surround for surround playback with only two loudspeakers. The Audio Adjustment Submenu contains the access to the output level adjustment settings of the TL8500. Follow the explanations in the Upper Menu Line on the bottom of your screen to make adjustments. Output level adjustment Output level adjustment is a key part of the configuration process for any surround sound product. The default settings of the DVD player is 0 dB for all channels. As soon as you select progressive scan the scan type, the Video Output will automatically change to Component. All other outputs, composite video on cinch, SCART and S-Video, will be kept Interlaced. The interlaced composite and S-Video outputs remain active for connection to a second (interlaced) video display. Video Output: Sets the video output type to Scart or Component. Component will be used for most LCD, Plasma and projectors. Scart Output: Selects which kind of video output signals will be routed over the scart. RGB will be used for most TV's as it provides the best picture quality. Video Resolution: Selects the resolution of the video output. When the HS system is connected to either one of the Composite, S-Video or SCART connectors, this setting should be left in Standard. When you connect your HS system via a digital HDMI or Component Video connection, the preferred setting is either 720p (progressive scan with 720 lines) or 1080i (interlaced with 1080 lines). If you select any of the 720p or 1080i high resolution formats, all analog video outputs (Composite, S-Video and Scart) will become temporarily in-active. [. . . ] 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. [. . . ]