Harman-Kardon AVR 445 - Manual (Page 26)

26 SYSTEM CONFIGURATION
System Configuration
Surround Setup
The next step for that input is to set the surround
mode you wish to use with that input. Since
surround modes are a matter of personal taste,
feel free to select any mode you wish – you may
change it later. The Surround Mode chart on page
36 may help you select the mode best suited to
the input source selected. For example you may
select Dolby Pro Logic II or Logic 7 for most
analog inputs and Dolby Digital for inputs
connected to digital sources. In the case of inputs
such as a CD Player, Tape Deck or Tuner, you may
wish to set the mode to Stereo, if that is your
preferred listening mode for standard stereo
sources, where it is unlikely that surround encod-
ed material will be used. Alternatively, the 5
Channel Stereo or Logic 7 Music mode may also
be a good choice for stereo-only source material.
It is easiest to complete the surround setup using
the full-OSD on-screen menus. From the
MASTER menu (Figure 7), press the ⁄ / ¤
buttons EF until the ➞ cursor is next to the
SURROUND SELECT menu. Press the Set
Button FQ so that the
SURROUND
SELECT menu (Figure 13) is on the screen.
Figure 13
The first line on the menu allows you to select
the input for which the specific surround settings
will be applied. Press the
‹ / › Navigation
Buttons EF to select the input source to
be configured.
The AUDIO IN-PORT and AUDIO I N
lines are for display only and may not be
changed through the
SURROUND SETUP
menu. The AUDIO IN-PORT displays the
physical connection source for the current active
input, and the
AUDIO I N line shows the
signal type present. Note that an UNLOCK
message in the AUDIO I N line indicates that
a digital physical input source has been selected,
but that no data stream is present.
When the input selection has been made, press
the
⁄ / ¤ Navigation Button EF to move
to the next configuration line.
The ADC SAMPLING line is where you
determine whether the unit’s upsampling feature
is turned on or off. The default setting of 48kHz
puts the feature in a bypass, or “off,” mode and
will pass digital audio data through the DSP at
its native sample rate. To process incoming
44.1kHz signals at a higher resolution,
upsampled 96kHz sample rate, press the ‹ / ›
Navigation Buttons EF once so that
96kHz is highlighted.
When the desired setting has been made, or if no
adjustment is required at this line, press the
⁄ / ¤ Navigation Button EF to move to
the next configuration line.
The SURR MODE and SELECT lines are
related, as they guide you to the choice of the
surround mode that will be activated whenever
the input being configured is selected.
At the SURR MODE line, press the ‹ / ›
Navigation Buttons EF to select the
surround mode group (such as Dolby modes, DTS
modes, Logic 7 modes, and DSP or Stereo modes)
that is applicable to the input source. After
making a selection, press the
⁄ / ¤ Navigation
Button EF to move to the
SELECT line.
At the SELECT line, you are able to choose
the specific mode to be used from within the
major surround mode group. The choice of modes
is governed by the input type (as some modes
such as Dolby Digital or DTS-ES are not available
for analog sources), as well as by the speaker
configuration, since some modes are only
available when a full 7.1 speaker complement is
present. The full list of available modes is
detailed in the surround mode chart on page 36.
In addition, you may also use the settings in the
SURROUND CONFIG menus to delete
modes you do not normally use from the
available choices.
When both a surround mode group and a
specific surround mode have been selected, press
the
⁄ / ¤ Navigation Button EF to move
to the next configuration line.
The DEFAULT SURR mode line is where you
choose the mode that is activated when a digital
source is selected. The factory default setting of
LAST will activate the last-used mode for any
digital source. If you prefer to always have a
digital source switch to the specific mode
encoded by digital data flags in the incoming
audio data stream, press the
‹ / › Navigation
Buttons EF so that
ORIGINAL
appears.
Before proceeding to the SURROUND
CONFIG line, it is worth noting that the
settings in the submenus attached to that line
may require a considerable amount of time to
complete. Although they are useful in that they
allow you to customize the list of surround
modes that appear in normal use of the AVR, you
may wish to bypass those settings at this time so
that you may complete the configuration process.
You may return to this menu line at a later time,
once you have had a chance to listen to the
various surround modes and determine which
you want to “keep” and which you do not want
to use. The settings in this line are not primary
controls and do not impact the way the AVR
“sounds.”
To proceed to the SURROUND CONFIG
line, press the ⁄ / ¤ Navigation Button
EF to move to that line; otherwise, press it
again to move to the
DOLBY SURR
SETUP line and skip to the instructions for
that setting.
The SURROUND CONFIG line is your
gateway to a broad range of surround mode
configurations. To continue, press the Set
Button
FQ to go to the main
SURROUND CONFIG menu (Figure 14).
Figure 14
The LOGIC 7 GLOBAL line is the only item
on this menu page that is menu-specific, and it
allows you to select whether or not Logic 7 will
be the default surround mode for any incoming
audio signal. The default setting is
OFF , which
chooses the native mode. Press the ‹ / ›
Navigation Buttons EF so that
O N
appears, to activate the global Logic 7 setting for
this input.
The remaining five items in this menu are global
settings that take you to a submenu listing the
individual surround modes available within the
selected mode group. To select a surround mode
list, press the
⁄ / ¤ Navigation Button
EF until the on-screen cursor is pointing to
the desired mode, and then press the Set
Button
FQ. Within each menu, press the
⁄ / ¤ Navigation Button EF to move the
cursor up and down through the list, and then
press the
‹ / › Navigation Buttons EF to
turn the mode “ON” or “OFF.”
• When a mode is O N , the mode will appear in
all menu selections whenever you are changing
the surround mode.
• When a mode is OFF , the mode will not
appear.
• Some modes, such as Dolby Digital, DTS and
the Stereo mode in the PCM menus, are not
defeatable.
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S U R R S E L E C T : M U S I C 5 . 1
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