User manual HARMAN KARDON HD7625

[. . . ] Whether the text appears in all uppercase or upper- and lowercase characters, performance and operation remain the same. Introduction Thank you for choosing Harman Kardon!With the purchase of a Harman Kardon HD7625 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, the HD7625 is truly a multichannel system for the new millennium. The HD7625 has been engineered so that it is easy to take advantage of all the power of its digital technology. [. . . ] This setting will be highlighted in a white square, 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. Once the setting is highlighted, pressing ENTER will show an M and N icon next to the current setting to indicate that the setting can be changed by pressing the left or right ARROW Button 9. Press the ARROW Buttons 9 until the requested setting is shown, and confirm this setting by pressing ENTER 6. Note that when you cycle though the options for this setting, the cursor cycles though the options on the Lower Menu Line, and the rest of the Display fades out. In the SET-UP Menu you will find submenus for making or changing all settings and adjustments for both Audio and Video handling of your HD7625. To access the SET-UP Menu, press the OSD button 8, and move the cursor to the right until SET-UP is highlighted. Press ENTER 6 to activate the SYSTEM Settings: System Settings (A) (B) (C) (E) (A) (D) (B) (C) The System Setting Submenu contains the following settings. Follow the explanations in the Upper Menu Line on the bottom of your screen to change the settings. Display Language: Sets the language in which the OSD menus are shown on your screen. (A) Main Menu Line (B) Submenus (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. · MAXIMUM applies more compression so that louder passages are much softer. Delay Unit: This setting sets the measuring unit for Delay in either Feet or Meter. Once either the Bass or Treble Settings are changed, the Tone Control automatically switches to ON. 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 DPLII, all stereo signals on a DVD are forced into 5. 1. , leaving all multichannel signals in their original format. ENGLISH The Audio Adjustment Submenu contains the access to the speaker delay and the output level adjustment settings of the HD7625. Follow the explanations in the Upper Menu Line on the bottom of your screen to make adjustments. Delay Due to the different distances between the listening position for the front channel speakers and the surround speakers, the amount of time it takes for sound to reach your ears from the front or surround speakers is different. You may compensate for this difference through the use of the delay settings to adjust the timing for the specific speaker placement and acoustic conditions in your listening room or home theater. Measure the distance from the listening position to each of the individual loudspeakers. [. . . ] Dolby Pro Logic II Surround This is a method of decoding stereo or surround recordings that produces five channels from twochannel sound. Compared with the former Dolby Surround system, Dolby Pro Logic II Surround reproduces left-to-right panning more naturally and localizes sounds more precisely. To take full advantage of Dolby Pro Logic II Surround, you should have a pair of rear speakers and a center speaker. DTS Digital audio compression technology developed by Digital Theater Systems, Inc. [. . . ]