User manual HARMAN KARDON PM635I

[. . . ] Protect the power cord from being walked on or pinched, particularly at plugs, convenience receptacles and the point where they exit from the apparatus. Use only with the cart, stand, tripod, bracket or table specified by the manufacturer or sold with the apparatus. When a cart is used, use caution when moving the cart/apparatus combination to avoid injury from tip-over. Unplug this apparatus during lightning storms or when unused for long periods of time. [. . . ] The Brightness, Contrast, Color and Sharpness settings appear as sliders with values ranging from 0 to 100. Use the M N Buttons to change each setting's value. Figure 34 ­ Advanced Video Modes Menu 9 ADVANCED FuNCTIONS Noise Reduction: Adjust this setting to Low, Medium or High to filter out signal noise, or turn it off. MPEG Noise Reduction: This setting is designed to address two specific types of video distortion, mosquito noise and blocking artifacts. If you see haziness or shimmering around the edges of objects or the scrolling credits in a film, or if the image appears to "pixellate" into blocks, change the MPEG Noise Reduction setting from Off to Low, Medium or High. Cross Color Suppressor: Turn this setting on to remove cross color artifacts, which can occur when high-frequency luminance (brightness) signals are misinterpreted as chroma (color) signals, causing unwanted flickering, flashing colors or rainbow patterns. Flesh Tone Enhancement: Turn this setting on to improve the appearance of actors' skin tones. Black Level: This setting is only effective when used with the Composite Video Output. Turn it on for a full black-level setting that provides the full dynamic range of black as presented on most DVDs. When turned off, the setting complies with NTSC standards for video with "setup", and may be more appropriate when your video display has limited video processing capability. Deinterlacing: For historical reasons, video in the NTSC format was interlaced. That is, each refresh of the television screen displayed only half the pixels in a frame, alternating between all of the even rows of pixels and all of the odd rows. The gray scale in the middle line should retain the same distinction between each bar as before the contrast adjustment. If not, repeat both Step 3 of the Brightness Adjustment and the Contrast Adjustment. How to adjust the custom picture Settings Set the Video Mode to Custom to display the picture settings, as shown in Figure 35. Color Adjustment 1. When the brightness and contrast are set optimally, adjust the color control. Set the level so that the colors look strong but still natural, not overdone. If the color level is too high, depending on the TV, some of the bars will seem wider or the color intensity will not increase when the control is turned up. Test the color intensity with a video of pictures of faces, flowers, fruit and vegetables. Refer to the large white bar below the gray scale to tweak the warmth of the picture using the Tint control on your TV. Figure 35 ­ Video Modes Custom Processing 10 ADVANCED FuNCTIONS Sharpness Adjustment Contrary to intuition, the picture will appear sharper and clearer with the sharpness backed off from the maximum setting. Reduce the sharpness setting on your television, and the setting on the PM635I/AVR 660, if necessary, to minimize the appearance of any white lines between the bars in the gray scale portion of the test screen. NOTE: Only analog audio sources, including The Bridge II, are available to the multizone system. To hear digital devices, such as a CD player, in the remote zone, follow these steps: 1. In addition to a digital audio connection, connect the source device's analog audio outputs to the AVR. [. . . ] DTS-ES Discrete is another Extended Surround mode that adds a surround back channel, but this information is encoded discretely on the disc, and is not derived from information contained in the surround channels. · Blu-ray Disc or HD-DVD discs encoded with DTS-HD Master Audio technology, delivered via HDMI · DTS-ES Matrix DTS-HD Master Audio DTS-ES Matrix DTS-ES Discrete · DTS-ES Discrete 23 ENGLISH This mode is similar to Dolby Pro Logic II Movie, with an added surround · Dolby Digital 2/0/. 0 or . 1, 2/2/. 0 or . 1, 3/2/. 0 or . 1, EX back channel. · Analog (2-channel) · Tuner · PCM (32kHz, 44. 1kHz, 48kHz, 96kHz) APPENDIX Surround Mode DTS Stereo Description Delivers a 2-channel downmix of DTS Digital materials, or presents a matrix-encoded surround presentation. Incoming Bitstream or Signal · DTS 1/0/. 0 or . 1, 2/0/. 0 or . 1, 3/0/. 0 or . 1, 3/1/. 0 or . 1, 2/2/. 0 or . 1, 3/2/. 0 or . 1 · DTS 96/24 · DTS-ES Matrix · DTS-ES Discrete DTS Neo:6 Mode Group DTS Neo:6 Cinema DTS Neo:6 analog processing is available with DTS and DTS 96/24 signals See below and 2-channel analog or PCM signals to create a 3-, 5- or 6-channel presentation. [. . . ]