Harman Kardon AVR 525 User Manual

SYSTEM CONFIGURATION
OntheD0 L BY menu(Figure4), theselection
choicesincludeDolbyDigital,DolbyProLogicII
Music,DolbyProLogicII Movie,DolbyProLogicII
EmulationandDolby3 Stereo]he DolbyDigitalEX
modeisonlyavailablewhenthesystemis setfor
6 1/7 1operationbyconfiguringtheSurroundBack
speakersto'_SmalFor'_Large"asdescribedon page
22 Whena discis playingthatcontainsa special
"flag"signalinthedigitalaudiodatastream,theEX
modewillbeselectedautornaticallyItmayalsobe
selectedusingthismenuorthroughthefrontpanelor
remotecontrolsasshownor]page28 A complete
explanationofthesemodesisfoundonpage29
Whenthe DolbyDigitalmodeisselectedthereare
additionalsettingsavailablefortheNightmode
f
** DOLBY **
MODE:_
NIGHT: OFF MID NAX
BACK TO SURR SELECT
]he Nightmodeisa featureof DolbyDigitalthatuses
specialprocessingto preservethedynamicrangeand
fullintelligibililyof a moviesoundtrackwhilereducing
thepeaklevel[his preventsabruptlyloudtransitions
fromdisturbingothers,withoutreducingthesonic
impactofa digitalsource]he Nightmodeisonly
availablewhenspeciallyencodedDolbyDigitalsignals
areplayed
]0 adjusttheNightmodeselling,makecerlainthatthe
• cursorisontheN I GHT lineof theD 0 L BY
menuNext,press4/• Buttons_ _ to choose
betweenthefollowingsellings,astheyappearinthe
on-screendisplay:
0 F F: When0 F F ishighlighted,theNightmode
willnotflJnction
MI D:WhenMI D ishighlighted,a mildcompres
sionwillbeapplied
MA X: WhenMA X ishighlighted,a moresevere
compressionalgorithmwillbeapplied
Werecommendthatyouselectthe MI D sellingasa
starlingpointandchangetotheMAX sellinglater,if
desired
]he Nightmodemayalsobeadjusteddirectlyany
timea DolbyDigitalsourceisplayingbypressingthe
NightModeButton_ Whenthebuttonis
pressed,D- RA NGE willappearinthelowerthird
ofthevideoscreenandintheMain Information
Display[] PresstheA/V Button_ within
threesecondstoselectthedesiredsetting
Whenallsettingsfor thesurroundsetuphavebeen
made,pressthe,J,/'v Buttons_ so thatthe•
cursorisnextto BACK TO MASTER MENU,
andpresstheSetButton_ to returntothe
MASTER MENU
OntheD T S menu,theselectionchoicesmadewith
the4/• Buttonsqi_},_ll ontheremotearedeter
minedbya combinationof thetypeof programmate
rialin useandwhetherthe51 or 61/71 channel
configurationisinuse
Whena DIS sourceis playing,thechoiceof modes
for 71 systemswillvag accordingtothetypeof pro
gramsource(DIS51, DIS ESMatrixor DIS ES
Discrete)Pressthe4/• Buttons_1_ to scroll
throughthechoicesthatareavailablefor yoursystem
andtheprograminuse]he DIS Neo:6Musicmode
isavailablewithanalogstereosourcesandtheDFS
Neo:6Cinemamodeisavailablewithanalogmatrix
surroundencodedsourcestodeliveranenhanced
51 channelsoundfield
Whenthe51 configurationisin usetheAVRwill
automaticallyselectthe51 versionof DFSprocessing
whena DIS datastreamisselectedWhenthe
61/71 modeisselected,theDFSESDiscretemode
willautomaticallybeactivatedwhena DFSsourcewith
theESDiscrete"flag"isin useWhena non-ESDFS
discis inuse,youmayselecttheDIS ESMatrix
modethroughthismenuto createa fulleight-speaker
surroundmodeSeepage29 fora completeexplana
tionof theDFSmodes
OntheL 0 GI C 7 menu,theselectionchoices
madewiththe4/• Buttonsqi_},_l_ ontheremote
aredeterminedbywhetherthe51 or 61/71 chan-
nelconfigurationisinuse Ineithercase,theselection
ofa Logic7 modeenablesHarmanKardon'sexclu-
siveLogic7 processingto createfullyenveloping,
multichannelsurroundfromeithertwochannelStereo
or MatrixencodedprogrammingsuchasVHScas
settes,laserdiscsortelevisionbroadcastsproduced
withDolbysurround
Inthe51 configurationyoumayselecttheLogic7/
51 Music,CinemaorEnhancemode]hey workbest
withtwochannelmusic,surroundencodedprograms
or standardtwochannelprogrammingofanytype,
respectivelyFor61/71 configurationstheMusicand
Cinemamodesmaybeselected]he Logic7modes
arenotavailablewheneitherDolbyDigitalor DFS
DigitalsoundtracksareinuseSeepage29fora
completeexplanationof theDSPSurroundmodes
Onthe DSP ( SURR ) menu,theselection
choicesmadewiththe4/• Buttons_I_1_ onthe
remoteselectfromoneoftheDSPsurroundmodes
thataredesignedforusewithtwochannelstereopro
gramsto createa varietyof soundfieldpresentations
]he choicesavailableareHall1,Hall2, Theater,VMAx
NearandVMAxFarthe halland]heatermodesare
designedformultichannelinstallations,whilethetwo
VMAxmodesareoptimizedforuseindeliveringafull
surroundfieldwhenonlythefrontleftandfrontright
speakersareinstalledSeepage29for a complete
explanationof theDSPsurroundmodes
Onthe STEREO menu,theselectionchoices
madewiththe4/• Buttons_ ontheremote
mayeitherturnthesurroundprocessingoffforatradi
tionaltwo-channelstereopresentation,or select5
Stereo or 7 Stereo dependingon
whetherthe51 or 61/71 outputisin use]he laller
modesfeeda lwochannelpresentationto allspeak
ers,regardlessof thenumberofspeakersinuseSee
page29 fora completeexplanationof the5 Stereo
and7 Stereomodes
Aftertheselectionsaremadeonthe Dolby,DIS,
Logic7,DSP(Surround)or Stereomenus,pressthe
A/v Buttons_ so thatthecursormovestothe
BACK TO MASTER MENU lineandpress
theSet Button_.
Speaker Setup
]his menutellstheAVR525 whichlypeof speakers
areinuse]hisisimporlantasit adjuststhesellings
thatdecidewhetheryoursystemwillusethe"5 chan-
nel"or"6 channel/7channel"modes,aswellas
determiningwhichspeakersreceivelowfrequency
(bass)information
Foreachofthesesettings,usethe L A RGE setting
ifthespeakersfora parHcularpositionaretraditional
flJllrangeloudspeakersUsetheSMALL sellingfor
smaller,frequencylimitedsatellitespeakersthatdonot
reproducesoundsbelow200Hz Notethatwhen
"small"speakersareused,a subwooferisrequiredto
reproducelowfrequencysoundsRememberthatthe
"large"and"small"descriptionsdo notreferto the
actualphysicalsizeofthespeakers,buttotheirability
toreproducelowfrequencysoundsIfyouarein
doubtasto whichcategorydescribesyourspeakers,
consultthespecificationsinthespeakers'owner's
manual,oraskyourdealer
]his menuscreenalsoallowsyouto enterthesellings
fortheAVR525's[ripleCrossoverfeaturethatallows
a differentcrossoverpointtobeusedfor thefront
left/right,centerandsurroundspeakersInsystems
wherefullrangeor towerspeakersareusedforthe

Harman Kardon AVR 525 Specifications

General

Brand	Harman Kardon
Model	AVR 525
Category	Receiver
Language	English