User manual HARMAN KARDON PM655

[. . . ] 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 PM655 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 PM655 is truly a multichannel system for the new millennium. The PM655 has been engineered so that it is easy to take advantage of all the power of its digital technology. [. . . ] When ENTER 6 has been pressed, the color of the icon or the circle behind the text will change to dark blue and you will see that the current settings of this submenu will appear on the right side of the menu. Although some Menus have various Submenus and Settings, they are all navigated in the same way. All submenus, settings and options can be accessed with the help of the ARROW (KLNM 9) and ENTER 6 buttons on the remote control. To change a setting, simply move the cursor to the setting you wish to change. 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 PM655. 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. This means that you may listen to programs at a level that allows the full impact of a soundtrack to be heard at a volume that is lower than you might otherwise use to avoid disturbing others. The PM655 accomplishes this by compressing the audio to a greater or lesser degree, depending on which setting you choose. Three options are available: · MINIMUM does not make any changes to the original playback, and should be used when the volume setting in the listening room may be as loud as you desire. · MEDIUM applies a moderate amount of compression so that louder passages are a little bit quieter. · 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 PM655. [. . . ] 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. [. . . ]