Harman Kardon DVD 20 Owner's Manual

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SYSTEM SETUP 21System Setupc) Dynamic compression is activated onlywhen Dynamic Range on DVD 20 is on AND“Night Mode” on the decoder is on.Digital Audio OutThis setting determines the digital signal formatto be output from the optical/coaxial digitalaudio output of the DVD 20. The optimal settingwill depend on the digital decoder connected tothat output. PCM: Choose this setting if you are using onlythe left/right analog AUDIO OUT connectors ofthe DVD 20 or if the decoder connected to thedigital output is able to decode only normalPCM data (only left and right front channels)rather than Dolby Digital or DTS. PCM, MPEG(see Note below) and Dolby Digital tracks willbe output as PCM datastream only, DTS trackswill output no signal (see also comment in”Dolby Digital”below). Dolby Digital: Choose this setting if you’veconnected a Dolby Digital receiver or decoderto your DVD player, but without DTS decoder.PCM and Dolby Digital tracks will be outputoriginally, MPEG audio tracks will be output asPCM (see Note below). DTS tracks will outputno signal (see also note below). But with virtu-ally all DTS discs a 2-channel digital audiotrack (Dolby Digital 2.0 or PCM) can be select-ed as alternative Audio Track (by pressing theAudio button on remote, see page 23), to feeda PCM signal to the digital output. MPEG-2/DTS: Choose this setting if you’veconnected a receiver or decoder with DolbyDigital and DTS decoding to your DVD player.Then all recordings will be output and playedwith their original format, whether PCM,MPEG (see Note below), Dolby Digital or DTS.To select Digital Audio Output format followthese steps:1. Press ARROW (UP or DOWN) on the remote toselect ”Digital Audio Out” on the Set Up MenuDisplay.2. Press ENTER or ARROW (right), Digital AudioOut Display appears.3. Press ARROW (UP or DOWN) on the remote toselect specific Digital Audio Out format.4. Press ENTER.5. Press PLAY to resume normal playback orRETURN to delete Set Up Display from screen.Important Note for DTSIf you set the Digital Audio Out Menu to MPEG-2/DTS, to listen to DTS you must have your DVDplayer connected to a receiver or DTS decoderwith DTS decoding and the disc you play mustcontain DTS audio. If you choose MPEG-2/DTSand you play a DTS disc, but your receiver ordecoder doesn’t support DTS, you won’t hear anyaudio when you play the disc.Important Note for MPEG Audio: Though theMPEG-2 multichannel digital audio standard isn´tused in Europe, some DVD’s use MPEG-1 alterna-tive audio tracks, the same as MPEG 2/0 (2-chan-nel stereo). The audio format of any DVD trackselected will be indicated on the screen when youpress the AUDIO button on the remote. Note thatwhen the digital output of the DVD 20 is set to"PCM" or "Dolby Digital", MPEG audio trackswill be output in PCM format and can be decod-ed with any digital Receiver/Amplifier connectedto the DVD 20. But when "MPEG-2/DTS" isselected, they will be output as an original MPEGdatastream, and an MPEG-Decoder is needed toconvert the digital signal.Sampling Frequency Setting(LPCM)Once a selection has been made for the type ofdigital audio data streams that the DVD 20 out-puts, you may also need to adjust the way it han-dles the various sampling frequencies used in theproduction of digital audio for DVD. The DVD 20is compatible with both 48kHz and 96kHz sam-pling, but some early A/V receivers and surroundprocessors are not.If your A/V receiver or surround processor is NOTcapable of handling 96kHz signals, select the48kHz option, if not so already (set defaultwise).When this choice is made, the DVD 20 will auto-matically convert any 96kHz signals to a 48kHzoutput so that your system is capable of decodingthem.If your A/V receiver or surround processor IScapable of handling 96kHz signals, select the96kHz option to achieve the greatest audio fideli-ty available. When this choice is made, the DVD20 will pass each type of signal through withoutany further processing.To select the Sample Frequency follow thesesteps:1. Press ARROW (UP or DOWN) on the remote toselect "LPCM 96K -> 48K" on the Set UpMenu.2. Press ENTER or ARROW (right), SampleFrequency Menu appears.3. Press ARROW (UP or DOWN) on the remote toselect the specific frequency option.4. Press ENTER, the screen will return to the SetUp Menu, the sample frequency selected willbe shown down at its right side.At this point you will have completed all of thesteps needed to configure the DVD 20 for thespecifics of your system. Press PLAY to resumenormal playback or RETURN to delete the Set UpMenu from the screen.