User manual HARMAN KARDON AVR 660

[. . . ] AVR 760 AVR 660 AUDIO/VIDEO RECEIVER OWNER'S MANUAL ­ Advanced Functions SAFETY INFORMATION Important Safety InStructIonS 1. Do not install near any heat sources such as radiators, heat registers, stoves or other apparatus (including amplifiers) that produce heat. Do not defeat the safety purpose of the polarized or grounding-type plug. If the provided plug does not fit into your outlet, consult an electrician for replacement of the obsolete outlet. [. . . ] 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. Modern displays are capable of displaying the complete frame all at once by progressively scanning all of the rows of pixels from top to bottom. For optimal viewing on a progressive-scan display (most flat-panel displays), the video images must be deinterlaced. When viewing images via the Composite or S-Video Monitor Output, or any time the AVR's video output resolution is 576i, this setting may be turned off. Film Mode Detect: This setting is only accessible when the Deinterlacing setting is turned on. It compensates for the different frame rates in which film and video are shot. Film is shot at a rate of 24 frames per second (progressive scan), while video is shot at slightly less than 60 frames per second (interlaced). The AVR is able to detect whether the program was originally shot on film and transferred to video (e. g. , to create a DVD), and to compensate appropriately for any authoring errors in the conversion. Select a setting of 3:2 (for NTSC materials), 2:2 (for PAL materials originating overseas), Off or Auto. With a color bar test pattern from a test disc or other source on screen, the following adjustments may be made: · The color intensity setting on your TV. · Color adjustments using the color bars, which may be (left to right) black, white, yellow, cyan (turquoise), green, magenta, red, blue, black. · The performance of the color circuits in your TV (with "Video" signals); bar edges should show no vertical crawling dots. Use the gray scale and the black/white fields in the test pattern to adjust the brightness and contrast. Brightness Adjustment 1. Turn down the color control on your TV until the color bars appear in black and white. Adjust the contrast to the lowest level where you still can see all gray scale bars separately and clearly. Adjust the brightness so that the bars in the gray scale are all visible. The bar farthest to the left has to be as black as possible rather than gray but the next gradation must clearly be distinct from it. The bars in the gray scale should gradually and evenly change from black to white. Contrast Adjustment 1. Adjust the contrast on your TV until you see a bright white bar in the lower right corner of the screen and a deep-dark-black bar to the left. If the brightness of the white bar no longer increases when the contrast is turned up or the borders of white letters bloom (overlight) into the black areas (drastically decreasing the sharpness of the type), the contrast has been turned up too much. Reduce the contrast until these effects disappear and the video still looks realistic. [. . . ] Depending on the number of speakers in your system, select 3-, 5- or 6-channel modes, enhanced for movie or video presentations. · · · · · · · · DTS 2/2/. 0 or . 1, 3/2/. 0 or . 1 DTS 96/24 Analog (2-channel) PCM (32kHz, 44. 1kHz or 48kHz) DTS 2/2/. 0 or . 1, 3/2/. 0 or . 1 DTS 96/24 Analog (2-channel) PCM (32kHz, 44. 1kHz or 48kHz) DTS Neo:6 Music Available only in 5- and 6-channel modes, creates a surround presentation suitable for music recordings. Logic 7 Mode Group See below A Harman International proprietary technology, Logic 7 technology enhances 2-channel and matrix-encoded recordings by deriving separate information for the surround back channels. This provides more accurate placement of sound, improves panning and expands the sound field, even when used with 5. 1-channel systems. Logic 7 technology uses 96kHz processing, and is available in 5. 1-or 7. 1-channel modes. [. . . ]