Harman-Kardon AVR 330 - Manual (Page 29)

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feed to the AVR 330. It is also possible for the type of
signal feed to change during the course of a DVD
playback. In some cases, the previews of special
material will only be recorded in 2.0 audio, while the
main feature is available in 5.1 audio. The AVR 330
will automatically sense changes to the bitstream and
channel count and reflect them in these indicators.
The letters used by the Speaker/Channel Input
Indicators
ˆ also flash to indicate when a bitstream
has been interrupted. This will happen when a digital
input source is selected before the playback starts, or
when a digital source such as a DVD is paused. The
flashing indicators remind you that the playback has
stopped due to the absence of a digital signal and not
through any fault of the AVR 330. This is normal, and
the digital playback will resume once the playback is
started again.
Night Mode
A special feature of Dolby Digital is the Night mode,
which enables specially encoded Dolby Digital input
sources to be played back with full digital intelligibility
while reducing the minimum peak level by 1/4 to 1/3.
This prevents abruptly loud transitions from disturbing
others, without reducing the impact of the digital
source. The Night mode is available only when Dolby
Digital signals with special data are being played.
The Night mode may be engaged when a Dolby
Digital DVD is playing by pressing the Night Mode
Button
l on the remote. Next, press the ⁄ / ¤
Buttons n to select either the middle range or
full-compression versions of the Night mode. To turn
the Night mode off, press the
⁄ / ¤ Buttons n
until the message in the lower third of the video dis-
play and in the Lower Display Line
¯ reads
D-RANGE OFF.
The Night mode may also be selected to always be on
at either level of compression using the options in the
DOLBY menu. See page 19 for information on
using the menus to set this option.
IMPORTANT NOTES ON DIGITAL PLAYBACK:
• When the digital playback source is stopped, or in a
pause, fast forward or chapter search mode, the
digital audio data will momentarily stop, and the
channel position letters inside the Speaker/
Channel Input Indicators
ˆ will flash. This is
normal and does not indicate a problem with either
the AVR 330 or the source machine. The AVR 330
will return to digital playback as soon as the data is
available and when the machine is in a standard
play mode.
• Although the AVR 330 will decode virtually all current
DVD movies, CDs and HDTV sources, it is possible that
some future digital sources may not be compatible
with the AVR 330.
• Not all digitally encoded programs contain full 5.1-
or 6.1-channel audio. Consult the program guide
that accompanies the DVD or laser disc to deter-
mine which type of audio has been recorded on the
disc. The AVR 330 will automatically sense the type
of digital surround encoding used and adjust to
accommodate it.
• When a digital source is playing, you may not be
able to select some of the analog surround modes
such as Dolby Pro Logic II, Dolby 3, Stereo, Hall,
Theater or Logic 7.
• When a Dolby Digital or DTS source is playing,
it is not possible to make an analog recording using
the Tape Outputs £ and Video 1 or Video 2
Audio Outputs
. However, the digital signals
will be passed through to the Digital Audio
Outputs ab.
PCM Audio Playback
PCM (Pulse Code Modulation) is the noncompressed
digital audio system used for compact discs and laser
discs. The digital circuits in the AVR 330 are capable of
high-quality digital-to-analog decoding, and they may
be connected directly to the digital audio output of your
CD or LD player.
Connections may be made to either the rear-panel
Optical or Coaxial Inputs dg or the front-panel
Digital Inputs
*(.
To listen to a PCM digital source, first select the input for
the desired source (e.g., CD). Next press the Digital
Select Button
#q and then use the ⁄ / ¤
Buttons n on the remote, or the ‹ / › Selector
Buttons ) on the front panel, until the desired choice
appears in the Upper Display Line ˜.
During PCM playback, you may select any Surround
mode except Dolby Digital or DTS.
Tuner Operation
The AVR 330’s tuner is capable of tuning AM, FM and
FM Stereo broadcast stations. Stations may be tuned
manually, or they may be stored as favorite station pre-
sets and recalled from a 30-position memory.
Station Selection
1. Press the AM/FM Tuner Select Button
g on
the remote to select the tuner as an input. The
tuner may be selected from the front panel by
either pressing the Input Source Selector
^
until the tuner is active or by pressing the AM/FM
Band Selector
!.
2. Press the AM/FM Tuner Select Button g or
AM/FM Band Selector ! again to switch
between AM and FM so that the desired frequency
band is selected.
3. Press the Tuner Mode Button & s to select
manual or automatic tuning.
When the button is pressed so that AUTO
appears in the Lower Display Line ¯ each
press of the Tuning Selectors 9u will put the
tuner in a scan mode that seeks the next higher or
lower frequency station with acceptable signal
strength. An
AUTO ST TUNED indication
will momentarily appear when the station stops
at a stereo FM station, and an
AUTO TUNED
indication will momentarily appear when an AM
or monaural FM station is tuned. Press the Tuning
buttons again to scan to the next receivable station.
When the button is pressed so that MANUAL
appears in the Lower Display Line ¯ each tap
of the Selector will increase or decrease the fre-
quency by one increment. When the tuner receives
a strong enough signal for adequate reception,
MANUAL TUNED will appear in the Lower
Display Line
¯.
4. Stations may also be tuned directly in either the
automatic or manual mode. To enter a station’s fre-
quency directly, first select the AM or FM band as
desired be pressing the AM/FM Tuner Select
Button
g!. Next, press the Direct Button
t. Within five seconds of when DIRECT
IN scrolls in the Upper Display Line
˜, enter
the station frequency by pressing the Numeric
Keys
r. If you press an incorrect button while
entering a direct frequency, press the Clear Button
to start over.
NOTE: When the FM reception of a station is weak,
audio quality will be increased by switching to Mono
mode by pressing the Tuner Mode Button &
s
so that MANUAL appears momentarily in the
Lower Display Line ¯ and then goes out. This
will also activate manual tuning mode.
Preset Tuning
Using the remote, up to 30 stations may be stored in
the AVR 330’s memory for easy recall using the front-
panel controls or the remote.
To enter a station into the memory, first tune the sta-
tion using the steps outlined above. Then:
1. Press the Memory Button on the remote.
The two underscore lines will appear at the far right
side of the Upper Display Line
˜.
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