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23 SYSTEM CONFIGURATION

System Configuration

channel system. When the CH CONFIG line

is set to

6.1/7.1, the appropriate

modes will appear for that type of operation.

In addition, some of the modes available in

the AVR 8000 will not appear unless a digital

source is selected and is playing the correct

bitstream.

To select the mode that will be used as the

initial default for an input, first press the

⁄

Buttons mp until the on-screen

cursor is next to the desired mode’s master

category name, such as

THX, DOLBY,

DTS, DSP (SURR), etc. Next, press

the

Set Button o to view the sub-menu.

Press the

‹

›

Buttons n to scroll

through the available choices, and then press

the

Button p so that the cursor is next to

BACK TO MASTER MENU to continue

the setup process.

The following few paragraphs detail the instruc-

tions needed for modes with multiple choices.

To attach a THX mode to the input in use, press

the

Button p until the cursor is on the

THX line and press the Set Button o.

The menus will vary according to the speaker

configuration for your system. When the system

is configured for 5.1-channel, the

MODE

line on the THX menu page will read THX

CINEMA

or DTS+THX, and a NO

SURR BACK SPEAKERS

message

will also appear.

When selecting a THX mode for use with a

7.1-channel system, the THX Surround EX

mode will automatically be activated when

a Dolby Digital 5.1 program is in use and a

special “flag” signal is encoded in the program

material. When no flag is present, you may

select the Surround EX mode by pressing the

‹

›

Buttons n until the format name

appears (Figure 5).

When a DTS source is playing, the choice of

modes for 7.1 systems will vary according to

the type of program source (DTS 5.1, DTS-ES

Matrix or DTS-ES Discrete). Press the

‹

›

Buttons n to scroll through the

choices that are available for your system

and the program in use.

Figure 5

When the desired THX mode selection is

completed, press the

Button p until

the cursor is next to

BACK TO MASTER

and then press the Set Button o to

continue the setup process.

On the

DOLBY menu (Figure 6), the selection

choices include Dolby Digital, Dolby Pro Logic II

Music, Dolby Pro Logic II Cinema, Dolby Pro

Logic II Emulation and Dolby 3 Stereo. A com-

plete explanation of these modes is found on

page 28. Note that when the Dolby Digital

mode is selected there are additional settings

available for the Night mode.

Figure 6

The Night mode is a feature of Dolby Digital

that uses special processing to preserve the

dynamic range and full intelligibility of a movie

sound track while reducing the peak level.

This prevents abruptly loud transitions from

disturbing others, without reducing the sonic

impact of a digital source. The Night mode is

only available when specially encoded Dolby

Digital signals are played.

To adjust the Night mode setting, make certain

that the

›

cursor is on the NIGHT line of the

DOLBY menu. Next, press

‹

›

Buttons

n to choose between the following set-

tings, as they appear in the on-screen display:

OFF: When OFF is highlighted, the Night

mode will not function.

MID: When MID is highlighted, a mild

compression will be applied.

MAX: When MAX is highlighted, a more

severe compression algorithm will be applied.

We recommend that you select the

MID set-

ting as a starting point and change to the

MAX setting later, if desired.

The Night mode may also be adjusted directly

any time a Dolby Digital source is playing by

pressing the

Night Mode Button k.

When the button is pressed,

D-RANGE will

appear in the lower third of the video screen

and in the

Main Information Display ˆ.

Press the

⁄

Button mp within three

seconds to select the desired setting.

When all settings for the surround setup have

been made, press the

⁄

Buttons mp

so that the

›

cursor is next to BACK TO

MASTER MENU

, and press the Set Button

o to return to the MASTER MENU.

On the

DTS menu, the selection choices made

with the

‹

›

Buttons n on the remote

are determined by a combination of the type

of program material in use and whether the

5.1 or 6.1/7.1 channel configuration is in use.

The DTS Neo:6 Music mode is available with

analog stereo sources and the DTS Neo:6

Cinema mode is available with analog matrix

surround-encoded sources to deliver an

enhanced 5.1-channel sound field.

When the 5.1 configuration is in use the AVR

will automatically select the 5.1 version of DTS

processing when a DTS data stream is selected.

When the 6.1/7.1 mode is selected, the DTS-ES

Discrete mode will automatically be activated

when a DTS source with the ES Discrete “flag”

is in use. When a non-ES DTS disc is in use, you

may select the DTS-ES Matrix mode through

this menu to create a full eight-speaker sur-

round mode. See page 28 for a complete expla-

nation of the DTS modes.

On the

LOGIC 7

menu, the selection choices

made with the

‹

›

Buttons n on the

remote are determined by whether the 5.1 or

6.1/7.1 channel configuration is in use. In either

case, the selection of a Logic 7 mode enables

Harman Kardon’s exclusive Logic 7 processing

to create fully enveloping, multichannel

surround from either two-channel Stereo or

Matrix-encoded programming such as VHS

cassettes, laser discs or television broadcasts

produced with Dolby surround.

** DOLBY **

MODE: DOLBY

DIGITAL

NIGHT: OFF MID MAX

BACK TO MASTER MENU

** THX **

MODE: THX SURR EX

BACK TO MASTER MENU