HARMAN KARDON DVD27
Owner's Manual

SYSTEM SETUP
NOTE: Any changes made to the Digital Output setting during playback will not take effect until after play has been stopped and restarted. PCM Limit: This setting determines whether the digital audio output of the DVD 27 will be sent to your receiver or processor at its original sampling rate, or whether high-resolution (96kHz or greater) materials will be downsampled to 48kHz. Select the 96kHz setting if your receiver is capable of resolving digital signals greater than 48kHz and does not require downsampling. If you select the 96kHz setting when your receiver is not capable of processing signals with a sampling rate greater than 48kHz, then you will not hear any audio when high-resolution materials are played. If you are uncertain of your receiver�s capabilities, select the 48kHz setting to limit the sampling rate to 48kHz. NOTE: Due to copyright restrictions, the DVD 27 will not output an uncompressed signal in the PCM format from a disc recorded with 96kHz/24-bit resolution, such as some DTS audio CDs. If the Digital Output setting in the Audio Setup submenu is set to PCM, and the PCM Limit setting is set to 96kHz, no audio will be outputted, and the message CGMS MUTE will appear in the Main Information Display B. �CGMS� stands for �Copy General Management System.� Should this message appear, change the PCM Limit setting to 48kHz to hear the audio at a lower resolution. Dynamic Range: This setting allows you to take advantage of the programming present on some Dolby Digital recordings to reduce the volume of louder passages while maintaining intelligibility of quieter passages. 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 DVD 27 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. Feel free to experiment with the settings at any time. Note that if your receiver or processor also allows you to program the dynamic range setting, also known as the �Night Mode,� you do not need to make any adjustments on the DVD 27 and should leave the setting at MINIMUM.
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Video Setup Submenu
This menu establishes the DVD�s configuration for video format settings such as aspect ratio and output scan. It also allows access to the Video Adjustments banner (see next section). As with all setup menus, press the Setup Button j to activate the main menu screen, and then press the Navigation Buttons n until the VIDEO �¤ SETUP icon is highlighted, and then press the Enter Button s.

§ to your TV in order to view the on-screen menus and change this setting. Scan Type: This setting allows you to select between progressive and interlaced scanning for the Component Video Outputs � to maximize the image resolution for the type of video display in use. Note that the output at the S-Video ¶ and Composite Video § outputs will always be standard-rate video that is compatible with any television set or video display. Two choices are available: � Progressive: Select this option if you have a video display that is compatible with input sources of 480P or greater. Displays labeled as �HDTV Ready,� including virtually all large-screen LCD and plasma displays, are compatible with progressive scan. � Interlaced: Select this option when you are using an older video display that has Y/Pr/Pb component inputs, but which is not capable of displaying high scan rate, or �HD� signals. NOTES: 1. The Scan Type may only be changed when the Video Output setting has been set to Component. 2. If you have connected the DVD 27 to a video display that is not capable of displaying progressive scan video using the Component (Y/Pr/Pb) Video Outputs �, and you have inadvertently changed the Video Output Setting to Component and the Scan Type setting to Progressive, you may reset the scan type to interlaced by pressing the Progressive Scan/Interlaced Button r. The display will blink, indicating that the scan type has been reset to interlaced mode. Alternatively, as a last-resort measure, you may completely reset all of the DVD 27�s settings, including the scan type, by exiting the on-screen menu system and pressing and holding the Clear Button d for five seconds. The display will blink, and all settings will return to the factory defaults.

The following adjustments are available on the Video Setup menu: Aspect Ratio: This setting selects the aspect ratio of video programming. Your choice should be made according to the shape of your video display and your personal preferences. Two choices are available: � 16:9: If you have a widescreen (16:9) display, or a display that has a widescreen mode, choose this setting. With this setting, the DVD 27 will adjust the output for widescreen movies so that they fill the entire screen in the proper aspect ratio. Note, however, that in this setting a disc recorded in the 4:3 aspect ratio will appear in the widescreen as a boxed image in the center, with black columns on the left and right side of the screen. Note that if the widescreen option is chosen and a widescreen movie is played on a conventional 4:3 aspect-ratio set, the image will be distorted due to vertical compression. � 4:3: If you have a standard, 4:3 aspect ratio video display, choose this setting. You will see the entire frame of the movie as it is recorded on the disc without any image cutoff at the left and right sides. While this allows widescreen movies to be shown in their entirety, they will occupy a smaller portion of the screen and black �letterbox� bars may appear at the top and bottom of the screen. Video Output: This setting selects between the S-Video Output ¶ and Component Video Outputs �, which are not available simultaneously If you have connected one of these outputs to your video display and the screen is blank, you will need to temporarily connect the Composite Video Output

Video Adjustments Banner
This banner menu allows you to adjust the brightness, sharpness and black level of the video signal to compensate for differences between your DVD player and other video sources. You may use either the DVD 27�s built-in color bar test signal or a test disc as the standard for the adjustments. To ensure that your system is properly optimized, we strongly recommend that you adjust your video display using the display�s own controls before making any changes to the DVD 27�s output. Once the display is properly calibrated with all settings on the DVD 27 set to their midpoint, use the controls on this menu to fine-tune the DVD 27�s output. Due to the nature of these settings, the navigation is somewhat different from the DVD 27�s other menus

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SYSTEM SETUP