21 SYSTEM CONFIGURATION
System Configuration
Making this selection will set the surround
mode options for the AVR so that only the cor-
rect modes for the number of speakers in your
specific system will be available. Should you
change your system and add additional speak-
ers at a later date, it is important to change this
setting so that advanced surround modes such
as Logic 7/7.1 and DTS-ES 6.1 Discrete and
Matrix will be available.
When the desired selection is made, press the
Set Button p to continue with the setup
and configuration.
Once the setting is made for 5.1 or 6.1/7.1
operation, the default surround mode for an
input should be set. Each of the remaining five
lines on the menu (Figure 3) contains the vari-
ous surround mode categories, and within
those menus you may choose one of the sub-
modes. Note that the list of specific sub-modes
in some categories will vary according to
whether 5.1 or 6.1/7.1 operation is chosen. In
addition, some of the modes available in the
AVR 520 will not appear unless a digital source
is selected and playing the correct bitstream.
To select the mode that will be used as the ini-
tial default for an input, first press the
⁄
/
¤
Buttons n until the on-screen cursor is next
to the desired mode’s master category name.
Next, press the
Set Button p to view the
sub-menu. Press the
‹
/
›
Buttons o to
scroll through the available choices, and then
press the
¤
Button n so that the cursor is
next to
BACK TO MASTER MENU to
continue the setup process.
On the
Dolby menu (Figure 4), 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 26. Note that when the Dolby Digital
mode is selected there are additional settings
available for the Night mode.
Figure 4
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 disturb-
ing others, without reducing the sonic impact of
a digital source. Note that the Night mode is
only available when specially encoded Dolby
Digital signals are played.
To adjust the Night mode setting for an input
from the menu, make certain that the
›
cursor
is on the
NIGHT line of the DOLBY menu.
Next, press
‹
/
›
Buttons o to choose
between the following settings, 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 com-
pression 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.
Note that the Night mode may be adjusted
directly any time that a Dolby Digital source is
playing by pressing the
Night Button l.
When the button is pressed, the phrase
D-RANGE will appear in the lower third of
the video screen and in the
Main Information
Display
Y. Press the
⁄
/
¤
Button n with-
in three seconds to select the desired setting.
When all settings for the surround setup have
been made, press the
⁄
/
¤
Buttons n so
that the
›
cursor is next to BACK TO
MASTER MENU
, and press the Set Button
p to return to the Master menu.
On the
DTS menu, the selection choices made
with the
‹
/
›
Buttons o on the remote
are determined by a combination of the type of
DTS program material in use and whether the
5.1 or 6.1/7.1 speaker output configuration is
in use. When either of the speaker configura-
tions is in use, you may select either the Neo:6
Music or Neo:6 Cinema mode when an analog
source is playing 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. In these cases the
DTS-ES Mode
Indicator
D will light. 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 surround mode. See page 26 for a
complete explanation of the DTS modes.
On the
Logic 7
menu, the selection choices
made with the
‹
/
›
Buttons o on the
remote are determined by whether the 5.1 or
6.1/7.1 speaker output configuration is in use.
In either case, the selection of a Logic 7 mode
enables Harman Kardon’s exclusive Logic 7 pro-
cessing to create fully enveloping, multichannel
surround from either two-channel Stereo or
Matrix-encoded programming such as VHS cas-
settes, laser discs or television broadcasts pro-
duced with Dolby surround.
In the 5.1 configuration you may select the
Logic 7/5.1 Music, Cinema or Enhanced modes.
They work best with two-channel music, sur-
round-encoded programs or standard two-
channel programming of any type, respectively.
When the 6.1/7.1 mode is selected, only the
Music and Cinema modes are available, and the
output will be in a full eight-channel sound
field. Note that the Logic 7 modes are not
available when either Dolby Digital or DTS
Digital soundtracks are in use. See pages 26
and 27 for a complete explanation of the DSP
Surround modes.
On the
DSP (SURR) menu, the selection
choices made with the
‹
/
›
Buttons o
on the remote select from one of the DSP sur-
round modes that are designed for use with
two-channel stereo programs to create a variety
of sound field presentations. The choices avail-
able are Hall 1, Hall 2, Theater,VMAx Near and
VMAx Far. The Hall and Theater modes are
designed for multichannel installations, while
the two VMAx modes are optimized for use in
delivering a full surround field when only the
front left and front right speakers are installed.
See pages 26 and 27 for a complete explana-
tion of the DSP surround modes.
On the
STEREO menu, the selection choices
made with the
‹
/
›
Buttons o on the
remote may either turn the surround processing
off for a traditional two-channel stereo presen-
tation, or select
5 Stereo or 7 Stereo
depending on whether the 5.1 or 6.1/7.1 out-
put is in use. The latter modes feed a two-chan-
