Harman-Kardon 632 manual

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    ENGLISH Harman Kar don Digital Lounge 632, 640, 646 OWNER’S MANU AL 0007CSK - DigitalLounge 632_640_646 ENG v11.qxp:0007CSK - DigitalLounge 632,640,646 UK 12/06/08 11:09 Side 1 (Sort/Black plade[...]

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    2 T ABLE OF CONTENTS Pa g e 3 Introduction 4 Safety Information 5 Installation Location, Cleaning, Unpacking 6 T erminology 7 F eatures 8 F ront P anel Controls 9 F ront P anel Display 10 Rear P anel Connections 12 Rear P anel Connections TV 14 Remote Control 17 Second Remote Control 18 Basic Information 18 About T his Manual 18 Regional Coding Sys[...]

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    INTRODUCTION 3 ENGLISH Introduction Thank you for choosing Harman Kardon! With the purchase of a Harman Kardon Digital Lounge system you are about to begin many years of listening enjoyment. Designed to provide all the excitement and detail of movie soundtracks , every nuance of musi cal selections and crystal clear video playback, the Digital Loun[...]

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    4 INTRODUCTION Introduction n Advanced Analog Signal Conversion (AASC) T echnology n Automatic TV Channel Search n Full HD (HD Ready on the DL 632) with 4 HDMI and DVI inputs n High-bandwidth Digital Content Protection (HDCP) n Built-in DVB-T T uner and integrated Multi Standard TV tuner with Picture in Picture (PIP) and T eletext n Easy-to-Use On-[...]

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    Installation Location n T o assure proper operation and to avoid the potential for safety hazards , place the system components on a firm and level surface . When placing any of the system components on a shelf , be certain that the shelf and any mounting hardware can support the weight of the product. n Mak e certain that proper space is provided [...]

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    6 TERMINOLOGY T erminology Since they share some of the characteristics and technology of CD players , many of the terms and operational concepts used in a DVD player are similar to what you may be familiar with from CD players and changers , or older video disc formats such as Laser Disc. However , if this is your first DVD product, some of the te[...]

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    FEA TURES 7 ENGLISH F eatures High quality video • High Definition Multimedia Interface (HDMI) for a single wire , digital connection to your screen. • Digital Visual Interface (DVI) provides a high speed, digital connection between a computer and the screen. • Advanced sophisticated 10-bit MPEG-2 video decoding circuits . • Progressive Sca[...]

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    8 FRONT P ANEL CONTROLS Digital Louge Front P anel Controls  Main Information Display 1 P ower On/Off (Standby) 2 Open/Close 3 USB On-T he-Go Input 4 Headphone Jack 5 V olume Control 6 Slot Loader  Main Information Display: T his display delivers messages and status indications to help you operate the Digital Lounge Controller . 1 P ower On/O[...]

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    FRONT P ANEL DISPLA Y 9 ENGLISH Front P anel Display A Disc T ype Indicators B Playback-Mode Indicators C Progressive Scan Indicator D P arental Lock Indicator E T ime Indicators F Video F ormat Indicators G Source Indicators H Repeat Indicators I VCD Playback Control Indicator J Random Indicator K A-B Repeat Indicator L Program Indicator M Angle I[...]

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    10 REAR P ANEL CONNECTIONS Rear P anel Connections 0 C 1 2 3 F 7 B 4E D 98 G A 6 I H 5  HDMI Output  Remote IR Output  Remote IR Input  USB On-T he-Go Input  AC P ower Cord  FM Antenna  Audio In  Subwoofer Output  Coaxial Digital TV Input  Optical Digital Input  Analog Audio Outputs  F ront Speak er Outputs  C[...]

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    ENGLISH REAR P ANEL CONNECTIONS 11 Rear P anel Connections  Surround Speaker Outputs: Connect these outputs to the matching + and – terminals on your surround channel speak ers . In confor- mance with the new CEA color code specifica- tion, the Blue terminal is the positive , or "+" ter- minal that should be connected to the red (+) [...]

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    12 REAR P ANEL CONNECTIONS TV Rear P anel Connections TV A Audio Output B RF Antenna Input C RF Antenna Output D Antenna Input E Component Video Inputs (and Composite Video Input)(CVBS/Y) F Scart Inputs G P ower On/Off Switch H Coaxial Digital TV Output I PC Audio Input J DVD Input K DVI Input L RS 232 P ort M S-Video Input (YC) N Audio Input for S[...]

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    REAR P ANEL CONNECTIONS TV 13 ENGLISH Rear P anel Connections TV M S-Video Input: This input has no direct function in the system. If you have optional video sources lik e a satellite receiver or VCR with an S-Video output, connect it to this input. In the TV Menu system, this input is referred to as YC . N Audio Input for S-Video: If you have con-[...]

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    14 REMO TE CONTROL Remote Control 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q             System On/Source Selection Button P ower Off Button Subtitle Button T itle Button Angle Button Audio Button Enter Button Eject Button Set-Up/Button Arrows Button Mute Button Disc Menu/T eletext Button P ause Button[...]

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    REMO TE CONTROL 15 ENGLISH Remote Control 0 System/Source Selection Buttons: Pressing one of these buttons will perform three actions at the same time for those sources that require the display to be switched on. First, if the System is not turned on, this will power up the system. Next, "DVD" will select the player as source , the other [...]

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    16 REMO TE CONTROL Remote Control  IR T ransmitter Window: P oint this window to w ar ds th e Digital Lounge system whe n p ressing buttons on the remote to mak e certain that infrared commands are properly received.  Aspect Button: Press this button to scroll through the available screen formats . T he default setting is Fill All.  Screen[...]

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    SECOND REMO TE CONTROL 17 ENGLISH Second Remote Control A B C D E F G H Q N L M K J I O P    A P ower Off Button B System On/Source Selector Buttons C Audio System On/Source Selection Buttons D Arrow Buttons E Status Button F Skip/Step (Previous) Button G Search/Slow Reverse Button H Light Button I Screen P ower Buttons J Presets Buttons K[...]

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    About This Manual • T he types of functions and operations that can be used for a particular disc vary depending on the features of that disc. In some cases , these functions and operations may differ from the descriptions given in this manual. In this event, follow the instructions given on the screen. T his manual only covers basic disc operati[...]

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    INST ALLATION AND CONNECTIONS 19 ENGLISH Installation and Connections Important Note Please open the Harman Kardon Digital Lounge Accessory Tool Kit before opening any of the other system components . T he Kit contains two pairs of gloves , that can be used to unpack the LCD screen without damaging its frame nor leaving fingerprints on it. After un[...]

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    20 INST ALLATION AND CONNECTIONS Connecting a PC If you wish to connect your PC to the screen, the best way is to connect the DVI output of the com- puter to the DVI Input K on the rear panel of the screen. At the same time connect the audio output of your computer to the PC Audio Input I on the rear panel of the screen. If your PC does not have a [...]

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    INST ALLATION AND CONNECTIONS 21 ENGLISH Installation and Connections Playback Basics Screen Placement Note: Please use the supplied pair of gloves found in the Tool Kit when placing the screen. T his will prevent the high gloss finish of the screen to be scratched or damaged. T he screen comes delivered with an integrated stand, that has a dedicat[...]

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    22 PLA YBACK B ASICS Playback Basics For analog tuner: proceed as follows: When you press the Enter Button 6 to confirm, the automatic channel search will start to scan the available TV channels . T he automatic search can tak e several minutes , depending on the num- ber of channels that are available . Figure 1d • Should you wish to abort the a[...]

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    PLA YBACK B ASICS 23 ENGLISH Playback Basics If you select Sort Channels , you will see the menu below: Figure 1h Press the Enter button to enter the Sort TV chan- nels menu and the overview of the channels in the memory . Figure 1i T he Sort TV channels menu permits you to re- arrange the channels , sorting them in numerical order or alphabeticall[...]

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    24 PLA YBACK B ASICS TV 4. If the TV Source Selector Input Button 0 has been pressed to switch on the complete system, the system and the remote control are in TV mode . 5. Press the Preset Up or Preset Down Buttons L J to scroll through the available chan- nel presets . 6. Press the V olume Up or Volume Down Buttons Q K to increase or decrease the[...]

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    SY STEM SETUP 25 ENGLISH Playback Basics System Setup Surround Mode One of the most important features of the Digital Lounge system is its ability to reproduce a full multichannel surround sound field from digi- tal sources , analog matrix surround encoded pro- grams and standard stereo progr ams . Selection of a surround mode is based on per- sona[...]

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    26 SY STEM SETUP System Setup TV Set Up T he TV Set Up Menu contains 2 submenus . Each submenu can be selected by moving the blue bar with the KL Buttons 9 until the requested submenu is highlighted and pressing the Enter Button 6 to confirm. T he selected submenu will be mark ed by a light blue circle behind the submenu text line . Figure 2c Pictu[...]

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    SY STEM SETUP 27 ENGLISH System Setup Automatic Search (F or analog TV only) T he Automatic Search Menu allows you to auto- matically search for available TV channels . With the TV Set Up Menu on the screen, press the L Button 9 until the Automatic Search text line is highlighted. Press Enter 6 to select, followed by pressing the N Button 9 to acce[...]

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    28 SY STEM SETUP System Setup Edit Channel List (For analog TV only) T he last submenu in the TV Set Up Menu is the Edit Channel List Menu that allows you to mak e adjustments to the order of the TV channels. With the TV Set Up Menu on the screen, press the L Button 9 until the Edit Channel List text line is highlighted. Press Enter 6 to select, fo[...]

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    SY STEM SETUP 29 ENGLISH System Setup DVI Set Up T o access the DVI Set Up Menu, press the TV Button 0 followed by the Set Up Button 8 . Move the cursor to the right using the N Button 9 until the DVI tab is highlighted in dark blue . T he DVI Set Up Menu contains 2 submenus . Each submenu can be selected by moving the blue bar with the KL Buttons [...]

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    Show Logo: Defines whether the Harman Kardon Digital Lounge splash screen will be shown each time the system is turned on. Should you wish to change the Show Logo Setting, press the Enter Button 6 once the Show Logo line is highlighted. T he blue bar will disappear and the rest of the settings will fade out. Set the logo on or off by pressing the N[...]

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    SY STEM SETUP 31 ENGLISH System Setup Dynamic Range: T his setting allows you to tak e advantage of the progr amming present on some Dolby Digital recordings to reduce the volume of louder passages while maintaining intelligibility of quieter passages . T his means that you may listen to programs at a level that allows the full impact of a soundtra[...]

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    32 SY STEM SETUP Step 5: T he first two screens of the EzSet/EQ system will now appear to remind you to connect all the loudspeak ers and to plug in the micro- phone . If you have not already done so , connect all loudspeak ers and plug the microphone into the Headphone Jack 4 as described in steps 2 and 3. When you are ready to proceed, mak e cert[...]

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    SY STEM SETUP 33 ENGLISH Step 8. When the F ar Field measurements are completed, the system will ask you to tak e Near Field measurements , one at each five speaker position. T hese measurements enable EzSet/EQ to produce the most accurate settings for both high and low frequency equalization. T he Near Field measurements are similar to the F ar Fi[...]

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    34 SY STEM SETUP Manual Setup In most cases it is simpler , easier and more accu- rate to let EzSet/EQ tak e care of entering the sys- tem parameters for speak er “size”, speaker crossover , channel output and individual channel delay time . However , if you feel that your listen- ing room or system components are best suited to manual entry of[...]

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    SY STEM SETUP 35 ENGLISH DivX Video On Demand Figure 7b T his code allows you to rent and purchase videos using the DivX VOD service . For more infor - mation, visit www .divx.com/vod. F ollow the instructions and download the video onto a disc for playback on this unit. Note that all the downloaded videos from DivX VOD can only be played back on t[...]

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    36 TEST SCREEN T est Screen Picture Calibration Using the supplied T est Disc When doing the calibration first insert the disc in the slot loader 6 . T he disc will start reading, and a main menu will appear on the screen. Select the test pattern required using the K or L Buttons 9 . Once the pattern appears on the screen, press the P ause Button C[...]

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    ST ATUS B AR / OSD MENUS / DISC PLA YER MENU 37 ENGLISH Status Bar / OSD Menus / Disc Player Menu Using the Status Bar Menu T he on-screen Status Bar contains many playback features . T o see the Status Banner Menu, press ST ATUS D on the remote control while a disc is playing. Use the ARROW 9 buttons on the remote to move through the different fea[...]

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    38 DISC PLA YER/RADIO MENU Disc Player/Radio Menu Information Displays Figure 10 In DVD and MP3 mode , activating the INFO (DVD) or ID3 INFO (MP3) Submenu will show information about the player and the disc cur- rently playing. T he first lines will show Disc Type and Disc ID . Below you can compare the Aspect Ratio , Video Standard and Scan T ype [...]

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    RADIO MENU 39 ENGLISH 4. Pressing the search G / H button HJ will scan the FM band for the first available radio station with acceptable reception. T he scan will stop once a station is found and the name of the station will be displayed (as long as RDS is transmitted by the station). T he station will be stored automatically in the current preset.[...]

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    40 TV MENU , A UX MENU , DIGIT AL IN MENU TV Menu, A UX Menu, Digital in Menu TV MENU T he TV Menu setting of the DVD receiver sets the audio format and the level adjustment of the audio signal of the TV screen. T his adjustment is done once only . All other settings for the TV screen are made in the TV Setup Menu as described on page 26. 1. When t[...]

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    USB MENU / THE BRIDGE 41 ENGLISH USB MENU T he Harman Kardon Digital Lounge systems are among the first to allow direct playback of com- patible files from portable USB devices . T wo USB On-T he-Go inputs are available , one on the right side of the product (USB 1) and one on the rear panel (USB 2). Connect your USB thumb drive or portable hard di[...]

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    42 THE BRIDGE / SURROUND MODE CHAR T The Bridge / Surround Mode Chart Figure 17b Navigate The Bridge’ s screens by using the KLAB Buttons 9 to highlight a line and pressing the Enter Button 6 to select the line . Press the Menu Button B to return to the previous level of The Bridge’ s menu sys- tem. Audio: Shows the audio track that is currentl[...]

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    TV FUNCTIONS 43 ENGLISH TV Functions TV Functions T he Digital Lounge system offers several TV func- tions that require special attention. Please mak e yourself familiar with these functions by reading the chapter below . T o switch on the TV , press the TV Button 0 on the remote control. T he Digital Lounge sys- tem will switch on, shown by the am[...]

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    44 REMO TE CONTROL TV Functions Remote Control T eletext T eletext, also known as Videotext, is an informa- tion system broadcast by some TV -channels . It can be consulted lik e an interactive newspaper for the latest news , sports and entertainment. Harman Kardon Digital Lounge teletext also offers access to subtitles for hearing impaired viewers[...]

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    REMO TE CONTROL 45 ENGLISH Remote Control Erasing Learned Codes T he DL ’ s remote allows you to remove or erase the code learned into a single button for a single device , to remove or erase all the codes that have been learned for a single device , or to erase all commands that have been learned to all devices . T o erase a single learned code [...]

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    46 DVD LANGU AGE CODES D VD Language Codes T he availability of specific languages for the main audio tr ack or subtitles is dependent on the choices made by a disc’ s producer . Y ou should always consult the disc’ s jacket for information on languages for any disc. In the case of some languages, you may be required to enter a code from the li[...]

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    TROUBLESHOO TING 47 ENGLISH T roubleshooting F or the Controller If you experience any of the following difficulties while using the system, use this troubleshooting guide to help you remedy the problem. Should any problem persist, consult your author- ized Harman Kardon dealer . No power . • Is the power cord firmly plugged into the power outlet[...]

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    48 TROUBLESHOO TING T roubleshooting T rack Skip or direct select with numeric buttons , Search, Slow-motion play , repeat play or Program play , etc ., cannot be done . • Depending on the DVD or VCD, some of the above operations may not be av ailable (Playback control). Messages do not appear on the TV screen in the language you want. • Select[...]

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    GLOSSAR Y 49 ENGLISH Glossary Bit rate V alue indicating the amount of video data com- pressed in a DVD per second. T he unit is Mbps (megabit per second). 1 Mbps indicates that the data per second is 1,000,000 bits . T he higher the bit rate , the larger the amount of data. However , this does not always mean higher quality pic- tures . Chapter Se[...]

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    50 SPECIFICA TIONS Harman Kardon Digital Lounge Specifications Display Size / diagonal: 32” (81 cm), 40" (102 cm) or 46" (117 cm), 16:9 format Resolution: 1366 x 768 pixels HD ready for 32", 1920x1080 Full HD for 40" and 46". Colour display: 16.7 million colours Viewing angle: 178° typical Video standar ds Video: DVB-T ,[...]

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    CONTROLLER SPECIFICA TIONS 51 ENGLISH Depth measurement includes knobs , buttons and terminal connections . Height measurement includes feet and chassis . All features and specifications are subject to change without notice . Harman Kardon The Bridge , and Logic 7 are registered trademarks of Harman International Industries , Incorpor ated. Dolby ,[...]

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    52 SPECIFICA TIONS HKTS 11 System F requency Response 35Hz – 20kHz (–6dB) SA T -TS14 Satellites Recommended P ower 10 – 120 Watts Impedance 8 Ohms nominal Sensitivity 86dB @ 1 Watt/1 meter T weeter One 1/2" dome , video-shielded Midrange Dual 3" drivers , video-shielded Dimensions (H x W x D) 243mm x 100mm x 92mm Weight 1kg CEN-TS14[...]

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    53 ENGLISH 0007CSK - DigitalLounge 632_640_646 ENG v11.qxp:0007CSK - DigitalLounge 632,640,646 UK 12/06/08 11:11 Side 53 (Sort/Black plade[...]

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    250 Crossways P ark Drive, Woodbury, New Y ork 11797 516.422.HKHK (4545) F ax: 516.682.3523 (USA only) www .harmankardon.com Harman Consumer Group , Inc. 2, route de T ours , 72500 Château-du-Loir , F rance © 2008 Harman Kardon, Incorporated P art No.: 04021804/532 0007CSK - DigitalLounge 632_640_646 ENG v11.qxp:0007CSK - DigitalLounge 632,640,64[...]