Harman Kardon AVR 525 User Manual

OPERATION
removethetonecontrolsfromthecircuitsothatthe
outputis"fiat"atanytimebypressingtheToneMode
Button[] andthenpressingthe,_/, Buttons
[[_['_J sothatT 0 NE 0 I=I= appearsintheon-
screendisplayandtheLowerDisplayLine []
• Forprivatelistening,plugthe1/4" stereophone
plugfroma pairofstereoheadphonesintothefront-
panelHeadphoneJack [] Whentheheadphone's
plugisconnected,thewordHE A])P H0 NE will
scrollonceacrosstheLowerDisplayLine[] and
allspeakerswillbesilencedWhentheheadphone
plugisremoved,theaudiofeedtothespeakerswill
berestored
Surround Mode Selection
Oneofthemostimpoflantfeaturesof theAVR525
isitsabililytoreproducea flJllmultichannelsurround
soundfieldfromdigitalsources,analogmatrix
surroundencodedprogramsandstandardstereo
programs
Selectionofa surroundmodeis basedonpersonal
taste,aswellasthetypeof programsourcematerial
beingusedForexample,motionpiduresorfV pro
gramsbearingthelogoof oned themajorsurround
encodingprocesses,suchasDolbySurround,DES
Stereoor UltraStereo®maybeplayedineitherthe
DolbyDigital,DolbyProLogicIICinema,DISNeo:6
Cinema,or Logic7 Cinemasurroundmodesdepending
onthesourcematerial
NOTE:Oncea programhasbeenencodedwithmatrix
surroundinformation,itretainsthesurroundinformation
aslongastheprogramisbroadcastinstereo]hus,
movieswithsurroundsoundmaybedecodedviaanyof
theanalogsurroundmodessuchasProLogicII
Cinema,Logic7 Cinemaor DESNeo:6Cinema,when
theyarebroadcaslviaconventional]V stations,cable,
pay]V andsatellitetransmissionInaddition,agrowing
numberof madefor-televisionprograms,sportsbroad
casts,radiodramasandmusicCDsarealsorecordedin
surroundsoundYoumayviewa listof theseprograms
attheDolbyLaboratoriesWebsiteat_w dolbycom
Evenwhena programis nollistedascarryingintentional
surroundinformation,youmayfindthattheProLogicII,
Logic7 EnhancedorDIS Neo:6,VMAxandtheHallor
]heatermodesoftendeliverenvelopingsurroundpre-
sentationsthroughtheuseofthenaturalinformation
presentinallstereorecordings
Surroundmodesmaybechangedat anytimeby
usingeitherthefrontpanelor remotecontrol10
selecta newsurroundmodefromthefrontpanel,first
presstheSurroundModeGroupSelectorButton
[] untilthedesiredmajorsurroundmodegroupsuch
as Dolby,DIS or Logic7 isselectedNext,pressthe
SurroundModeSelectorButton[] to choosethe
specificindividualsurroundmode
10selecta surroundmodeusingtheremote,press
thebuttonforthemajorsurroundmodegroupthat
includesthemodeyouwishto choosefrom:Dolby
q_), DTSSurround_, DTSNeo:6 _,
Logic7 _, Stereo _ orDSPSurround
]he firstpressof thebuttonwillshowthecurrent
modefromthatgroupif itisalreadyinuse,orthefirst
availablemodeifyouarecurrentlyusinganother
mode10cyclethroughtheavailablemodesinthat
grouppressthebuttonagainuntilthedesiredmode
appearsintheLowerDisplayLine[] andtheon-
screendisplay
Asthesurroundmodeschange,a greenLEDwilllight
nextto thecurrentmodeintheSurroundMode
Indicators[] listonthefrontpanel
]he DolbyDigital,DolbyDigitalExandDFS51, DIS
ESMatrixandDIS ESDiscretemodesmayonlybe
selectedwhenadigitalinputisinuseInaddition,
whena digitalsourceispresent,theAVR525 will
automaticallyselectandswitchto thecorrectmode,
regardlessof themodethathasbeenpreviously
selectedFormoreinformationonselectingdigital
sources,seetheDigitalAudioPlaybacksectionbelow
Whenthe6 Channel/8Channeldirectinputsarein
usethereisnosurroundprocessing,astheseinputs
taketheanalogoutputsignalsfromanoptional,exter
nalDVDAudioor SACDplayer,or anothersource
deviceandcarrythemstraightthroughto thevolume
controlwithoutanyflJrtherdigitalprocessing
10listento a programintraditionaltwochannelstereo,
usingthefrontleftandfrontrightspeakersonly(plus
thesubwoofer,ifinstalledandconfigured),pressthe
StereoButton_ untilSURR OFF appearsinthe
MainInformationDisplayI_, PresstheSurround
ModeGroupSelector[] untiltheStereomodes
appearintheonscreendisplayandLowerDisplay
Line[] Next,presstheSurroundModeSelect
Button[] untilSUI_ROUN]) OFF appearsin
theonscreendisplayandLowerDisplayLine[]
Digital Audio Playback
Digitalaudioisa majoradvancementoverolderanalog
surroundprocessingsystemssuchasDolbyProLogicIt
deliversfivediscretechannels:leftfront,center,right
front,leftsurroundandrightsurroundEachchannel
reproducesflJll%quencyrange(20Hzto 20kHz)and
offersdramaticallyimproveddynamicrangeandsignifi
cantimprovementstosignalto noiseratiosInaddition,
digitalsystemshavethecapabililytodeliveranadditional
channelthatisspecificallydevotedtolowfrequency
informationthis isthe"1" channelreferredtowhenyou
seethesesystemsdescribedas"51 ,""61" or"71"
]he basschannelisseparatefromtheotherchannels,
butsinceitisintentionallybandwidth-limited,sound
designershavegivenitthatuniquedesignation
DolbyDigital
DolbyDigitalisastandardparld DVD,andisavailable
onspeciallyencodedLDdiscsandsatellitebroadcasts
anditisa pailof thehigh-definitiontelevision(HDrV)
system
Anoptional,externalREdemodulatoris requiredto
usetheAVR525 to listento theDolbyDigitalsound
tracksavailableonlaserdiscsConnecttheRFoutput
oftheLDplayertothedemodulatorandthenconnect
thedigitaloutputd thedemodulatortotheOpticalor
CoaxialInputs_'F_i"_]@ _ oftheAVR525 No
demodulatorisrequiredforusewithDVDplayersor
DIS encodedlaserdiscs
DTS
DIS isanotherdigitalaudiosystemthatiscapableof
delivering51 or 61 discreteor matrixsoundfield
reproductionAlthoughbothDIS andDolbyDigitalare
digital,theyusedifferentmethodsof encodingthesig
nals,andthustheyrequiredifferentdecodingcircuits
toconvertthedigitalsignalsbackto analog
DIS encodedsoundtracksareavailableonselectDVD
andLDdiscs,aswellasonspecialaudioonlyDES
discsYoumayuseanyLDorCDplayerequipped
withadigitaloutputto playDTSencodeddiscswith
theAVR525 Allthatisrequiredistoconnectthe
player'soutputtoeitheranOpticalor CoaxialInput
ontherearpanel@ @ orfrontpanel_'F_i"_]
Inorderto listento DVDsencodedwithDIS sound
tracks,theDVDplayermustbecompatiblewiththe
DIS signalasindicatedbya DESlogoontheplayer's
frontpanelEarlyDVDplayersmaynotbeabletoplay
DIS encodedDVDs]his doesnotindicatea problem
withtheAVR525, assomeplayerscannotpassthe
DIS signalthroughtothedigitaloutputsIfyouarein
doubtasto thecapabilityofyourDVDplayertohandle
DIS discs,consulttheplayer'sowner'smanual
NOTE:SomeDVDplayershavea defaultsettingthat
doesnotpassthroughtheDIS signalBeforeplaying
DVDswitha DESsoundtrack,makecertainthatthe
setlingsinyourDVDplayerhavebeenproperlyadjusted
sothatDTSaudioispassedthroughConsultthe
Owner'sManualforyourDVDplayerformoreinfor
mariononmakingthesesettings

Harman Kardon AVR 525 Specifications

General

Brand	Harman Kardon
Model	AVR 525
Category	Receiver
Language	English