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INSTALLATION AND CONNECTIONS

Important Note
Please open the Harman Kardon Digital Lounge
Accessory Tool Kit before opening any of the
other system components. The 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 unpacking the different system components,
and placing them on a solid surface capable of
supporting their weight, you will need to make the
connections to your audio and video equipment.

We recommend that you use the supplied cables
when making connections to source equipment
and high quality interconnect cables to additional
equipment to preserve the integrity of the
signals.

When making connections to audio source
equipment or speakers it is always a good 
practice to unplug the units from the AC wall 
outlet. This prevents any possibility of
accidentally sending audio or transient signals to
the speakers that may damage them.

Making the necessary connections to the Digital
Lounge system is done in five easy steps.

1. Connect the front, center and surround speaker
outputs 

BCD to the respective speakers.

Cables that are run inside walls should have the
appropriate markings to indicate listing with any
appropriate testing agency standards. Questions
about running cables inside walls should be
referred to your installer or a licensed electrician
who is familiar with the applicable local building
codes in your area.

When connecting wires to the speakers, be
certain to observe proper polarity. Note that the
positive (+) terminal of each speaker connection
now carries a specific color code. However, most
speakers will still use a red terminal for the
postive (+) connection. Connect the “negative”
or “black” wire to the same terminal on both the
receiver and the speaker.

We also recommend that the length of cable
used to connect speaker pairs be identical.
For example, use the same length piece of
cable to connect the front-left and front-right
or surround-left and surround-right speakers,
even if the speakers are a different distance
from the Digital Lounge system controller.

2. Connections to the subwoofer are made via a
line level audio connection from the Subwoofer
Output

7 to the line-level SUB input (purple)

of the subwoofer. Connect at the same time the
Subwoofer Trigger Output

F to the Trigger

Input of the subwoofer.

3. Connect the supplied FM antenna to the FM
(75 ohm) connection 

5. The FM antenna may

be an external roof antenna, an inside powered
or wire lead antenna or a connection from a
cable system. Note that if the antenna or connec-
tion uses 300-ohm twin-lead cable, you should
use a 300-ohm-to-75-ohm adapter to make the
connection.

4. Your system comes with an HDMI and SP-DIF
cable to make a digital video connection over
HDMI and digital audio connection from the TV
to the DVD receiver. Connect the HDMI connector
on one end of the wire to the HDMI Output 

0

of the receiver and the other end to the HDMI
Input 

J of the screen. Connect the Coaxial

Digital connector on one end of the cable to the
Coaxial Digital Input 

8 of the receiver and the

other end to the Coaxial Digital Output 

H of the

screen.

5. Connect the supplied aerial TV antenna to the
Antenna Input 

D on the rear panel of the

screen.

All necessary connections are now made. If you
have additional source components to add,
please refer to the next paragraphs. If not, please
continue with the next chapter of the manual.

If you do not use an aerial antenna but a set top
box or cable box to watch TV, please follow the
instructions below to connect these products.

SCART
If you decide to connect your set top or cable box
to your system using a Scart cable, connect the
Scart output of the set top or cable box to one of
the Scart Inputs 

F on the rear panel of the

screen.

YUV/Component
If you decide to connect your set top or cable box
to your system using a YUV or Component cable,
connect the YUV outputs of the set top or cable
box to the YUV Inputs 

E on the rear panel of

the screen. At the same time connect the analog
audio outputs of the box to the Audio Input for
Component Video Jacks 

O on the rear panel of

the screen, or the digital output of the box to the
Coaxial Digital Input 

P.

S-Video
If you decide to connect your set top or cable box
to your system using an S-Video cable, connect
the S-Video output of the set top or cable box to
the S-Video Input 

M on the rear panel of the

screen. At the same time connect the analog
audio outputs of the box to the Audio Input for
S-Video Jacks 

N on the rear panel of the screen,

or the digital output of the box to the Coaxial
Digital Input 

P.

Composite
If you decide to connect your set top or cable box
to your system using a Composite cable, connect
the Composite output of the set top or cable box
to the Composite/CVBS Input 

E on the rear

panel of the screen. At the same time connect
the analog audio outputs of the box to the Audio
Input for Component Video Jacks 

O on the rear

panel of the screen, or the digital output of the
box to the Coaxial Digital Input 

P.

Important Note: The Coaxial Digital Input
P of the screen will accept only 2-channel PCM
signals (see item 

P on page 11). To listen to the

multichannel sound from an optical digital out-
put of any external source you can connect it to
the Optical Input

9 of the unit, see next page.

If your source has only a Coaxial Digital output
disconnect the SPDIF cable on the screen (out-
put

H) and the unit (input 8), connect the

screen via the analog audio cable to the unit
(Audio Output

A on screen to the TV Audio

G on the unit). Then connect the coaxial

digital output of your source to the Coaxial
Digital Input

8 of the unit.

If you wish to connect your PC to the screen, the
best way is to connect the DVI output of the
computer 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 DVI output, but VGA only,
use an adapter cable VGA->DVI to connect your
PC to the DVI input of the screen. If the grafic
card of your PC has also other video outputs,
please use any of the available outputs of your
computer to the matching input of the screen.

If you wish to connect your digital set top box or
satellite receiver to the screen, the best way is to
connect the DVI output of the source to the DVI
Input 

K on the rear panel of the screen. At the

same time connect the coaxial digital output of
the source to the Coaxial Input 

P on the rear

panel of the screen. If your video source does not
have a DVI output, but HDMI only, you can use
the supplied HDMI to DVI adapter to connect
your set top box or satellite receiver to the DVI
input of the screen.

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INSTALLATION AND CONNECTIONS

Aux Input for External Source
You may connect a line-level stereo analog audio
source such as a Sat receiver, tape deck, phono
preamp of a record player, etc. to the controller's
rear panel AUDIO IN Input 

6 sockets to enjoy the

benefits of your system with other source compo-
nents.

• VCR Connection-Audio (Cables Not Included). To

listen to the sound from your stereo VCR
through the speakers of this system, connect the
Left/Right audio output jacks of your stereo VCR
to the Left/Right audio input jacks AUDIO IN 

6

of this system.

Aux Output for Recording
To record the sound of the system with your VCR
or any audio recording device (tape deck, MD, CDR
and some others.) the Audio Out jacks 

A should

be connected to the analog Record In jacks of the
appropriate device.

Digital In- and Outputs
Connect the optical digital output of any digital
sources such as an optional CD or DVD changer or
player, advanced video game, a digital satellite
receiver, HDTV tuner or digital cable set-top box or
the output of a compatible computer sound card
to the Optical Digital Input

9. The Coaxial

Digital ouput of those devices may be connected
with the Coaxial Digital input 

P on the

screen, (for PCM only) or the Coaxial Digital
Input

8 on the unit (for all formats), see page

17. Connect the Coaxial Digital Output 

E on the

rear panel of the Digital Lounge system to the
matching digital input connections on a CD-R or
MiniDisc recorder.

Note: When connecting the optical digital audio
cable (optional).
■ Gently push the cable plug through the built-in

shutter that covers the optical digital audio out-
put and connect the cable firmly so that the
configurations of both the cable and the con-
nector match.

The placement of speakers in a multichannel
home-theater system can have a noticeable impact
on the quality of sound reproduced.
If you use the screen with the supplied table
stand, place the center loudspeaker in the desig-
nated place between the two feet of the stand.
Install the speaker from behind, and push it 
gently forward until it can not go any further.
If you do not wish to use the supplied table stand,
place the center speaker either directly above or
below your TV. Once the center-channel speaker is
installed, position the left-front and right-front
speakers so that they are as far away from one
another as the center-channel speaker is from the
preferred listening position. Ideally, the front-chan-
nel speakers should be placed so that their tweeters
are no more than 60cm above or below the tweeter
in the center-channel speaker. Depending on the
specifics of your room acoustics, you may find that

imaging is improved by moving the front-left and
front-right speakers slightly forward of the center-
channel speaker. If possible, adjust all front loud-
speakers so that they are aimed at ear height when
you are seated in the listening position.
Using these guidelines, you’ll find that it takes
some experimentation to find the correct location
for the front speakers in your particular installa-
tion. Don’t be afraid to move things around until
the system sounds correct. Optimize your speakers
so that audio transitions across the front of the
room sound smooth.
The preferred location for surround speakers is on
the side walls of the room, at or slightly behind the
listening position.
Rear surround speakers may also be used in 5.1
channel mode as an alternative mounting position
when it is not practical to place the main surround
speakers at the sides of the room. Speakers may
be placed on a rear wall, behind the listening posi-
tion. As with the side speakers, the center of the
rear surrounds should face you. The speakers
should be no more than 2 meters behind the rear
of the seating area.
The supplied pair of loudspeaker stands can be
used to either place the front- or rear loudspeak-
ers. Follow the instructions in the manual of the
stands for proper installation of the loudspeakers
on the stands.
Subwoofers produce largely nondirectional sound,
so they may be placed almost anywhere in a room.
Actual placement should be based on room size.
One method of finding the optimal location for a
subwoofer is to begin by placing it in the front of
the room, about 15cm from a wall, or near the
front corner of the room. Another method is to
temporarily place the subwoofer in the spot where
you will normally sit, and then walk around the
room until you find a spot where the subwoofer
sounds best. Place the subwoofer in that spot.

Note: Please use the supplied pair of gloves found
in the Tool Kit when placing the screen. This will
prevent the high gloss finish of the screen to be
scratched or damaged. The screen comes delivered
with an integrated stand, that has a dedicated
place for the system's center loudspeaker. Place
the screen and the stand on a surface that is
strong enough to support its weight.
You can also opt for hanging the screen on the
wall. Note that the screen should be mounted on
vertical walls only that are capable of bearing
three times the weight of the screen (see page 40
for the weight of your screen). We recommend you
to do the mounting with two people. Before
installing the screen on the wall, make sure that it
is switched off and that the mains cable and signal
cables are unplugged. Protect the front of the
screen using the cloth bag and turn the screen so
that its front is pointing downwards and place it
carefully on a completely flat and firm surface.

Loosen and remove the 8 screws (M4x5) in the
stand. Please keep the screws in a safe place in
case you would like to re-install the screen on the
stand in the future.

White

Red

Center Front

Speaker

Optional Rear-Wall Mounting

TV or Projection Screen

Right Front

Speaker

Left Front

Speaker

No more than 2m

when rear-mounted

speakers are used

Look at the attached drilling template in the
accessory pack to determine the appropriate dis-
tance between the two holes in the wall for your
individual display size.
Fit two plugs and hooks capable of carrying
three times the weight of the screen in the wall
and position the screen so that the hooks can be
introduced into the openings provided for this
purpose on the rear side of the screen.

INSTALLATION AND CONNECTIONS

Notes
• The Power Requirement is: AC 230V, 50 Hz.

• Connecting to power other than the one listed

above may damage the system or cause abnor-
mal operation.

• Before connecting the AC power cord of this

system to a wall outlet, connect the speakers
and other component cables to the system.

• Connect the AC power cord of the active

subwoofer.

• Connect the AC power cords of your TV and

any optional components to a wall outlet.

Once the speakers have been placed in the room
and connected, the remaining steps are to
program the system configuration memories.

You are now ready to power up the system to
begin final adjustments.

1. Plug the Power Cable

4Q of the DVD

receiver and TV into an unswitched AC outlet.
Press the Power On Switch 

G to the "I" 

position to switch on the TV to Standby mode.
Note that the Power Indicator

1 and the

Power Indicator on the screen will turn orange,
indicating that system unit is in the Standby
mode. At the same time, plug the power cord of
the subwoofer into an unswitched AC outlet.

2. Remove the protective plastic film from the

main front-panel lens of the DVD receiver.
If left in place, the film may affect the perform-
ance of your remote control.

3. Install the three supplied AAA batteries in the

main remote as shown. Be certain to follow
the (+) and (–) polarity indicators that are on
the top of the battery compartment. Follow the
same instructions to install the three supplied
AAA batteries into the smaller second remote
control.

4. Turn the system on by pressing the TV Input

0 on the remote control.

The Power Indicator

1 and the Power

Indicator of the screen will turn blue to confirm
that the system is on, and the Main
Information Display

 will also light up.

The first step after switching on your system is to
set the language you prefer and the country you
reside in. Once that is done, the automatic TV
channel search will start.

• The first screen you will see is the Language

Selection screen. Use the [

L

] or [

K

] Buttons

9 to select the language you prefer to see
the menu's of the TV in. Press the Enter Button
6 to confirm.

• Once you have selected the menu language,

the next screen allows you to select the country
in which the TV will be operated. Use the [

L

]

or [

K

] Buttons 

9 to select your country.

When you press the Enter Button 

6 to con-

firm, the automatic channel search will start to
scan the available TV channels. The automatic
search can take several minutes, depending on
the number of channels that are available.

• Should you wish to abort the automatic 

channel search, please press the Red Button
N on your remote control.

If no TV channel is found, check the aerial con-
nections and attempt to search for the channels
again.

When the automatic search is finished, the Edit
Channel List Menu will show on your screen. It
will show all the TV channels found indicated by
a name consisting a maximum of 5 characters.
This menu allows you to sort the TV channels
according to your preferences. Move the blue bar
by pressing the 

L

Button until the TV channel

you would like to move is highlighted by the blue
bar. Press the Enter Button 

6 so that the bar

turns white. You can now move it up, down, left
or right with the 

K

/

L

/

M

/

N

Buttons 

9 until it

is at the requested preset. Press the Enter Button
6 to confirm. The white bar will turn blue to
confirm. Continue with all the other channels
until each preset contains your preferred TV chan-
nel.

The menu also allows you to delete TV channels
from your channel list. Move the blue bar to the
TV channel to be deleted using the 

K

/

L

Buttons 

9. Press the Green Button O to

delete the TV channel.

When you are done making changes to the
Channel List, press the Red Button 

N to

remove the list from the screen.

Preparation
1. Depending on what source you would like to

watch or listen to, there are two ways to
switch on the system. In order to switch on the
whole system, including the screen, to watch a
source, press any of System On/Source
Selectors 

0. If you would only like to switch

on the DVD receiver, for instance to simply lis-
ten to a CD, press any of the Audio System
On/Source Selector Buttons 

K.

2. When you switch on the complete system, a

Harman Kardon Digital Lounge welcome
image should appear on the screen.

3. If there is no picture at all, not even the

Harman Kardon screen, please check whether
the HDMI cable has been inserted correctly.
This cable needs always to be connected
before switching on the screen and the receiver.

INSTALLATION AND CONNECTIONS

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

LJ to scroll through the available chan-
nel presets.

6. Press the Volume Up or Volume Down Buttons

QK to increase or decrease the system's
volume level.

If any of the DVD 

0 or Audio Source Selector

Buttons 

K has been pressed to switch on the

system (with or without screen), the system and
the remote control are in receiver mode.

7. Press OPEN/CLOSE 

27 to open the disc

tray.

8. Place a disc on the disc tray. Hold the disc

without touching either of its surfaces, position
it with the side you wish to play facing down,
align it with the guides, and place it in its
proper position.

•  3" (8 cm) discs or 5" (12 cm) discs can be

used.

9. Press PLAY 

G. The disc tray is automatically

closed and play begins.

•  When the disc tray is closed by pressing OPEN/

CLOSE 

27, play will start automatically.

•  With most DVD’s, a Disc Menu appears on the

screen. Select specific menu item by using
ARROW 

9 buttons on the remote, then

press ENTER 

6.

Skipping tracks or titles/chapters
To move forward or backward through the tracks
on a CD or the titles or chapters on a DVD, press
Previous/Next 

EF.

Fast Motion Playback/Fast Search
1. To move forward or backward through the

DVD or CD disc being played at fast speed,
press Search 

HJ on the remote. Once one

of these buttons is pressed, the fast search will
continue until Play is pressed.

There are four fast-play speeds. Each press of the
Search Buttons will cycle to the next speed in the
following order: 2x, 4x, 16x, 100x, indicated by a
number of arrow indicators on the right top of
the screen.

2. Press PLAY 

G at any time to resume normal

playback.

Note that there will be no audio playback during
fast-forward or -reverse play of DVD discs. This is
normal for DVD, as surround processors cannot
process the digital audio streams during fast-play
modes; audio will be heard during fast-play of
conventional CD’s.

Freeze Frame and Frame Advance 
(with DVD only)
1. Press PAUSE 

C when a DVD is playing to

freeze the picture.

2. Each time you press one of the STEP (FWD or

REV 

EF) buttons, the picture advances

one frame in the selected direction.

3. Press PLAY 

G to resume normal playback.

Slow Motion Playback (with DVD only)
1. When a DVD disc is in pause or freeze frame

mode, you may move slowly forward or back-
ward through the program being played at one
of four speeds by pressing the SEARCH
Buttons 

HJ on the remote. Each press of

the buttons will move to the next speed, indi-
cated by a number of arrow indicators on the
right top of the screen.

2. Press PLAY 

G to resume normal playback.

Note that there will be no audio playback during
slow-forward or -reverse play of DVD discs. This is
normal for DVD, as surround processors cannot
process the digital audio streams during slow
modes. Slow play is not available for CD.

Notes: Playback features may not be available
during the opening credits of a movie. This is
intended by the disc author and is not a failure of
the Digital Lounge system Controller.

Playback of a DVD with 96 kHz/24-bit audio
requires the use of circuitry normally used for
other features. Accordingly, Slow Play Reverse
and Step Advance features are not available with
these discs.

Depending on the structure of a VCD disc, the
functions Slow Reverse and Step Reverse may be
prohibited or have no function and Fast Playback
(Search) may not function.

About DivX Movie Files 
The DivX disc compatibility of this DVD player is
limited by the following:

• the available resolution size of the DivX file

should be maximum 720x576 (W x H) pixels.

• the total number of files and folders on the disc

should be less than 999.

• the number of screen frames per second should

be maximum 29.97 frames per second.

• the video and audio structure of recorded file

should be interleaved.

The player is capable of playing DivX files with
the extensions “.avi”.

The player is capable of playing subtitle files with
the extensions “.smi”, “.srt”, “.sub (Micro DVD
format only)” or "ssa". Other subtitle files won’t
be displayed. Subtitle files need to carry the same
name as the movie file (but with either one of the
above extensions) and should be located in the
same directory.

Playing a DivX Movie Disc
Before playing DivX movie discs, please note the
following:

• multi session DVD containing Windows Media

Audio files may not be supported.

• open session discs are not supported.

• the DVD player does not support PC data.

• this DVD player does not support an unfinal-

ized disc with a closed session.

1. Insert a disc and close the tray.

2. In the On Screen Display opening select a fold-

er by pressing the up/down cursor buttons and
press ENTER. A list of files in the folder
appears. If you are in a file list and want to
return to the Folder list, use the up/down but-
tons on the remote to highlight the return icon
on top of the list and press ENTER.

3. If you want to view a particular file, press the

up/down buttons to highlight a file and press
ENTER (PLAY will always play the first file on
the disc).

When playing back a DivX movie you can use
variable playback functions like fast backward
and forward, as well as step and slow forward
while slow and step backward are not possible.
To facilitate the navigation with DivX/XviD
movies you  can jump forward/backward for 10
minutes by pressing the PIC+/Pic- buttons 

L

on the remote.

4. Press STOP to stop the playback.

The DVD player’s playback functionalities of DivX
video discs will vary depending on the DivX
version used for creating your movies.

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 programs.

Selection of a surround mode is based on person-
al taste, as well as the type of program source
material being used. For example, motion pic-
tures, CD’s or TV programs bearing the logo of
one of the major surround encoding processes,
such as Dolby Surround should be played in
either the Dolby Pro Logic II Movie (with movies)
or Music (with music) surround mode.

Surround modes and audio formats are selected
using the remote. Press the AUDIO button 

5 to

toggle between the surround modes/audio for-
mats available on the DVD disc. As you press the
button, the Surround mode/audio format name
will appear on your video display.

When a digital source is present, the DVD receiv-
er will automatically select and switch to the cor-
rect mode (Dolby Digital or DTS), regardless of
the mode that has been previously selected.

To listen to a DVD-program in traditional two
channel stereo, using the front left and front right
speakers only plus the subwoofer, follow the
instructions shown in the chapter DVD Sound
Mode, in the Audio Settings Menu.