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SYSTEM SETUP 21

The final step of the installation is to establish
the system’s defaults. It is helpful to take a few
minutes to familiarize yourself with these set-
tings, as they may require change before the first
use and later from time to time.

General Functionality of the 
User Interface
The complete setup and control of the Digital
Lounge takes place in an advanced Guided User
Interface menu system. The Guided User Interface
integrates four individual menu structures, all
easily accessible via the remote control:

• Set Up Menu for the Screen

• Set Up Menu for the DVD receiver

• On Screen Display Menu for the Screen

• On Screen Display Menu for the DVD receiver

All menu's are easily accessible via the remote
control.

The main menu of the DVD-Receiver is available
by pressing the OSD Button

 on the remote,

being in receiver mode (see page 20). It consists
of a DISC Menu, RADIO Menu, TV Menu, AUX
Menu, DIGITAL Menu, USB Menu and a SET-UP
Menu. The DISC Menu will show all information
and options available for the disc currently play-
ing. The RADIO Menu will show radio and RDS
options. The TV, AUX and DIGITAL Menus show
the surround options for these specific audio
inputs. The USB Menu will show all information
and options available when USB thumb devices
or portable hard disks are connected. The SET-UP
Menu will help you configure all audio and video
settings which are normally only made once.

As the connection between the screen and the
DVD receiver is over HDMI, you will be able to
benefit from having high resolution interface
images, that are text based.

Many Menu's contain Submenus or text lines.
These submenus are shown on the left side of
the menu. They can be highlighted by a white
square around the text by moving the cursor with
the ARROW 

9 buttons. Text can be activated

by pressing ENTER 

6 when they are highlight-

ed. When ENTER 

6 has been pressed, the color

of the circle behind the text will change to light
blue and you will see that the current settings of
this submenu will appear on the right side of the
menu. Although some Menus have various
Submenus and Settings, they are all navigated in
the same way. All submenus, settings and
options can be accessed with the help of the
ARROW (

KLNM

9) and ENTER 6 buttons

on the remote control.

To change a setting, simply move the cursor to
the setting you wish to change. This setting will
be highlighted in a white square, and a brief
explanation will appear in the Upper Menu Line
on the bottom of your screen, together with the
available options for this setting on the Lower
Menu Line.

Once the setting is highlighted, pressing ENTER
will show an 

M

and 

N

icon next to the current

setting to indicate that the setting can be
changed by pressing the left or right ARROW
Button 

9. Press the ARROW Buttons 9 until

the requested setting is shown, and confirm this
setting by pressing ENTER 

6. Note that when

you cycle though the options for this setting, the
cursor cycles though the options on the Lower
Menu Line, and the rest of the Display fades out.

(A) Main Menu Line

(B) Submenus

(D) Upper Menu Line with Brief Explanation

(E) Lower Menu Line with Possible Options
(not shown in the menu here)

If the Screen Set Up Menu is not already on the
screen, press the TV Button 

0 followed by the

Set-Up Button 

8 to call it on the screen.

The Screen Setup Menu handles picture calibra-
tion and set up of each individual input connect-
ed to the screen. All possible video inputs are
listed on the top of the menu, and can be select-
ed by moving from one tab to the next one using
the 

NM

Buttons 

9 on the remote control. The

selected input is highlighted by a dark blue lit
tab, all other tabs will be shown in light blue.

The TV Set Up Menu contains 4 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. The selected submenu

will be marked by a light blue circle behind the
submenu text line.

Picture Calibration
The first submenu is the Picture Calibration
Submenu that allows you to calibrate the picture
of your TV. With the TV Set Up Menu on the
screen, press the 

L

Button 

9 until the Picture

Calibration text line is highlighted. Press Enter
6 to select, followed by pressing the 

N

Button

9 to access the different calibration settings.
Contrast: The optimal contrast setting will
depend of your preference and the surrounding
light in the TV room. Should you wish to change
this setting, press the Enter Button 

6 once it is

highlighted. The TV Set Up Menu will be replaced
temporarily by a Mini Bar on the right top of the
screen, allowing you to verify the changes made
to the contrast setting in real time. To change the
setting press any of the 

N

or 

M

Buttons 

9 until

the right contrast setting has been reached. Press
the Enter Button 

6 to return to the calibration

process or the Red Button 

N to return to your

TV channel.

Brightness: The next line in the picture calibra-
tion process is the Brightness Setting. Should you
wish to change this setting, press the Enter
Button 

6 once it is highlighted. The TV Set Up

Menu will be replaced temporarily by a Mini Bar
on the right top of the screen, allowing you to
verify the changes made to the brightness setting
in real time. To change the setting press any of
the 

N

or 

M

Buttons 

9 until the right brightness

setting has been reached. Press the Enter Button
6 to return to the calibration process or the
Red Button 

N to return to your TV channel.

Sharpness: The next line in the picture calibra-
tion process is the Sharpness Setting. Should you
wish to change this setting, press the Enter
Button 

6 once it is highlighted. The TV Set Up

Menu will be replaced temporarily by a Mini Bar
on the right top of the screen, allowing you to
verify the changes made to the sharpness setting
in real time. To change the setting press any of
the 

N

or 

M

Buttons 

9 until the right sharpness

setting has been reached. Press the Enter Button
6 to return to the calibration process or the
Red Button 

N to return to your TV channel.

22 SYSTEM SETUP

Color: The next line in the picture calibration
process is the Color Setting, in which the color
saturation can be adjusted. Should you wish to
change this setting, press the Enter Button 

6

once it is highlighted. The TV Set Up Menu will
be replaced temporarily by a Mini Bar on the
right top of the screen, allowing you to verify the
changes made to the color setting in real time. To
change the setting press any of the 

N

or 

M

Buttons 

9 until the right color setting has

been reached. Press the Enter Button 

6 to

return to the calibration process or the Red
Button 

N to return to your TV channel.

Color Balance: The next line in the picture cali-
bration process is the Color Balance Setting,
allowing to adjust the color temperature. Should
you wish to change this setting, press the Enter
Button 

6 once it is highlighted. The TV Set Up

Menu will be replaced temporarily by a Mini Bar
on the right top of the screen, allowing you to
verify the changes made to the color 
balance setting in real time. To change the 
setting press any of the 

N

or 

M

Buttons 

9 until

the right color balance setting has been reached.
Press the Enter Button 

6 to return to the 

calibration process or the Red Button 

N to

return to your TV channel.

Picture Emission: The next line in the picture
calibration process is the Picture Emission
Setting. This setting adjusts the intensity of the
light of the display. Brightly lit rooms will get best
video performance with a Picture Emission set to
"Light". In dark rooms, the "Dark" setting
should be chosen. Should you wish to change
this setting, press the Enter Button 

6 once it is

highlighted. The TV Set Up Menu will be replaced
temporarily by a Mini Bar on the right top of the
screen, allowing you to verify the changes made
to the picture emission setting in real time. To
change the setting press any of the 

N

or 

M

Buttons 

9 until the right picture emission set-

ting has been reached. Press the Enter Button
6 to return to the calibration process or the
Red Button 

N to return to your TV channel.

Dynamic Noise Compensation: The next line
in the picture calibration process is the Dynamic
Noise Compensation Setting. With this setting
you can compensate for possible noise that is
detected in any analog video signal. Should you
wish to change this setting, press the Enter
Button 

6 once it is highlighted. The TV Set Up

Menu will be replaced temporarily by a Mini Bar
on the right top of the screen, allowing you to
verify the changes made to the dynamic noise
compensation setting in real time. To change the
setting press any of the 

N

or 

M

Buttons 

9 until

the right dynamic noise compensation setting
has been reached. Press the Enter Button 

6 to

return to the calibration process or the Red
Button 

N to return to your TV channel.

Aspect Ratio: The next line in the picture 
calibration process is the Aspect Ratio Setting. ,
defining in what format you watch a specific
video input. Should you wish to change this set-
ting, press the Enter Button 

6 once it is high-

lighted. The TV Set Up Menu will be replaced
temporarily by a Mini Bar on the right top of the
screen, allowing you to verify the changes made
to the aspect ratio setting in real time. To change
the setting press any of the 

N

or 

M

Buttons 

9

until the right settings has been reached. Press
the Enter Button 

6 to return to the calibration

process or the Red Button 

N to return to your

TV channel. The aspect ratio can also be changed
directly (and individually for each input) by 
pressing the Screen Format Button 

.

Automatic Search
The second submenu in the TV Set Up Menu is
the Automatic Search Menu that allows you to
automatically 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 access

the different automatic search settings. The TV’s
tuner has a memory for 99 TV stations.

Country: The country line lets you select the
country you reside in to do a country-specific
sorting sequence of the TV channels. Should you
wish to change this setting, press the Enter
Button 

6 once it is highlighted.

The blue bar will disappear and the rest of the
settings will fade out. Select the country you
reside in by pressing the 

N

or 

M

Buttons 

9

until the requested country is shown. Press the
Enter Button 

6 to confirm.

Search Form: Selects whether you would like to
search for All Stations or New Stations. Should
you wish to change this setting, press the Enter
Button 

6 once it is highlighted. The blue bar

will disappear and the rest of the settings will
fade out. Select the search form by pressing the

N

or 

M

Buttons 

9. Press the Enter Button 6

to confirm.

Start Search: Starts the search for all or new TV
stations, depending on the setting made in the
previous line. To start the search, press the Enter
Button 

6 once it is highlighted. The automatic

search menu will be replaced by the Auto Search
Progress Menu during the time of the search.
When the search is finished the Edit Channel List
Menu will appear on the screen. Follow the
instructions on page 19 should you wish to make
changes to the order of the presets or would like
to delete presets from the list.

Manual Search
The third submenu in the TV Set Up Menu is the
Manual Search Menu that allows you to manual-
ly search for available TV channels. With the TV
Set Up Menu on the screen, press the 

L

Button

9 until the Manual Search text line is high-
lighted. Press Enter 

6 to select, followed by

pressing the 

N

Button 

9 to access the differ-

ent manual search settings.

Pre-set Station: Selects a new preset station
number. Should you wish to change this position,
press the Enter Button 

6 once the line is high-

lighted. The blue bar will disappear and the rest
of the settings will fade out. Select the requested
position by pressing the 

N

or 

M

Buttons 

9

until it is shown. Press the Enter Button 

6 to

confirm.

Type: Selects whether you would like to search
for Channels or S-Channels (Special Channels,
Cable channels). Should you wish to change the
channel type, press the Enter Button 

6 once it

is highlighted. The blue bar will disappear and
the rest of the settings will fade out. Select the
requested type from the list by pressing the 

N

or

M

Buttons 

9. Press the Enter Button 6 to

confirm.

The next steps depend on which information
about the TV station to add you have on hand.
Depending on whether you have the correct
channel number or the correct frequency, follow
one of the two steps described below.

Channel: Assigns the TV station’s channel num-
ber. If you know the correct channel number of
the TV station to add, press the Enter Button 

6

once the line is highlighted. The blue bar will dis-
appear and the rest of the settings will fade out.
Select the correct station number by pressing the

N

or 

M

Buttons 

9 from the list or by typing it

with the Numeric Keys 

 on the remote con-

trol. Press the Enter Button 

6 to confirm. Note

that once confirmed, the frequency matching this
channel will automatically be shown.

Frequency: Assigns the TV station’s frequency. If
you know the correct frequency of the TV chan-
nel to add, press the Enter Button 

6 once the

line is highlighted. The blue bar will disappear
and the rest of the settings will fade out. Type
the station’s frequency with the help of the
Numeric Keys 

 on the remote control. Press

the Enter Button 

6 to confirm. Note that once

confirmed, the channel number matching this 
frequency will automatically be shown.

SYSTEM SETUP 23

Name: The line shows the input for the TV 
station’s name and can contain up to five 
characters. To enter the name, press the Enter
Button 

6 once the line is highlighted. The blue

bar will disappear and the rest of the settings
will fade out. Press the 

K

or 

L

Buttons 

9 to

scroll through the available characters to form
the stations name. When the first position con-
tains the right character, move the cursor to the
right by pressing the 

N

Button 

9 and select

the next character. Repeat this until all characters
are filled or until the correct name shows on the
line. Press the Enter Button 

6 to confirm.

TV Standard: Selects the TV standard. Should
you wish to change the TV standard, press the
Enter Button 

6 once it is highlighted. The blue

bar will disappear and the rest of the settings
will fade out. Select the requested TV standard
from the list by pressing the 

N

or 

M

Buttons 

9.

Press the Enter Button 

6 to confirm.

Note: If you do not know which TV standard to
choose, we recommend that you run the auto-
matic channel search procedure.

Color Standard: Selects the Color standard.
Should you wish to change the color standard,
press the Enter Button 

6 once it is highlighted.

The blue bar will disappear and the rest of the
settings will fade out. Select the requested TV
standard from the list by pressing the 

N

or 

M

Buttons 

9. Press the Enter Button 6 to 

confirm.

Note: If you do not know which color standard
to choose, we recommend that you run the auto-
matic channel search procedure.

Decoder: Older Pay TV systems that require an
external decoder can be connected to either one
of the 2 Scart inputs. Depending on the decoder
type, change the Decoder Settings according to
the table below.

Edit Channel List
The last submenu in the TV Set Up Menu is the
Edit Channel List Menu that allows you to make
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, followed

by pressing the 

N

Button 

9 to access the Edit

Channel List Menu. In order to move a channel
up or down the list, select it first by moving the
cursor until it is highlighted by the blue bar. Press
the Enter Button 

6 to confirm.

The blue bar will turn white and the channel can
now be moved on the list using the 

KL

/

N M

Buttons 

9. Once the TV channel is on its new

position, press the Enter Button 

6 to confirm

the new position. All stations after the new posi-
tion will automatically move one station down
the list.

Stations can also be deleted from the channel
list. In order to delete a channel from the list,
select it first by moving the cursor until it is high-
lighted by the blue bar. Press the Green Button
O to delete the station from the list.

To access the HDMI 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 HDMI tab is highlighted in dark
blue.

The HDMI Set Up Menu contains 2 submenus.
Each submenu can be selected by moving the
blue bar with the 

K

or 

L

Buttons 

9 until the

requested submenu is highlighted and pressing
the Enter Button 

6 to confirm. The selected

submenu will be marked by a light blue circle
behind the submenu text line.

Picture Calibration
The Harman Kardon Digital Lounge is among the
few systems that have individual picture calibra-
tion settings for each individual video input. As
the picture calibration menus for each of the
video inputs are the same, please refer to the
explanations of the Picture Calibration on page
21. An exclusive setting for the HDMI input is
TINT. This will vary the color temperature in many
small steps in contrast to the "Color Balance"
setting and is effective with NTSC mode only. It
can be selected and changed in the same way as
described for all other Picture Calibration settings
on page 21.

Set Up
The second submenu in the HDMI Set Up menu
is the Set Up Menu. With the HDMI Set Up Menu
on the screen, press the 

L

Button 

9 until the

Set Up text line is highlighted. Press Enter 

6 to

select, followed by pressing the 

N

Button 

9 to

access the Set Up Menu.

Film Mode: This mode allows you to switch the
Film Mode on or off. When switched to On this
setting will activate the correct film mode detec-
tion. The Film Mode should be switched on for all
inputs that are used to watch movie playback. If
you are not watching movies on a specific video
input, the Film Mode setting should be set to Off.
Should you wish to change the film mode, press
the Enter Button 

6 once the line is highlight-

ed. The blue bar will disappear and the rest of
the screen will fade out. Switch the film mode on
or off by pressing the 

N

or 

M

Buttons 

9. Press

the Enter Button 

6 to confirm.

To 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.
The DVI 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. The selected submenu

will be marked by a light blue circle behind the
submenu text line.

Set Up
The second submenu in the DVI Set Up menu is
the Set Up Menu. With the DVI Set Up Menu on
the screen, press the 

L

Button 

9 until the Set

Up text line is highlighted. Press Enter 

6 to

select, followed by pressing the 

N

Button 

9 to

access the Set Up Menu.

The Set-Up menu appearing depends on the DVI
source selected by the PC button

0. When

the digital DVI-input "PC(DVI)" is selected the
following menu items will appear:

Film Mode: See Film Mode on this page (HDMI
Set Up).

Sound

Picture

Normal

Uncoded

Uncoded

Decoder A SCART1

Uncoded

Coded

Decoder B SCART1

Coded

Coded

Decoder A SCART2

Uncoded

Coded

Decoder B SCART2

Coded

Coded

24 SYSTEM SETUP

DVI Source: Selects the source connected to the
DVI input between PC (via DVI/DVI cable) and
DVD player (via HDMI/DVI adaptercable). Should
you wish to change the DVI input, press the
Enter Button 

6 once it is highlighted. The blue

bar will disappear and the rest of the screen will
fade out. Select the requested DVI input from the
list by pressing the 

N

or 

M

Buttons 

9. Press

the Enter Button 

6 to confirm.

When the analog DVI-input "PC(RGB)" is select-
ed the following menu items will appear on the
Set-Up menu:

Auto Setup: When this option is selected and
ENTER is pressed the screen will optimize its set-
tings to the PC graficcard automatically.

All other settings below can be made manually,
but normally the datas automatically found will
be optimal, only varying the phase sometimes
may avoid the small noise/flicker effect appearing
in fine structures.

H Total: Will vary the width of the complete pic-
ture on screen.

V Pos: This will shift the picture vertically.

V Size: Will vary the height of the picture.

H Pos: Will shift the picture horizontally.

H Size: Will vary the horizontal picture size.

Phase: Will vary the phase of the video signal
refering to the pixels on screen.

To access any of the Component, S-Video,
Composite or Scart Set Up Menus, 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 requested tab is highlighted in dark
blue.

The Set Up Menus of all above inputs contain 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. The

selected submenu will be marked by a light blue
circle behind the submenu text line.

Important Notes:
• The Film Mode will be effective only with Scan
Mode Interlaced, i.e. not via Component or DVI
inputs when in Progressive mode. In case of the
Digital Lounge system connected through the
HDMi input, the Film Mode setting should remain
OFF whatever video resolution chosen.

• The Film Mode can be turned on/off directly,
also without the OSD opened, by pressing the
STATUS button with the remote in TV mode (as
long as the Teletext is not activated).

Exclusively for all analog inputs there is a setting
for Picture Noise Compensation.

This should be used only for Still Pictures like
JPEGs. When turned on this feature will compen-
sate the low noise that may be contained in the
pictures. Note that simultanously the setting for
the "Dynamic Noise Compensation" will change
appropriately.

Set Up
The second submenu in the component, S-Video,
composite or Scart Set Up menus is the Set Up
Menu. With any of these Set Up Menus on the
screen, press the 

L

Button 

9 until the Set Up

text line is highlighted. Press Enter 

6 to select,

followed by pressing the 

N

Button 

9 to access

the Set Up Menu.

Exclusively for the SCART inputs of the TV there
are the following setting options important for
the proper working of each SCART input in use:

Scart Device Detection: This function must be
On, if automatic switching-over to the correspon-
ding SCART input is to take place when an active
device is connected to the appropriate SCART1
or SCART2 input.

Video Input Selection: With this setting the TV
can be forced to show only the Composite or
RGB video signal on  the SCART 1 input respec-
tively only the Composite or S-Video signal on
the SCART 2 input. The input signal on SCART 1
is automatically detected and the TV will switch
to RGB mode automatically when such a signal is
present.

Aspect Ratio Detection: This setting selects
the signal for the format detection (4:3 or 16:9)
on the SCART inputs and will be effective only
with the Aspect Ratio set to "Auto Zoom" mode
(in the Picture Calibration menu). Three options
are available for the selection:

Scart: Evaluates the voltage of the signal to pin
8 of the SCART sockets delivered by the source
(when source is set to "16:9" mode) and addi-
tionally the Black Lines of the movie (e.g. with
letterbox format). This setting gives the most use-
full aspect ratio automation for Scart inputs.

Black Line: Detects letterbox films on the basis
of the black bars at the top and bottom. Note
that the detection of constant black lines needs
about 20 seconds.

WSS (Widescreen Signalling): WSS is a code
that may be contained in TV tuner signals. It
enables the system to display programs from
external TV tuners, connected to the Scart input,
in their correct aspect ratio, when the "Scart"
setting will not provide a proper working. Note
that many TV receivers will not provide the WSS
signal.

To access the General Set Up Menu, press the TV
Button 

0 followed by the Set Up Button 8.

Move the cursor to the left using the 

M

Button

9 that the Set Up tab is highlighted in dark
blue.

OSD Language: Sets the language in which all
set up menus related to the screen will be pre-
sented. Should you wish to change the OSD
Language, press the Enter Button 

6 once it is

highlighted. The blue bar will disappear and the
rest of the settings will fade out. Select the
requested language from the list by pressing the

N

or 

M

Buttons 

9. Press the Enter Button 6

to confirm.

OSD Time Out: Sets the amount of time it will
take to automatically switch off the different
menus. Should you wish to change the Time Out
timing, press the Enter Button 

6 once the OSD

Time Out line is highlighted. The blue bar will dis-
appear and the rest of the settings will fade out.
Select the requested time interval from the list by
pressing the 

N

or 

M

Buttons 

9. Press the Enter

Button 

6 to confirm.

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. The blue bar will disappear and the
rest of the settings will fade out. Set the logo on
or off by pressing the 

N

or 

M

Buttons 

9. Press

the Enter Button 

6 to confirm.