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Installation Location
■ To 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.

■ Make certain that proper space is provided both

above and below the system components for
ventilation. If this product will be installed in a
cabinet or other enclosed area, make certain
that there is sufficient air movement within the
cabinet. Under some circumstances a fan may
be required.

■ Do not place the system components directly

on a carpeted surface.

■ Avoid installation in extremely hot or cold

locations, or an area that is exposed to direct
sunlight or heating equipment.

■ Avoid moist or humid locations.
■ Do not obstruct the ventilation slots on the

top of the system components, or place
objects directly over them.

■ The display surface of the screen is sensitive to

pressure and scratching. Treat the display sur-
face with care in order to avoid lasting damage.

■ If the screen is brought into its operating room

from cold surroundings, condensation can
occur. Wait until the device has reached room
temperature and is absolutely dry before you
put it into operation.

■ The screen will set itself automatically to a

mains voltage in the range of 100 V to 240 V.
Ensure that the local mains voltage does not
exceed and is not less than this range.

■ The screen may be connected to an earthed

mains outlet only.

■ The On-Off switch does not disconnect the set

from the mains voltage. For complete discon-
nection from the mains voltage you must pull
out the mains plug.

■ The set must be disposed of as special waste

in accordance with your local waste disposal
regulations. The safety regulations that apply
to luminous materials have to be taken into
account for handling and disposal purposes.

■ The backlight of the LCD TV contains mercury.

The safety regulations that apply to
fluorescent tubes have to be taken into
account for handling and disposal purposes.

■ For PC operation use a screen saver with

moving pictures and activate the power
management for your display to avoid screen
”burns” being caused by still pictures.

Cleaning
When the system components gets dirty, wipe it
with the soft, dry cloth and the special
ScreenClean liquid that is supplied with your
Harman Kardon Digital Lounge product. NEVER
use benzene, aerosol cleaners, thinner, alcohol or
any other volatile cleaning agent. Do not use
abrasive cleaners, as they may damage the finish
of metal parts. Avoid spraying insecticide near
the system components.

Moving the Unit
Before moving the system components, be cer-
tain to disconnect any interconnection cords with
other components, and make certain that you
disconnect the components from the AC outlet.

Unpacking
Before unpacking the screen, please take the
protective white gloves from the accessory tool
box. These gloves allow you to unpack the screen
without damaging the screen and its high gloss
finish.

The carton and shipping materials used to pro-
tect your new DVD player/receiver, TV and loud-
speakers during shipment were specially
designed to cushion it from shock and vibration.
We suggest that you save the carton and packing
materials for use in shipping if you move, or
should the components ever need repair.

To minimize the size of the carton in storage, you
may wish to flatten it. This is done by carefully
slitting the tape seams on the bottom and col-
lapsing the carton. Other cardboard inserts may
be stored in the same manner. Packing materials
that cannot be collapsed should be saved along
with the carton in a plastic bag.

If you do not wish to save the packaging materi-
als, please note that the carton and other sec-
tions of the shipping protection are recyclable.
Please respect the environment and discard
those materials at a local recycling center.

Copyright
Audio-visual material may consist of copyright
works which must not be recorded without the
permission of the owner of the copyright.
Please refer to relevant laws covering copyright
protection.

Copy protection
This DVD player supports Macrovision copy pro-
tection. On DVD discs that include a copy protec-
tion code, if the contents of the DVD disc are
copied using a VCR, the copy protection code pre-
vents the videotape copy from playing normally.

For Optimum Performance
The controller is a precision device that is con-
structed using extremely accurate technology.
Soiling or friction affecting the pickup lens or disc
drive can impair the image quality. In the worst
case, neither video nor audio will be played back.
To obtain optimum picture quality, the player
should be checked (cleaning and replacement of
some parts) every 1,000 hours. Note that this peri-
od varies depending on the environment (temper-
ature, humidity, dust) in which the player is used.
Do not attempt to clean the pickup lens
yourself.

SAFETY INFORMATION

6 TERMINOLOGY

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 terms used to describe
the features of a DVD player may be unfamiliar.
The following explanations should solve some of
the mysteries of DVD, and help you to enjoy all
the power and flexibility of the DVD format and
the DVD.

With the arrival of DVD, disc data capacity has
increased dramatically. On a DVD Video disc most
of this capacity is taken up by MPEG 2 video and
the multichannel movie soundtrack in Dolby
Digital and/or DTS. This information is
compressed.

HD Ready
High Definition (HD) is the future broadcast stan-
dard, delivering much higher video resolution. The
"HD ready" logo is introduced by the European
Industry Association for Information Systems
(EICTA). It is a quality sign for the differentiation
of display equipment, capable of processing and
displaying these new HD signals, awarded on the
basis of minimum functionality requirements.

High Definition Multimedia Interface
(HDMI): HDMI has emerged as the digital
standard for connecting High Definition devices,
displays and components, and provides for the
pristine transmission of high-definition digital
video. HDMI is the first and only digital interface
for Consumer Electronics devices that can carry
uncompressed high-definition video, and com-
mand data, allowing customers to obtain pure
digital high-definition video.

Digital Visual Interface™ (DVI) Input
The DVI input provides a high speed, digital con-
nection for visual data types. The interface is pri-
mary focused at providing a connection between
a computer and the display.

High-bandwidth Digital Content Protection
(HDCP)
HDCP is a specification developed to protect digi-
tal entertainment content across the DVI/HDMI
interface. The HDCP specification provides a
robust, and transparent method for transmitting
and receiving digital entertainment content from
our Harman Kardon Cinema Lounge DVD-
Audio/Video player to the DVI/HDMI-inputs on the
Harman Kardon Digital Lounge display.

USB On-The-Go: Due to its widespread accept-
ance, USB is becoming the de facto industry stan-
dard for connecting peripherals to PCs and lap-
tops. Many of the new peripherals using USB are
also portable devices.

As these portable devices increase in popularity,
there is a growing need for them to communicate
directly with each other when a PC is not avail-
able, for instance in consumer electronics prod-
ucts. The USB On-The-Go technology addresses
this need for mobile interconnectivity.

Title: For a DVD, a title is defined as an entire
movie or program. There can be as many chapters
within a title as the producers decide to include.
Most discs include only one title, but some may
have more than one, to give you a “Double
Feature” presentation.

Chapter: DVD programs are divided into
chapters and titles. Chapters are the sub-sections
programmed into a single title on a disc. Chapters
may be compared to the individual tracks on an
audio CD.

Progressive scan: Due to the immense data
storage capacity of DVD, images are nowadays
stored progressively (intact, rather than interlaced).
This allows all of the lines in each frame (odd and
even) to be shown at the same time. Harman
Kardon Digital Lounge comes with true progres-
sive scan video output resulting in a 40% greater
light output than a conventional TV and a stun-
ningly detailed, high definition image with absence
of visible scanlines and motion artifacts.

Advanced Analog Signal Conversion (AASC)
Technology 
Standard definition analog TV tuners broadcast an
image of 576 lines; LCD screens have a resolution
that have much more available scan lines. If an
analog tuner signal is not handled appropriately,
the picture quality of analog tuner signals on
higher definition screens risks looking distorted,
with pixels being clearly visible, sharp edges and a
loss of definition.

Our systems use Advanced Analog Signal
Conversion technology to optimize the picture
coming from analog tuners. The result is a very
defined and smooth picture that is comparable
with digital images coming from higher resolu-
tion, digital tuners.

Multiple Angle: DVDs have the capability to
show up to four different views of the same scene
in a program. When a disc is encoded with multi-
ple-angle information, pressing the Angle button
will enable you to switch between these different
views. Note that at present, few discs take advan-
tage of this capability and, when they do, the mul-
tiple-angle technology may only be present for
short periods of time within the disc. Producers
will usually insert some sort of icon or graphic in
the picture to alert you to the availability of multi-
ple viewing angles.

Reading: This is a message that you will see after
you´ve loaded the disc and the tray has closed. It
refers to the fact that the player must first exam-
ine the contents of the disc to see if it is a CD or
DVD, and then extract the information about the
type of material on the disc, such as languages,
aspect ratios, subtitles, number of titles and more.
The slight delay while the contents of the disc are
read is normal.

Resume: The operation of the Stop Button on the
DVD works differently from what you are used to
on CD players. On a traditional CD player, when
you press the Stop button, the unit does just that:
it stops playback. On a CD player, when you press
the start button again, the disc starts from the
beginning. With the DVD, however, you have two
options when playing DVD discs. Pressing Stop
once will stop playback, but it actually puts the
unit in the Resume mode. This means that you can
turn the machine off and, when you press play the
next time, the disc will resume or continue from
the point on the disc where the Stop button was
pressed. This is helpful if you are watching a
movie and must interrupt your viewing session
but wish to pick up where you left off. Pressing
the Stop button twice will stop the machine in a
traditional manner and, when the disc is played
again, it will start from the beginning.

In resume mode, the cover of the DVD will be 
displayed, if available. Otherwise, the 
Harman Kardon screen will appear.

DivX
DivX is the name of a revolutionary new video
codec which is based on the MPEG-4 compression
standard for video. This DVD player will playback
discs created with DivX software. The DVD player’s
playback functionalities of DivX video discs will
vary depending on the DivX software version used
for creating your movies. For more information
about the different software versions of DivX,
please go to www.divx.com.

FEATURES 7

• 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 Scan component video ouputs

(NTSC and PAL)

• Advanced Analog Signal Conversion (AASC)

Technology for optimized pictures coming from
analog tuners.

• Test screen videos available for testing video

performance and setup.

• Pure PAL with NTSC disc due to true

NTSC/PAL conversion.

• Dual-layer compatibility for extended play

DVD.

• Playback of JPEG image files

• High quality 5.1 digital surround sound from

DVD-Audio, DTS or Dolby Digital discs.

• With linear PCM audio at 16-24 bits and 

44-96 kHz, audio quality exceeding that of CD
becomes possible.

• Coaxial digital audio output.

• On-Screen Menu lcons for disc information or

player information and access to many major
functions of this unit.

• Thumbnails for easy search of image files.

• Subtitles may be displayed in one of numerous

languages*.

• The multi-angle function allows you to choose

the viewing angle of scenes which were shot
from a number of different angles (Limited to
DVD’s recorded with multiple camera angles.)

• Multiple options for dialog language and

soundtrack selection (limited to DVD’s
recorded with multiple dialog languages or
soundtracks).

• Intuitive menu operating system.

• 4 step Zoom during play and pause.

• Backlit, ergonomically designed main remote

control and a second, smaller remote control
for day to day usage.

• Future software upgrades accessible via

Internet. (See information below.)

• The Digital Lounge system will play any 

conventional Audio CD or recordable (CD-R) or
erasable CD (CD-RW), MP3, WMA (v9) or any
DivX or VCD or DVD-Audio and DVD-Video
with the region code 0 or 2.

The unit can play the following disc formats 
(8 cm and 12 cm size):
• DVD
• DVD-AUDIO
• DVD-R
• DVD-RW
• DVD+R
• DVD+RW
• CD
• CD-R
• CD-RW
• VCD
• S-VCD
• WMA (v9)

• DivX and XviD

NOTE: Due to differences in the format of 
certain discs, it is possible that some discs may
include a mix of features that are not compatible
with the DVD. Similarly, although the DVD is
capable of a wide range of features, not all discs
include every capability of the DVD system. For
example, although the DVD is compatible with
multi-angle discs, that feature is only possible
when the disc is specially encoded for multi-
pleangle play. In addition, the DVD is capable of
playing back both Dolby Digital and DTS sound-
tracks, but the number and types of tracks
available will vary from disc to disc. To make
certain that a specific feature or soundtrack
option is available, please check the options
noted on the disc jacket.
■ Playback capability for CD-R, CD-RW, WMA,

JPEG, MP3, DivX, VCD/SVCD, DVD-R, DVD+R,
DVD-RW and DVD+RW discs may vary due to
variations in the quality of the disc and the
recorder used to create the disc.

■ The Digital Lounge system is compatible with

most discs recorded with files encoded using
MP3 or Windows Media 9, as well as JPEG
still images. However, note that variations in
the encoder or codec used and the bit rate of
the encoding may affect the Digital Lounge
system's ability to play back a specific disc. As
a result, we cannot guarantee complete com-
patibility with all encoders and versions of the
codecs. For best results, we recommend that
MP3 files be encoded at bit rates ranging
between 32kbps and 320kbps. WMA files
should be encoded at bit rates between
64kbps and 320kbps. Although the Digital
Lounge systems is capable of playing some
WMA 9 files, not all features of version 9 are
supported. JPEG Files should not be created
with the SRGB or CMYK mode.

The ”firmware” controlling the functionality of
the Harman Kardon Digital Lounge system is
fully upgradeable. In the event of future
improvements to its operations and features,
it will be possible to download firmware
upgrades from 
www.harmankardon.com/International/
All you have to do is create a CD-R with the
data and insert it in the DVD for an automatic
upgrade. You can also load the upgrade on a
portable mass storage device to connect to any
of the two USB inputs.

1 Harman Kardon Digital Lounge system DVD

Player/Controller

1 Harman Kardon HKTS 11 Home Theater

Speaker System

1 HT 32, HT 40 or HT 46 LCD TV

1 Harman Kardon HTFS 2 Loudspeaker Stands

Tool Kit:
1 Main remote control

1 Day-to-day use remote control

1 Owner's manual

1 Safety booklet

5 Batteries

1 HDMI cable

1 SP-DIF cable

1 Drilling jig

1 ScreenClean kit

1 Pair of gloves

1 DVD with test material 

1 Pair of calibration glasses

1 After sales card

8 FRONT PANEL CONTROLS

 Main Information Display
1 Power On/Off (Standby)
2 Open/Close

3 USB On-The-Go Input
4 Headphone Jack
5 Volume Control

 Main Information Display: This display
delivers messages and status indications to help
you operate the Digital Lounge system
Controller.
1 Power On/Off (Standby): Press the button
once to turn the DVD receiver on, press it again
to put the unit in the Standby mode.
Note that when the DVD receiver is switched on,
the Power Indicator around the button turns
blue.

Important Note:
For correct functioning of the remote control, it
is highly recommended NOT to switch on or off
the DVD receiver with the front panel Power
On/Off switch, but only to use the remote con-
trol's System On

0 K and System Off

1 Buttons.
2 Open/Close: Press this button to open or
close the Disc Tray.

3 USB On-The-Go Input: This input may be
used to temporarily connect a USB thumb device
or portable hard disk for direct playback of
audio, image of video files or a USB hub. The
USB inputs are designed to power a single USB
device at a time. If additional hard disks are
connected through a hub it is necessary that
additional external power supplies are used to
power the hub and hard disks.

4 Headphone Jack: This jack may be used to
listen to the system's output through a pair of
headphones. Be certain that the headphones
have a standard 3.5 mm stereo phone plug.
Note that the main room speakers will automati-
cally be turned off when the headphone jack is
in use.
5 Volume Control: Turn this knob clockwise
to increase the volume, counterclockwise to
decrease the volume. If the system is muted,
adjusting volume control will automatically
release the unit from the silenced condition.

Note: There are no front panel controls on the
TV screen.