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SYSTEM SETUP  21

In the X-OVER FREQ line, you will select the fre-
quency under which bass information is directed
to the Subwoofer Output and above which the
remaining signal is directed to all speakers that
are set to SMALL. When making these selections,
choose the crossover frequency that is closest to
the lower frequency limit of your "SMALL"
speakers. This figure is normally printed in the
owner’s manual or data sheet for the speakers; or
consult the speaker’s manufacturer.

When any of the speakers has been set to
SMALL, a wide range of crossover frequencies
between 60 Hz and 120 Hz are available. The
recommended crossover choices are 80 Hz,
100 Hz or 120 Hz to match the typical crossover
points of the smaller speakers used in satellite
speaker systems. Choose the option that is
closest to your speakers’ design.

When all speaker selections have been made,
press the (

‹

) Button twice to return to AUDIO

menu.

Output Level Adjustment
Output level adjustment is a key part of the con-
figuration process for any surround sound pro-
duct. It is particularly important for DVD-Audio,
as correct outputs will ensure that you hear
sound tracks with the proper directionality and
intensity.

NOTE: Listeners are often confused about the
operation of the surround channels. While some
assume that sound should always be coming
from each speaker, most of the time there will be
little or no sound in the surround channels. This
is because they are only used when a movie
director or sound mixer specifically places sound
there to create ambiance, a special effect or to
continue action from the front of the room to the
rear. When the output levels are properly set it is
normal for surround speakers to operate only
occasionally. Artificially increasing the volume to
the rear speakers may destroy the illusion of an
enveloping sound field that duplicates the way
you hear sound in a movie theater or concert
hall.

The factory setting for the Output Level Adjust-
ment is BYPASS. This setting is recommended for
an optimal undamped output level of 0 dB.

In case you feel adjustments are necessary in
your setup, set the Output Level Adjustment to
ACTIVE, using the (

›

) and (

¤

) buttons.

Once set to ACTIVE, all speakers can be adjusted
between -10dB and + 10dB.

Before beginning the output level adjustment
process, make certain that all speaker connec-
tions on your A/V Receiver have been properly
made and that the 6 Channel direct outputs have
been connected correctly to the 6 Channel Input
of your A/V Receiver.

To adjust and calibrate the output levels, follow
these steps. For accurate calibration, it is a good
idea to make these adjustments while seated in
your favorite listening position. As the adjustment
must be made for DVD-Audio (6 Ch Direct), you
would need to select 6 Ch Direct on your A/V
Receiver or Surround processor.

1. Select the 6 Ch Direct Input associated with
DVD-Audio on your A/V Receiver or Surround
processor.

2. Select OUTPUT LEVEL ADJUSTMENT with the
ARROW (

⁄¤

) buttons, if it is not already select-

ed, then press ARROW (

›

) or ENTER to access

the OUTPUT LEVEL ADJUSTMENT sub-menu.
Make sure the Output Level Adjustment is set to
ACTIVE.

3. Press (

¤

) to highlight TEST TONE. Activate the

test tone by using the (

›

) and (

¤

) buttons and

ENTER.

Note: You can also adjust the level of all speakers
without the Test Tone. In that case, leave the Test
Tone set to OFF.

4. Press (

¤

) to highlight FRONT LEFT. You will

immediately hear a test tone coming from the
front left speaker. Use this level as the reference
and press the (

¤

) button to move to the FRONT

RIGHT.

5. When the front right is highlighted on the
screen, you will hear the test tone move from the
left front speaker to the front right speaker. Press
the (

›

) to move the cursor to the right column on

the screen, and adjust the level of the front right
by using the (

⁄¤

) buttons, until the level is

equal to the level of the left front speaker.

6. Press the (

‹

) and (

¤

) button to move to the

CENTER, and continue to adjust the remaining
individual speakers as described above.

Note that the adjustments should be made with
the (

⁄¤

) buttons on the remote control of the

DVD 30 only, NOT with the main volume controls
on your A/V Receiver.

When all channels have the same output level,
press (

‹

) two times to go back to the player's

AUDIO MENU.

22 SYSTEM SETUP

Delay Settings 
Due the different distances between the listening
position for the front channel speakers and the
surround speakers, the amount of time it takes
for sound to reach your ears from the front or
surround speakers is different. You may compen-
sate for this difference through the use of the
delay settings to adjust the timing for the specific
speaker placement and acoustic conditions in
your listening room or home theater.

The factory setting is appropriate for most rooms,
but some installations create an uncommon dis-
tance between the front and surround speakers
that may cause the arrival of front channel
sounds to become disconnected from surround
channel sounds.

The DVD 30 also includes a separate setting for
the center channel delay mode, since the discrete
nature of these signals makes the location of the
center channel speaker more critical. To calculate
the delay for the center channel, measure the dis-
tance from the preferred listening position in the
center of the room to both the center channel
speaker and either the left or right speaker.

If the distances are equal, no further adjustment is
required and the center delay should be set to
zero. If the distance to the front speakers is
greater than the distance to the center speaker,
you may wish to reposition the speakers by mov-
ing the front left and front right speakers closer to
the listening position or the center speaker further
away from the listening position.

If repositioning of the speakers is not possible,
adjust the center delay time, adding one milli-sec-
ond of center channel delay for every 30 cm clos-
er to the listening position the center speaker is
than the front speakers. For example, if the front
left and front right speakers are each 3 m from
the listening position and the center channel
speaker is 2.4 m away, the delay is figured as
300 cm –240 cm=60 cm, suggesting an optimal
center delay of 2 milliseconds.

To change the delay settings, press the (

KL)

Buttons to select CENTER. Press ENTER or (

N) to

move the cursor to the right of the screen. Adjust
the delay with the (

KL) Buttons. Once done,

press ENTER and (

L) to set the delay for the

surrounds.

To resynchronize the front and surround chan-
nels, follow these steps:

1. Measure the distance from the listening/ view-

ing position to the front speakers in meters.

2. Measure the distance from the listening/ view-

ing position to the surround speakers.

3. Subtract the distance to the surround speakers

from the distance to the front speakers and mul-
tiply the result by 3.

The optimal delay time is the result of that sub-
traction. For example, if the front speakers are 3
m away and the surround speakers are 1 m away,
the optimal delay time is figured as (3–1)x3=6.
Thus, in this example, the delay time for Dolby
Digital should be set at six milliseconds.

From the Main Menu, use the ARROW (

KL)

buttons to select the Player menu, then press
ARROW (

N) or ENTER to access the Player

Menu. The left column shows the items in the
menu. The right column shows the current setting
of each item.

Parental Control
The DVD 30’s Password System is used to control
viewing of restricted programs and the capability
to change the password itself and the rating. The
DVD player is shipped with ”8888” as the default
password and with the parental control settings
”OFF”. The following instructions will show how
to change the password and to lock the settings.

Note: The DVD must be specifically encoded with
rating information for Parental Control to work.

The rating levels
The five standard US rating symbols are ”G”
(General, level 2), ”PG” (Parental Guidance, level
4), ”PG13” (Parental Guidance and 13 years old,
level 4), ”R” (Restricted, level 6) and ”NC 17”
(from 17 years old, level 7). The DVD 30 will
accommodate a total of eight rating steps, as set
by the DVD creators. These additional steps allow
for more critical control of program playback for
all audiences.

Level 8: All DVDs can be played.
Levels 7 to 2: DVDs for general audiences/
children can be played.
Level 1: DVDs for children can be played, DVDs
for adults/general audiences are prohibited.

Password
Important: You must write the password in a safe
place or remember it reliably. You cannot access
rated discs or rating/password menus or change
or clear the password (see below) without enter-
ing the correct password.

If you forget your password, you can re-set 
DVD 30 to the factory default password (8888)
when the player is in Standby, by pressing and
holding CLEAR for six seconds. Note: This will
restore all menu settings to the factory default
settings. Any changes you have made will be lost.

Enter Password and Setting Level
For disabling the playback of rated DVD's a pass-
word consisting of four digits must be entered.

Select PARENTAL CONTROL in the Player Setup
Menu, then press ARROW (

N) or ENTER to

access the PARENTAL CONTROL sub-menu.
”PASSWORD” appears in the right column 
followed by a four digit entry field. Enter the
password (The initial password is 8888.)

If the password is correct, the following display
will appear in the menu:

SYSTEM SETUP   23

The current parental control level will be high-
lighted. Use the ARROW (

KL) buttons to

select the level of restricted access you want.
REMEMBER: the lower the number, the higher
the restriction. When the level you prefer is high-
lighted, press ENTER to activate it.

Change Password
After the password was entered or the parental
control level was set, use the ARROW (

L) but-

ton to make sure the cursor is pointing to ”NEW
PASSWORD and press ENTER.” Enter the new
password. The display will change to 
”CONFIRM”, requesting that you repeat the new
password to confirm that it is correct. If you have
correctly entered the new password twice, the
display will confirm the change by ”OK”. Press
Arrow (

M ) button to exit the level/password 

sub-menu.

Display Language
When you enter the Player menu, Display 
LANGUAGE will be highlighted. If not, use the
ARROW (

KL) buttons to select it, then press

ARROW (

N) or ENTER to access the Display 

LANGUAGE sub-menu. The right column now
shows the current Display Language setting
(highlighted) and the options.

Select the language you prefer for the player's
onscreen displays and short messages. This selec-
tion does not affect the front panel display.

Menu Language
Some discs include several menus made with dif-
ferent languages. Select MENU LANGUAGE in the
Player Setup Menu, then press ARROW (

N) or

ENTER to access the MENU LANGUAGE sub-
menu. The right column now shows the current
Menu Language setting (highlighted) and the
options.

Select the language you prefer for disc menus.
If a disc does not support the selected language,
the original default language will automatically
be chosen.

Select another Menu Language
Other languages for the DVD menu can be 
selected in the same way as described for the
"Audio Language" on page 19 by selecting
OTHER and entering a four digit code.

Subtitle Language
Select SUBTITLE LANGUAGE in the Player Setup
Menu, then press ARROW (

N) or ENTER to

access the SUBTITLE LANGUAGE sub-menu. The
right column now shows the current Subtitle
Language setting (highlighted) and the options.

With this setting you define your preferred 
subtitle language (if the disc contains different
subtitles). Choosing a subtitle language with the
SUBTITLE button on the remote control (see page
8) will change this setting only temporarily.

This setting can turn subtitles on or off. If set to
OFF, subtitles will not be displayed automatically.
The SUBTITLE button on the remote control can
be used to select and change subtitles during
playback.

Select another Subtitle Language
Other languages for the subtitle can be selected
in the same way as described for the "Audio
Language" on page 18 by selecting OTHER and
entering a four digit code.

Status Banner Menu Time Out
Select STATUS BAR TIMEOUT in the Player Setup
Menu, then press ARROW (

N) or ENTER to

access the STATUS BAR TIMEOUT sub-menu. The
right column now shows the current timeout set-
ting (highlighted) and the options.

When set to OFF, the Status Menu banner display
will remain onscreen when selected, until STATUS
or CLEAR is pressed on the remote control. If set
to 5 or 20 seconds, the Status Banner Menu will
disappear after that number of seconds. However,
during CD playback, the Status Banner Menu will
always remain on-screen unless CLEAR or STA-
TUS is pressed.

Panel Dimmer
Select PANEL DIM in the Player Setup Menu, then
press ARROW (

N) or ENTER to access the PANEL

DIM sub-menu. The right column now shows the
current setting (highlighted) and the options.

If you wish the front panel display to be lit 
whenever DVD player is on, select Off.

If you wish the display to dim in normal play
mode and to light up for 5 or 20 seconds only
when a button has been pressed on the front or
remote, select 5 seconds or 20 seconds as the
timeout.

The 5 or 20 second timeout interacts with the
remote Dimmer button in the following way: If
display lighting has been turned off with the
Dimmer button, the PANEL DIM will only turn on
the green LED's, not the full display. If display
lighting has been set to half brightness with the
Dimmer button, the display will light up to this
level and the LED's to full level.

You´ve completed the setup process for your 
DVD 30 and are about to experience the finest in
music and home entertainment. Enjoy!

Press SETUP or PLAY on the remote control to
exit the setup-menu.

24 TEST SCREEN/PLAYING DVD-AUDIO/VIDEO DISCS

When you press the TEST button on the front
panel or on the remote you can activate a still
image to test all settings and the video perform-
ance of your TV. With the vertical color bars you
can test the following:
■ proper color intensity setting on your TV,
■ the proper color of each bar, showing if the

proper video standard is turned on: the colors
should be (left to right): black, white, yellow,
cyan (turquoise), green, magenta (purple), red,
blue, black.

■ proper color transition, seen as sharp 

separation of the bars, S-Video will be better
than Video, RGB best of all.

■ the performance of the color filter in your TV

(with ”Video” signals), bar edges should show
no vertical crawling dots. Here S-Video and
RGB formats usually give no problems.

With the grey scale and the black/white fields
below the color bars the brightness and contrast
of your screen can be adjusted optimally, see
chapter ”TV Picture Adjustment” below.

These adjustments may be done now, but you
can also make them after setup has been 
finalized. They can also be made at any time 
simply by pressing TEST on the remote control or
on the front panel.

Brightness adjustment:
1. Turn down the color control on your TV until

the color bars are visible in black and white.

2. Adjust the contrast to the lowest level where

you still can see all bars within the grey scale
in the test picture separately and clearly.

3. Adjust the Brightness so that the bars in the

grey scale are all visible. The bar furtherst to
the left has to be as black as possible rather
than grey but the next aside must clearly be
differable. All the bars in the grey scale have to
be gradually and evenly changing from black
to whiter, going from left to right.

Contrast adjustment:
1. Adjust the contrast on your TV until you see a

bright white bar in the right low corner of the
screen and a deep dark black bar at the left.
The optimal contrast setting will depend from
your preference and the surrounding light in
the TV room.

2. If the brightness of the white bar will no more

increase while turning up the contrast or when
the borders of the white ”harman/kardon” text
letters on top will bloom (overlight) into the
black areas, what drasticly will decrease the
sharpness of the script, then the Contrast has
been turned up too much. Reduce the contrast
until these effects will disappear and the video
still looks realistic.

3. If you are watching TV with a usual surround-

ing daylight, adjust the Contrast so that a nor-
mal video picture has about the same looking
as the surroundings in your room. By that way
the eye is relazed when watching the TV pic-
ture. This contrast setting may be reduced
when the surrounding light is dimmed, usually
improving the sharpness of a video a lot 
thereby.

4. The grey scale in the middle line needs to have

the same clear difference between each bar as
before the contrast adjustment. If not, go back
to the brightness adjustment and repeat step 3
and then the contrast adjustments, making
only minor adjustments each time for 
optimisation.

Color adjustment.
1. When the Brightness and the Contrast are set

optimally, turn up the color control to the level
of your perference. Adjust to the level where
the colors look strong but still natural, not
overdone. If the color level is too high,
depending from the TV used some of the bars
will seem wider or the color intensity will not
increase while the control is turned up. Then
the color control must be reduced again. At the
end you should test the color intensity also
with a video, e.g. pictures of natural faces,
flowers, fruit and vegetables and other well
known natural articles of our life most usefull
for an optimal setting of the color intensity.

2. If your TV has a Tint option (with most

European TVs this is available or effective only
with NTSC signals, not with PAL), use the large
white bar below the Greyscale to tweak the
warmth of the picture. Every viewer has a 
difference in preference as how the glow of
the picture should be. Some prefer a little 
colder picture, some a warmer glow. The Tint
function on your TV and the white bar can be
used to control this. Adjust the Tint to the level
where you feel the white color has the tone
you prefer.

The on-screen Status Banner Menu contains
many playback features. To see the Status Banner
Menu, press STATUS on the remote while a disc is
playing. Use the ARROW buttons on the remote
to move through the different features in the
Status Banner Menu. Each feature is illustrated
with an icon.

Use the ARROW buttons on the remote to high-
light an icon in the Banner. When an icon is
highlighted, press ENTER on the remote to select
it (not needed with TITLE and CHAPTER) and to
change it (see below).

Note: When a CD or VCD is played, a different
Status Banner Menu will appear, see page 30.

Title: The number shown indicates the number of
the title that is currently playing.

Chapter: The number shown indicates the
number of the chapter that is currently playing.

Brightness: The number indicates the current
setting. +/- 49 levels are available.

Contrast: The number indicates the current
setting. +/- 49 levels are available.

Color: The number indicates the current setting.
+/- 49 levels are available.

Bookmarks: Highlight this area and press the
Enter Button to mark or go to previously book-
marked locations on a disc.

Time: This item displays the time in DVD mode.
Press the ARROW (

KL) step by step, for time

as follows: TIME (title elapsed time) - REMAIN
(title remaining time) - CHAPTER (chapter
elapsed time) - C-REMAIN (chapter remaining
time). If you press ENTER, the player displays SET
TIME. You can enter the starting time from which
you wish the disc to play, then press ENTER or
PLAY to start playback from the selected point on
the disc.

V-Mode: Some DVD discs currently available
contain a video data inconsistency resulting in an
unwanted screen artifact. This can occur during
video standard conversion as from NTSC to PAL
or from Interlaced to Progressive.

To overcome these artifacts select the ”V” field
on the far right side of the banner, then change
the setting from 0 to either 1 or 2 until the arti-
facts disappear (for more details see ”TV
Standard, page 18).

TITLE

BRIGHTNESS

COLOR

TIME

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T

C  

MARK

T-ELAPSED

V

1

3

0

0

0

OFF

00:00:17

0

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CHAPTER

CONTRAST

BOOKMARK

V-MODE