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BDS Setting Up the Receiver

Video Processing: This option allows you to set the BDS receiver’s internal video

processing.

Video Mode: This setting lets you select a preset video-processing option to optimize

the picture for the current program by adjusting the brightness, contrast, color and

sharpness:

• Standard: Neutral control settings.

• Vivid: For video games.

• Cinema: For movies and many television broadcasts.

• Custom: This option lets you adjust the picture settings manually. The Brightness,

Saturation (color saturation), Hue, Contrast, Sharpness and CTI settings appear

as sliders. The default setting for each adjustment is 0. Use the Cursor Left/Right

buttons to change each setting’s value.

Audio Settings

Adjust bass and treble controls

Tone Controls

Audio Output

Speaker Settings

Bass

Treble

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Audio Settings

Tone Controls: This option lets you increase or decrease the amount of bass (low

frequencies) and treble (high frequencies) in the sound. The adjustment ranges from

–10dB to +10dB, in 1dB increments.

Audio Output: This option lets you set the following items:

HDMI Audio Out: In addition to digital video signals, the BDS receiver’s HDMI connection

also carries digital audio signals.

• PCM: This option outputs a two-channel downmix derived from the program’s native

audio format via the HDMI output.

• Off: This option turns off the receiver’s HDMI audio output. We recommend setting

this option to “Off,” so you can take full advantage of the superior audio capability

of your BDS receiver.

Dynamic Range Control: This setting makes the loud and quiet parts of a movie or music

sound closer to the same volume (a process known as compression). Compression lets

you turn up the volume so you can hear the quiet parts without the loud parts disturbing

other people. NOTE: This feature works only with Dolby Digital programs that have been

specially encoded. Three settings are available:

• Off: Never applies compression. Use this setting when the volume may be as loud

as you desire.

• On: Always applies compression. Use this setting when you want the volume to be as

quiet as possible without making it difﬁcult to hear spoken dialogue.

• Auto: Applies compression based on information encoded within the Dolby Digital

bitstream. The receiver will selectively apply compression only during the most

dynamic parts of the soundtrack.

Component Audio Input: This setting lets you associate one of the BDS receiver’s audio

input connections (Coaxial In, Optical In 1, Optical In 2, Aux In 1, Aux In 2) with the

Component Video Input. The audio connection you designate here will be active whenever

the Component input is selected.

Speaker Settings: This option allows you to set up the receiver to work properly with

your loudspeakers. There are three settings:

EzSet/EQ: This option makes the supplied EzSet/EQ microphone automatically detect the

capabilities of each connected loudspeaker, and optimize the BDS receiver’s performance

for your speakers. This will provide excellent results in most installations.

Manual Conﬁguration: This option lets you manually conﬁgure the BDS receiver to work

with your speakers. Select this option if you wish to set up the receiver for your speakers

manually or if you are unable to run EzSet/EQ calibration.

With both options, the ﬁrst step is to select the conﬁguration of your speaker system:

• 2.0: This conﬁguration consists of left and right main speakers but no subwoofer.

Selecting this conﬁguration sends all of the bass to the left and right speakers, so be

sure that they are full-range and can handle deep bass.

• 2.1: This conﬁguration consists of left and right main speakers, plus a subwoofer.

• 3.1: This conﬁguration consists of front left, center and front right speakers, plus a

subwoofer. (This option is only available on BDS 575 and BDS 577 receivers.)

• 5.1: This conﬁguration consists of front left, front right, center, surround left and

surround right speakers, plus a subwoofer. (This option is only available on BDS 575

and BDS 577 receivers.)

Speaker Package: This setting enables processing in the BDS receiver that will maximize

your system’s audio performance. If you are using one of the listed Harman Kardon

speaker packages with your BDS receiver, select its model number from the list. If you’re

not using one of the listed Harman Kardon speaker packages, select “Other.”

EZ Set/EQ: The BDS receiver’s EZSet/EQ™ system uses the supplied EzSet/EQ

microphone to perform this important step automatically. Before beginning, be sure you

have correctly connected your speakers to the BDS receiver. IMPORTANT: Press the

remote’s “Disc” input button before performing the EZ Set/EQ procedure. The EZ

Set/EQ procedure is only available when the Disc input is selected.

3. Plug the supplied EzSet/EQ microphone into the BDS receiver’s Headphone

connector.

Headphone

Connector

EzSet/EQ Microphone

(supplied)

4. Place the microphone at ear height in your main listening position.

5. Select Continue in the EzSet/EQ (Automatic Setup) box that appears.

Audio Settings

Off

2.0

2.1

3.1

5.1

The EzSet/EQ automatic setup can calibrate the BDS system and configure the

loudspeaker parameters automatically to get the best sound performance.

EzSet/EQ (Automatic Setup)

Continue Cancel

Please plug the EzSet/EQ microphone into the front

panel of the BDS. Place it at ear level at your

desired listening position. If a Subwoofer is

connected, set the level control (on the subwoofer)

to half.