Harman Kardon 640 - Manuals

Installation Location n To assure proper operation and to avoid thepotential for safety hazards, place the systemcomponents on a firm and level surface. Whenplacing any of the system components on ashelf, be certain that the shelf and any mounting hardware can support the weight ofthe product. n Mak...

6 TERMINOLOGY Terminology Since they share some of the characteristics andtechnology of CD players, many of the terms andoperational concepts used in a DVD player aresimilar to what you may be familiar with from CDplayers and changers, or older video disc formatssuch as Laser Disc. However, if this ...

FEATURES 7 ENGLISH Features High quality video • High Definition Multimedia Interface (HDMI) for a single wire, digital connection to yourscreen. • Digital Visual Interface (DVI) provides a high speed, digital connection between a computerand the screen. • Advanced sophisticated 10-bit MPEG-2 video ...

8 FRONT PANEL CONTROLS Digital Louge 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 6 Slot Loader Main Information Display: This display delivers messages and status indications to helpyou operate the Digita...

FRONT PANEL DISPLAY 9 ENGLISH Front Panel Display A Disc Type Indicators B Playback-Mode Indicators C Progressive Scan Indicator D Parental Lock Indicator E Time Indicators F Video Format Indicators G Source Indicators H Repeat Indicators I VCD Playback Control Indicator J Random Indicator K A-B Rep...

10 REAR PANEL CONNECTIONS Rear Panel Connections 0 C 1 2 3 F 7 B 4E D 98 G A 6 I H 5 HDMI Output Remote IR Output Remote IR Input USB On-The-Go Input AC Power Cord FM Antenna Audio In Subwoofer Output Coaxial Digital TV Input Optical Digital Input Analog Audio Outputs Front Speaker Outputs Center Sp...

12 REAR PANEL CONNECTIONS TV Rear Panel Connections TV A Audio Output B RF Antenna Input C RF Antenna Output D Antenna Input E Component Video Inputs (and Composite Video Input)(CVBS/Y) F Scart Inputs G Power On/Off Switch H Coaxial Digital TV Output I PC Audio Input J DVD Input K DVI Input L RS 232...

14 REMOTE CONTROL Remote Control 0123456789ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQ System On/Source Selection Button Power Off Button Subtitle Button Title Button Angle Button Audio Button Enter Button Eject Button Set-Up/Button Arrows Button Mute Button Disc Menu/Teletext Button Pause Button Status/Mix/EPG Button Skip/S...

REMOTE CONTROL 15 ENGLISH Remote Control 0 System/Source Selection Buttons: Pressing one of these buttons will perform threeactions at the same time for those sources thatrequire the display to be switched on. First, if theSystem is not turned on, this will power up thesystem. Next, "DVD" wi...

16 REMOTE CONTROL Remote Control IR Transmitter Window: Point this window towards the Digital Lounge system when pressingbuttons on the remote to make certain thatinfrared commands are properly received. Aspect Button: Press this button to scroll through the available screen formats. The defaultsett...

SECOND REMOTE CONTROL 17 ENGLISH Second Remote Control A B C D E FGHQ N L M K J I O P A Power Off Button B System On/Source Selector Buttons C Audio System On/Source Selection Buttons D Arrow Buttons E Status Button F Skip/Step (Previous) Button G Search/Slow Reverse Button H Light Button I Screen P...

About This Manual • The types of functions and operations that can be used for a particular disc vary depending onthe features of that disc. In some cases, thesefunctions and operations may differ from thedescriptions given in this manual. In this event,follow the instructions given on the screen. T...

INSTALLATION AND CONNECTIONS 19 ENGLISH Installation and Connections Important Note Please open the Harman Kardon Digital LoungeAccessory Tool Kit before opening any of theother system components. The Kit contains twopairs of gloves, that can be used to unpack theLCD screen without damaging its fram...

20 INSTALLATION AND CONNECTIONS Connecting a PC If you wish to connect your PC to the screen, thebest way is to connect the DVI output of the com-puter to the DVI Input K on the rear panel of the screen. At the same time connect the audio outputof your computer to the PC Audio Input I on the rear pa...

INSTALLATION AND CONNECTIONS 21 ENGLISH Installation and Connections Playback Basics Screen Placement 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 thescreen to be scratched or damaged. The screencomes delivered ...

22 PLAYBACK BASICS Playback Basics For analog tuner: proceed as follows: When you press the Enter Button 6 to confirm, the automatic channel search will start to scanthe available TV channels. The automatic searchcan take several minutes, depending on the num-ber of channels that are available. Figu...

PLAYBACK BASICS 23 ENGLISH Playback Basics If you select Sort Channels, you will see the menubelow: Figure 1h Press the Enter button to enter the Sort TV chan-nels menu and the overview of the channels inthe memory. Figure 1i The Sort TV channels menu permits you to re-arrange the channels, sorting ...

24 PLAYBACK BASICS TV 4. If the TV Source Selector Input Button 0 has been pressed to switch on the complete system, the system and the remote control arein TV mode. 5. Press the Preset Up or Preset Down Buttons L J to scroll through the available chan- nel presets. 6. Press the Volume Up or Volume ...

SYSTEM SETUP 25 ENGLISH Playback Basics System Setup Surround Mode One of the most important features of the Digital Lounge system is its ability to reproduce afull multichannel surround sound field from digi-tal sources, analog matrix surround encoded pro-grams and standard stereo programs. Selecti...

26 SYSTEM SETUP System Setup TV Set Up The TV Set Up Menu contains 2 submenus. Eachsubmenu can be selected by moving the blue barwith the KL Buttons 9 until the requested submenu is highlighted and pressing the EnterButton 6 to confirm. The selected submenu will be marked by a light blue circle behi...

SYSTEM SETUP 27 ENGLISH System Setup Automatic Search (For analog TV only) The Automatic Search Menu allows you to auto-matically search for available TV channels. Withthe 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,...

28 SYSTEM SETUP System Setup Edit Channel List (For analog TV only) The last submenu in the TV Set Up Menu is theEdit Channel List Menu that allows you to makeadjustments to the order of the TV channels. Withthe TV Set Up Menu on the screen, press the L Button 9 until the Edit Channel List text line...

SYSTEM SETUP 29 ENGLISH System Setup DVI Set Up To access the DVI Set Up Menu, press the TVButton 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. Eachsubmenu can be selected ...

Show Logo: Defines whether the Harman Kardon Digital Lounge splash screen will beshown each time the system is turned on. Shouldyou wish to change the Show Logo Setting, pressthe Enter Button 6 once the Show Logo line is highlighted. The blue bar will disappear and therest of the settings will fade ...

SYSTEM SETUP 31 ENGLISH System Setup Dynamic Range: This setting allows you to take advantage of the programming present on someDolby Digital recordings to reduce the volume oflouder passages while maintaining intelligibilityof quieter passages. This means that you may listen to programs at a level ...

32 SYSTEM SETUP Step 5: The first two screens of the EzSet/EQ system will now appear to remind you to connectall the loudspeakers and to plug in the micro-phone. If you have not already done so, connectall loudspeakers and plug the microphone intothe Headphone Jack 4 as described in steps 2 and 3. W...

SYSTEM SETUP 33 ENGLISH Step 8. When the Far Field measurements are completed, the system will ask you to take NearField measurements, one at each five speakerposition. These measurements enable EzSet/EQto produce the most accurate settings for bothhigh and low frequency equalization. The NearField ...

34 SYSTEM SETUP Manual Setup In most cases it is simpler, easier and more accu-rate to let EzSet/EQ take care of entering the sys-tem parameters for speaker “size”, speakercrossover, channel output and individual channeldelay time. However, if you feel that your listen-ing room or system components ...

SYSTEM SETUP 35 ENGLISH DivX Video On Demand Figure 7b This code allows you to rent and purchase videosusing the DivX VOD service. For more infor -mation, visit www.divx.com/vod. Follow theinstructions and download the video onto a discfor playback on this unit. Note that all the downloaded videos f...

36 TEST SCREEN Test Screen Picture Calibration Using thesupplied Test Disc When doing the calibration first insert the disc inthe slot loader 6 . The disc will start reading, and a main menu will appear on the screen. Selectthe test pattern required using the K or L Buttons 9 . Once the pattern appe...

STATUS BAR / OSD MENUS / DISC PLAYER MENU 37 ENGLISH Status Bar / OSD Menus / Disc Player Menu Using the Status Bar Menu The on-screen Status Bar contains many playbackfeatures. To see the Status Banner Menu, pressSTATUS D on the remote control while a disc is playing. Use the ARROW 9 buttons on the...

38 DISC PLAYER/RADIO MENU Disc Player/Radio Menu Information Displays Figure 10 In DVD and MP3 mode, activating the INFO(DVD) or ID3 INFO (MP3) Submenu will showinformation about the player and the disc cur-rently playing. The first lines will show Disc Typeand Disc ID. Below you can compare the Asp...

RADIO MENU 39 ENGLISH 4. Pressing the search G / H button HJ will scan the FM band for the first availableradio station with acceptable reception. Thescan will stop once a station is found and thename of the station will be displayed (as longas RDS is transmitted by the station).The station will be ...

USB MENU / THE BRIDGE 41 ENGLISH USB MENU The Harman Kardon Digital Lounge systems are among the first to allow direct playback of com-patible files from portable USB devices. Two USBOn-The-Go inputs are available, one on the rightside of the product (USB 1) and one on the rearpanel (USB 2). Connect...

42 THE BRIDGE / SURROUND MODE CHART The Bridge / Surround Mode Chart Figure 17b Navigate The Bridge’s screens by using the KLAB Buttons 9 to highlight a line and pressing the Enter Button 6 to select the line. Press the Menu Button B to return to the previous level of The Bridge’s menu sys-tem. Audi...

TV FUNCTIONS 43 ENGLISH TV Functions TV Functions The Digital Lounge system offers several TV func-tions that require special attention. Please makeyourself familiar with these functions by readingthe chapter below. To switch on the TV, press the TV Button 0 on the remote control. The Digital Lounge...

44 REMOTE CONTROL TV Functions Remote Control Teletext Teletext, also known as Videotext, is an informa-tion system broadcast by some TV-channels. Itcan be consulted like an interactive newspaperfor the latest news, sports and entertainment.Harman Kardon Digital Lounge teletext alsooffers access to ...

REMOTE CONTROL 45 ENGLISH Remote Control Erasing Learned Codes The DL’s remote allows you to remove or erase thecode learned into a single button for a singledevice, to remove or erase all the codes that havebeen learned for a single device, or to erase allcommands that have been learned to all devi...

46 DVD LANGUAGE CODES DVD Language Codes The availability of specific languages for the main audio track or subtitles is dependent on the choices made by a disc’s producer. You should always consultthe disc’s jacket for information on languages for any disc. In the case of some languages, you may be...

TROUBLESHOOTING 47 ENGLISH Troubleshooting For the Controller If you experience any of the following difficultieswhile using the system, use this troubleshootingguide to help you remedy the problem. Should any problem persist, consult your author-ized Harman Kardon dealer. No power. • Is the power c...

48 TROUBLESHOOTING Troubleshooting Track Skip or direct select with numericbuttons, Search, Slow-motion play, repeatplay or Program play, etc., cannot bedone. • Depending on the DVD or VCD, some of the above operations may not be available(Playback control). Messages do not appear on the TV screenin...

GLOSSARY 49 ENGLISH Glossary Bit rate Value indicating the amount of video data com-pressed in a DVD per second. The unit is Mbps(megabit per second). 1 Mbps indicates that thedata per second is 1,000,000 bits. The higher thebit rate, the larger the amount of data. However,this does not always mean ...

50 SPECIFICATIONS Harman Kardon Digital Lounge Specifications Display Size / diagonal: 32” (81 cm), 40" (102 cm) or 46" (117 cm), 16:9 format Resolution: 1366 x 768 pixels HD ready for 32", 1920x1080 Full HD for 40" and 46". Colour display: 16.7 million colours Viewing angle: 178...

CONTROLLER SPECIFICATIONS 51 ENGLISH Depth measurement includes knobs, buttons and terminal connections. Height measurement includes feet and chassis. All features and specifications are subject to change without notice. Harman Kardon The Bridge, and Logic 7 are registered trademarks of Harman Inter...

52 SPECIFICATIONS HKTS 11 System Frequency Response35Hz – 20kHz (–6dB) SAT-TS14Satellites Recommended Power 10 – 120 Watts Impedance8 Ohms nominal Sensitivity86dB @ 1 Watt/1 meter TweeterOne 1/2" dome, video-shielded MidrangeDual 3" drivers, video-shielded Dimensions (H x W x D) 243mm x 100m...