Harman Kardon HS 350 - Manuals

TERMINOLOGY 5 ENGLISH 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, ...

6 FEATURES Features High quality video • High Definition Multimedia Interface (HDMI) for a single wire, digital connection to yourHD-Ready screen. • Advanced sophisticated 10-bit MPEG-2 video decoding circuits. • Progressive Scan component video ouputs (NTSC and PAL) • Direct RGB output via SCART (s...

FRONT PANEL CONTROLS 7 ENGLISH 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 HS 350 Contr...

8 FRONT PANEL DISPLAY 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 Repeat Indi...

REAR PANEL CONNECTIONS 9 ENGLISH Rear Panel Connections 0 Composite Video Output 1 S-Video Output 2 Component Video Outputs 3 Scart TV Output 4 AC Power Cord 5 FM Antenna 6 Audio In 7 Subwoofer Output 8 Coaxial Digital Input 9 Optical Digital Input A Analog Audio Outputs B Front Speaker Outputs C Ce...

REMOTE CONTROL 11 ENGLISH Remote Control 0123456789ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQ Power On/Source Selection Button Power Off Button Subtitle Button Title Button Angle Button Audio Button Enter Button Eject Button Set-Up/OSD Button Arrows Button Mute Button Menu Button Pause Button Status Button Skip/Step (Previo...

12 REMOTE CONTROL Remote Control 0 Power On/Source Selector Buttons: Pressing one of these buttons will perform threeactions at the same time. First, if the HS Systemis not turned on, this will power up the unit.Next, it will select the source shown on the button as the input to the HS System. Final...

BASIC INFORMATION 13 ENGLISH 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 instru...

14 INSTALLATION AND CONNECTIONS Installation and Connections After unpacking the unit, and placing it on asolid surface capable of supporting its weight,you will need to make the connections to youraudio and video equipment. Audio Equipment Connections We recommend that you use high-quality inter-co...

INSTALLATION AND CONNECTIONS 15 ENGLISH Connecting VCR and Sat Decoder (method 5 and 6) Diagrams 5 and 6 show possible con nec tionmethods for common system configurations.These are intended as guidelines only. Due to dif-ferences in equipment specifi ca tions, the methodof connection of your equipm...

16 INSTALLATION AND CONNECTIONS Installation and Connections Connecting the AC Power Notes • The Power Requirement is: AC 230V, 50 Hz. • Connecting to power other than the one listed above may damage the system or cause abnormal operation. • Before connecting the AC power cord of this system to a wa...

INSTALLATION AND CONNECTIONS 17 ENGLISH Installation and Connections Slow Motion Playback (with DVD only) 1. When a DVD disc is in pause or freeze frame mode, you may move slowly forward or backward through the program being playedat one of four speeds by pressing the SEARCHButtons HJ on the remote....

18 SYSTEM SETUP System Setup System Defaults The final step of the installation is to establishthe system’s defaults. It is helpful to take a fewminutes to famili arize yourself with these settings, as they may require change before thefirst use and later from time to time. General Functionality of ...

SYSTEM SETUP 19 ENGLISH System Setup Recognized” message, with the question if youwould like to play the disc from the beginning orwould like to resume from where you laststopped the disc. The memory can contain infor-mation of the last 100 discs played. PBC Support: Activates PBC (Play Back Control...

SYSTEM SETUP 21 ENGLISH System Setup time, place the microphone close to the speakerto be measured, at a distance of about 1 meter.In addition, the top of the microphone should bepointed towards the speaker, rather than point-ing up as was done for the Far Field tests. For thefirst measurement, plac...

22 SYSTEM SETUP normal for surround speakers to operate onlyoccasionally. Artificially increasing the volume tothe rear speakers may destroy the illusion of anenveloping sound field that duplicates the wayyou hear sound in a movie theater or concerthall. The default settings of the DVD player is 0 d...

TEST SCREEN 23 ENGLISH Test Screen Test Screen When you activate the Test Screen via the OSDyou can activate a still image to test all settingsand the video performance of your TV. Pleasenote that the test screen is only available inStandard Definition mode, that is with one of theanalog video outpu...

24 PLAYER/RADIO MENU Player/Radio 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 remote to move through the different features inthe Sta...

PLAYER/RADIO MENU 25 ENGLISH Figure 13 The RADIO Menu shows the selected Audiomode, the name of a station currently played (aslong as RDS is available) and a Station list listingthe 30 stations with their preset, station nameand frequency. Note: The stations can be preset auto -matically or manually...

26 TV MENU, AUX MENU, DIGITAL IN MENU TV Menu, AUX Menu, Digital in Menu TV MENU As a Scart audio/video cable contains both audioand video inputs and outputs in one cable, theScart connector between the DVD Receiver andthe TV can also be used to lead the audio outputsignals of your TV to the DVD Rec...

USB MENU 27 ENGLISH USB Menu USB MENU The HS systems are among the first to allowdirect playback of compatible files from portableUSB devices. Two USB On-The-Go inputs areavailable, one on the right side of the productand one on the rear panel. Connect your USB thumb drive or portable harddisk, to e...

28 USB MENU USB Menu Using When Harman Kardon’s is connected and a compatible Apple ® iPod ® is docked in The Bridge, press the DMP Selector Button 0 to choose the iPod as the input source allowingplayback of audio materials on your iPod throughyour high-quality audio/video system. When The Bridge i...

REMOTE CONTROL 29 ENGLISH Remote Control Learning Codes from a Remote The HS 350 remote is able to “learn” codes fromother remote controls that might be part of yoursystem setup, like the one from your TV. To learnor transfer codes from an IR remote to the HS’sremote, follow these steps: 1. Place th...

DVD LANGUAGE CODES 31 ENGLISH 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, yo...

32 TROUBLESHOOTING Troubleshooting 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 authorized Harman Kardon dealer. No power. • Is the power cord firmly plugged into the ...

TROUBLESHOOTING 33 ENGLISH Troubleshooting Track Skip or direct select with numericbuttons, Search, Slow-motion play, repeatplay or Program play, etc., cannot be done. • Depending on the DVD or VCD, some of the above operations may not be available(Playback control). Messages do not appear on the TV...

34 GLOSSARY 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 higher q...

HS 350 CONTROLLER SPECIFICATIONS 35 ENGLISH HS 350 Controller Specifications DVD player Pickup: Semiconductor laser, wavelength 650nm Signal system: NTSC / PAL Video signal horizontal resolution: More than 480 lines (DVD) Video signal-to-noise ratio: More than 60 dB (DVD) Audio frequency response: D...