Harman Kardon DVD 37, Owner'S Manual

Level 8:

All DVDs, including adult materials, can 

be played.

Unlocked:

Any DVD may be viewed without entering

the password.

The DVD 37 is shipped from the factory with the
parental control system unlocked (no password is
required to view any DVD), and with the password set
to the four-digit code “1234.” To activate the system,
use the 

⁄¤

Navigation Buttons

n

to highlight

the Parental Control Setting on the 

SYSTEM

SETUP

submenu, and press the 

Enter Button

K

. Select the “On” setting from the dropdown

menu, and the password screen will appear (see
Figure 5.) Make sure the dashes on the Password 
line are highlighted, then enter the password code
using the 

Numeric Keys

T

and press the 

¤

Navigation Button

n

.

If you have entered the password correctly, the current
setting of the Rating line will be highlighted. You may
press the 

Enter Button

K

to display the ratings

dropdown menu. Select a new rating using the 

⁄¤

Navigation Buttons

n

and the 

Enter Button

K

.

Figure 5

The first time you use the DVD 37, it is recommended
that you scroll down to the Change Password line and
press the 

Enter Button

K

to display the Change

Password screen. Use the 

Numeric Keys

T

to

enter your new password once at the New Password
line, and a second time at the Confirm Password line.
The DVD 37 will return to the screen shown in Figure
5, where you may then change the Ratings Setting.
Since you had previously entered a valid password,
you will not be required to enter a password again
before changing the rating. However, once you press
the 

‹›

Navigation Button

n

and return to the

SYSTEM SETUP

submenu, the new password

will take effect.

Disc Recognition:

The setting for the Disc Recog-

nition feature, when turned on, allows you to pause 
or stop a DVD-Video disc, remove it from the player,
play another disc, and then resume playback of the
original disc at a later time from the point at which you
paused. When a previously played disc is reinserted in
the DVD 37, you will be presented with an on-screen
status message asking whether you wish to start play-

back from the beginning of the disc or resume at the
point where you left off. Note that even when the setting
is activated, you must press the 

Stop Button

4

P

either once (Resume mode) or twice (Stop mode), but
not the 

Pause Button

3

L

. The unit may be

turned off between discs. The DVD 37 can store the
information for up to five DVDs at a time.

PBC Support:

This setting controls the activation of

PBC (Play Back Control) Support for VCD discs. If you
plan to play VCD discs, which are a CD-ROM-based
format that predates DVD, we recommend that the
setting be turned 

ON

. However, with PBC enabled,

the Repeat Track, Repeat Disc and Random functions
will not be available for VCDs.

Screen Saver:

The DVD 37 offers a Screen Saver

option to protect your TV or video display from dam-
age that may occur if the player is left turned on with
the same still image for a period of time, as there is a
possibility that the image may be “burned” into some
display devices. This is particularly important for plasma
displays and some CRT devices. Set Screen Saver to

ON

so that the DVD 37 will run the screen saver

when no action has been detected for either one or
five minutes. Press a desired command key on the
front panel or remote to “wake” the DVD 37 and
resume normal operation.

Show Angle Icon:

Some DVDs are programmed 

with multiple-angle capability, allowing you to view the
same scene from a different camera angle. Normally,
the angle icon will be displayed on screen during
those scenes to inform you that you may press the

Angle Button

m

to change to a different view. If

you would find the appearance of the icon on-screen
distracting, select the Show Angle Icon setting in the
System submenu, and set it to 

OFF

. The 

Angle

Indicator

E

will appear in the front-panel display

whenever multiple angles are available, regardless of
whether the on-screen icon appears.

Closed Caption:

This setting enables viewing of

closed caption messages, if they have been encoded
in the video material. Closed captions – text displays
of the program’s dialogue which are normally hidden
from view – are made available for the hearing-
impaired or others. Select the 

ON

setting to activate

the DVD 37’s closed captioning decoder so that these
messages may be viewed.

Audio Setup Submenu

This submenu establishes the DVD’s configuration for
general audio settings, such as preferred language and
digital audio settings.

As with all setup menus, press the 

Setup Button

j

to activate the main menu screen, and then press the

⁄¤

Navigation Buttons

n

until the 

AUDIO

SETUP

icon is highlighted, and press the 

Enter

Button

K

again.

Figure 6

The following adjustments are available on the Audio
Setup menu:

Preferred Audio Language:

This setting is used to

select the default language that will be used for pro-
gram playback. The factory default setting is English,
but you may choose French, Spanish, German or
Italian by making a selection from the dropdown
menu. To select a language other than those shown,
select 

OTHER

from the dropdown menu and 

press the 

Enter Button

K

. A screen will appear

with a list of language choices (see Figure 4). Use 
the 

⁄¤

‹›

Navigation Buttons

n

to select a

language. When the desired language is highlighted,
press the 

Enter Button

K

to set it as the preferred

audio language. If you wish to exit this screen without
selecting a language, use the 

⁄¤

‹›

Navigation

Buttons

n

until the word 

RETURN

at the 

bottom of the screen is highlighted, and press the

Enter Button

K

to return to the 

AUDIO

SETUP

screen.

This procedure selects a preferred audio program 
language, but it will only be available when the disc
being played contains that language. The list of lan-
guages available on any given disc is always shown 
on the disc jacket, usually at the bottom of the back
cover. Note that the audio playback language may also
be changed at any time during playback using the

Audio Select Button

c

, as described on page 30,

but any changes made will only be effective during
playback of that disc.

Digital Output:

This setting selects the digital audio

data stream that is routed to the 

Optical Digital

Output

¢

or the 

Coaxial Digital Output

∞

.

Two choices are available:

•

Bitstream

, the default setting, outputs the

Dolby Digital or DTS signal, as selected from the
disc’s menu or by using the 

Audio Select Button

c

, as explained on page 30. This setting should

be used when your receiver or processor is capable of
decoding signals in the Dolby Digital or DTS format.

•

PCM

outputs a standard PCM signal for decoding by

receivers or processors that are not capable of
decoding a Dolby Digital or DTS bitstream. This set-
ting enables 2-channel audio playback or matrix
decoding where available.

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