Video Equipment Connections - Harman Kardon AVR 132 Owner's Manual

Installation and Connections

Video Equipment Connections

Video equipment is connected in the same manner
as audio components. Again, the use of high-
quality interconnect cables is recommended to pre-
serve signal quality. To ensure best video perform-
ance S-Video sources should be connected to the
AVR only with their S-Video In/Outputs, not with
their composite video connectors too.
1. Connect a VCR's audio and video Play/Out
jacks to the Video 1 or Video 2 In jacks
on the rear panel. The Audio and Video
Record/In jacks on the VCR should be connected
to the Video 1 Out jacks
2. Although any video device may be connected
to these jacks, we recommend connecting your
video recorder to the Video 1 Audio/Video
Input Jacks so that you may take advan-
tage of the fact that the remote control is prepro-
grammed with video recorder product codes for
the Video 1 device.
For the same reason, we recommend connecting
your cable TV converter or satellite receiver to the
Video 2 Audio/Video Input Jacks
your television to the Video 3 Audio/Video
Input Jacks .
IMPORTANT: If you are only using the television
as a display device (i.e., if you receive your televi-
sion programs through a cable box or satellite
receiver), do not connect the TV's outputs to the
Video 3 Audio/Video and S-Video Input
Jacks , or to any other inputs on the AVR.
3. Connect the analog audio and video outputs
of a DVD or laser disc player to the DVD jacks
.
4. Connect the digital audio outputs of a CD, MD
or DVD player, satellite receiver, cable box or
HDTV converter to the appropriate Optical or
Coaxial Digital Inputs
Remember that the DVD source defaults to the
Coaxial 1 Digital Input . All other sources
default to their analog inputs, although any
source may be assigned to any digital audio input
on the receiver.
5. Connect the Composite and S-Video (if
S-Video device is in use) Monitor Output
jacks on the receiver to the composite and
S-Video input of your television monitor or video
projector.
6. If your DVD player and monitor both have
component video connections, connect the com-
ponent outputs of the DVD player to the Video 1
Component Video Inputs . Note that even
when component video connections are used the
audio connections must still be made to either
the analog DVD Audio Inputs
Coaxial or Optical Digital Input jacks
7. If another component video device is available,
connect it to the Video 2 Component Video
Input jacks . The audio connections for this
device should be made to either the Video 2
Input jacks
Digital Input jacks
8. If the component video inputs are used,
connect the Component Video Output
the component video inputs of your TV, projector
or display device.
9. If you have a camcorder, video game or other
audio/video device that is connected to the AVR
on a temporary, rather than permanent basis,
on the AVR.
connect the audio, video and digital audio out-
puts of that device to the Front Panel Inputs
. A device connected to the Video 3
jacks is selected as the Video 3 input, and
connected to the digital jacks
selected as "Optical 3" or "Coaxial 3" input.
(See page 16 for more information on input
configuration.)
Video Connection Notes:
• Y/Pr/Pb Component, RGB (see page 14), or
, and
Composite video signals may only be viewed in
their native formats and will not be converted
to the other formats.
• All component inputs/outputs can be used for
RGB signals too, in the same way as described
for the Y/Pr/Pb signals, then connected to the
jacks with the corresponding color.
But this is only correct as long as only the three
RGB video signals are output by the video
source, with a sync signal in the "G" signal
only, without any sync signal output separately
by the source.
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