Installation; Step One - Connect The Speakers; Step Two - Connect The Subwoofer; Step Three - Connect The Antennas - Harman Kardon AVR 245 Owner's Manual

You are now ready to connect your various components to your receiver.
Before beginning, make sure that all components, including the AVR 245,
are turned completely off and their power cords are unplugged. Don't
plug any of the power cords back in until you have finished
making all of your connections.
Remember that your receiver generates heat while it is playing. Select
a location that leaves several inches of space on all sides of the receiver.
It is preferable to avoid completely enclosing the receiver inside a
cabinet. It is also preferable to stack components on separate shelves
rather than directly on top of the receiver. Some surface finishes are
delicate. Try to select a location with a sturdy surface finish.
Step One – Connect the Speakers
If you have not yet done so, place your speakers in the listening room,
as described in the Speaker Placement section above.
Connect the center, front left, front right, surround left, surround
right, surround back left and surround back right loudspeakers to the
corresponding speaker terminals on the AVR 245. See Figure 17.
Remember to maintain the proper polarity by always connecting the
positive and negative terminals on each speaker to the positive and
negative terminals on the receiver. Use the Connection Color Guide
on page 16 as a reference.
AVR 245
FR FL
SBR
Figure 17 – Speaker Connections
NOTE: If you only have one surround back speaker, wait until
after you have run EzSet+ in the Initial Setup section before
connecting it to the Surround Back Left speaker outputs.
Step Two – Connect the Subwoofer
Connect the Subwoofer Output on the AVR 245 to the line-level input on
your subwoofer. See Figure 18. Consult the manufacturer's guide for the
subwoofer for additional information.
AVR 245
C
SL
SR
SBL
SUB
Figure 18 – Subwoofer Connection

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Step Three – Connect the Antennas
Connect the FM and AM antennas to their terminals. See Figure 19.
AVR 245
AM
FM
Step Four – Connect the Source Components
Use the worksheets in the Appendix to note which connections you will
use for each of your source devices.
For each source, select a source input (Video 1, Video 2, Video 3, etc.).
In Table 2 we recommend connecting certain types of sources to certain
source inputs to make it easier to program and use the remote control.
Decide which audio connections you will use. If your source device has
them, use either the coaxial digital or the optical digital audio connection.
Referring to Table 2, we recommend you connect the DVD source to
the Coaxial 1 input jack, and the source designated Video 2 to the
Optical 1 input jack. If you are using the HDMI inputs for video switching,
then we recommend using the Coaxial 2 digital audio connection for the
source connected to the HDMI 1 input, and the Optical 2 digital audio
connection for the source connected to the HDMI 2 input. However, you
may make whatever connections are best for your system.
In addition to the digital audio connections, we recommend that you
connect the analog audio connections for each source, as a backup to
the digital connections, for recording, for use with the multiroom system,
or in the event that you use all six of the digital audio inputs for other
devices. For sources that don't have digital audio outputs, you must use
the analog audio connections.
For each video source, select one type of video connection. HDMI video
is preferred, but both your source device and your video display must
have this type of video capability. If either device does not, then use
component video, S-video or composite video.
Referring to Table 2, we recommend that you connect the DVD source
to the Component Video 1 inputs, the Video 1 source to the Component
Video 2 inputs, and the Video 2 source to the Component Video 3 inputs.
Any HDMI-capable source devices should be connected to one of the
two HDMI inputs. All other source devices should be connected to either
the component, S- or composite video input for that source. However,
you may make whatever video connections are best for your system.
Figure 19 – Antenna Connections
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