Harman Kardon AVR 235 Owner's Manual page 8

REAR-PANEL CONNECTIONS
@ FrontSpeakerOutputs:Connect t heseoutputs
to the matching + or terminals o n yourleftandright
speakers. Whenmaking speaker c , o nnec, tions, a lways
makecedainto maintain c, o rrectpolarity byconnecting
the colopcoded (white tot frontleftandredfor front
right)(+) terrnJnals on theA\/P_ 2 35 to the red(+)
terminals o n thespeakers a ndhe black(-) terminals
on theAVR235 to the black(-) terminals o nthe
speakers, Seepage14 tor morninformation o n
speaker p olarity
Q SurroundBack SpeakerOutputs:These
speaker t erminals a reusedto powerthesurround
backleft/surround backrightspeakers i na 71 chart
nelsystem. Thebrownandblackterminals a rethe
surround backleftchannel positive (÷) andnegatNe
_-) connections a ndthehn andblackterminals a m
thesurround back%ht positive (+) andnegative ()
terminals.
0 SurroundSpeakerOutputs:Connect theseout
putsto the matching + and terminals o n yoursur
roundc, h annel speakers. Inconlormance w iththeCEA
color-code specification, theblueterminal i s theposi
rive,or" _i'terminal t hatshould be connected to the
red(+) terminal o n theSurround Leftspeaker w ith
oldercolo_coding, whilethe g_ay Ierminal shouldbe
connected t o the red(+) terminal o n theSunuund
Rightspeaker w iththe oldercolopcoding Connect t he
black(-) terminal o n theAVRto the matching black
negatNe (-) terrninals t orearl/surround speaken (See
page14 for moreinformation on speaker p olarity.)
@ CenterSpeakerOutput:Connect _ bese o utputs
to the matching + and terminals o n yourcenter
channel speakeL In conlormance w iththe CEAcolor
codespecification, the greenterminal i sthe positive,
or %1'terminal t hatshouldbe connected t n the md
(÷) terminal on speakers w iththe oldercolopcoding
Connect t he black(-) terminal o n theAVRto the
black1-)terminal o n yourspeaken (See paget 4
for moreinformation o n speaker p olarity.)
ComponentVideoMonitorOutputs:Connect
theseoutputs te the cornponent videoinputsof a
videoprojector o r monitoL Whena source connected
te oneof the ComponentVideoInputs(_@ is
selected, t he signal w illbe sentto these jacks
Video2 Component V ideoInputs: C}onnect the
WPr/Pbcomponent videooutputs of an HDTV set-top
converter, satellite receiver o r othervideosource
devicewithcomponent videooutputs to thesejacks.
DVD6ompo_entVideoInputs: C_nnect t he
WPr/Pbcomponent videooutputs of a DVDplayer tn
thesejacks
AC PowerCord:Connect t heAC powercordto a
nonswitched A Cwalloutlet,
@ SwitchedACAccessoryOutlet:Thisoutlet m ay
be usedto power anydevice youwishb haveturned
onwhentheAVR235 is turned on,
@ UnswitchedACAccessoryOutlet:Thisoutlet
maybe usedto power anyACdeviceThepowerwill
remain on atthisoutlet, r egardless o f whether t he
AVR235 is on or oft
NOTE: Thetotalpowerconsumption of all devices
connected I o the accessory o utletsshouldnot exceed
1O0wa%
OpticalDigitalAudio Output:Connect t hisjack
tn the optical d igitalinputcor/nec, toron a CDR/RW,
MiniDisc o r otherdigitalrecotde/,
@ CoaxialDigitalAudio Output:Con/_ect _bie j ack
tnthe coaxial digihl input o f a CDR/RW. MiniDisc o r
otherdigihlrecordeL
@ S-VideoMonitor Output:Whenyourtelevision
or othervideodisplay isequipped wilhan S-Video
inputandyouareusing at least o nesource with
S VideocapabJJJb_, connect t hisjackto the S Video
inputon the display
¢_ CoaxialDigitalAudio inputs:Connect thec, oax
digital o utputfroma DVDplayer, H D_ receNe/, LD
player o r CDplayer t o these jacks. T hesignal m aybea
Dolby Digital signal, DTSsignal or a standard P CM digital
sourceDonot cor_nect the £F digital o utputof an LD
player t o thesejacks.
DVDS-VideoInput: Connect t he S Videooutput
of a DVDplayer or othervideosource to thisjack
Video1 S-Video Input:Iftheproduct c onnected to
the Video1Audio Inputs _ hasS-Video capability,
connect t hisjackto thePLAY/OUT S Videojackon
1hat u nitand1hen makecedainthattheS-Video
Monitor Output@ isconnected asdescribed
above.
_j) OpticalDigitalAudio Inputs: Connect t heoptical
digital o utputfroma DVD player, H DA/receNeL LD
player or CDplayer t o these jacksThesignal m aybea
DolbyDigital si%al,a DTSsignal o r astandard PCM
digital source
Video 1 S-VideoOutput:Iftheproduct c onnected
tn theVideo1 AudioOutputs @ hasSVideo
capability, connect t hisjackto the REC/IN S Video
jackonthatunit.
_, Video2 S-Video Input:Ifthe product c onnected to
theVideo2 Audio Inputs _ hasS-Videocapability,
connect t hisjackto thePLAY/OUT S Videojackon
thatunitandthenmakecedainthattheS-Video
Monitor Output@ isconnected, asdescribed
above.
@ 6/8-ChannelDirect Inputs:These jar, k s are
usedbr oonnectior_ to sourcedevices suchasDVD
Audioor SACD players w ithdisc/ete analog outputs.
Depending onthe source deviceinuse,alleightjacks
maybe used, t houghinrnanycases onlyconnections
to thel_ontletb/r@t, c enter, s urround lefdr@tand
LFE(subwooter inpu% jackswill beusedtot standard
51 audiosignals.
Video2 S-VideoOutput:If theproduct c onnected
to the Video2 AudioOutputs !_) hasS Video
capability, connect t hisjackto the REO/IN S Video
jackonthatunit,
Video3 S-VideoInput:Ifthe product c onnected to
theVideo3 Audio Inputs _ hasS-Videocapability,
connect t hisjackto thePLAY/OUT S Videojackon
thatunitandthenmakecedainthattheS-Video
Monitor Output @ is connected a sdescribed
above,
VideoMonitor Output:Connect thisjacktothe
cornposite v ideoinputof aTVmonitor o r videoprqec-
tnrto viewf_eon screenmenus andtheoutputofa
standard v ideosource.
@)DVD AudioNideoInputs: C onnect t he composite
video andL/Ranalog audiooutput j acksof a E)VD
player o r othervideosource to thesejacks.
Video1Audio/VideoInputs: Connect t hecorn
posite videoandL/Ranalog audioPLAY/OUT jacksof
aVCR or othervideosourceto thesejacks.
Video1 Audio/VideoOutputs:Connect t he
composite videoand[JR analog audioREC/IN jacks
of a VCR or othervideorecording device suchasa
DVD recorder o r PVRlo these jacks
Video2 Audio/VideoInputs: Connect t hecorn
posite videoandL/Ranalog audioPLAY/OUT jar, k s of
a VCR or othervideosource to thesejacks.
Video2 Audio/VideoOutputs:Conrlect I he
composite videoand[JR analog audioREC/IN j acks
of aVCRor othervideorecording @vicesuchasa
[)VDrecorder o r PVR In thesejacks
Video3 Audio/VideoInputs:Connect t t/e com-
positevideoandL/Ranalog audioPLAY/OUT jacksof
a VCR or othervideosource to thesejacks.