System Installation - Harman Kardon AVR 135 Owner's Manual

INSTALLATION AND CONNECTIONS
System Installation
Afterunpacking theunit Ioc/tJng i t ina plaee withade
quate ventilation andplacing iton asolidsurface capable
ofsupporting i tsweight, youwill need to make the {}on
nechons t oyouraudioandvideo equipment
IMPORTANT NOTE: Foryourpesonal s @tyandto
avoid pos_sible damage to yourequil}ment andspeakers.
it isalways a goodpra{_ce b turnoftaridunplug the
AVRandALLsource equipment l_orn theACoutput
before making anyaudioor videosystern c omectior/s
Audio EquipmentConnections
We recomnmnd t hatyouusehigh quality intercor/nect
cableswhenmaking eonnections to sourceequipment
andreco/ders t o preserve t he integrity of the signals.
1. Connect t he analog outputof a CDplayer te the
CDAudio Inputs_,
NOTE: W hentheCDplayer hasbothfixedandvari
ableaudiooutputs, it is bestto Else the fixedoutput
unless youfind thattheinputte the receiver i sso low
thatthesoundis noisy, o r sohighthatit is disterted,
,o Connect t he analog Play/Out jacksof acassette
deck,MD,CD-Ror otheraudioreco/der t o the Taps
Input Jacks _[} Connect t he analog RecorWIn j ac?s
on the recorder t o the TapeOutputJacks O on
theAVR135,
S Connect t he outputof any digitalsources suchas
a CDor DVDchanger o r player, a @anced video
game,a digital s atellite receiver, H DTV tuneror digifa_l
{}ableset-topbox or the outputof a compatible
computersoundcardto the Optical andCoaxial
Digital Audio Inputs 0_]_ We recommend
connecting the coaxial d igitalaudiooutputof your
DVDplayer to the Coax 1 Digital Audio Input @,
sincethatdigitalinputisassigned te the DVDsource
by default
4 Conned theCoaxial o r OpticalDigital A udio
Outputs@_ onthe rearpanel o ftheAVR 135to the
matching d igital i nput c onnedions ona CDRor MiniDisc
reco/de_
5. Assemble t he AMLoopAnter/na supplied withthe
unitsothatthe _bs at the botlomof the antenna loop
snapintotheholesinthe baseConnect i t to 1heAM
AntennaTerminals _},
6. Connect t he supplied FMantenna to the FM(75
ohm)ConnectionO TheFMantenna may bean
external r oofantenna, an insidepowered o r wirelead
antenna or a cor/necllon f roma cableTVsysternIf
1heantenna o r eonnection u ses300 ohmlwir_lead
cable,youmustusethe 300 ohmto 75 ohmadapter
supplied withthe unitto makethe connection,
7 Connect t hefront,cenleT, surround andsurround
backspeaker o utputs _@QO te the respecllve
speakers.
Toensure th_cl allthe audiosignals arecarried te your
speakerwithoutlossof clarity or resolution, wesug-
gestthatyouusehigh-quality speaker c able.Many
b_ands o f cableareavailable andthe choiceof cable
maybe influenced b ythe distance between your
speakers a ndthe receiver, the typeof speakers y ou
use,personal preferences andotherfactors Yourdealer
or inslaller i sa valuable r esource to consultinselect-
ingthe proper { }able
RegaTdless ofthe brandof cableselected, werecom
mendthatyouusea cableconstructed o f multistrand
copper w ithagaugeof 14 or smalle[Remember that
inspecifying { ',able. the lowerthe number, thethicker
the{}aisle
Cable withagaugeof 16 maybe usedforshortruns
of le£s than10 laebWedo notr<:omu-_end thatyou
usecables withanAWG equivalent of 1B or highe/,
dueto thepowerlossanddegradaaon inperformance
thatwill occur,
Cables thatareruninside walls shouldhavetheappro
priate markings t o indicate listing withUL,CSAor other
appropriate testing agency slandalds. Questions a bout
running cables inside walls shouldberderledto your
installer or a licensed electician whoisfamiliar w ith
the NEC and/ortheapplicable 1 oral building {}odes in
your area
When conr/ecting w ires to thespeaks/s, b e cdtainte
observe properpolarity Notethatthe positive (+) ter
minal o f eachspeaker c onnection m aycarrya specific
colorcode, a snotedon page7. HoweveT, many
speakers s tillusea redterminal f orthepositive (+)
connection. Connect t he "negatS' or "black" w ire
te the sarneterminal on boththe receiver a nd
the speakeT,
NOTE: W hilemostspeaker m anuk_etureTs adhere to
an industry convention o f usingblackterminals f or
negative a ndredonesbr positive, somemayvary
1tom thisconfiguration. 70 ensure properphase and
optimal p erldrnance, c onsult t % identification plateon
yourspeaker o r thespeaker's rnanual to veritypolarity
Ifyoudo not knowthe polarHy o f yourspeaker, ask
yourdealerforadvicebefore proceeding, or consult
the speaker's m anufacturer,
We alsorecommend thatthe lengthof {',able used
to connectspeakerpairsbe identicalForexample,
usethe samelengthpieceof cableto connectthe
frontqeftandfront rightor surroundlettand sur
roundrightspeakers, e venif the speakers area
different d istance from theAVR135
Notethatit is not possible to usethe AVR135 ina
7,1 chant/el c onfiguration, Anysourceinformation
thatthe AVRreceives or derives for the surround
backleftand rightchannels, eg. throughthe 6/8-
6hanns_Direct Wputs_ or durin_7 channel
Stereoprocessing, i s combined andoutputted
to the singled/anne1 Surround Back Speaker
Outputs @.
B Oonnecflons to a subwooter arenorrnally m adevia
a linedevel a udioconnection f rom1heSubwoofer
Output _ to the linelevelinputofa subwooTer with
a builbinamplifie/. Whena passive subwoofer is used.
the connection f irstgoesto a poweramplifier, which
will beconnected to oneor moresubwooter speakeTs.
Ifyouareusinga powered subwooter 1hat d oesnot
havelinelevel i nputconnections, followthe inst/uc
tionsfurnished wilhthespeaker f orconnection
inlermatior/
9 Ifan external m ultichannel audiosourcewilh5 1,
61,71 outputs suchasan external digitalproces-
so_r'decode_; DVDAudioo_SACDplayer is used, c on
nectthe outputs ofthat@viceto the 6/8-Channel
Direct inputs _Y-_.
VideoEquipmentConnections
Video equipment isconnected i nthe samemanner a s
audiocomponents. Again, t he useof high-quality inler
connedcables is recommended to preserve signal
quality.
1 Connect a VCR's, D VD recorder's, personal video
recorder's o r othervideosource's audioandvideo
Play/Out jackstothe Video1 Audio/Videoand/or
S-VideoInputJacks _ on the rearpanelThe
AudioandVideoRecord/In j ackson the recorder
shouldbe connected t o the Video1AudidVideo
and/or S-VideoOutputJacks_._.._¢_Z_) ontheAVR135
Although anyvideodevicemaybe connected t o these
jacks, w erecommend connecting y ourvideolecorder
sothatyoumayhke advantage o f thetact thatthe
remote control i spreprogrammed withvideorecorder
product c odesfortheVideo1 device
2 Connect t he analog audioandvideooutputs of a
satellite receiveT, cableTVconverte_, television setor
anyothervideosource to the Video2 Audio/Video
andS-VideoInputJacks ¢_d_@.)Although anyvideo
devk}e maybe connected t o thesejacks, w e recorn
mendconnecting y ourcableTVconverter o r satellite
receiver s o thatyoumaytakeadvank<ge ofthe hot
thatthe remote control i s preprogrammed withthe
product c odesof thesedevicefypesfortheVideo2
@vice. I fyour@viceis capable of switching cornpo