System Installation - Harman Kardon AVR 525 Owner's Manual

INSTALLATION AND CONNECTIONS
System Installation
Alterunpacking theunit,locating it ina place withade
quate vantilation andplacing it on asolidsurface c apable
of supporting itsweight, youwillneed to makethecon-
nections t oyouraudioandvideo equipment
IMPORTANT NOTE: For y ourpersonal safely andto
avoidpossible d amage t o yourequipment andspeakers,
it isalways g oodpractice t o turnoffandunplug theAVR
andALLsource equipment fromtheACoutputbefore
making anyaudioor videosystem connections
AudioEquipmentConnections
We recommend t hatyouusehigh-quality interconnect
cables whenmaking connections t o source equipment
andrecorders t o preserve the integrily of thesignals
1 Connect t heanalog outputof a CDplayer to the
CDAudioInputs t_}
NOTE: W hen the CDplayer hasbothfixedandvari
ableaudiooutputs, i t is bestto usethe fixedoutput
unless youfindthatthe inputto thereceiver i s solow
thatthe soundisnoisy, o r so highthatit is distorled
2 Connect t heanalogPlay/Out jacksof a cassette
deck,MD,CDR or otheraudiorecorder t o theTape
Input Jacks _) Connect the analog Record/In
jacksonthe recorder t o the TapeOutputJacks
on theAVR525
3 Connect t he outputof anydigitalsourcessuchas
suchasa CDor DVDchanger o r player, a dvanced
videogame,a digitalsatellite receiver, H D]Vtuneror
digitalcableset-topbox or the outputof a compati
ble computer s oundcardto the Optical and
CoaxialDigital Audio Inputs t_) _ _'F_i"_]
4 Connect the coaxial oroptical D igital A udioOutputs
ontherearpanel o ftheAVR 525to thematching
digital inputconnections ona CDRor MiniDisc recorder
5 Assemble theAM LoopAntenna s upplied withthe
unit Connect i t to the AM andGNDScrew
TerminalsO
6 Connect t hesupplied FMantenna to the FM (75
ohm)ConnectionO ]he FMantenna maybean
external r oofantenna, an inside powered or wirelead
antenna or a connection f roma cableIV systemIf
the antenna o r connection u ses300 ohmtwin-lead
cable, y ou mustusethe 300 ohmto 75 ohmadapter
supplied withthe unitto makethe connection
7 Connect t hefront,center, s urround andsurround
backspeaker o utputs O_OI_) to the respective
speakers
]o ensure thatall theaudiosignals arecarried to your
speakers w ithoutlossof clarilyor resolution, wesug
gestthatyou usehigh-qualily s peaker c ableMany
brands of cableareavailable andthechoiceof cable
maybein%enced bythe distance belween your
speakers a ndthe receiver, the typeof speakers y ou
use,personal preferences andotherfactorsYour d eal
er or installer is a valuable resource to consult i n
selecting the proper c able
Regardless of the brando[cableselected, w erecom
mendthatyou usea cableconstruded of multistrand
copperwitha gauge of 14 or smaller Remember that
inspecifying c able, t he lower t he number, the thicker
the cable
Cable witha gauge of 16 maybe usedforshorlruns
of lessthanten feet,Wedo notrecommend t hatyou
usecables withanAWG equivalent of 1S or higher.
dueto thepowerlossanddegradation i n performance
thatwilloccur
Cables thatareruninside walls shouldhavetheappro
priate markings t o indicate listing withUL CSAor olher
appropriate t esting agency standards Questions about
running c ablesinside walls shouldbereferred to your
installer or a licensed electrician w hoisfamiliar w ith
the NEC and/or the applicable l ocal b uilding codesin
yourarea
Whenconnecting w ires to thespeakers, becerlainto
observeproper p olarityNotethatthe positive (+) ter
minal o f eachspeaker c onnection n owcarries aspe
cificcolorcodeas notedon page8 Uowever, most
speakers s tillusearedterminal f orthe positive (+)
connection Connect t he "negative" or "black" w ire
to the sameterminal on boththe receiver a ndthe
speaker
NOTE: W hilemostspeaker m anufacturers adhere to
an industry convention o f usingblackterminals f or
negative andredonesFor p ositive, somemayvary
from thisconfiguration ensureproperphase and
optimal p erformance, consult t he identification plateon
yourspeaker o r thespeaker's manual t o verifypolarity
Ifyoudo not knowthe polarity of yourspeaker, ask
yourdealer F or a dvicebefore proceeding, or consult
the speaker's manufacturer
We alsorecommend thatthe lengthof cableused
to connectspeakerpairsbe identicalForexample,
usethe samelengthpieceof cableto connectthe
front-leftandfront-rightor surroundleftandsur
roundrightspeakers, e venif the speakers area dif
ferentdistance from the AVR525
8 Connections to a subwoofer arenormally madevia
a linelevel a udioconnection f rom theSubwoder
Output 0 to thelinelevelinputof a subwoofer with
a built-inamplifier W hen a passive subwoofer i s used,
theconnection f irstgoesto a power amplifier, which
willbe connected t o oneor moresubwoofer speakers
Ifyou areusinga powered subwoofer thatdoesnot
havelinelevelinputconnections, followthe instruc
tionsfurnished w iththe speaker F or c onnection i nfor
marion
9 If an external multichannel audiosource with51
outputs suchasan external digitalprocessor/decoder.
DVDAudioor SACD player is used, c onnect t he
outputs of thatdeviceto the8-ChannelDirect
Inputs I_
VideoEquipmentConnections
Video equipment is connected i nthe samemanner a s
audiocomponents A gain, t he useof high-qualily inter
connect c ables is recommended to preserve s ignal
qualiiy
1 Connect a VCR's or othervideosource's audioand
videoPlay/Out jackstothe Videol/Video 2 Audio
andVideoInput Jacks i]_i_)!_i _ on therear
panel]he AudioandVideoRecord/In j ackson the
VCR shouldbe connected t o the Videol/Video 2
AudioandVideoOutputJacks _@ _ on
theAVR525
2 Connect t he analog audioandvideooutputs of a
satellite receiver, cableTVconverler o r television s etor
anyothervideosourceto theVideo3 Audioand
VideoInput Jacks _)I_
3 Connect t he analogaudioandvideooutputsof a
DVDor laserdiscplayer to the DVDAudio and
VideoInputs i]_
4 Connect t he digital a udiooutputs of a DVDplayer,
satellite receiver, cableboxor _ID]Vconverler t o the
appropriate O pticalor CoaxialDigitalInputs _)
5 Connect t he VideoMonitorOutput _ jackson
thereceiver t o thecomposite or S Videoinputof your
television m onitor or videoprojector
6 If yourDVD player andmonitor b othhavecompo
nentvideoconnections, connect t he component out-
putsof the DVD player to the DVDComponent
VideoInputs _ Evenwhencomponent videocon-
nections areused, t heaudioconnections s houldstill
be madeto either t he analog DVDAudio Inputs
or anyof theOptical or CoaxialDigitalInput Jacks
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7 If otherdevices withcomponent videooutputsare
available, connect i t to the Video2 Component
VideoInputs _)]he audioconnections f orthis