Video Equipment Connections - Harman Kardon System 13828 Owner's Manual

Installation and Connections

Video Equipment Connections

Video equipment is connected in the same man-
ner as audio components. Again, the use of high-
quality interconnect cables is recommended to
preserve signal quality. To ensure best video
performance 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 2 In jacks
panel. The Audio and Video Record/In jacks on
the VCR should be connected to the Video 1
Out jacks on the AVR.
2. Although any video device may be connected
to these jacks, we recommend connecting your
TV to the Video 1 Audio/Video Input Jacks
so that you may take advantage of the
fact that the remote control is preprogrammed
with TV product codes for the Video 1 device.
For the same reason, we recommend connecting
your video recorder, cable TV converter or satel-
lite receiver to the Video 2 Audio/Video
Input Jacks .
3. Connect the analog audio and video outputs
of a DVD 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
component outputs of the DVD player to the
Video 1 Component Video Inputs
that even when component video connections
are used the audio connections must still be
made to either the analog DVD Audio Inputs
or any of the Coaxial or Optical Digital
Input jacks .
7. If another component video device is avail-
able, connect it to the Video 2 Component
Video Input jacks
for this device should be made to either the
Video 2 Input jacks
or Optical 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
on the rear
audio/video device that is connected to the AVR
on a temporary, rather than permanent basis,
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
Composite video signals may only be viewed
in their native formats and will not be convert-
ed 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.
. Note
. The audio connections
or any of the Coaxial
.
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