Connect Your Speakers; Connect Your Subwoofer; Connect Your Tv - Harman Kardon AVR 1700 Quick Setup Manual

AVR

Connect Your Speakers

How to use the AVR speaker terminals:
1. Unscrew Cap 2. Insert Bare Wire
Always connect the colored (+) terminal on the AVR to the (+) terminal on the speaker
(usually red), and the black (–) terminal on the AVR to the (–) terminal on the speaker
(usually black).
IMPORTANT: Make sure the ( + ) and ( – ) bare wires do not touch each other or the other
terminal. Touching wires can cause a short circuit that can damage your AVR.
Connect the speakers as shown in the illustration.
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FL
SL

Connect Your Subwoofer

Use a single RCA audio cable to connect the AVR's Subwoofer Pre-Out connector to your
subwoofer. Consult your subwoofer's user manual for specific information about making
connections to it.
Receiver
Subwoofer
Connector
3. Tighten Cap

Connect Your TV

HDMI Out Connector
If your TV has an HDMI connector and you have HDMI source devices, use an HDMI cable
(not supplied) to connect your TV to the AVR's HDMI Out connector. It will provide the
best possible video quality.
IMPORTANT: The AVR's on-screen display (OSD) only appears through the HDMI Out
connector. If you want to use the AVR's OSD menus you need to connect its HDMI Out
connector to your TV even if you are not connecting any HDMI video source devices to
the AVR.
AVR HDMI
Out Connector
Composite Video Monitor Out Connector
If your TV does not have an HDMI connector, or if your TV does have an HDMI connector
but you are connecting some source devices with only composite video connectors, use
a composite video cable (not supplied) to connect the AVR's Composite Monitor Out
connector to your TV's composite video connector.
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AVR
Composite
Monitor Out
SR
Connector
Single RCA Audio Cable
(not supplied)
TV
HDMI Cable
(not supplied)
TV
Composite Video Cable
(not supplied)
Connections
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Subwoofer
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