Harman Kardon AVR 7300 Owner's Manual page 10

REAR-PANEL AUDIO CONNECTIONS
å Front Speaker Outputs: Connect these outputs
to the matching + or – terminals on your left and right
speakers. When making speaker connections, always
make certain to maintain correct polarity by connecting the
color-coded (white for front left and red for front right) (+)
terminals on the AVR 7300 to the red (+) terminals on the
speakers and the black (–) terminals on the AVR 7300 to
the black (–) terminals on the speakers. See page 18 for
more information on speaker polarity.
∫ Surround Speaker Outputs: Connect these outputs
to the matching + and – terminals on your surround
channel speakers. In conformance with the CEA color-
code specification, the blue terminal is the positive (+)
terminal that should be connected to the red (+) terminal
on the Surround Left speaker with older color-coding,
while the gray terminal should be connected to the red (+)
terminal on the Surround Right speaker with the older
color-coding. Connect the black (–) terminal on the AVR to
the matching black negative (–) terminals for each sur-
round speaker. (See page 18 for more information on
speaker polarity.
ç Surround Back/Multiroom Speaker Outputs:
These speaker terminals are normally used to power the
surround back left/surround back right speakers in a 7.1-
channel system. However, they may also be used to
power the speakers in a second zone, which will receive
the output selected for a multiroom system. To change the
output fed to these terminals from the default of the
Surround Back speakers to the Multiroom Output, you
must change a setting in the MULTI-ROOM
SETUP menu of the OSD system. See page 44 for
more information on configuring this speaker output. In
normal surround system use, the brown and black termi-
nals are the surround back left channel positive (+) and
negative (–) connections and the tan and black terminals
are the surround back right positive (+) and negative (–)
terminals. For multiroom use, connect the brown and black
SBL terminals to the red and black connections on the left
remote zone speaker and connect the tan and black SBR
terminals to the red and black terminals on the right
remote zone speaker.
∂ Tape Outputs: Connect these jacks to the
Record/Input jacks of an audio recorder.
é Tape Inputs: Connect these jacks to the Play/Oout
jacks of an audio recorder.
ƒ CD Audio Inputs: Connect these jacks to the
left/right analog audio output of a compact disc player or
CD changer or other audio source.
© DVD Audio Inputs: Connect the left/right analog
audio jacks of a DVD player or other video source to these
jacks. When digital audio and/or component video outputs
are used with a DVD player and the AVR 7300, the default
connection points are the Coaxial 1 Digital Audio Input
† and the DVD Component Video Inputs F. If other
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jacks are used to connect a DVD player, the AVR may be
reconfigured to accommodate the hookup by using the
IN/OUT SETUP menu as shown on page 23.
˙ Video 4 Audio Inputs: Connect the left/right
analog audio outputs of a video device to these jacks.
The AVR 7300's remote control has a satellite receiver as
the default for this input, but you may connect any video
source such as a VCR, HDTV receiver, personal video
recorder, or other device to these inputs. Note that if the
source device offers either digital audio or component
video capability, those connections must be made sepa-
rately, and the AVR 7300 configured accordingly. (See
page 23 for more information on configuring an input for
various source options.)
î Video 3 Audio Inputs: Connect the left/right
analog audio outputs of a video device to these jacks.
The AVR 7300's remote control has a cable set-top as
the default for this input, but you may connect any video
source such as a VCR, HDTV or satellite receiver, personal
video recorder, or other device to these inputs. Note that if
the source device offers either digital audio or component
video capability, those connections must be made sepa-
rately, and the AVR 7300 configured accordingly. (See
page 23 for more information on configuring an input for
various source options.)
∆ Video 2 Audio Outputs: Connect the left/right analog
audio RECORD/IN jacks of a video recording device such
as a VCR, DVD-recorder or personal video recorder to
these jacks.
˚ Video 2 Audio Inputs: Connect the left/right
analog audio PLAY/OUT jacks of a video recording device
such as a VCR, DVD-recorder or personal video recorder
to these jacks. The AVR 7300's remote control has a "TV"
as the default for this input, but you may connect any
video source such as a VCR, HDTV or cable set-top box,
personal video recorder, or other device to these inputs.
Note that if the source device offers either digital audio or
component video capability, those connections must be
made separately, and the AVR 7300 configured accord-
ingly. (See page 23 for more information on configuring an
input for various source options.)
¬ Preamp Outputs: Connect these jacks to an
optional, external power amplifier for applications where
higher power is desired.
µ Subwoofer Output: Connect this jack to the line-
level input of a powered subwoofer. If an external sub-
woofer amplifier is used, connect this jack to the sub-
woofer amplifier input.
ñ Video 1 Audio Inputs: Connect the left/right analog
audio PLAY/OUT jacks of a video recording device
such as a VCR, DVD-recorder or personal video recorder
to these jacks.
ø Multiroom Audio Outputs: Connect these jacks to
the optional external audio power amplifier that delivers the
source selected for multizone distribution.
π Video 1 Audio Outputs: Connect the left/right analog
audio RECORD/IN jacks of a video recording device such
as a VCR, DVD-recorder or personal video recorder to
these jacks. The AVR 7300's remote control has a VCR as
the default for this input, but you may connect any video
source such as a VCR, HDTV or cable set-top box, per-
sonal video recorder, or other device to these inputs. Note
that if the source device offers either digital audio or com-
ponent video capability, those connections must be made
separately, and the AVR 7300 configured accordingly.
(See page 23 for more information on configuring an input
for various source options.)
œ Optical Digital Audio Output: Connect this jack to
the optical digital input connector on a CD-R/RW, MiniDisc
or other compatible digital recorder.
® Optical Digital Audio Inputs: Connect the optical
digital output from a DVD player, HDTV receiver, the
S/P-DIF output of a compatible computer sound card
playing MP3 files or streams, LD player or CD player to
these jacks. The signal may be a Dolby Digital signal,
a DTS signal or a standard PCM digital source.
ß Coaxial Digital Audio Output: Connect this jack to
the coaxial digital input of a CD-R/RW, MiniDisc or other
compatible digital recorder.
† Coaxial Digital Audio Inputs: Connect the coax
digital output from a DVD player, HDTV receiver, the
S/P-DIF output of a compatible computer sound card play-
ing MP3 files or streams, LD player or CD player to these
jacks. The signal may be a Dolby Digital signal, DTS signal
or a standard PCM digital source. Do not connect the RF
digital output of an LD player to these jacks.
ü8-Channel Direct Inputs: These jacks are used
for connection to source devices such as DVD-Audio or
SACD players with discrete analog outputs. Depending on
the source device in use, all eight jacks may be used,
though in many cases only connections to the front
left/right, center, surround left/right and LFE (subwoofer
input) jacks will be used for standard 5.1 audio signals.
√ Center Speaker Outputs: Connect these outputs to
the matching + and – terminals on your center channel
speaker. In conformance with the CEA color-code specifi-
cation, the green terminal is the positive (+) terminal that
should be connected to the red (+) terminal on speakers
with the older color-coding. Connect the black (–) terminal
on the AVR to the black negative (–) terminal on your
speaker. (See page 18 for more information on speaker
polarity.)