Harman Kardon AVR 435 Owner's Manual page 10

REAR-PANEL CONNECTIONS
Remote IR Input: Ifthe AVR435's front panel
IRsensoris blockeddueto cabinet d oorsor other
obstructions, an external I Rsensormaybe used.
Connect t he outputof the sensorto thisjack.
,_j RemoteIR Output:Thisconnection p ermits t he
IRsensor i nthe receiver t o serveotherremote con-
trolled devices. Connect t hisjackto the'IR IN"jackon
compatible H arman Kardon equipment.
€_"RemoteIR CarrierOutput:Theoutputof this
jackis thefullsignal r eceived at the RemoteSensor
Window[] or inputthrough the RemoteIR Input
including the carrier frequency t hatis removed
fromsignals at the RemoteIROutput _. Usethis
outputto extend IR remote signals to the inputof
compatible p roducts bydirectconnection o r through
theuseof optional, e xternal IR "blasters". Ifyou arein
doubtasto whichofthe lwo IROutput j acksto use,
werecommend t hatyouconsult w ithyourdealer o r
installeh o r checkwiththemanufacturer ofthe external
equipment youwishto control.
RS-232 Port:Thisjackmaybe usedto control
theAVR435 overa bi-directional RS-232serial
control l inkto a compatible c omputer o r programmable
remote control s ystem. D ueto the complexib/of
programming R S-232commands westrongly
recommend t hatconnections t o thispo_t t or
control p urposes be madebya trainedandqualified
technician. Thisjackmayalsolinkto a compaSble
computer t o upgrade the software andoperating sys
tamofthe AVR435 whenupgrades a reavailable.
CoaxialDigitalAudio Output:Connect thisjack
tothe coaxial digital inputof a CDR/RW, MiniDisc o r
othercempaable d igital rece_deT.
@ Multiroom AudioOutputs:Connect t hese jacks
tothe optional e xternal audiopower amplifier a nd
videodistribution s ystem thatdelivers the source
selected f or multizone d istribution.
_}_CoaxialDigitalAudioInputs: Connect thecoax
digital output f roma DVD player, HDTV receive_, the
S/PDIFeuto_ofa compaSble computer sound card
playing MP3filesor sbeams, LDplayer or CDplayer t o
these jacks. T hesignal maybea Dolby Digital signal,
DTS signal o r astandard P CM digital s ource. Donet
connect t he RFdigitaloutputof an LDplayer to
thesejacks.
CDAudioInputs: Connect t hesejacksto the
left/right a nalog audiooutputof a compact d iscplayer
or CDchanger o r otheraudiosource.
Optical DigitalAudio Output:Connect t hisiack
to the optical d igitalinputconnector o n a CDR/RW,
MiniDisc o r othercompatible d igitalrecorder.
DVD AudioInputs: C onnect t he left/right a nalog
outputs of a DVD player or otheraudiosourceto
thesejacks.
@ TapeInputs:Connect thesejackstothe Play/Oout
jacksofan audiorecorder.
TapeOutputs:Connect t hesejacksto the
Record/Input jacksof an audiorecoTder.
• OpticalDigitalAudioInputs: Connect t heopti
caldigital o utputfroma DVDplayer, H DTV receive_,
the S/P DIFoutputof a compatible c omputer s ound
cardplaying MP3filesor streams, L Dplayer or CD
player to these jacks, T hesignal m aybe a DolbyDigital
signal, a DTS signal o r a standard PCM digital s ource,
Video1 Audio Inputs:Connect t he left/right
PLAY/OUT a udiooutputjackson aVCRor othervideo
source to thesejacks.
(_ Video1 AudioOutputs:Connect t he left/right
REC/IN audioinput j acksona VCR or othervideo
source to thesejacks.
@ Video2 Audio Inputs:Connect t he left/right
PLAY/OUT a udiooutputjackson aVCRor othervideo
source to thesejacks.
@ Video2 Audio Outputs:Connect t he left/right
REC/IN audioinput j acksona VCR or othervideo
source to thesejacks.
8-ChannelDirect Inputs:These jacksareused
forconnection t o source devices suchas DVDAudio
or SACDplayers withdiscreta analog outputs.
Depending o nthe source deviceinuse,all eightjacks
maybe used, t houghin manycases onlyconnections
to the frontleft/right, c enter, s urround left/right a nd
LFE(subwoefer input) j ackswillbe usedforstandald
5.1 audiosignals.
_) Video3 AudioInputs: Connect t he left/right
PLAY/OUT a udiooutputjackson aVCR,PVR, c able
set top,satal]ita receiveh HDTV receiver o r othervideo
source to thesejacks.