Hdmi Connections - Harman Kardon AVR/DVD System Owner's Manual

Installation and Connections
5. Connect the Composite Monitor Output B jacks
on the receiver to the composite 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 8. Note that even
when component video connections are used the
audio connections must still be made to either
the analog DVD Audio Inputs 5 or any of the
Coaxial or Optical Digital Input jacks 9L.
7. If another component video device is available,
connect it to the Video 2 Component Video
Input jacks F. The audio connections for this
device should be made to either the Video 2
Input jacks J or any of the Coaxial or Optical
Digital Input jacks 9L.
8. If the component video inputs are used, connect
the Component Video Output E to the
component video inputs of your TV, projector or
display device.
9. If you have a camcorder, video game or other audio/
video device that is connected to the AVR on a
temporary, rather than permanent basis, connect
the audio, video and digital audio outputs of that
device to the Front Panel Inputs 4GH.
A device connected to the Video 3 jacks H is
selected as the Video 3 input, and connected to
the digital jacks 4G it is selected as "Optical
3" or "Coaxial 3" input. (See page 16 for more
information on input configuration.)
10. Connect the AVR to your video display using one of the
following connections, even if you will also use an
HDMI connection:
• If your video display has component
video inputs (y/Pr/Pb), connect the
ComponentVideo Output K.
•
If your display does not have component video
inputs, connect the Video Monitor Output
B (Composite) on the AVR to the matching
input on your display. Only one connection is
needed.
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 converted 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.

HDMI Connections

HDMI™ is the abbreviation for High-Definition
Multimedia Interface, which is quickly becoming the
standard connection point between advanced video/
audio source products and displays, particularly
for high-definition video signals. HDMI is a digital
connection, eliminating the need to convert signals
back and forth from digital to analog.
Some source or display components in your system
may use DVI (Digital Video Interface) for digital video
connections. DVI carries the same digital video signals
as HDMI but uses a larger connector and does not
transport audio or control signals. In most cases,
you may mix and match DVI and HDMI digital video
connections by using optional connector adapters.
Note, however, that some DVI-equipped video displays
are not compatible with the HDCP copy protection
coding that is increasingly carried with signals
connected via HDMI. If you have an HDMI source and a
DVI-equipped display, you may occasionally be unable
to view a program if the display does not include HDCP.
This is not the fault of the AVR or your source; it simply
indicates that the video display is not compatible.
The AVR is equipped for HDMI switching, which means
that it is able to select either of the three HDMI inputs
as the source that feeds your system's video display.
This preserves the digital signal in its original form
by passing it directly through from source to display.
However, this also means that the AVR does not have
access to the signal and thus it is not able to add
menus or on-screen messages to HDMI signals, or to
process the audio that may be part of the signal in an
HDMI connection.
Therefore, the following connections are required
when the AVR is used with HDMI sources:
•
Connect the HDMI output of a source to any of the
HDMI Inputs C.
•
Connect the HDMI Output D of the AVR to an
HDMI input on your display.
•
Connect either an optical or coaxial digital audio
output from the source to the AVR. The default
connections are Coaxial 2 9 for a source
connected to HDMI 1 C and Optical 2 L for a
source connected to HDMI 2 D. you may use any
digital or analog audio source in conjunction with
the HDMI inputs, but if it varies from the default
you must make a change to the input's setting, as
shown on page 20.
•
Even when HDMI inputs are used, it is important
to make sure that a component or composite
video connection is made between the AVR and
your display. This is needed to view both the
setup menus and onscreen messages, and to
view other (non-HDMI) video sources. The AVR
does not convert analog video signals to HDMI.
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