Scart A/V Connections - Harman Kardon AVR 3000 Owner's Manual

Installation and Connections

SCART A/V Connections

For the connections described above your video
device needs RCA (cinch) connectors or/and S-
Video connectors for all Audio and Video signals:
Any normal video device (Not SVHS or High 8) for
only playback needs 3 RCA jacks, VCRs for record
and playback even 6 RCA jacks. Any S-Video
device (SVHS, High 8) needs 2 RCA (Audio) and 1
S-Video jack (Video), if it´s a playback unit, or 4
RCA (Audio In/Out) and 2 S-Video (Video In/Out)
jacks, if it´s a recording VCR.
Many european video devices are equipped with
RCA (Cinch) or S-Video jacks only partially, not for
all audio and video in/outputs needed as
described above, but with a so called Scart or
Euro-AV connector (almost rectangular jack with
21 pins, see drawings on this page).
In that case the following Scart to Cinch adapters
or cables are needed:
• Units for playback, such as satellite receivers,
camcorders, DVD or LD players, need an adapter
from Scart to 3 RCA plugs, see fig. 1 (normal
video devices) or from Scart to 2 RCA+1 S-
Video plugs, see fig. 4 (S-Video devices).
• HiFi VCRs need an adapter from Scart to 6 RCA
plugs, see fig. 2 (normal video), or from Scart to
4 Audio+2S-Video jacks, see fig. 5 (S-Video
VCR). Read carefully the instruction attached to
the adapter to find which of the six plugs is
used for the record signal to the VCR (connect
with the AVR´s Out jacks) and for the playback
signal from the VCR (connect with the AVR´s In
jacks). Do not misconnect Audio and Video sig-
nals. Don´t hesitate to consult your dealer, if you
are uncertain.
• If you use only normal video devices the TV
monitor needs an adapter from 3 RCA plugs to
Scart (fig. 3) only. If also S-Video devices are
used an adapter from 2 RCA+1S-Video plugs to
Scart is needed additionally (fig. 6), connected
to the SCART input on your TV that is provided
for S-Video.
Note that only the video plugs (the "yellow"
cinch plug in fig. 3 and the S-Video plug in fig. 6)
must be connected to the TV Monitor Output
, and the volume on the TV must be reduced to
minimum.
Important Note for Adapter Cables:
If the cinch connectors of the adapter you'll use
are labeled, connect the Audio and Video "In"
plugs with the corresponding Audio and Video
"In" jacks on the AVR 3000 (and with a VCR con-
nect the "Out" plugs to the "Out" jacks on the
AVR). Note that with some adapter types it may
be just turned around: If no signal is audible/ visi-
ble when the VCR is playing connect the "Out"
plugs to the "In" jacks on the AVR and turned
around. If the adapter plugs are not labeled in
that way, pay attention to the signal flow direc-
Figure 1:
SCART/Cinch-Adapter for
playback;
signal flow:
SCART Cinch
Figure 2:
SCART/Cinch-Adapter for
record and playback;
signal flow:
SCART Cinch
Figure 3:
Cinch/SCART-Adapter for
playback;
signal flow:
Cinch SCART
Figure 4:
SCART/S-Video Adapter
for playback;
signal flow:
SCART Cinch
Figure 5:
SCART/S-Video Adapter
for record and playback;
signal flow:
SCART Cinch
Figure 6:
SCART/S-Video Adapter
for playback;
S-Video Out
S-Video Out
signal flow:
Cinch SCART
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Also other colours possible, e.g. brown and grey.
tions as shown in the diagrams above and in the
instruction attached to the adapter. If uncertain,
don't hesitate to consult your dealer.
Important Notes for S-Video connections:
1. Only the S-Video In/Out of S-Video devices
must be connected to the AVR, NOT both, nor-
mal video and S-Video In/Outputs (except the TV,
see item 2).
2. Like most common AV units the AVR 3000
does not convert the Video signal to S-Video or
vice versa. Thus both connections must be made
from the AVR 3000 to the TV if both, Video and
S-Video sources, are used, and the appropriate
input on the TV must be selected.
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Important Note for the Use of
SCART-Cinch Adapters:
When video sources are connected to the TV
directly with a SCART cable, specific control sig-
nals apart from Audio/Video signals will be fed
to the TV. These specific signals are: With all
video sources, the signal for automatic input
selection that switches the TV automatically to
the appropriate input as soon as the video
source is started. And with DVD players, the sig-
nals automatically turning the TV to 16:9 format
(with switchable 4:3 TVs) and turning the RGB
video decoder of the TV on or off, depending on
the DVD player´s setting. With any adapter cable,
these control signals will be lost and the appro-
priate setting of the TV must be made manually.
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Yellow
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Red
Red
Black
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Red
Red
Blue Blue
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Yellow
Yellow
Green
Green 1
White
White
Rot
Red
Schwarz
Black
S-Video In
S-Video In
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Schwarz
Red Rot
Blue 1
Blau
Yellow Gelb
S-Video In
S-Video In
S-Video Out
S-Video Out
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