Connections/Installation; Connecting Source Devices To The Avr; Speaker Connections; Audio Connections - Harman Kardon AVR 3600 Service Manual

AVR3600
CONNECTIONS
There are different types of audio and video connections used
to connect the receiver, the speakers, the video display, and the
source devices. The Consumer Electronics Association has estab-
lished the CEA ® color-coding standard. See Table 1.
Table 1 – Connection Color Guide

Audio Connections

Front (FL/FR)
Center (C)
Surround (SL/SR)
Surround Back (SBL/SBR)
Subwoofer (SUB)
Digital Audio Connections
Coaxial
Optical
Video Connections
Component
Composite
S-Video
HDMI ™ Connections
(digital audio/video)
HDMI

Speaker Connections

Speaker cables carry an amplified signal from the receiver's speaker
terminals to each loudspeaker. They contain two wire conductors,
or leads, inside plastic insulation, that are differentiated in some
way, such as with colors or stripes.
The differentiation preserves polarity, without which low-frequency
performance can suffer. Each speaker is connected to the receiver's
speaker-output terminals using two wires, one positive (+) and one
negative (–). Always connect the positive terminal on the speaker,
which is usually colored red, to the positive terminal on the receiver,
which is colored as indicated in the Connection Color Guide (Table 1).
The negative terminals are both black.
+
Figure 1 – Binding-Post Speaker Terminals With Banana Plugs
Bare wire cables are installed as follows (see Figure 2):
1. Unscrew the terminal cap until the pass-through hole is revealed.
2. Insert the bare end of the wire into the hole.
3. Hand-tighten the cap until the wire is held snugly.
1 2
Figure 2 – Binding-Post Speaker Terminals With Bare Wires
Subwoofer
The subwoofer is dedicated to the low frequencies (bass), which
require more power. To obtain the best results, most speaker manu-
facturers offer powered subwoofers that contain their own amplifier.
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CONNECTIONS
Left Right
White Red
Green
Blue Gray
Brown Tan
Purple
Orange
Input Output
Y Green Pb Blue Pr Red
Yellow
The AVR 3600 uses binding-post
speaker terminals that can accept
banana plugs or bare-wire cables.
Banana plugs are inserted into the
hole in the middle of the terminal
cap. See Figure 1.
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Usually, a line-level (nonamplified) connection is made from the
receiver's Subwoofer Output to a corresponding jack
on the subwoofer, as shown in Figure 3. Although the purple sub-
woofer outputs look similar to full-range analog audio jacks, they are
filtered to allow only the low frequencies to pass. Don't connect
these outputs to any other devices.
Figure 3 – Subwoofer
CONNECTING SOURCE DEVICES
TO THE AVR
Audio and video signals originate in "source devices," including
your Blu-ray Disc or DVD player, CD player, DVR (digital video
recorder) or other recorder, tape deck, game console, cable or
satellite television box, an iPod or iPhone docked in The Bridge III
docking station or an MP3 player. The AVR's tuner also counts as
a source, even though no external connections are needed, other
than the FM and AM antennas and the SIRIUS tuner module.
Separate connections are required for the audio and video portions
of the signal, except for digital HDMI connections. The types of con -
nections used depend upon the capabilities of the source device
and video display.
Audio Connections
There are two types of audio connections: digital and analog.
Digital audio signals are required for listening to sources encoded
with digital surround modes, such as Dolby Digital and DTS, or for
noncompressed PCM digital audio. There are three types of digital
audio connections: HDMI, coaxial and optical. Do not use more
than one type of digital audio connection for each source device.
However, it's okay to make both analog and digital audio connec-
tions to the same source.
NOTE: HDMI signals may carry both audio and video. If your
video display device has an HDMI input, make a single HDMI
connection from each source device to the AVR. Usually, a
separate digital audio connection is not required. Turn the
volume on your television all the way down.
Digital Audio
The AVR 3600 is equipped with four HDMI (High-Definition
Multimedia Interface) inputs, and one output. HDMI technology
enables digital audio and video information to be carried using
a single cable, delivering the highest quality picture and sound.
The AVR 3600 uses HDMI (V.1.3a with Deep Color) technology and
is capable of processing both the audio and video components
of the HDMI data, minimizing the number of cable connections
in your system. The AVR 3600 implements Deep Color, which
increases by an order of magnitude the shades of color that can
be displayed, and the latest lossless multichannel audio formats,
including Dolby TrueHD and DTS-HD Master Audio.
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