Video Connection Notes; Installation And Connections - Harman Kardon AVR340 Service Manual

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recorder to take advantage of the fact that the
remote control is preprogrammed with video
recorder product codes for the Video 1 device.
2. Connect the analog audio and video outputs of
a satellite receiver, cable TV converter, television
set or any other video source to the Video 2
Audio/Video and S-Video Input Jacks Uc.
Although any video device may be connected to
these jacks, we recommend connecting your cable
TV converter or satellite receiver so that you may
take advantage of the fact that the remote control is
preprogrammed with the product codes of these
device types for the Video 2 device.
3. Connect the analog audio and video outputs of
a television or other video device to the Video 3
Audio/Video and S-Video Input Jacks We on
the rear panel. Although any video or audio device
may be connected to these jacks, we recommend
connecting your television so that you may take
advantage of the fact that the remote control is
preprogrammed with TV product codes for the
Video 3 device.
Important: If you are using the television only as a
display device (i.e., if you receive your TV programs
through a cable box or satellite receiver), do not
connect the television's outputs to the Video 3
Audio/Video and S-Video Input Jacks We, or
to any other inputs on the AVR 340.
4. Connect the analog audio and video outputs of a
DVD or laser disc player to the DVD Audio/Video
and S-Video Inputs hZ.
5. Connect the digital audio outputs of a DVD player,
satellite receiver, cable box or HDTV converter to
the appropriate Optical or Coaxial Digital Inputs
fif*(. Remember that the DVD source
defaults to the Coaxial 1 Digital Input f, and
the Video 2/Cable/Sat source defaults to the
Optical 1 Digital Audio Input fi. All other
sources default to their analog inputs, although
any source may be assigned to any digital audio
input on the receiver.
NOTE: When connecting a device such as a digital
cable box or other set-top tuner product with a digital
audio output, we recommend that you connect both
the digital and analog outputs of the product to your
AVR. The audio input polling feature of the AVR will
then be able to make certain that you have a constant
audio feed, since it will automatically switch the audio
input to the analog jacks if the digital feed is inter-
rupted or not available for a particular channel.
6. Connect the Video and/or S-Video Monitor
Output gY jacks on the receiver to the compos-
ite or S-video input of your analog television moni-
tor or video projector.

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7. If both your video display monitor and at least one
video source device (such as a DVD player or
HDTV set-top box) are equipped with component
video capability, then you may connect the compo-
nent video outputs of the device to one of the two
Component Video Inputs ‡°. In that case,
you will not need to connect the Video Monitor
Output Y or the S-Video Monitor Output P
to your video display, as the AVR 340 will convert
composite and S-video signals to component
video. This means you only have to connect one
cable from the AVR to the video display. You will
also be able to view the AVR 340's on-screen dis-
plays using just the component video connection,
unless the source device is high-definition (720p or
1080i) video, in which case you should either
switch to a 480p source or connect the Video
Monitor Output Y or the S-Video Monitor
Output P to your video display to view the on-
screen displays.
It is recommended that you connect a DVD player or
a digital video recorder to the Component Video 1
Inputs ‡, as this input is assigned to the DVD, CD,
Tuner and Tape sources by default. Thus, whenever
any of these sources is selected, you may view the
component video output of the device connected to
the Component Video 1 Inputs ‡, enabling you
to view and listen to different sources.
Similarly, it is recommended that you connect any
other audio/video device equipped with component
video outputs, such as a DVD-Audio or SACD player, or
HDTV set-top box, to the Video 1, Video 2 or Video 3
sources, or the 6-/8-channel direct inputs, as the
Component Video 2 Inputs ° are assigned to the
Video 1, Video 2, Video 3 and 6-/8-channel source
audio inputs by default.
However, you may connect any component video
source to either set of component video inputs, as
they are assignable to any source, following the
instructions on page 22. You will still need to con-
nect either the analog or digital audio outputs, or the
6-/8-channel audio outputs, of your component video
device to the analog audio inputs corresponding to the
source (such as DVD or Video 2 for a cable converter
box), or to any of the Optical or Coaxial Digital
Audio Inputs fif*(.
8. If the component video inputs are used, connect
the Component Video Monitor Outputs fl to
the component video inputs of your TV, projector
or display device. You will also be able to view your
composite and S-video sources through this con-
nection, benefiting from the higher quality and
superior appearance of component video.
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
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the audio, video and digital audio outputs of that
device to the Video 4 Inputs *(ÓÔ on the
front panel. A device connected here is selected as
the Video 4 input, and the digital inputs must be
assigned to the Video 4 input. (See page 22 for
more information on input configuration.)
NOTE: The AVR 340 is shipped with two covers that
may be installed over the front-panel input jacks when
they are not in use.
10. When connecting the AVR 340 to a "digital-ready",
"HDTV-compatible" or high-definition display
(which is any device capable of accepting an input
signal of 480P or higher), you are able to take
advantage of the unit's advanced video processing
circuitry which converts all video signals
to a 480P output. Since the AVR 340 displays
the on-screen menus with upconverted video, the
connection from the AVR 340 to the display need
only be one set of Y/Pr/Pb component video cables
to the Component Video Monitor Output fl.
11. When connecting the AVR 340 to a standard,
analog video display that has standard composite
and S-video inputs only, component video inputs
may not be used. In this case, connect the Video
and S-Video Monitor Outputs PY to the
matching composite and S-video inputs on your
video display, depending on which types of video
are used by your source devices. If both types of
video are used by different source devices, than
both Video Monitor Outputs PY must be
separately connected to your television.

VIDEO CONNECTION NOTES:

• When the component video jacks are used, the on-
screen menus are not visible with high-definition
video (720p or 1080i), and you must switch to the
standard composite or S-video input on your TV, or
to a 480p video source, to view them.
• When source devices such as a progressive scan
DVD player or an HDTV set-top box are connected
to the AVR 340 via component video connections, if
you wish to take advantage of the record outputs or
have video routed to a second room, it is also nec-
essary to connect the standard, composite or S-
video outputs of the source device to the AVR 340.
The record outputs and multiroom system cannot
accept component inputs, nor are component inputs
down-converted for use with these outputs.
• When connecting a video source to the AVR 340,
you may use either composite, component or
S-video, but only one type of video may be con-
nected for each device.
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