Harman Kardon DVD 5 Owner's Manual page 14

Installation and Connections
OPTION 3:
Audio and Video Connections through an
A/V Receiver or Surround Processor only
If your home entertainment system has other
audio/video input sources in addition to the
DVD 5, such as a VCR, cable set-top box or
satellite receiver, LD player, personal video
recorder or HDTV tuner, the most efficient way
to manage the various components is to make
all audio/video connections through an A/V
receiver or surround processor. This simplifies
the selection of an input source, and allows
many different components to be connected to
the same video display and speakers.
Note that steps
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used. This installation starts with step
Connect the AC power cord to an AC
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outlet.
Connect either the Optical Digital
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Output ¡ or the Coaxial Digital Output
™ on the DVD 5 to the matching digital input
jacks on your A/V receiver or surround proces-
sor. Note that only one of these connections is
required, not both.
Connect the left/right Analog Audio
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Outputs £ of the DVD 5 to the matching
left/right analog inputs on your A/V receiver or
surround processor.
Connect the Composite Video Output
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¢ on the DVD 5 to a video input on your
receiver or processor. Note that composite video
connections typically have a yellow center ring
for easy identification.
Connect the S-Video output ∞ on the
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DVD 5 to an S-Video input on your receiver or
processor.
J If your television or projector is equipped
with component video inputs, connect the three
Component Video Outputs § on the
DVD 5 to the matching component video inputs
on your video display. However, if your receiver
or processor has multiple component input
switching capability, connect the Component
Video Output Jacks ∞ on the DVD 5 to the
matching component video inputs on your
receiver, surround processor or video processor.
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For this installation, make the connections
from the receiver or processor to your video
display and speakers as described in the
owner's manuals for those products.
Only one type of audio connection is
required, either digital or analog. If possible,
a digital connection is preferred as that will
enable you to listen to DVD soundtracks
with the clarity, definition and channel sepa-
ration made possible by Dolby Digital and
DTS. Follow Step for digital audio con-
F
nections. However, if you do not yet have a
receiver capable of digital audio processing,
you will still benefit from an analog connec-
tion so that the receiver may create a multi-
channel soundfield using Dolby ProLogic or
other matrix decoding. Follow Step
instructions on analog audio connections.
If your television has both standard compos-
ite video and S-Video inputs, you only need
to use one of the two connections. Where
possible, we recommend an S-Video connec-
tion due to the higher picture quality.
Do not connect any of the video outputs of
the DVD 5 through a VCR. The use of
Macrovision encoding on most DVD discs
means that most discs will have a distorted
picture when connections are made through
a VCR.
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Audio In
Digital In
A/V Receiver or Surround Processor
Note that the volume level for DVD playback
may different from the level for other input
sources to your receiver. This is normal and
does not indicate a problem with the DVD 5
or your receiver. Simply use the volume con-
trol on the receiver to set the desired level.
Depending on the product and brand, a
number of different descriptions are used to
label component video connections. You may
see them as Y/Pr/Pb, Y/Cr/Cb or Y/R-Y/B-Y.
For the purposes of connecting a DVD play-
er, all of these labels are normally identical.
The best guide is to connect the component
video connections using the green/red/blue
color coding of the inner rings of the con-
nection jacks.
for When making connections to a high defini-
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tion (HDTV) or "digital ready" set, do not
connect the component video outputs of the
DVD 5 to inputs labeled "HD Component
Inputs" unless you have checked with the
set's owner's manual to ensure that the HD
input is also compatible with standard scan
(NTSC) video.
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DVD 5
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Video In S-Video In
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