Harman Kardon AVR 1650 Owners Manual - Page 14

AVR 1650/AVR 165 Making Connections, continued HDMI devices If any of your source devices have HDMI connectors, using those connectors will provide the best possible video and audio performance quality. Since the HDMI cable carries both digital video and digital audio signals, you do not have to make any additional audio connections for devices you connect via HDMI cables, although you can assign one of the digital audio connectors to one of the HDMI inputs. If you have a TV or other source device equipped with the HDMI Audio Return Channel function, you can feed its sound to the AVR via the HDMI Monitor Out connector's Audio Return Channel, and it will not require additional audio connections to the AVR. AVR HDMI Connectors Optical digital audio devices If your source devices have optical digital outputs, connect them to the AVR's Optical Digital Audio connectors. NOTE: Make only one type of digital connection (HDMI, optical or coaxial) from each device. AVR Digital Audio Connectors Optical Digital Audio Cable (not supplied) To Optical Digital Audio Output HDMI Cable (not supplied) To HDMI Output HDMI-Equipped Source Device Component video devices If your Blu-ray Disc or DVD player does not have an HDMI connector but does have a component video connector, using the component video connector will provide superior video performance. You will also need to make an audio connection from the player to the AVR. AVR DVD Component Video Connectors Optical Digital-Equipped Source Device Coaxial digital audio devices If your source devices have coaxial digital outputs, connect them to the AVR's Coaxial Digital Audio connectors. NOTE: Make only one type of digital connection (HDMI, optical or coaxial) from each device. AVR Digital Audio Connectors Coaxial Digital Audio Cable (not supplied) To Coaxial Digital Output Component Video Cable (noat supplied) To Component Video Outputs Component Video-Equipped Blu-ray Disc or DVD Player Composite video devices You will need to make composite video connections from your source devices that do not have HDMI or component video connectors. You will also need to connect the source device's analog audio outputs to the AVR's corresponding analog audio connectors. IMPORTANT: If you connected your Blu-ray Disc or DVD player to the AVR's DVD Component Video Input connectors, do not connect a source device to the AVR's DVD Composite Video Input connector. AVR Composite Video Connectors Composite Video Cable (not supplied) To Composite Video Output Coaxial Digital-Equipped Source Device Analog audio devices Make analog audio connections from your source devices that do not have HDMI or digital audio connectors. If you're connecting video sources to the DVD, Video 1 or Video 2 audio inputs, you must also connect the source device's composite video output to the corresponding composite video connector. AVR Analog Audio Connectors Stereo Audio Cable (not supplied) To Stereo Analog Audio Output Analog Source Device Composite Video-Equipped Source Device 14