Harman Kardon AVR 2650 Quick Start Guide - Page 3

AVR Connections Connect Your Speakers How to use the AVR speaker terminals: 1. Unscrew Cap 2. Insert Bare Wire 3. Tighten Cap Connect Your Subwoofer Use฀a฀single฀RCA฀audio฀cable฀to฀connect฀the฀receiver's฀Subwoofer฀Pre-Out฀connector฀to฀ your฀ subwoofer.฀ Consult฀ your฀ subwoofer's฀ user฀ manual฀ for฀ specific฀ information฀ about฀ making connections to it. Receiver Subwoofer Connector Single RCA Audio Cable (not supplied) Powered Subwoofer Always connect the colored (+) terminal on the AVR to the (+) terminal on the speaker (usually red), and the black (-) terminal on the AVR to the (-) terminal on the speaker (usually black). IMPORTANT:฀ Make฀ sure฀ the and bare฀ wires฀ do฀ not฀ touch฀ each฀ other฀ or฀ the฀ other terminal. Touching wires can cause a short circuit that can damage your receiver or฀amplifier. Connect the speakers as shown in the illustration. Connect Your TV or Video Display If your TV has an HDMI connector:฀ Use฀ an฀ HDMI฀ cable฀ (not฀ included)฀ to฀ connect฀ it฀ to฀ the฀ receiver's฀ HDMI฀ Monitor฀ Out฀ connector.฀ You฀ do฀ not฀ need฀ to฀ make฀ any฀ other฀ connections to your TV from the receiver or from any of your video source components. Receiver TV HDMI Monitor Out Connector HDMI Cable (not supplied) If your TV does not have an HDMI connector: Use a composite video cable (not included)฀ to฀ connect฀ the฀ receiver's฀ Composite฀ Monitor฀ Out฀ connector฀ to฀ your฀ TV's฀ composite video connector. Receiver TV Composite Monitor Out Connector Composite Video Cable (not supplied) Note:฀ The฀ HDMI฀ connection฀ to฀ your฀ TV฀ is฀ preferred.฀ If฀ you฀ use฀ the฀ composite฀ video฀ connection to your TV, you will not be able to view the receiver's on-screen menus. 3