Harman Kardon AVR 2650 Quick Start Guide - Page 5

AVR Connections HDMI Devices If฀any฀of฀your฀source฀devices฀have฀HDMI฀connectors,฀using฀them฀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฀source฀devices฀you฀connect฀via฀HDMI฀connectors. Note:฀ 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฀ connection's Audio Return Channel, and it will not require additional audio connections to the AVR. Refer to the complete AVR 3650, AVR 365, AVR 2650, AVR 265 Owner's Manual, downloadable at www.harmankardon.com. Composite Video Devices Use฀ composite฀ video฀ connectors฀ for฀ video฀ source฀ devices฀ that฀ don't฀ have฀ HDMI฀ or฀ component฀video฀connectors.฀You฀will฀also฀need฀to฀make฀an฀audio฀connection฀from฀the฀ source device to the receiver. Receiver Video Connectors Receiver HDMI Connectors Composite Video Cable (not supplied) To Composite Video Output HDMI Cable (not supplied) To HDMI Output HDMI-Equipped Source Device Composite Video-Equipped Source Device Optical digital audio devices If฀ your฀ non-HDMI฀ source฀ devices฀ have฀ optical฀ digital฀ outputs,฀ connect฀ them฀ to฀ the฀ receiver's฀ optical฀ digital฀ audio฀ connectors.฀ NOTE:฀ Make฀ only฀ one฀ type฀ of฀ digital฀ connection฀(HDMI,฀optical฀or฀coaxial)฀from฀each฀source฀device. Receiver Digital Audio Connectors Component Video Devices If฀any฀of฀your฀video฀source฀devices฀have฀component฀video฀connectors฀(and฀do฀not฀have฀ HDMI฀ connectors),฀ using฀ the฀ component฀ video฀ connectors฀ will฀ provide฀ superior฀ video฀ performance.฀You฀will฀also฀need฀to฀make฀an฀audio฀connection฀from฀the฀source฀device฀ to the receiver. Optical Digital Audio Cable (not supplied) To Optical Digital Audio Output Optical-Equipped Source Device Receiver Video Connectors Component Video Cable (not supplied) To Component Video Outputs Coaxial digital audio devices If฀ your฀ non-HDMI฀ source฀ devices฀ have฀ coaxial฀ digital฀ outputs,฀ connect฀ them฀ to฀ the฀ receiver's฀ coaxial฀ digital฀ audio฀ connectors.฀ NOTE:฀ Make฀ only฀ one฀ type฀ of฀ digital฀ connection฀(HDMI,฀optical฀or฀coaxial)฀from฀each฀source฀device. Receiver Digital Audio Connectors Component Video-Equipped Source Device Coaxial Digital Audio Cable (not supplied) To Coaxial Digital Audio Output Coaxial-Equipped Source Device 5