Harman Kardon AVR 347 Owners Manual - Page 24

INSTALLATION You are now ready to connect your various components to your receiver. Before beginning, make sure that all components, including the AVR 347, are turned completely off and their power cords are unplugged. Don't plug any of the power cords back in until you have finished making all of your connections. Remember that your receiver generates heat while it is on. Select a location that leaves several inches of space on all sides of the receiver. It is preferable to avoid completely enclosing the receiver inside a cabinet. It is also preferable to place components on separate shelves rather than stacking them directly on top of the receiver. Some surface finishes are delicate. Try to select a location with a sturdy surface finish. Step One - Connect the Speakers If you have not yet done so, place your speakers in the listening room, as described in the Speaker Placement section above. Connect the center, front left, front right, surround left, surround right, surround back left and surround back right loudspeakers to the corresponding speaker terminals on the AVR 347. See Figure 17. Remember to maintain the proper polarity by always connecting the positive and negative terminals on each speaker to the positive and negative terminals on the receiver. Use the Connection Color Guide on page 19 as a reference. C AVR 347 FR FL SR SL SBR SBL Figure 17 - Speaker Connections NOTE: If you only have one surround back speaker, wait until after you have run EzSet/EQ in the Initial Setup section before connecting it to the Surround Back Left speaker outputs. Step Two - Connect the Subwoofer Connect the Subwoofer Output on the AVR 347 to the line-level input on your subwoofer. See Figure 18. Consult the manufacturer's guide for the subwoofer for additional information. AVR 347 SUB Figure 18 - Subwoofer Connection 24 Step Three - Connect the Antennas Connect the FM and AM antennas to their terminals. If you have purchased an XM antenna module designed for connection to an XM Ready device, such as the AVR 347, you may connect it now. To enjoy XM Radio, remember to purchase a subscription and activate your antenna module. More information is available at www.xmradio.com.See Figure 19. AVR 347 AM FM Figure 19 - Antenna Connections Step Four - Connect the Source Components Use the Table A4 worksheet in the Appendix to note which connections you will use for each of your source devices. For each source, select a source input (Video 1, Video 2, Video 3, etc.). In Table 2 we recommend connecting certain types of sources to certain source inputs to make it easier to program and use the remote control. Decide which audio connections you will use. If your source device has them, use one of the HDMI, coaxial digital or the optical digital audio connection. Referring to Table 2, we recommend that you connect the DVD source to the Coaxial 1 input jack, and the source designated Video 2 to the Optical 1 input jack. If you are using the HDMI inputs, then in most cases no other audio connection is required. If your source outputs video but not audio via its HDMI connection, then select any available digital audio input on the AVR to use with the source. If your HDMI source plays DVD-Audio, SACD, HD-DVD, Blu-ray Discs or another multichannel audio format, connect its multichannel analog audio outputs to the AVR 347's 6-/8-Channel Inputs, and connect one of its analog video outputs to a source input on the AVR 347 (e.g., Component Video 3 or Video 3). When you select that source input, e.g., Video 3, select the 6-/8-Channel Inputs, and the AVR will automatically use the analog video input. NOTE: The multichannel analog audio connection is not required for DVD-Audio players compliant with HDMI version 1.1 or better, or HD-DVD and Blu-ray Disc players that decode the digital audio internally and output linear PCM signals in digital format. Consult the owner's guide for your disc player for more information. In addition to the digital audio connections, we recommend that you connect the analog audio connections for each source, as a backup to the digital connections, for recording, for use with the multiroom system, or in the event that you use all eight of the digital audio inputs for other devices. For sources that don't have digital audio outputs, you must use the analog audio connections. 24