Harman Kardon AVR 7550HD Owners Manual - Page 22

GETTING STARTED Installing the AVR 7550HD and connecting it to the other system components can be complex. To simplify installation, it is suggested that you design your system before you begin connecting wires and cables. Although the rear-panel jacks allow for a variety of audio and video connections to other components, the AVR's software organizes the connections into 10 conventional sources: CBL/SAT, DVD, TV, Game,฀Media฀Server,฀AUX,฀A,฀B,฀C฀and฀D.฀The฀internal฀sources฀(the฀ tuner, The Bridge II dock for iPod, the USB Port, the Internet Radio and the Network) will be explained later. Table A1 in the appendix indicates the default device types for each source, and the default audio/video connection assignments. If the defaults suit your system, then connect your devices to the audio/video inputs shown. Otherwise, design your system as explained below. 1. Best video connection type for your system: Examine the video inputs on your TV or video display. Write down the best available video connection type here The฀options,฀in฀order฀of฀preference,฀are:฀HDMI,฀DVI฀(must฀be฀HDCPcompliant), component video, S-video or composite video. This is the "system-best" video connection for your system. 2. Decide which source will be used for each device: Match฀up฀to฀10฀devices฀to฀the฀10฀conventional฀sources฀ listed in the Table 2 worksheet below. Use the AUX source for any of these device types: CD player, HDTV set-top box, personal video recorder (PVR), TiVo device or VCR. The A, B, C and D sources were added to the AVR 7550HD to enable you to benefit from the wide variety of audio and video inputs available, and these sources may be used for any device type. NOTE: You may match any device type to any source. The device type is only relevant for programming control codes into the handheld remote and, as explained on page 27, you may reassign any Source Selector's device type. Any audio or video source may be connected to any matching jack on the AVR, regardless of device type. 3. Best video connection for each source: Examine each source device and write down the best available type of video connection, but not better than the system-best connection. Leave blank audio-only sources, such as a CD player. 4. Best audio connection for each source: For each source device, write down the best available type of audio connection.฀See฀the฀note฀below,฀and฀if฀the฀HDMI฀connection฀may฀ be used for audio, it is the best option. The other options, in order of preference, are: optical digital audio, coaxial digital audio, 2-channel analog audio. NOTES: •฀฀For฀multichannel฀disc฀players,฀if฀both฀the฀device฀and฀the฀ TV฀use฀HDMI฀connections฀for฀video,฀then฀check฀the฀owner's฀ manual for the device to determine whether it transmits multichannel฀audio฀via฀its฀HDMI฀output.฀If฀it฀does,฀then฀no฀ separate audio connection is required. If not, write down the multichannel analog audio connection in addition to any other audio type. •฀฀If฀the฀device฀uses฀an฀HDCP-compliant฀DVI฀output฀for฀video,฀ then฀connect฀it฀to฀one฀of฀the฀AVR's฀HDMI฀Inputs฀using฀an฀ HDMI-to-DVI฀adapter,฀but฀a฀separate฀audio฀connection฀will฀ always be required. 5. Decide which sources to connect to each of the video inputs: Assign only one unique video input to each source, except that you may add a composite video connection to make the source's video signal available to the multizone system. Use the best type of video connection available for each source. •฀฀If฀your฀system-best฀video฀connection฀is฀"HDMI",฀select฀up฀to฀ four฀HDMI฀source฀devices฀and฀assign฀them฀to฀one฀of฀the฀four฀ numbered฀HDMI฀Inputs. •฀฀If฀your฀system-best฀video฀connection฀is฀"Component",฀or฀if฀you฀ have source devices with component video outputs that weren't assigned฀to฀one฀of฀the฀HDMI฀Inputs,฀assign฀up฀to฀three฀devices฀ to one of the three numbered Component Video Inputs. Table 2 - Source Assignment Worksheet Source ฀ ฀ Device Type ฀ ฀ Best Video Connection (HDMI,฀DVI,฀ Component,฀ S-Video, Composite) Video Input Assigned ฀ ฀ Cable/SAT DVD TV Game Media฀Server AUX A B C D Second Composite Video Input for Multizone฀ Operation฀ Best Audio Connection (HDMI,฀Optical,฀ Coaxial,฀2-Ch฀ Analog, 6-/8-Ch Analog) Audio Input Analog Audio Assigned (may Input for be฀one฀digital฀฀ Recording฀or plus฀one฀or฀more฀฀ Multizone฀฀ analog) Operation 23