Harman Kardon AVR 7550HD Owners Manual - Page 23

GETTING STARTED •฀฀If฀your฀system-best฀video฀connection฀is฀"S-video",฀or฀if฀you฀have฀ source devices with S-video outputs that have not been assigned to฀an฀HDMI฀or฀Component฀Video฀Input,฀then฀assign฀up฀to฀three฀ devices to one of the three numbered S-video Inputs. •฀฀If฀your฀system-best฀video฀connection฀is฀"Composite฀Video",฀or฀if฀ you have source devices with composite video outputs that have not been assigned to any other video input, then assign up to three devices to one of the three numbered composite video Inputs. NOTE: If the source device is a video recorder that will be used to record from other devices connected to the AVR, assign the recorder to the Composite or S-Video Video 2 Input, which has a recording output. Any of the Coaxial or Optical Digital Inputs may be assigned to the recorder for audio, if it is capable of making digital audio recordings. To make analog recordings, assign either the Analog 3 or 4 Audio Inputs to the recorder, as both have recording outputs. It is not necessary to connect TiVo or PVR devices that will only record from their direct cable or satellite television signals to the AVR's recording outputs. 6. Decide which audio inputs to connect to each source: Assign only one unique digital audio input to each digital source. Assign analog audio inputs to analog sources, or as secondary connections for digital sources for backup, for recording or to make the source available to the multizone system. •฀฀Any฀source฀using฀an฀HDMI฀Input฀requires฀no฀additional฀connection฀ for audio unless: u The฀source฀doesn't฀output฀multichannel฀audio฀through฀its฀HDMI฀ output.฀Make฀a฀second฀connection฀to฀the฀6-/8-Channel฀Analog฀ Audio Inputs. u The source has an HDCP-compliant DVI output for video only. Assign a digital or analog audio input. •฀฀For฀any฀source฀whose฀best฀audio฀connection฀is฀optical฀or฀coaxial฀ digital audio, assign one of the four Optical or four Coaxial Digital Audio Inputs. Do not connect both types of digital audio to the same source device. •฀฀You฀may฀assign฀one฀of฀the฀2-Channel฀Analog฀Audio฀Inputs฀to฀ a digital source. •฀฀You฀may฀also฀assign฀the฀6-/8-Channel฀Analog฀Audio฀Inputs,฀ if available, to a digital source. •฀฀Assign฀one฀of฀the฀six฀2-channel฀Analog฀Audio฀Inputs฀to฀an฀ analog source. NOTE: If the source device is a digital audio recorder, it may be used with any of the Coaxial or Optical Digital Audio Inputs and Outputs. Both coaxial and optical signals are available at either digital audio output. To make analog recordings, assign either the Analog 3 or 4 Audio Inputs to the recorder, as both have recording outputs. 24