Harman Kardon DVD5 Owners Manual - Page 14

Installation and Connections OPTION 3: Audio and Video Connections through an A/V Receiver or Surround Processor only If your home entertainment system has other audio/video input sources in addition to the DVD 5, such as a VCR, cable set-top box or satellite receiver, LD player, personal video recorder or HDTV tuner, the most efficient way to manage the various components is to make all audio/video connections through an A/V receiver or surround processor. This simplifies the selection of an input source, and allows many different components to be connected to the same video display and speakers. Note that steps A / B / C and D are not used. This installation starts with step E E Connect the AC power cord to an AC outlet. F Connect either the Optical Digital Output ¡ or the Coaxial Digital Output ™ on the DVD 5 to the matching digital input jacks on your A/V receiver or surround processor. Note that only one of these connections is required, not both. G Connect the left/right Analog Audio Outputs £ of the DVD 5 to the matching left/right analog inputs on your A/V receiver or surround processor. H Connect the Composite Video Output ¢ on the DVD 5 to a video input on your receiver or processor. Note that composite video connections typically have a yellow center ring for easy identification. I Connect the S-Video output ∞ on the DVD 5 to an S-Video input on your receiver or processor. J If your television or projector is equipped with component video inputs, connect the three Component Video Outputs § on the DVD 5 to the matching component video inputs on your video display. However, if your receiver or processor has multiple component input switching capability, connect the Component Video Output Jacks ∞ on the DVD 5 to the matching component video inputs on your receiver, surround processor or video processor. Installation Notes and Hints s For this installation, make the connections from the receiver or processor to your video display and speakers as described in the owner's manuals for those products. s Only one type of audio connection is required, either digital or analog. If possible, a digital connection is preferred as that will enable you to listen to DVD soundtracks with the clarity, definition and channel separation made possible by Dolby Digital and DTS. Follow Step F for digital audio connections. However, if you do not yet have a receiver capable of digital audio processing, you will still benefit from an analog connection so that the receiver may create a multichannel soundfield using Dolby ProLogic or other matrix decoding. Follow Step G for instructions on analog audio connections. s If your television has both standard composite video and S-Video inputs, you only need to use one of the two connections. Where possible, we recommend an S-Video connection due to the higher picture quality. s Note that the volume level for DVD playback may different from the level for other input sources to your receiver. This is normal and does not indicate a problem with the DVD 5 or your receiver. Simply use the volume control on the receiver to set the desired level. s Depending on the product and brand, a number of different descriptions are used to label component video connections. You may see them as Y/Pr/Pb, Y/Cr/Cb or Y/R-Y/B-Y. For the purposes of connecting a DVD player, all of these labels are normally identical. The best guide is to connect the component video connections using the green/red/blue color coding of the inner rings of the connection jacks. s When making connections to a high definition (HDTV) or "digital ready" set, do not connect the component video outputs of the DVD 5 to inputs labeled "HD Component Inputs" unless you have checked with the set's owner's manual to ensure that the HD input is also compatible with standard scan (NTSC) video. s Do not connect any of the video outputs of the DVD 5 through a VCR. The use of Macrovision encoding on most DVD discs means that most discs will have a distorted picture when connections are made through a VCR. B C D J E J J DVD 5 GG H I FF Audio In Digital In Video In S-Video In A/V Receiver or Surround Processor 14 INSTALLATION AND CONNECTIONS