Harman Kardon HK3600 Owners Manual - Page 8

•7.

Connecting

Audio

Components

General

Instructions:

1.

Make

sure

receiver

and

other

components

are

turned

off.

2.

Connect

each

component's

Output

jacks

to

the

corresponding

"In"

jacks

on

the

back

of

your

receiver.

Use

the

white,

black

or

gray

plugs

to

connect

Left

channel

jacks;

use

the

red

plugs

for

Right

jacks.

Connect

your

turntable

to

the

jacks

marked

"Phono."

Also

connect

the

ground

wire

from

the

turntable

to

the

terminal

marked

"GND"

next

to

the

Phono

jacks.

NOTE:

Your

receiver

is

designed

for

use

with

turntables

using

moving

magnet

cartridges.

If

yours

uses

a

moving

coil

cartridge,

place

a

step-up

transformer

between

the

turntable

and

receiver.

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Connect

tape

deck(s)

to

the

jacks

marked

"VCR

Tape."

Two

tape

loops

are

provided,

allowing

you

to

connect

two

tape

decks,

two

video-

cassette

recorders

(VCRs),

or

one

of

each.

(For

VCR

installation,

see

below.)

To

connect

a

tape

deck,

connect

the

Left

and

Right

Output

jacks

from

the

deck

to

the

corresponding

"In"

jacks

on

the

receiver.

Then

connect

the

Input

jacks

on

the

deck

to

the

"Out"

jacks

on

the

receiver.

If

you

are

using

an

equalizer

and/or

other

external

signal

processing

components,

connect

these

components

to

the

tape

In

and

Out

jacks

on

the

receiver.

Then

connect

your

tape

deck

to

the

Tape

Monitor

jacks

provided

on

the

last

outboard

component.

To

activate

the

signal

processing

components,

press

the

appropriate

Function

Select

button

(Tape

1

or

Tape

2)

on

the

front

of

your

receiver.

To

use

your

cassette

deck,

press

the

Tape

Monitor

buttons

on

the

signal

processing

components.

Connect

CD

players

and

other

audio

components.

Plug

compact

disc

players

into

the

jacks

marked

"CD."

The

"Aux"

and

"AN"

jacks

may

be

used

to

connect

other

audio

components,

or

audio

lines

from

VCR,

TV

or

video

disc

players

(see

next

section).

rr

Connecting

Video

Equipment

The

HK3600

makes

it

easy

to

interconnect

your

TV,

VCR

or

video

disc

player

with

each

other

and

with

your

audio

equipment.

NOTE:

Before

making

connections,

be

sure

all

equipment

is

turned

off.

Connect

your

TV

or

Laserdisc

player.

Connect

the

Left

and

Right

audio

output

jacks

on

your

TV

or

Laserdisc

player

to

the

jacks

marked

"AN"

on

your

receiver.

Next

connect

the

video

output

jack

on

the

TV

or

Laserdisc

player

to

the

"A/V"

video

jack

to

the

right

of

the

tape

loop

jacks

on

the

receiver;

then

connect

the

adjacent

"Monitor

Out"

jack

on

the

receiver

to

the

video

input

jack

on

your

TV.

NOTE:

Be

sure

to

set

your

TV

to

activate

its

video

input

jack.

(TV

switch

may

be

marked

"TV/Monitor,"

"TVNideo,"

"Antenna/

Video,"

etc.

Select

the

"Monitor"

or

"Video"

option.)

Connect

your

VCR

.

Connect

the

audio

output

jacks

on

your

VCR

to

the

Tape

1

(or

Tape

2)

"In"

jacks

on

your

receiver;

connect

the

"Out"

jacks

on

the

receiver

to

the

input

jacks

on

the

VCR.

Next

connect

the

video

output

jack

on

your

VCR

to

the

video

"In"

jack

marked

"VCR

1"

(or

VCR

2

if

Tape

2

audio

loop

was

used);

connect

the

adjacent

video

"Out"

jack

to

the

video

input

jack

on

your

VCR.

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