Harman Kardon VPM500 Owners Manual - Page 10

VCR or Tuner Vid•Out Receiver/Integrated Amp /Switching Unit Vid In • • • Vid•Out VPM500 Vi•d In A 2nd VCR or Laser Disk Player Vid•Out Figure 6 Audio Connections Audio-video receiver/switcher to VPM500. If you are interconnecting your video source (s) with a component, the procedure is much the same. Connect a video cable from the VIDEO OUT socket on your receiver, integrated amplifier or switching unit to the top VIDEO INPUT (A) socket on the VPM500. Any other video inputs may be routed through the same component if it has more than one input. Otherwise, connect either a second VCR or laser disc player directly to the VPM500 by running another cable from its VIDEO OUT socket to the lower VIDEO INPUT (B) socket on the VPM500. (See fig. 6.) RGB video connections. The VPM500 may be used as a giant display screen for personal computers with RGB color outputs. This connection is covered in Appendix 2 farther on. Using a TV as a source. While it means having two video screens in one room, there are times when you may want to use a modern monitor/receiver which has video and audio outputs, especially if your VCR tuner is not capable of receiving MTS stereo broadcasts. These state-ofthe-art sets have extremely good tuners and all have sophisticated direct-access remote control channel selection. Treat their hook-up the same as you would any other video source. Sound from a video source can get to your speakers four ways: 1) directly from the video source, through the VPM500's built-in amp and out to speakers, 2) From your video source through an A/V receiver or integrated amp to speakers, 3) From a video source to the VPM500, to the AUX input of a regular amp or receiver and from there to speakers, 4) From a video source to an A/V switcher, to the VPM500 and to external speakers. (See fig. 7.) Each method of audio hook-up uses standard audio hook-up patch cords like the ones you use with your stereo system. Methods 1, 3 and 4 may require fairly long cable runs. If a standard 1-meter cable does not reach, your Harman Kardon dealer can provide you with longer audio hook-up cables. Try not to exceed 20' total length, however, excluding speaker wires which can be longer.