Harman-Kardon AVR 8500 owner manual Important Note for the Use SCART-Cinch Adapters

Installation and Connections

Figure 1: SCART/Cinch-Adapter for playback; signal flow:

SCART → Cinch

Figure 2: SCART/Cinch-Adapter for record and playback; signal flow:

SCART ↔ Cinch

Figure 3: Cinch/SCART-Adapter for playback; signal flow:

Cinch → SCART

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Red

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Blue1

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Green1

White

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Red

Important Note for the Use of

SCART-Cinch Adapters:

When video sources are connected to the TV directly with a SCART cable, specific control sig- nals apart from Audio/Video signals will be fed to the TV. These specific signals are: With all video sources, the signal for automatic input selection that switches the TV automatically to the appropriate input as soon as the video source is started. And with DVD players, the sig- nals automatically turning the TV to 4:3/16:9 format (with 16:9 TVs or with 4:3 TVs with selectable 16:9 format) and turning the RGB video decoder of the TV on or off, depending on the DVD player´s setting. With any adapter cable, these control signals will be lost and the appro- priate setting of the TV must be made manually.

Note for RGB signal with SCART:

If you use a unit providing RGB signals on a SCART output (as e.g. most DVD players do) and

Figure 4:

SCART/S-Video Adapter

for playback;

signal flow:

SCART → Cinch

Figure 5:

SCART/S-Video Adapter

for record and playback;

signal flow:

SCART ↔ Cinch

Figure 6:

SCART/S-Video Adapter

for playback;

signal flow:

Cinch → SCART

Red

Black

S-Video In

Black

Red

Blue1

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S-Video In

S-Video Out

Red

Black

S-Video Out

1Also other colours possible, e.g. brown and grey.

you want to use that RGB signal, this SCART output must be connected directly to your TV. Although the AVR can switch three-way video signals (like component signals Y/Pb/Pr), most TVs need separate sync signals for RGB (also with SCART) that cannot be switched and pro- vided by the AVR.

RGB signals can be pathed through the AVR only when no separate sync signal is needed (see last ”Video Connection Note” on page 16).

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