Harman-Kardon 660, 760 owner manual Getting Started, Source Assignment Worksheet, English

Installing the AVR 760/AVR 660 and connecting it to the other system components can be complex. To simplify installation, it is suggested that you design your system before you begin connecting wires and cables.

Although the rear-panel jacks allow for a variety of audio and video connections to other components, the AVR’s software organizes the connections into 10 conventional sources: CBL/SAT, DVD, TV, Game, Media Server, AUX, A, B, C and D. The internal sources (the tuner, The Bridge II dock for iPod, the USB Port, the Internet Radio and the Network) will be explained later.

Table A1 in the appendix indicates the default device types for each source, and the default audio/video connection assignments. If the defaults suit your system, then connect your devices to the audio/video inputs shown. Otherwise, design your system as explained below.

1.Best video connection type for your system: Examine the video inputs on your TV or video display. Write down the best available video connection type here: ____________.

The options, in order of preference, are: HDMI, DVI (must be HDCP- compliant), component video, S-video or composite video. This is the “system-best” video connection for your system.

2.Decide which source will be used for each device: Match up to 10 devices to the 10 conventional sources listed in the Table 2 worksheet below. Use the AUX source for any of these device types: CD player, HDTV set-top box, personal video recorder (PVR), TiVo device or VCR. The A, B, C and D sources were added to the AVR 760/AVR 660 to enable you to benefit from the wide variety of audio and video inputs available, and these sources may be used for any device type.

NOTE: You may match any device type to any source. The device type is only relevant for programming control codes into the handheld remote and, as explained on page 25, you may reassign any Source Selector’s device type. Any audio or video source may be connected to any matching jack on the AVR, regardless of device type.

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3.Best video connection for each source: Examine each source device and write down the best available type of video connection, but not better than the system-best connection. Leave blank audio-only sources, such as a CD player.

4.Best audio connection for each source: For each source device, write down the best available type of audio connection. See the note below, and if the HDMI connection may be used for audio, it is the best option. The other options, in order of preference, are: optical digital audio, coaxial digital audio, 2-channel analog audio.

NOTES:

•• For multichannel disc players, if both the device and the TV use HDMI connections for video, then check the owner’s manual for the device to determine whether it transmits multichannel audio via its HDMI output. If it does, then no separate audio connection is required. If not, write down the multichannel analog audio connection in addition to any other audio type.

•• If the device uses an HDCP-compliant DVI output for video, then connect it to one of the AVR’s HDMI Inputs using an HDMI-to-DVI adapter, but a separate audio connection will always be required.

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Table 2 – Source Assignment Worksheet

		Best Video			Best Audio
		Connection		Second	Connection	Audio Input	Analog Audio
		(HDMI, DVI,		Composite	(HDMI, Optical,	Assigned (may	Input for
		Component,		Video Input	Coaxial, 2-Ch	be one digital	Recording or
		S-Video,	Video Input	for Multizone	Analog, 6-/8-Ch	plus one or more	Multizone
Source	Device Type	Composite)	Assigned	Operation	Analog)	analog)	Operation
Cable/SAT
DVD
TV
Game
Media Server
AUX
A
B
C
D

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