Harman-Kardon AVR 7550HD owner manual Getting Started, Best audio connection for each source For

GETTING STARTED

Installing the AVR 7550HD and connecting it to the other system com- ponents 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 7550HD 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 27, 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.

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.

5.Decide which sources to connect to each of the video inputs: Assign only one unique video input to each source, except that you may add a composite video connection to make the source’s video signal available to the multizone system. Use the best type of video connection available for each source.

•If your system-best video connection is “HDMI”, select up to four HDMI source devices and assign them to one of the four numbered HDMI Inputs.

•If your system-best video connection is “Component”, or if you have source devices with component video outputs that weren’t assigned to one of the HDMI Inputs, assign up to three devices to one of the three numbered Component Video Inputs.

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

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