Harman Kardon AVR 350 Owner's Manual

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24INSTALLATIONYou are now ready to connect your various components to your receiver.Before beginning, make sure that all components, including the AVR 350,are turned completely off and their power cords are unplugged. Don’tplug any of the power cords back in until you have finishedmaking all of your connections.Remember that your receiver generates heat while it is on. Selecta location that leaves several inches of space on all sides of the receiver.It is preferable to avoid completely enclosing the receiver inside acabinet. It is also preferable to place components on separate shelvesrather than stacking them directly on top of the receiver. Some surfacefinishes are delicate. Select a location with a durable surface finish.Step One – Connect the SpeakersIf you have not yet done so, place your speakers in the listening room,as described in the Speaker Placement section above.Connect the center, front left, front right, surround left, surroundright, surround back left and surround back right loudspeakers to thecorresponding speaker terminals on the AVR 350. See Figure 17.Remember to maintain the proper polarity by always connecting thepositive and negative terminals on each speaker to the positive andnegative terminals on the receiver. Use the Connection Color Guideon page 19 as a reference.Figure 17 – Speaker ConnectionsNOTE: If you only have one surround back speaker, wait untilafter you have run EzSet/EQ in the Initial Setup section beforeconnecting it to the Surround Back Left speaker outputs.Step Two – Connect the SubwooferConnect the Subwoofer Output on the AVR 350 to the line-level input onyour subwoofer. See Figure 18. Consult the manufacturer’s guide for thesubwoofer for additional information.Figure 18 – Subwoofer ConnectionStep Three – Connect the AntennasConnect the FM and AM antennas to their terminals. If you have purchasedan XM antenna module designed for connection to an XM Ready device,such as the AVR 350, you may connect it now. To enjoy XM Radio,remember to purchase a subscription and activate your antenna module.More information is available at www.xmradio.com. See Figure 19.Figure 19 – Antenna ConnectionsStep Four – Connect the Source ComponentsUse the Table A4 worksheet in the Appendix to note which connectionsyou will use for each of your source devices.For each source, select a source input (Video 1, Video 2, Video 3, etc.).In Table 2 we recommend connecting certain types of sources to certainsource inputs to make it easier to program and use the remote control.Decide which audio connections you will use. If your source device hasthem, useone of the HDMI, coaxial digital or the optical digital audioconnection. Referring to Table 2, we recommend that you connect theDVD source to the Coaxial 1 input jack, and the source designatedVideo 2 to the Optical 1 input jack. If you are using the HDMI inputs,then in most cases no other audio connection is required. If your sourceoutputs video but not audio via its HDMI connection, then select anyavailable digital audio input on the AVR to use with the source. If yoursource plays DVD-Audio, SACD, HD-DVD, Blu-ray Disc or another multi-channel audio format, but it doesn’t output the multichannel audio viaHDMI, connect its multichannel analog audio outputs to the AVR 350’s6-/8-Channel Inputs, and connect one of its analog video outputs toa source input on the AVR 350 (e.g., Component Video 3 or Video 3).When you select that source input, e.g., Video 3, select the 6-/8-ChannelInputs, and the AVR will automatically use the analog video input.NOTE: The multichannel analog audio connection is not requiredfor DVD-Audio players compliant with HDMI version 1.1 or better,or HD-DVD and Blu-ray Disc players that decode the digital audiointernally and output linear PCM signals in digital format. Consultthe owner’s guide for your disc player for more information. AnSACD player must be connected to the 6-/8-Channel Inputs.In addition to the digital audio connections, we recommend that youconnect the analog audio connections for each source, as a backup tothe digital connections, for recording, for use with the multiroom system,or in the event that you use all eight of the digital audio inputs for otherdevices. For sources that don’t have digital audio outputs, you must usethe analog audio connections.FMAMAVR 350SUBAVR 350AVR 350SR SLFR FLSBR SBLC