Harman Kardon AVR 340, Owner'S Manual

INSTALLATION AND CONNECTIONS  17

remote control is preprogrammed with video
recorder product codes for the Video 1 device.

2. Connect the analog audio and video outputs of 

a satellite receiver, cable TV converter, television 
set or any other video source to the 

Video 2

Audio/Video and S-Video Input Jacks

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.

Although any video device may be connected to
these jacks, we recommend connecting your cable
TV converter or satellite receiver to take advantage
of the fact that the remote control is prepro-
grammed with the product codes of these device
types for the Video 2 device.

3. Connect the analog audio and video outputs of 

a television or other video device to the 

Video 3

Audio/Video 

and

S-Video Input Jacks

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on

the rear panel. Although any video or audio device
may be connected to these jacks, we recommend
connecting your television so that you may take
advantage of the fact that the remote control is 
preprogrammed with TV product codes for the
Video 3 device.

Important:

If you are using the television only as a

display device (i.e., if you receive your TV programs
through a cable box or satellite receiver), do not
connect the television’s outputs to the 

Video 3

Audio/Video 

and

S-Video Input Jacks

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,

or to any other inputs on the AVR 340.

4. Connect the analog audio and video outputs of a

DVD or laser disc player to the 

DVD Audio/Video

and

S-Video Inputs

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.

5. Connect the digital audio outputs of a DVD player,

satellite receiver, cable box or HDTV converter to
the appropriate 

Optical 

or 

Coaxial Digital Inputs

fif

*(

. Remember that the DVD source

defaults to the 

Coaxial 1 Digital Input 

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, and

the Video 2/Cable/Sat source defaults to the

Optical 1 Digital Audio Input

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. All other

sources default to their analog inputs, although 
any source may be assigned to any digital audio
input on the receiver.

NOTE:

When connecting a device such as a digital

cable box or other set-top tuner product with a digi-
tal audio output, we recommend that you connect
both the digital and analog outputs of the product to
your AVR. The audio input polling feature of the AVR
will then be able to make certain that you have a
constant audio feed, since it will automatically switch
the audio input to the analog jacks if the digital 
feed is interrupted or if it is not available for a 
particular channel.

6. Connect the 

Video and/or S-Video Monitor

Output

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Y

jacks on the receiver to the compos-

ite or S-video input of your analog television moni-
tor or video projector.

7. If 

both

your video display monitor and at least one

video source device (such as a DVD player or
HDTV set-top box) are equipped with component
video capability, then you may connect the compo-
nent video outputs of the device to one of the two

Component Video Inputs 

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. In that case,

you will not need to connect the 

Video Monitor

Output

Y

or the 

S-Video Monitor Output

P

to your video display, as the AVR 340 will convert
composite and S-video signals to component
video. This means you only have to connect one
cable from the AVR to the video display. You will
also be able to view the AVR 340’s on-screen
menu displays using just the component video con-
nection, unless the source device is high-definition
(720p or 1080i) video, in which case you should
either switch to a 480p source or connect the

Video Monitor Output

Y

or the 

S-Video

Monitor Output

P

to your video display to 

view the on-screen displays.

8.

It is recommended that you connect a DVD player
or a digital video recorder to the 

Component

Video 1 Inputs 

‡

, as this input is assigned to the

DVD, CD, Tuner and Tape sources by default. Thus,
whenever any of these sources is selected, you
may view the component video output of the device
connected to the 

Component Video 1 Inputs 

‡

,

enabling you to view and listen to different sources.

8.

Similarly, it is recommended that you connect any
other audio/video device equipped with component
video outputs, such as a DVD-Audio or SACD player,
or HDTV set-top box, to the Video 1, Video 2 or
Video 3 sources, or the 6-/8-channel direct inputs,
as the 

Component Video 2 Inputs 

°

are

assigned to the Video 1, Video 2, Video 3 and 
6-/8-channel source audio inputs by default.

8.

However, you may connect any component video
source to either set of component video inputs, as
they are assignable to any source, following the
instructions on page 22. You will still need to con-
nect either the analog or digital audio outputs, or
the 6-/8-channel audio outputs, of your component
video device to the analog audio inputs correspon-
ding to the source (such as DVD or Video 2 for a
cable converter box), or to any of the 

Optical

or

Coaxial Digital Audio Inputs 

fif

*(

.

8. If the component video inputs are used, connect

the 

Component Video Monitor Outputs

fl

to 

the component video inputs of your TV, projector 
or display device. You will also be able to view your
composite and S-video sources through this con-
nection, benefiting from the higher quality and
superior appearance of component video.

9. If you have a camcorder, video game or other

audio/video device that is connected to the AVR on
a temporary rather than permanent basis, connect
the audio, video and digital audio outputs of that
device to the 

Video 4 Inputs

*(ÓÔ

on the

front panel. A device connected here is selected as
the Video 4 input, and the digital inputs must be
assigned to the Video 4 input. (See page 22 for
more information on input configuration.)

8.

NOTE:

The AVR 340 is shipped with two covers

that may be installed over the front-panel input
jacks when they are not in use.

10. When connecting the AVR 340 to a “digital-ready”,

“HDTV-compatible” or high-definition display
(which is any device capable of accepting an 
input signal of 480P or higher), you are able to
take advantage of the unit’s advanced video pro-
cessing circuitry which converts all video signals to
a 480P output. Since the AVR 340 displays the 
on-screen menus with upconverted video, the
connection from the AVR 340 to the display need
only be one set of Y/Pr/Pb component video cables
to the 

Component Video Monitor Output

fl

.

11. When connecting the AVR 340 to a standard,

analog video display that has standard composite
and S-video inputs only, component video inputs
may not be used. In this case, connect the Video
and 

S-Video Monitor Outputs

PY

to the

matching composite and S-video inputs on your
video display, depending on which types of video
are used by your source devices. If both types of
video are used by different source devices, than
both 

Video Monitor Outputs

PY

must be

separately connected to your television.

VIDEO CONNECTION NOTES:

• When the component video jacks are used, the on-

screen menus are not visible with high-definition
video (720p or 1080i), and you must switch to the
standard composite or S-video input on your TV, or
to a 480p video source, to view them.

•

When source devices such as a progressive scan

DVD player or an HDTV set-top box are connected
to the AVR 340 via component video connections, if
you wish to take advantage of the record outputs or
have video routed to a second room, it is also nec-
essary to connect the standard, composite or S-
video outputs of the source device to the AVR 340.
The record outputs and multiroom system cannot
accept component inputs, nor are component inputs
down-converted for use with these outputs.

• When connecting a video source to the AVR 340,

you may use either composite, component or 
S-video, but only one type of video may be con-
nected for each device.

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