User manual HARMAN KARDON TA12 Owners Guide

[. . . ] Consult your subwoofer's user manual for specific information about making connections to it. AVR Sub Woofer Pre-Out Connector Single RCA Audio Cable (not supplied) Powered Subwoofer 1. Tighten Cap Always connect the colored (+) terminal on the AVR to the (+) terminal on the speaker (usually red), and the black (­) terminal on the AVR to the (­) terminal on the speaker (usually black). IMPORTANT: Make sure the ( + ) and ( ­ ) bare wires do not touch each other or the other terminal. Touching wires can cause a short circuit that can damage your AVR. [. . . ] It will provide the best possible picture quality. AVR HDMI Monitor Out Connector TV HDMI Cable (not supplied) Composite Video Monitor Out Connector If your TV does not have an HDMI connector, or if your TV does have an HDMI connector but you are connecting some source devices with only composite video connectors, use a composite video cable (not included) to connect the AVR's Composite Monitor Out connector to your TV's composite video connector. AVR Composite Monitor Out Connector TV Composite Video Cable (not supplied) 3 TA12, AVR 165 Connect Your Audio and Video Source Devices Source devices are components where a playback signal originates, e. g. , a Blu-ray DiscTM or DVD player; a cable, satellite or HDTV tuner; etc. Your AVR has several different types of input connectors for your audio and video source devices: HDMI, component video, composite video, optical digital audio, coaxial digital audio and analog audio. The connectors are labeled for the types of source devices you are most likely to connect. Each of your AVR's source buttons is assigned to an analog audio input connector (listed in the "AVR Source Button/Analog Audio Connector" column of the table below). To provide you flexibility for connecting and configuring your system, we have designed the AVR so that you can assign the digital audio inputs to any of the video AVR sources. Connections As you connect your various source components, fill out the "Source Device Connected" column in the following table ­ it will make it easier for you to assign the digital audio input connectors and component video connector later in the setup process. AVR Source Button/ Analog Audio Connector Video 1 Video 2 DVD CD Tape Aux 1 The Bridge IIIP AVR Source Button/ HDMI Connector HDMI 1 HDMI 2 HDMI 3 HDMI 4 Recommended Source Device Type Cable or Satellite Tuner DVD Recorder or VCR Blu-ray Disc or DVD Player CD Player Cassette Deck or Audio Recorder Portable Media Player iPod/iPhone Device ­­­­ ­­­­ ­­­­ ­­­­ ­­­­ Source Device Connected Digital Audio Input Connector Assigned ­­­­ Source Device Connected Digital Audio Input Connector Assigned Input Connections and Source Buttons HDMI Devices If any of your source devices have HDMI connectors, using those connectors will provide the best possible video and audio performance quality. Since the HDMI cable carries both digital video and digital audio signals, you do not have to make any additional audio connections for devices you connect via HDMI cables, although you can assign one of the digital audio connectors to one of the HDMI inputs. If you have a TV or other source device equipped with the HDMI Audio Return Channel function, you can feed its sound to the AVR via the HDMI Monitor Out connection's Audio Return Channel, and it will not require additional audio connections to the AVR. Refer to the complete TA12/AVR 165 Owner's Manual, downloadable at www. harmankardon. com, for details. AVR HDMI Connectors Component Video Device If your Blu-ray Disc or DVD player does not have an HDMI connector but does have a component video connector, using the component video connector will provide superior video performance. You will also need to make an audio connection from the player to the AVR. AVR DVD Component Video Connectors Component Video Cable (not supplied) HDMI Cable (not supplied) To Component Video Outputs To HDMI Output Component Video-Equipped Blu-ray Disc or DVD Player 4 HDMI-Equipped Source Device TA12, AVR 165 Composite Video Devices You will need to make composite video connections from your source devices that do not have HDMI or component video connections. You will also need to make an audio connection from the device to the AVR. Turn on your TV and select the TV input where you connected the AVR in Connect Your TV or Video Display, on page 3. Press the remote control's OSD button. The AVR's on-screen display (OSD) Master Menu will appear on the TV. Follow the instructions that appear on the OSD screens. Assign the Digital Audio Connectors 1. Review the input connections you listed on the Input Connections and Source Buttons table, on page 4. Note which source devices you connected to the digital audio connectors. (If you did not connect any source devices to the digital audio connectors, you can skip this section. ) 2. Turn on your TV and select the TV input where you connected the AVR in Connect Your TV or Video Display, on page 3. Press the remote control's OSD button. The AVR's on-screen display (OSD) Master Menu will appear on the TV. ** MASTER MENU ** INPUT SETUP SURROUND SELECT EzSet/EQ MANUAL SETUP SYSTEM SETUP ** MASTER MENU ** INPUT SETUP SURROUND SELECT SPEAKER SETUP SYSTEM SETUP 4. Use the remote's arrow and OK buttons to select "Input Setup. " The Input Setup menu will appear. 8 TA12, AVR 165 * INPUT SETUP * SOURCE : TITLE: AUDIO IN : AUTO POLL : BXR : TONE : BASS : TREBLE : DVD ANALOG OFF OFF IN 0 0 Connections BACK TO MASTER MENU 5. [. . . ] Use the remote's arrow and OK buttons to select "Input Setup. " The Input Setup menu will appear. 8 TA12, AVR 165 * INPUT SETUP * SOURCE : TITLE: AUDIO IN : AUTO POLL : BXR : TONE : BASS : TREBLE : DVD ANALOG OFF OFF IN 0 0 Connections BACK TO MASTER MENU 5. For each source device you connected to a digital audio input: a) Use the remote's up and down arrow buttons to select "Source. " Use the left and right arrow buttons to change the listed source to one of the sources you connected to a digital audio input. b) Use the remote's down arrow button to select "Audio In. " * INPUT SETUP * SOURCE : TITLE: AUDIO IN : AUTO POLL : BXR : TONE : BASS : TREBLE : DVD OPT 1 ON OFF IN 0 0 BACK TO MASTER MENU c) Use the remote's left and right arrow buttons to select the digital audio input where you connected the source device. When you're finished, press the remote's OSD button to turn off the on-screen menu. [. . . ]