DIGITAL LOUNGE (serv.man2) - Harman Kardon Audio User Guide / Operation Manual. Page 17

INSTALLATION AND CONNECTIONS

Important Note
Please open the Harman Kardon Digital Lounge
Accessory Tool Kit before opening any of the
other system components. The Kit contains two
pairs of gloves, that can be used to unpack the
LCD screen without damaging its frame nor
leaving fingerprints on it.

After unpacking the different system components,
and placing them on a solid surface capable of
supporting their weight, you will need to make the
connections to your audio and video equipment.

We recommend that you use the supplied cables
when making connections to source equipment
and high quality interconnect cables to additional
equipment to preserve the integrity of the
signals.

When making connections to audio source
equipment or speakers it is always a good 
practice to unplug the units from the AC wall 
outlet. This prevents any possibility of
accidentally sending audio or transient signals to
the speakers that may damage them.

Making the necessary connections to the Digital
Lounge system is done in five easy steps.

1. Connect the front, center and surround speaker
outputs 

BCD to the respective speakers.

Cables that are run inside walls should have the
appropriate markings to indicate listing with any
appropriate testing agency standards. Questions
about running cables inside walls should be
referred to your installer or a licensed electrician
who is familiar with the applicable local building
codes in your area.

When connecting wires to the speakers, be
certain to observe proper polarity. Note that the
positive (+) terminal of each speaker connection
now carries a specific color code. However, most
speakers will still use a red terminal for the
postive (+) connection. Connect the “negative”
or “black” wire to the same terminal on both the
receiver and the speaker.

We also recommend that the length of cable
used to connect speaker pairs be identical.
For example, use the same length piece of
cable to connect the front-left and front-right
or surround-left and surround-right speakers,
even if the speakers are a different distance
from the Digital Lounge system controller.

2. Connections to the subwoofer are made via a
line level audio connection from the Subwoofer
Output

7 to the line-level SUB input (purple)

of the subwoofer. Connect at the same time the
Subwoofer Trigger Output

F to the Trigger

Input of the subwoofer.

3. Connect the supplied FM antenna to the FM
(75 ohm) connection 

5. The FM antenna may

be an external roof antenna, an inside powered
or wire lead antenna or a connection from a
cable system. Note that if the antenna or connec-
tion uses 300-ohm twin-lead cable, you should
use a 300-ohm-to-75-ohm adapter to make the
connection.

4. Your system comes with an HDMI and SP-DIF
cable to make a digital video connection over
HDMI and digital audio connection from the TV
to the DVD receiver. Connect the HDMI connector
on one end of the wire to the HDMI Output 

0

of the receiver and the other end to the HDMI
Input 

J of the screen. Connect the Coaxial

Digital connector on one end of the cable to the
Coaxial Digital Input 

8 of the receiver and the

other end to the Coaxial Digital Output 

H of the

screen.

5. Connect the supplied aerial TV antenna to the
Antenna Input 

D on the rear panel of the

screen.

All necessary connections are now made. If you
have additional source components to add,
please refer to the next paragraphs. If not, please
continue with the next chapter of the manual.

If you do not use an aerial antenna but a set top
box or cable box to watch TV, please follow the
instructions below to connect these products.

SCART
If you decide to connect your set top or cable box
to your system using a Scart cable, connect the
Scart output of the set top or cable box to one of
the Scart Inputs 

F on the rear panel of the

screen.

YUV/Component
If you decide to connect your set top or cable box
to your system using a YUV or Component cable,
connect the YUV outputs of the set top or cable
box to the YUV Inputs 

E on the rear panel of

the screen. At the same time connect the analog
audio outputs of the box to the Audio Input for
Component Video Jacks 

O on the rear panel of

the screen, or the digital output of the box to the
Coaxial Digital Input 

P.

S-Video
If you decide to connect your set top or cable box
to your system using an S-Video cable, connect
the S-Video output of the set top or cable box to
the S-Video Input 

M on the rear panel of the

screen. At the same time connect the analog
audio outputs of the box to the Audio Input for
S-Video Jacks 

N on the rear panel of the screen,

or the digital output of the box to the Coaxial
Digital Input 

P.

Composite
If you decide to connect your set top or cable box
to your system using a Composite cable, connect
the Composite output of the set top or cable box
to the Composite/CVBS Input 

E on the rear

panel of the screen. At the same time connect
the analog audio outputs of the box to the Audio
Input for Component Video Jacks 

O on the rear

panel of the screen, or the digital output of the
box to the Coaxial Digital Input 

P.

Important Note: The Coaxial Digital Input
P of the screen will accept only 2-channel PCM
signals (see item 

P on page 11). To listen to the

multichannel sound from an optical digital out-
put of any external source you can connect it to
the Optical Input

9 of the unit, see next page.

If your source has only a Coaxial Digital output
disconnect the SPDIF cable on the screen (out-
put

H) and the unit (input 8), connect the

screen via the analog audio cable to the unit
(Audio Output

A on screen to the TV Audio

G on the unit). Then connect the coaxial

digital output of your source to the Coaxial
Digital Input

8 of the unit.

If you wish to connect your PC to the screen, the
best way is to connect the DVI output of the
computer to the DVI Input 

K on the rear panel

of the screen. At the same time connect the
audio output of your computer to the PC Audio
Input 

I on the rear panel of the screen. If your

PC does not have a DVI output, but VGA only,
use an adapter cable VGA->DVI to connect your
PC to the DVI input of the screen. If the grafic
card of your PC has also other video outputs,
please use any of the available outputs of your
computer to the matching input of the screen.

If you wish to connect your digital set top box or
satellite receiver to the screen, the best way is to
connect the DVI output of the source to the DVI
Input 

K on the rear panel of the screen. At the

same time connect the coaxial digital output of
the source to the Coaxial Input 

P on the rear

panel of the screen. If your video source does not
have a DVI output, but HDMI only, you can use
the supplied HDMI to DVI adapter to connect
your set top box or satellite receiver to the DVI
input of the screen.

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