Krell Industries 7.1 - Manual (Page 26)

Step 2: Connect
Analog Sources
Step 1: Power Off
and Prepare Wiring
CONNECTION STEPS
Connecting the Home Theater Standard 7.1
to Your System
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This section provides information about connecting the Home
Theater Standard 7.1 to your system. To expedite setup, please
review Getting Started, on page 6, before following the connection
steps below.
Follow these steps to connect the Home Theater Standard 7.1
to your system:
1. Make sure all power sources and components are off before
connecting inputs and outputs.
2. Neatly arrange and organize wiring to and from the Home
Theater Standard 7.1 and all components. Separate AC wires
from audio cables to prevent hum or other unwanted noise from
being introduced into the system.
The Home Theater Standard 7.1 is equipped with balanced, single-
ended inputs, and 7.1 inputs.
Krell recommends using balanced interconnect cables. Balanced
interconnect cables not only can minimize sonic loss but also are
immune to induced noise, especially for installations using long
cables. Balanced connections have 6 dB more gain than single-
ended connections. When level matching is critical, keep this specifi-
cation in mind. Krell recommends that you use balanced inputs for
components that will use the preamp mode.
For stereo analog input sources, connect the right and left outputs of
your source components to the inputs on the Home Theater
Standard 7.1. The Home Theater Standard 7.1 is equipped with nine
sets of single-ended analog audio inputs (41) (S-1 through S-7, tape,
and VCR) via RCA connectors and one set of balanced analog audio
inputs (35) via XLR connectors.
For multichannel analog sources (for example, multichannel SACD
and DVD audio players), connect the outputs of your source compo-
nent to the 7.1 inputs (42) on the back panel.