Arcam AVR Surround Amplifer AV888 - Manual (Page 10)

E-8
audio/video
connections
Before connecting your AVR600 or AV888 and
power amplifier (e.g. the Arcam P777) to your source
components and speakers, please read through the
next few pages which will explain all the input and
output connectivity that is available. The ‘Speakers’
section explains how to connect up your speakers to
avoid damage to the amplifier and how to arrange your
speakers for best performance.
General
The inputs are named to make it easier to reference
connected devices (e.g. ‘ DVD ’ or ‘ VCR ’). They all have the
same input circuit (with the exception of the ‘ phono ’
input), so there is no reason why you should not connect
a different device to any of the inputs. For example, if
you had two DVD players and the AV input was not
being used, then the second DVD player could be
connected to the AV input.
When connecting a video source, its audio must be
connected to the corresponding sockets. For example,
if you a had a satellite decoder plugged into a SAT video
input, the audio must be connected to the SAT audio
inputs!
The hierarchy for video connections for best quality is
as follows;
< HDMI
< Component/RGB
< S-Video
< Composite.
You should connect as many of these as possible. The
unit will automatically select the best quality connection
for the source available. For any video source to be
available in Zone 2 you must have an S-Video or
Composite connection between the unit and the source.
Making connections
< Wherever possible, connect both the analogue
and digital outputs of digital sources. This enables
use of a digital input for the main zone and the
corresponding analogue input for recording onto an
analogue tape deck, VCR or PVR, or for the Zone 2
or 3 output.
< Take care to place cables as far from any power
supply cabling as is practicable, to reduce hum and
other noise problems.
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HdMI connectors
AV, SAT, DVD, VCR, PVR
Connect the HDMI video outputs of your source equipment to these
corresponding HDMI inputs.
OUT 1
Connect this output to the HDMI video input of your main zone display
device.
OUT 2
Connect this output to the HDMI video input of your second display
device or to another HDMI display device in a second living space. As
the unit has only one processed video path, this signal will be a copy of
the signal on ouT 1 .
Important notes about Component/RGb
video inputs and outputs
< When you connect your devices to these
connectors, take care to follow the letter/colour
coding for each input. No damage will occur but
incorrectly coloured or unstable pictures will
result.
< The Component video inputs have sufficient
bandwidth for NTSC (525/60) or PAL (625/50)
video and HDTV video signals.
NOTE
All Zone 1 analogue video outputs will be disabled if
an HDMI digital video source is selected.