Harman BD100 Users Manual

Thank you for choosing a JBL®
producT!

This quick-start guide contains all the information you need to connect
and set up your new JBL Cinema BD100 home theater system.

To conserve our natural resources, your home theater system does
not include a printed owner’s manual. An owner’s manual containing
complete information about operating all of your new home theater
system’s features is available at our Web site. Go to www.jbl.com and
download the Cinema BD100 Home Theater System Owner’s Manual.

Your Cinema BD100 system is designed to be compatible with
region management information that is encoded on most Blu-ray
Disc and DVD recordings. Your system will only play discs that
contain region coding for the area where your system was shipped
and intended for sale:

AREA WHERE
SOLD

USA, Canada

Europe, Middle
East

BLU-RAY DISC
REGION CODE

DVD REGION
CODE

connecTions

CONNECT THE SPEAKERS

CAUTION: Before making any connections to the BD100 receiver,
ensure that the receiver’s AC cord is unplugged from the receiver
and the AC outlet. Making speaker connections with the receiver
plugged in and turned on could damage your speakers.

Your Cinema BD100 receiver has color-coded speaker connectors and
the Cinema BD100 speaker wires are color-coded to make it easy to
properly connect the speakers.

white front left (+)

red front right (+)

blue surround left (+)

gray surround right (+)

green center (+)

purple subwoofer (+)

black (–) on all speakers

Connect the speaker’s wire with the colored band to the receiver’s
speaker terminal with the same color. Connect the speaker’s black
wire to the black receiver speaker terminal directly under the colored
terminal.

FRONT R

Speaker

FRONT L

Speaker

SUBWOOFER

Japan

Korea, S.E. Asia

Mexico, Latin
America

Australia, New
Zeland

Russia, India

China

For example, Cinema BD100 systems shipped to and sold in the
USA will only play Blu-ray Discs that contain region code A and
DVD discs that contain region code 1.

Red

White
Band to
White Tab

Gray Band

to Gray Tab

VIDEO OUT

FM 75W

AUX IN

COAXIAL IN

RADIO ANTENNA

OPTICAL IN HDMI OUT

CENTER
Speaker

CENTER

Green Band
to Green Tab

NETWORK

FRONT L

Purple Band to Purple Tab

Blue Band
to Blue Tab

SURR L
Speaker

FRONT R

Band to

Red Tab

SURR R

Speaker

AC INPUT

100–240v—50/60Hz 50W

SURR R SURR L

IMPORTANT: Make sure the (+) and (–) bare wires do not touch each
other or any metal object on the receiver’s rear panel. Touching wires
can cause a short circuit that can damage the BD100 receiver.

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PLACE THE SPEAKERS

Place the speakers and subwoofer according to the illustration below.

TV

Place Center Speaker

Above or Below

Center of TV

Place Left & Right Speakers

on Either Side of TV

Place Left & Right Surround Speakers

to Sides of or Slightly Behind Listeners

Place Subwoofer

with Speaker

(100mm – 160mm)

4" – 6"

Away from Wall

• You can mount the left, right, center and surround speakers on the

wall using picture hanger hardware.

• Placing the subwoofer with it’s speaker 4" – 6" (100mm – 160mm)

from a wall maximizes bass performance and helps protect the
exposed speaker unit from accidental damage.

For more detailed speaker placement information, please go to www.jbl.
com and download the Cinema BD100 Home Theater System Owner’s

Manual.

CONNECT THE RADIO ANTENNA

CONNECT A TV OR VIDEO DISPLAY

TV

Use this connection

Composite
Video Cable
(not supplied)

if your TV does

not have an HDMI

connector

Use this connection

if your TV has an
HDMI connector

HDMI Cable

(not supplied)

NOTE: If your TV supports the HDMI Audio Return Channel and you
access digital TV channels from your TV’s built-in tuner or you have
other sources already connected directly to your TV, you can feed their
sound to the Cinema BD100 system via the HDMI Out connector’s
Audio Return Channel, and they will not require additional connections
to the receiver.

CONNECT TO YOUR WIRED HOME NETWORK

To

Internet

FM Antenna (supplied)

CAT-5/5E Cable

(not supplied)

Network

Modem

NOTE: Download the Cinema BD100 Home Theater System Owner’s
Manual from www.jbl.com and refer to the Setting Up the Receiver

section for information about joining the receiver with your network.

www.jbl.com

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