Harman BDS577, BDS277 User Manual

BDS 275/BDS 277/BDS 575/BDS 577

Audio/video receiver

Quick-Start Guide

FPO
BDS X75

BDS

Introduction and Connections

Thank you for choosing a Harman Kardon® product!

This quick-start guide contains all the information you need to connect and set up your
new BDS Blu-ray Disc™ receiver.

To conserve our natural resources, your BDS receiver does not include a printed
owner’s manual. An owner’s manual containing complete information about operating
all of your new Blu-ray Disc receiver’s features is available at our Web site. Go to www.
harmankardon.com and download the BDS Blu-ray Disc Receiver Owner’s Manual.

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

Area Where Sold Blu-ray Disc

Region Code

USA, Canada

Europe, Middle East

Korea, S.E. Asia

Mexico, Latin America

Australia, New Zeland

Russia, India

DVD Region Code

Connections

Connect the Satellite Speakers

CAUTION: Before making any connections to the BDS 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.

Speakers and receivers have corresponding (+) and (–) connection terminals.

BDS 275/BDS 277

white left channel (+)

red right channel (+)

black (–) on both channels

BDS 575/BDS 577

white front left (+)

red front right (+)

blue surround left (+)

gray surround right (+)

green center (+)

black (–) on all channels

Most speakers use red to denote the (+) terminal and black for the (–) terminal.

Be sure to connect each speaker identically: (+) on the speaker to (+) on the receiver and
(–) on the speaker to (–) on the receiver. Miswiring one or more speakers results in thin
sound, weak bass and a poor stereo image.

Front Right

Speaker

Center

Speaker*

Front Left

Speaker

China

For example, BDS receivers 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.

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BDS Receiver

(BDS 575 shown)

Surround Right

Speaker*

* Used only with BDS 575/BDS 577 receiver

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 the
receiver.

Surround Left

Speaker*

BDS

Connections

Connect the Subwoofer

IMPORTANT: Do not plug the subwoofer’s AC power cord into an AC outlet at this time.

Powered

Subwoofer

Mono RCA

Audio Cable

(not supplied)

Connect the Radio Antenna

Connect to Your Home Network

Cat. 5/5E

Connecting Your HDMI® Source Devices

HDMI-Equipped

Source Device

To HDMI
Output

To

Internet

Network

Modem

English

FM Antenna

Connect a TV or Video Display

TV

®

HDMI

Cable

(supplied)

NOTE: If your TV supports the HDMI Audio Return Channel and you have HDMI devices
(such as an Internet connection) already connected directly to your TV, you can feed their
sound to the BDS receiver via the HDMI Monitor Out connector’s Audio Return Channel,
and they will not require additional connections to the receiver.

HDMI Cable
(not supplied)

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