Harman kardon AVR 325 Quick-Start Guide

AVR 325 QUICK-START GUIDE

Thank you for purchasing a Harman Kardon AVR 325. This Quick-Start Guide will help you with a basic system installation. For detailed information on any step, please refer to the Owner’s Manual pages referenced in this guide. We strongly recommend that you read the Owner’s Manual for complete details on how to install, configure and operate the AVR 325,

as well as for the important safety information it contains.

Figure 1 – Speaker Placement

The colors shown for each speaker correspond to the matching output terminal connection on the back of the AVR 325 (see page 8).

Connections Color Guide

Audio Connections

Left

Right

Front

Center

Surround

Subwoofer

Surround Back

Digital Audio Connections

Coax

Optical

Video Connections

Composite

S-Video

Match the colored jacks on the AVR 325 to the appropriate jacks on your source equipment or speakers. The colors are standardized, but not all equipment or connectors use them.

CENTER

SPEAKER FRONT (Green) LEFT

SPEAKER

(White)

SUBWOOFER (Purple)

SURROUND

LEFT

SPEAKER

(Blue)

FRONT

RIGHT

SPEAKER

(Red)

SURROUND

RIGHT

SPEAKER

(Gray)

SURROUND

BACK

RIGHT

SPEAKER SURROUND (Tan)

BACK

LEFT

SPEAKER (Brown)

Step 1. Place your speakers in the listening room (see page 18).

SPEAKER PLACEMENT

AVR 325 QUICK-START GUIDE

FRONT LEFT

FRONT RIGHT

SPEAKER

SPEAKER

CENTER SPEAKER

+ _

+ _

+ _

+ _

SURROUND

LEFT SPEAKER

		+ _	Figure 2 – Speaker Connections	_
			+
	LINE IN/SUB/LFE	SURROUND BACK	SURROUND BACK
	SUBWOOFER
		LEFT SPEAKER	RIGHT SPEAKER

Step 2. Connect the speakers to the receiver: red (+) on speaker to colored (+) on receiver and black (–) to black (–) (see page 15).

Step 3. Connect the Subwoofer Pre-Out jack to the Line-In jack on your subwoofer. Adjust the settings on the subwoofer as needed (see page 15).

Figure 3 – How To Use the Binding-Post

Speaker Terminal

+ _

SURROUND

RIGHT SPEAKER