Audio/video connections, General, Making connections – Arcam FMJ AVR600 User Manual

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audio/video

connections

Before connecting your AVR600 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

AVR600 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 AVR600 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