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I am trying to hook-up a home theatre using older components and a new Harman Kardon AVR. Please Help. The components I have are as follows: CD, DVD player, VCR, digital cable box, JVC older tv, The issue I'm having is with the cable. How is this hooked up with the cable box, the tv and the vcr. This AVR requires on-screen set-up to get the speakers all balanced. I just can't get the on-line coming up and also have to hook the DVD directly to the tv to get a picture there. I don't know what I have done but I've been thoroughly confused with the book of a manual that came with the AVR. Basically, I thought I just ran everything into the AVR and then connected the tv to monitor out on the AVR. This didn't work. So far I have talked to 3 customer service reps and nobody has been able to give me the right set-up. Any help would be much appreciated. Thank you.
Your limiting factor is the JVC TV. Try this:
HK (harmon kardin) to TV Composite (not component) video (yellow) cable from the HK composite video out to JVC. Don't worry about red/white audio cables to the TV.
CD: Digital audio (coaxial or optical) to CD in on HK
VCR Yellow/red/white out to VCR in on HK
VCR Yellow/red/white in to VCR out on HK (for recording)
DVD Yellow and Digital audio (coaxial or optical) to DVD in on HK
These are all valid video connectors:
HDMI: large custom cable with special connector
DVI: large custom cable with large rectangular connector
Component: red/green/blue set of three cables
Svideo: special din plug with 4 conductors
Composite: Always a single yellow cable
Your JVC is likely only capable of Composite. Try the connections I've recommended and you should see a picture.
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