Outdoor Speaker - How to Set Up with HK AVR-247?

[JosephBAdams]

Hello, folks. I recently bought a Harman Kardon AVR-247 receiver, and it's working like a charm. My father has an outdoor wireless speaker (RCA cables to are used connect the wireless receiver to an audio receiver) that he wants me to hook to the receiver, so that whatever audio is coming out of the receiver is broadcast to his speaker. However, I can't for the life of me figure out where/how I can hook up the RCA cables with my AVR 247. The RCA cables (obviously) won't fit in the banana plugs that are available on the back of the receiver. (I am assuming that I should be trying to plug in the wireless receiver at least somewhere under the "Speakers" jacks on the back.)

Can someone tell me what I should try?

Here's a link to a picture of the AVR-247's back panel.

If I need to get some adapters so that the RCA cables can be plugged into the banana jacks, any suggestions on where to purchase them would be appreciated.

 

[s44]

The pre-outs, where it says SB/multi. The power is coming from the wireless unit outside, so you just need a line-level signal. Note that these *should* be setting it up as a zone 2 ("multiroom system" the HK manual calls it).

 

[JosephBAdams]

Thanks, I'll check this and try it.

Update: I can't figure out how to set it up. When I go to "Multiroom" on the HK On-Screen Display, I see options for 'sources' for the multiroom channel, but HDMI1 is not listed as a source that can be played through the multiroom. Not sure why that is impossible. I can play CD/DVD sound, just nothing from HDMI1/HDMI2

 

[richardycc]

some cheap or older receivers can't do hdmi sound. try use an extra RCA cable from your dvd/cd player to the receiver.

 

[s44]

Most AVRs don't have an extra set of DACs to let you play digital inputs through zone 2. Just run a stereo analog connection from the source as well as HDMI.