Harman Kardon AVR 240 7.1-Channel A/V Receiver, Silver (Discontinued by Manufacturer)

hey everyone welcome back to the channel i'm rob and if you're thinking about putting together your first home theater you're gonna need a receiver today on home theater basics we're gonna learn what an av receiver does and how to hook one up right after the intro [Music] alright so the first thing we need to understand is what exactly a receiver does basically a receiver takes an input like a blu-ray player or an apple tv and it splits the input signal across every part of your home theater like your speakers and your projector you can also use a receiver to switch between different inputs amplify the signal going to your speakers and run speaker equalization but that's something we'll discuss in a future video in the end a receiver does the job of an hdmi switch a digital analog converter an audio processor a radio tuner and a multi-channel amplifier all in one box all right so with t