Harman-Kardon HS 500 Installation, Step One Connect the Speakers, Step Two Connect the Subwoofer

INSTALLATION

You are now ready to connect the various components to the HS 500. Before beginning, make sure that all components, including the HS 500, are turned completely off and their power cords are unplugged. Don’t plug any of the power cords back in until you have finished making all of your connections.

The HS 500 generates heat while it is playing. Select a location that leaves several inches of space on all sides. It is preferable to avoid completely enclosing it inside a cabinet. It is also preferable to stack components on separate shelves rather than directly on top of the HS 500. Some surface finishes are delicate. Try to select a location with a sturdy surface finish.

Step One – Connect the Speakers

If you have not yet done so, place your speakers in the listening room as described in the Speaker Placement section above.

Connect the center, front left, front right, surround left and surround right loudspeakers to the corresponding speaker terminals on the HS 500. Remember to maintain the proper polarity by always connecting the positive and negative terminals on each speaker to the positive and negative terminals on the receiver. Use the Connection Color Guide

on page 16 as a reference. See Figure 14.

Step Two – Connect the Subwoofer

Connect the Subwoofer Output on the HS 500 to the line-level input on your subwoofer. Use the 1/8-inchmini-plug cable packed with the speaker system to connect the Subwoofer Trigger on the HS 500 to the External Trigger Input on the subwoofer. See Figure 16. The trigger will automatically turn on the subwoofer when the HS 500 is turned on.

Consult the owner’s guide for the subwoofer for additional information.

SUB

Figure 16 – Subwoofer Connection

Step Three – Connect the Antennas

Connect the FM and AM antennas to their terminals. Keep in mind that the AM terminals are polarized. Connect the white lead to the AM terminal and the black lead to the GND terminal.

AM

Figure 16 – Antenna

FM Connections

Step Four (Optional) – Connect Any External Source Components

Although the HS 500 already contains an FM/AM tuner and DVD- Audio/Video player on board, you may have other components you would like to use with your home theater system. The HS 500 can accommodate up to two analog audio, two digital audio and two USB devices. You may connect different devices to the digital and analog audio inputs; they are treated as separate sources. You will notice that the HS 500 has no video inputs. Connect each source’s video output directly to your television, but connect its audio output to the HS 500 to benefit from the multichannel surround sound. If you wish to make a recording from the disc player, you will only be able to make an analog recording of copy-protected materials, and you will need to connect the video inputs of your recorder to either the composite or S-video output of the HS 500.

When deciding which components to connect to each input, bear in mind that the remote may be programmed to control the device. By default, the Auxiliary input is preprogrammed to operate a VCR or DVR (TiVo), and the digital inputs (D-IN) are preprogrammed to operate a cable or satellite set-top box. Thus, you may want to connect your components accordingly. However, you may reassign the product types when you program the remote, and any compatible component with the correct audio outputs may be connected to any of the sources.

Use the worksheets in the Appendix to note which connections you will use for each of your source devices.

For each source, select a source input (TV, AUX, D-IN). In Table 2 we recommend connecting certain types of sources to certain source inputs to make it easier to program and use the remote control.

Decide which audio connections you will use. If your source has them, use either the coaxial digital or the optical digital audio connection.