Harman-Kardon HKTS30, HKTS20 manual Speaker Placement

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Speaker Placement

NOTE: The following speaker placement, mounting and connection instructions are identical for the HKTS20 and HKTS30 systems.

Color-Coding System

The HKTS20 and HKTS30 use the channel color-coding system established by the CEA to make setting up your home theater speaker system as easy as possible. The HKTS20/ HKTS30 systems include speaker wires with color bands on each end.

Speaker Position

Wire Color Band

Front Left

White

Front Right

Red

Center

Green

Surround Left

Blue

Surround Right

Gray

Subwoofer

Purple

Placing the Front Speakers

 

 

 

The front speakers should be placed the same

Left Front

 

Right Front

distance from each other as they are from the

Speaker

 

Speaker

listening position. They should be placed at about

 

 

 

 

 

 

the same height from the floor as the listener’s

 

 

 

ears will be. They also can be angled toward the

 

 

 

listener.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Placing the Center Speaker

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The center speaker should be placed slightly

 

 

 

Center

 

 

 

behind (farther away from the listener) the front

 

 

 

Speaker

 

 

 

left and right speakers. Its center should be no

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

0 - 2 ft

more than 2 feet (61cm) above or below the

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(0 - 61cm)

tweeters of the front left and right speakers. If you

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

have a CRT television, it may be convenient to set

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Left Front

Right Front

the center speaker on top of the television set.

Speaker

Speaker

 

The two surround speakers should be placed slightly behind the listening position, facing each other and, ideally, should be 5–6 feet (1.5m–1.8m) from the floor. An alternate location would be on a wall behind the listening position, facing forward. The surround speakers should not call attention to themselves while they’re playing.

Experiment with their placement until you hear a diffuse, ambient sound accompanying the program material heard from the front left and right and center speakers.

Mounting Options for Satellite and Center Speakers

Shelf Placement

Apply Pressure Evenly

Lift Base Straight

You can place the satellite and center speakers

to Both Sides of Base

off Speaker

 

 

on shelves. The satellite speakers have built-in

 

 

bases for shelf placement. You can also remove

 

 

the bases if desired.

 

 

To remove a satellite speaker’s base, pull it straight off the speaker, as shown in the illustration. Applying even pressure to both sides of the base will allow it to slide off smoothly.

Wall-Mounting: Satellite Speakers

Pull Sections

 

IMPORTANT: Read the Speaker Connections

Apart

 

section, on page 7, before wall-mounting the

 

satellite speakers. You will need to insert the

 

speaker wires through the wall mounts and

 

connect the wires to the speakers during the

 

process of installing the wall-mounts.

 

NOTE: If you are using your own speaker wire, it must

be no thicker than the wire supplied with the speakers. Thicker wire will prevent the wall-mount bracket from sliding onto the speaker.

1.

Decide on the location for the speaker

 

(see Speaker Placement, opposite).

2.

Remove the speaker’s base as explained in Shelf Placement, above.

ENGLISH

Placing the Subwoofer

Left Front

 

Right Front

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Speaker

 

Speaker

 

 

 

 

Subwoofer

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Since our ears do not hear directional sound at the low frequencies where the subwoofer operates, it will have good performance from just about any location in your room. However, the best bass reproduction is likely to be heard when the subwoofer is placed in a corner along the same wall as the front left and right speakers. You can experiment with subwoofer placment by temporarily placing it in the listening position and playing music with strong bass content. Move around to various locations in the room while the system is playing and listen until you find the location where the bass performance is best. Place the subwoofer in that location.

3.

Disassemble the wall-mount bracket by sliding the two sections apart, as shown in the

 

illustration.

4.

Attach the wall portion of the wall-mount onto the wall using hardware that is

 

appropriate for the wall’s construction and materials. We recommend first anchoring

 

the mount using its keyhole, then attaching it with another anchor through its top

 

opening, as shown in the illustration. Note that the satellite speakers weigh 3.3 lb

 

(1.5kg). Be sure to use hardware that can support this weight.

Top Opening

Keyhole Opening

Bottom Opening

Placing the Surround Speakers

 

 

 

 

Left Front

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Center

Right Front

 

 

 

 

 

 

Speaker

 

Speaker

Speaker

 

Left Surround

Right Surround

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Sound

Sound

 

 

 

 

 

Subwoofer

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

5 - 6 ft

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(1.5m - 1.8m)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Left Surround

 

 

 

Right Surround

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Sound

 

 

 

Sound

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Contents Hkts 20/HKTS Please read the following precautions before use Important Safety InstructionsHarman Kardon Hkts 20 / Hkts Typographical ConventionsIncluded LFE cable has purple connectorsSpeakers One wall-mount bracket forHKTS200SUB Rear-Panel Connections Speaker Placement Insert Wire into Bottom Opening Speaker Connections Wall-Mounting Center SpeakerLeft Left Front CenterSubwoofer Into an active AC outlet EnglishTrigger Cable Black Ends Connecting to a Trigger Voltage SourceReceiver Operation TroubleshootingSpecifications