Harman-Kardon 60BQ Speaker Placement, Placing the Front Speakers, Placing the Center Speaker

HKTS 60BQ

Speaker Placement

Placing the Front Speakers

		Place the front speakers the same dis-
Front Left	Front Right	tance from each other as they are from the
Speaker	Speaker	listener’s position. Place them 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

					Place the center speaker slightly behind the front
	Center				left and front right speakers (farther away from
	Speaker				the listener). Its center should be no more than
					two feet (61cm) above or below the tweeters of
				0 - 2 ft
	TV			(0 - 61cm)	the front left and front right speakers. If you have
					a CRT television (that is, not a flat screen), it may
Front Left		Front Right			be convenient to set the center speaker on top of
Speaker			Speaker		the television set.

Mounting Options for Satellite and Center Speakers

Shelf Placement	Apply Pressure Evenly	Lift Base Straight
	to Both Sides of Base	off Speaker

You can place the satellite and center speakers on shelves. The satellite speak- ers have built-in bases for shelf place- ment. You can also remove the bases.

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

Placing the Subwoofer

Front Left	Front Right
Speaker		Speaker
			Subwoofer

Since our ears do not hear directional sound at the low frequencies where the subwoofer operates, it will perform well from just about any location in your room. However, you are likely to hear the best bass reproduction when the subwoofer is placed in a corner along the same wall as the front left and front right speakers. You can experiment with subwoofer placement by temporarily placing the subwoofer 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.

IMPORTANT: Read the Speaker Connections section, on page 7, before wall-mount- ing the satellite speakers. You will need to insert the speaker wires through the wall-mount brackets and connect the wires to the speakers during the process of installing the brackets.

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 bracket from sliding onto the speaker.

1.Decide on the location for the speaker.

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

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

Pull Sections

Apart

Placing the Surround Speakers

Surround Right	Surround Left
Speaker	Speaker
	5 - 6 ft
	(1.5m - 1.8m)

Front Left	Front Right
Speaker		Speaker
		Subwoofer

Surround Left	Surround Right
Speaker	Speaker

4.Attach the wall portion of the wall-mount bracket onto the wall us- ing hardware that is appropriate for the wall’s construction and materials. We recommend first anchoring the bracket using its keyhole, then attaching it with another anchor through its top opening, as shown in the illustration. Note that the satellite speakers weigh 3.4 lb (1.55kg). Be sure to use hardware that can support this weight.

Top Opening

Keyhole Opening

Bottom Opening

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, front right and center speakers.

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