SPEAKER PLACEMENT
Color-Coding System
The HKS 6 and the HKTS 15 use the channel
Video Screen
Center Speaker
Front Left | Front Right |
Speaker | Speaker |
30° | 30° |
90° | 90° |
| |
150° | 150° |
Side Surround | Side Surround |
Left Speaker | Right Speaker |
Back Surround | Back Surround |
Left Speaker | Right Speaker |
Before you begin to connect cables, it is important to set up your speakers in their correct locations in the room.
Optimally, the speakers should be placed in a circle with the listening position at its center. The distance from the listening position to the video display forms the radius of the circle.
The speakers should be angled so that they directly face the listening position.
The front left and right speakers are placed along the circle, about 30 degrees from the center speaker or video display and angled toward the listener.
When used as a stereo pair, the speakers should be placed the same distance from each other as they are from the listener.
It is best to place the front left/right and center speakers as close to the same height as possible, preferably about the same height as the listener’s ears. In any event, the center speaker should be no more than two feet above or below the left/right speakers.
When the HKS 6 speakers are used
to upgrade an HKTS 15 system to a 7.1- channel system, the side surround speakers should be placed even with and facing the listening position, 90 degrees from the center speaker. The HKS 6 speakers are then placed in the left and right surround back speaker positions, 150 degrees from the center speaker.
When setting up your system, refer to the diagram above instead of the diagram in the HKTS 15 owner’s guide.
The subwoofer’s location is less critical, since
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