Harman-Kardon Speaker Placement, Color-Coding System, When the HKS 9 speakers are used

SPEAKER PLACEMENT

Color-Coding System

The HKS 9 and the HKTS 18 use the channel color-coding system established by the Consumer Electronics Association to make setting up your home theater speaker system as easy as possible. Your system includes a set of colored stickers that may be placed near the speaker terminals of each of the satellite speakers. In addition, the included speaker wires have colored bands at each end to assist you in connecting them correctly. Use the brown sticker and cable for the Surround Back Left speaker, and the tan sticker and cable for the Surround Back Right speaker. Although the wires included with your HKS 9 speakers are color-coded for the Surround Back Left and Right channels, they are interchangeable with the wires supplied with the HKTS 18 system. It doesn’t matter which satellite speaker is used for any of the front or rear positions. (The center speaker and powered subwoofer of the HKTS 18 are already color-coded.)

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 9 speakers are used

to upgrade an HKTS 18 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 9 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 18 owner’s guide.

The subwoofer’s location is less critical, since low-frequency sounds are omnidirectional. Placing the subwoofer close to a wall or in a corner will reinforce the low frequencies, and may create a “boomy” sound. You may wish to experiment over time by placing

the subwoofer where the listener normally sits and then walking around the room until the low frequencies sound best. Place the subwoofer in that spot.

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