Harman-Kardon HKTS30, HKTS20 manual Speaker Placement

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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