Harman-Kardon HKTS 2, Home Theater System, 201 Speaker Connections, Speaker-LevelConnection Guide

SPEAKER CONNECTIONS

Speaker-Level Connection Guide

Separate and strip the ends of the speaker wire as shown. Speakers and electronics terminals have corresponding (+) and (–) terminals. Most manufacturers of speakers and electronics, including Harman Kardon, use red to denote the (+) terminal and black for the (–) terminal.

The (+) lead of the speaker wire is noted with a stripe. It is important to connect both speakers identically: (+) on the speaker to

(+)on the amplifier and (–) on the speaker to (–) on the amplifier. Wiring “out of phase” results in thin sound, weak bass and a poor stereo image.

With the advent of multichannel surround-sound systems, connecting all

of the speakers in your system with the cor- rect polarity remains equally important in order to preserve the proper ambience and directionality of the program material.

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