Harman-Kardon HKSB30BLK, SB 30 owner manual Introduction, Included Items, Description and Features

SB 30

Introduction, Description and Features, and Included Items

Introduction

Thank you for purchasing the Harman Kardon SB 30 multichannel active soundbar speaker system, with which you’re about to begin many years of listening enjoyment. The SB 30 has been custom-designed to create an extraordinarily realistic cinema experience in your own living room.

Included Items

Carefully unpack your soundbar speaker system and confirm that all the items shown here are included.

While extremely sophisticated electronics and state-of-the-art speaker components are hard at work within the SB 30, connecting, setting up and operating the system is simple.

To obtain maximum enjoyment from your new speaker system, we urge you to take a few minutes to read through this manual. It will help ensure that the connections you make are correct. In addition, a few minutes spent learning the functions of the various controls will enable you to take advantage of all the power and refinement the SB 30 is able to deliver.

If you have any questions about this product, its installation or its operation, please contact your retailer or custom installer, or visit our Web site at www.harmankardon.com.

Description and Features

The SB 30 is a complete home theater speaker system that includes:

• A video-shielded soundbar speaker (the SB 30 CNTR) that features 13 speaker

elements, 11 amplifier channels and a triple-core digital signal processor.

• An 8-inch (200mm), 100-watt wireless powered subwoofer (the SB 30 SUB).

• An IR remote control.

• Wall-mount brackets for the soundbar.

• An optical digital audio cable for connecting the system directly to your cable/

SB 30 CNTR

Soundbar

SB 30 SUB

Wireless

Subwoofer

6.5-ft. (2m)

Stereo Audio Cable

5-ft. (1.5m) Optical Digital Audio Cable

AC Power Cord *

(for Soundbar)

* Power cord varies by region.

satellite tuner or disc player.

• A 6-1/2-foot (2m) stereo audio cable for connecting the system directly to your TV’s

audio output.

• A 3-foor (1.8m) AC power cord for the SB 30 CNTR soundbar.

The SB 30 CNTR soundbar contains six 2-inch woofers and seven 1-inch tweeters, powered by four 40-watt amplifiers and seven 10-watt amplifiers. It features a powerful triple-core DSP (digital signal processor) with two HARMAN-exclusive surround modes (Virtual and HARMAN Wave – patent pending) that utilize different combinations of the soundbar’s 13 transducers and 11 amplifier channels to create an astonishingly realistic surround-sound experience in any size room and for listeners at any position in the room, without needing any extra speakers or wires.

You can set the soundbar on a table in front of your TV, or, if you have a wall-mounted flat-panel TV, you can use the supplied brackets to mount the soundbar on the wall along with your flat-panel TV.

The SB 30 SUB subwoofer receives its signal from the SB 30 CNTR soundbar via wireless technology, so you can place it anywhere in your room without having to run any wires between it and the soundbar. Its 8-inch (200mm) woofer and built-in 100-watt amplifier deliver the impact and excitement from your favorite movies and video games. Other conveniences include a volume control, a phase switch for fine-tuning bass performance to suit your listening environment, and an efficient switching system that senses the presence of an audio signal and automatically switches the subwoofer on.

Sidney Harman and Bernard Kardon invented the high-fidelity receiver more than 50 years ago. With state-of-the-art features and time-honored circuit designs, the SB 30 system will turn your flat-panel TV into a fun and exciting home theater.

Rubber Wall-Mount Remote

Feet Brackets Control

IMPORTANT: If anything is missing, or if any part of your SB 30 system fails to operate properly, contact your dealer immediately.

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