Insignia NS-H3005 Home Theater System

Connecting devices to your home theater

Note

 

 

 

system

 

 

 

• To prevent noise pickup, keep the AM loop antenna away

 

To connect devices to your home theater

 

from the home theater system and other devices.

• Be sure to fully extend the FM wire antenna.

 

system:

• After connecting the FM wire antenna, keep it as close to

• Connect the LINE 1 or LINE 2 jacks on the

 

horizontal as possible.

 

home theater system to the AUDIO/VIDEO

Connecting speakers to your home theater

OUT jacks on your accessory component

system

 

 

using the optional audio/video cables.

 

 

 

 

Connect the speakers using the supplied

Accessory component such as a VCR,

 

speaker cables.

 

 

camcorder, video camera, satellite

 

To obtain the best possible surround sound,

receiver, or laser disc player

 

 

 

adjust the speaker distance and level settings.

Accessory device jack panel

 

For more information, see “Speaker Setup” on

 

page 17.

 

 

 

 

 

 

AUDIO

Front speaker

 

Front speaker

OUTPUT

Center speaker

 

(right)

 

(left)

 

 

 

R

 

 

 

 

L

 

 

 

 

VIDEO

 

 

 

 

OUTPUT

 

 

 

 

OR

Subwoofer

Rear speaker

 

 

(left)

 

Rear speaker (right)

 

Back of home theater system

Front of home theater system

 

Connecting the radio antennas to your home theater system

Connect the supplied AM and FM antennas so you can listen to the radio.

To connect the radio antennas:

1Connect the AM loop antenna to the AM antenna connector.

2Connect the FM wire antenna to the FM antenna connector.

AM loop antenna

FM wire antenna

Note

•Make sure that you match the speaker cable to the appropriate terminal on the connectors: + to + and – to –. If the cables are reversed, the sound is distorted and lacks bass.

•When making the sound louder, adjust the sound level carefully to avoid excessive volume output to the speakers.

•Only 2-channel stereo (Front Left, Front Right, and Subwoofer) is available in VCR mode. Sound might not be heard from center or rear speakers during VCR playback. (For further details about sound mode, see “Sound mode” on page 6.)

•Do not remove the front covers of the speakers.

Attaching the ferrite core

Be sure to attach the ferrite core to the speaker cables. The ferrite core reduces unwanted noises.

To attach the ferrite core:

1Open the ferrite core by pressing the stopper.

Stopper

2 Wind the cable once around the ferrite core.

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