Krell Industries HTS 2 manual Connectingthe HomeTheater Standard to Your System

Connectingthe HomeTheater Standard to Your System

This section provides information about connecting your HomeTheater Standard to analog anddigital sources, video sources, and amplifiers. The HTSis equippedwith balanced andsingle-ended inputs, and a multi-channel (DB-25) connector.

Krell recommendsusing balanced interconnect cables. Balancedinterconnect cables not only can minimizesonic loss but also are immuneto inducednoise, especially for installations using long cables. Balancedconnections have6 dB moregain than single-endedconnections.Whenlevel matchingis critical, keepthis specification in mind. Krell recommendsthat you use balancedinputs for componentsthat will use the preamp mode.

Follow these steps to connect the HomeTheater Standard to your system.

FIRST: CONNECT ANALOG AND DIGITAL SOURCES

1.Makesure all power sources and componentsare off before connecting inputs and outputs.

Neatly arrange and organize wiring to and from the HomeTheater Standard and all components.Separate ACwires from audio cables to prevent humor other unwantednoise from being introduced into the system.

3.For analoginput sources, connectthe right andleft outputs of your source componentsto the inputs on the HomeTheater Standard. The HomeTheater Standardis equippedwith six sets of single-ended analog audio inputs (S-1 through S-5 and tape) via RCAconnectors and one set of balanced analog audio inputs (B-l) via XLRconnectors.

For digital audio sources,connectthe digital audio output of your source componentsto the digital inputs on the HomeTheater Standard. The HomeTheater Standardis equippedwith six coaxial digital inputs via RCAconnectorsand two digital EIAJoptical inputs via TosLinkconnectors.

Note

For sourceunits that are equippedwith both digita/ andana/ogoutputs, the digita/ outputs shou/d be connectedfor/istening in the main zone; the ana/og outputs shou/d be connectedfor/istening in zone2 and for recording from the main or zone2.

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