Harman Kardon HKTS 20, Service Manual

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Speaker Placement

Color-Coding System

The HKTS60 uses the channel color-coding system established by the

CEA to make setting up your home theater speaker system as easy as 

possible. The HKTS60 system includes speaker wires with color bands 

on each end.

Speaker Position   

Wire Color Band

Front Left                                                                          
Front Right
Center
Surround Left
Surround Right
Subwoofer

White
Red
Green
Blue
Gray
Purple

Placing the Front Speakers

The front speakers should be placed the 

same distance from each other as they 

are from the 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.

Left Front

Speaker

Right Front

Speaker

Placing the Center Speaker

The center speaker should be placed 

slightly behind (farther away from the 

listener) the front left and right speakers. 

Its center should be no more than 2 feet 

(61cm) above or below the tweeters of 

the front left and right speakers. If you 

have a CRT television, it may be 

convenient to set the center speaker 

on top of the television set.

0 – 2ft

Center

Speaker

Left Front

Speaker

Right Front

Speaker

0 - 2 ft

(0 - 61cm)

Placing the 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 sub-

woofer in that location.

Left Front

Speaker

Right Front

Speaker

Subwoofer

Placing the Surround Speakers

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.

Left Front

Speaker

Right Front

Speaker

Subwoofer

Left Surround 

Sound

Left Surround 

Sound

Right Surround 

Sound

Right Surround 

Sound

5 - 6 ft

(1.5m - 1.8m)

Mounting Options for Satellite 

and Center Speakers

Shelf Placement

You can place the satellite and center 

speakers 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.

Apply Pressure Evenly

to Both Sides of Base

Lift Base Straight

off Speaker

Wall-Mounting: Satellite Speakers

IMPORTANT: Read the 

Speaker Connections 

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.

3. Disassemble the wall-mount bracket by sliding the two  

    sections apart, as shown in the illustration.

Pull Sections

Apart

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 3.4 lb (1.55kg). Be sure to use hardware that 

  can support this weight.

Top Opening

Keyhole Opening

Bottom Opening

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