Harman Kardon HKTS 20 Service Manual Download

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Speaker Placement

NOTE:

The following speaker placement, mounting and connection instructions are

identical for the HKTS20 and HKTS30 systems.

Color-Coding System

The HKTS20 and HKTS30 use the channel color-coding system established by the CEA
to make setting up your home theater speaker system as easy as possible. The HKTS20/
HKTS30 systems include speaker wires with color bands on each end.

Speaker Position

Wire Color Band

Front Left

White

Front Right

Red

Center

Green

Surround Left

Blue

Surround Right

Gray

Subwoofer

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 subwoofer in that location.

Left Front

Speaker

Right Front

Speaker

Subwoofer

Placing the Surround Speakers

Left Surround

Sound

Right Surround

Sound

5 - 6 ft

(1.5m - 1.8m)

Left Front

Speaker

Right Front

Speaker

Subwoofer

Left Surround

Sound

Right Surround

Sound

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.

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.

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.

Decide on the location for the speaker

(

see Speaker Placemen

t, opposite).

Remove the speaker’s base as explained in

Shelf Placement,

above.

Disassemble the wall-mount bracket by sliding the two sections apart, as shown in the

illustration.
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 3.3 lb
(1.5kg). Be sure to use hardware that can support this weight.

Top Opening

Keyhole Opening

Bottom Opening

Apply Pressure Evenly

to Both Sides of Base

Lift Base Straight

off Speaker

Pull Sections

Apart

Center

Speaker

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