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ENGLISH

Wall-Mounting: Center Speaker

Decide on the location for the speaker (see

Speaker Placement

, on page 5).

Attach the center speaker wall-mount bracket to the wall using hardware that is

appropriate for the wall’s construction and materials. Attach the anchors through the
holes shown in the illustration.

Use These Holes

to Attach Bracket

to Wall

NOTE:

The center speaker weighs 3.2 lb (1.45kg). Be sure to use hardware that can

support this weight.

CAUTION:

Before making speaker connections, be sure that your receiver or amplifier is

turned OFF and preferably, its AC cord is unplugged from the AC power source.

Connect the speaker wire to the speaker terminals. Press down on the top of the terminal

to open the connection hole, insert the wire’s bare end all the way into the hole and
release the terminal to secure the wire. Insert the conductor with the colored band
into the speaker’s

red

( + ) terminal, and insert the other conductor into the speaker’s

black

( – ) terminal, as shown in the illustration.

–

A. Push Down on Cap to

Open Hole

B. Insert Bare Wire into

Open Hole

C. Release Cap to Secure Wire

IMPORTANT:

Make sure the ( + ) and ( – ) bare wires do not touch each other or the

other terminal. Touching wires can cause a short circuit that can damage your receiv
er or amplifier.
Using two of the supplied screws, attach the center speaker to the wall-mount

bracket, as shown in the illustration.

Supplied Screws

Wall-Mount

Bracket

Speaker Connections

CAUTION:

Before making speaker connections, be sure that your receiver or amplifier is

turned OFF and preferably, its AC cord is unplugged from the AC power outlet.

Speakers and receivers/amplifiers have corresponding ( + ) and ( – ) connection
terminals. Most electronics manufacturers, including Harman Kardon, use

red

to denote

the ( + ) terminal and

black

for the ( – ) terminal. Newer Harman Kardon receivers

conform to the CEA standard and therefore use a color other than red to denote the ( + )
terminal for some speaker positions. See the table in

Color-Coding System

, on page 5.

Each speaker wire included with your system has colored bands at both ends of the ( + )
conductor, and the subwoofer cable has purple connectors that correspond to the color of
the HKTS200SUB’s LFE jack. This system helps ensure that the speaker in each location is
connected to the correct receiver or amplifier terminals. In addition to the colored bands
at each end, each speaker wire’s ( + ) terminal has ribs molded into its insulation to help
identify it.
It is very important to connect each speaker identically: ( + ) on the speaker to ( + ) on
the receiver or amplifier, and ( – ) on the speaker to ( – ) on the receiver or amplifier.
Miswiring one or more speakers results in thin sound, weak bass and a poor stereo
image. With the advent of multichannel surround-sound systems, connecting all of the
speakers in your system correctly is very important to achieving the proper ambience and
directionality of the program material.
To connect the speaker wire to the terminals on the satellite and center speakers, press
down on the top of the terminal to open the connection hole, insert the wire’s bare end
all the way into the hole and release the terminal to secure the wire. Insert the conductor
with the colored band into the speaker’s

red

( + ) terminal, and insert the other conductor

into the speaker’s

black

( – ) terminal, as shown in the illustration.

–

A. Push Down on Cap to

Open Hole

B. Insert Bare Wire into

Open Hole

C. Release Cap to Secure Wire

IMPORTANT: