INTRODUCTION
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Introduction
Introduction
Thank you for purchasing the Harman Kardon
HKTS 8, with which you’re about to begin many
years of listening enjoyment. The HKTS 8 has
been custom-designed to provide all the excite-
ment and power of the cinema experience in
your own living room.
While sophisticated electronics and state-of-the-
art speaker components are hard at work within
the HKTS 8, hookup and operation are simple.
Color-keyed cables and connections, and simple
controls make the HKTS 8 easy to use.
To obtain maximum enjoyment from your new
home theater speaker system, we urge you to
take a few minutes to read through this manual.
This will ensure that connections to your receiver
or preamp/processor and amplifier or other
external devices are made properly. In addition,
a few minutes spent learning the functions of
the various controls will enable you to take
advantage of all the power and refinement the
HKTS 8 is able to deliver.
If you have any questions about this product, its
installation or operation, please contact your
dealer, the best local source of information.
Description and Features
The HKTS 8 is a seven-piece home theater
speaker system that includes a 10-inch,
100-watt, bass-reflex powered subwoofer; five
identical, 2-way satellite speakers for use in the
left and right front and rear speaker positions; a
voice-matched, dedicated, dual-driver center
speaker; shelf stands and wall-mount brackets
for the five satellites; and all of the speaker
cables you need to connect your speakers to
your receiver or preamp/processor and amplifier.
The speaker cables and speakers all use a color-
coding system to conform to the CEA standard.
The color-coding system minimizes confusion,
especially when the HKTS 8 system is used with
a Harman Kardon receiver.
The HKTS subwoofer is easy to connect to your
system, since it’s equipped with a special sub-
woofer input for use with equipment that has a
dedicated subwoofer connection that carries a
low-frequency output. It also includes stereo
speaker-level inputs and outputs for connection
to older receivers and processors that do not
have a line-level subwoofer output. Other
conveniences include a level control, high-cut
(low-pass) filter switch and phase switch for
fine-tuning bass response to suit your listening
environment and taste, and an efficient switch-
ing system that senses the presence of an audio
signal and automatically switches the unit from
Standby mode to Active mode.
Shelf stands and wall-mount brackets are includ-
ed for the satellite speakers, and optional HTFS 2
floor stands are available separately from your
Harman Kardon dealer.
Harman Kardon invented the high-fidelity receiv-
er fifty years ago. With state-of-the-art features
and time-honored circuit designs, the HKTS 8 is
a perfect complement to a Harman Kardon
receiver or any home theater system.
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Complete home theater speaker system
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Speakers are magnetically shielded for
placement near video monitors
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Fully color-coded cables and
connections simplify setup
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Both line- and speaker-level inputs for
use with most audio components
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Subwoofer input offers superior-quality
bass reproduction when used with any
digital audio system that incorporates
bass management or programmable
crossovers
Included
One center channel speaker
One powered subwoofer
Five satellites for left,
right and surrounds,
with color-key stickers
(shown with included
shelf stands attached)
Five wall-mount brackets
One RCA cable for connection to subwoofer
(purple)
Three 6-meter speaker cables for connection to
front satellites (red and white) and to center
speaker (green)
Three 12-meter speaker cables for connection
from receiver to rear satellites (gray, blue and
brown)
