6
SPEAKER PLACEMENT
Speaker Placement
Color-Coding System
The HKTS 8 uses the channel color-coding
system established by the Consumer Electronics
Association to make setting up your home
theater speaker system as easy as possible. Your
system includes a set of colored stickers that
may be placed near the speaker terminals of
each of the five satellite speakers according to
the key below. It doesn’t matter which satellite
speaker is used for any of the front or rear
positions. (The center speaker and powered
subwoofer are already color-coded for you.)
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
listeners’ ears will be, or they may be angled
toward the listeners.
Center Channel Speaker
The center channel speaker should be placed
slightly behind the front left and right speakers,
and no more than two feet above or below the
tweeters of the left and right speakers. It is often
convenient to set the center speaker on top of
the television set, as shown in the drawing.
Subwoofer
The low-frequency material reproduced by the
subwoofer is mostly omnidirectional, and this
speaker may be placed in a convenient location
in the room. However, the best reproduction of
bass will be heard when the subwoofer is placed
in a corner along the same wall as the front
speakers. Experiment with subwoofer placement
by temporarily placing the subwoofer in the
listening position and moving around the room
until the bass reproduction is best. Place the
subwoofer in that location.
Surround Speakers
The two surround speakers should be placed
slightly behind the listening position and, ideally,
should face each other and be at a level higher
than the listeners’ ears. If that is not possible,
they may be placed on a wall behind the
listening position, facing forward. Place the sur-
round back speaker, centered, on the rear wall.
The surround speakers should not call attention
to themselves. Experiment with their placement
until you hear a diffuse, ambient sound accom-
panying the main-program material heard in the
front speakers.
Satellites and Surrounds
The satellite speakers may be placed on a shelf.
They may be wall-mounted using the supplied
brackets.
1,5-1,85 m
White
Red
Blue
Gray
Green
White
Red Purple
0-0,55 m
White
Red
Speaker
Sticker (or Terminal)
Position
and Cable Color
Front Left
White
Front Right
Red
Center
Green
Surround Left
Blue
Surround Right
Gray
Subwoofer (LFE)
Purple
Surround Back
Brown
