Harman Kardon HK870 Owners Manual - Page 6

While

you

are

connecting

your

power

ampl

ifier

to

the

rest

of

your

high

fidelity

system,

please

unplug

the

power

cords

of

not

only

the

power

amplifier

but

al

l

the

components

from

the

AC

outlet.

Connecting

Preamplifier

In

order

to

obtain

the

best

sound

quality

from

the

hk870,

it

is

recom-

mended

that

high

qual

ity

connection

wires

be

used.

Their

quality

can

have

a

large

effect

on

the

quality

of

the

total

system.

Connect

the

plugs

from

the

output

terminals

of

the

preamplifier

to

the

left

and

right

channel

INPUT

terminals

correctly.

Push

the

plugs

in

all

the

way.

Poorly

seated

plugs

tends

to

cause

hum,

noise

or

intermittent

operation

which

may

damage

the

speakers.

NOTE:

Do

not

interwind

the

pream-

pl

ifier

connection

wires

with

the

power

cord.

It

may

degrade

the

sound

quality.

Do

not

turn

on

the

hk870

before

turning

on

the

preamplifier,

and

always

turn

off

the

hk870

before

turning

off

the

preamplifier.

The

speakers

or

power

amplifier

may

be

damaged

by

the

turn-off

transients

created

by

some

preamplifiers.

LEF

Preampl

ifier

(01,

TO

hk870

Col

-

O

O

.

I

I

Right

channel

Left

channel

Speaker

system

To

wal

l

outlet

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