Harman Kardon HKTS 200BQ Owners Manual - Page 5

HKTS 60BQ Speaker Placement Placing the Front Speakers 0 - 2ft Place the front speakers the same dis- Front Left Speaker Front Right tance from each other as they are from the Speaker listener's position. Place them at about the same height from the floor as the listener's ears will be. They also can be angled toward the listener. Placing the Center Speaker Front Left Speaker Center Speaker TV 0 - 2 ft (0 - 61cm) Front Right Speaker Place the center speaker slightly behind the front left and front right speakers (farther away from the listener). Its center should be no more than two feet (61cm) above or below the tweeters of the front left and front right speakers. If you have a CRT television (that is, not a flat screen), it may be convenient to set the center speaker on top of the television set. Placing the Subwoofer Front Left Speaker Front Right Speaker Subwoofer Since our ears do not hear directional sound at the low frequencies where the subwoofer operates, it will perform well from just about any location in your room. However, you are likely to hear the best bass reproduction when the subwoofer is placed in a corner along the same wall as the front left and front right speakers. You can experiment with subwoofer placement by temporarily placing the subwoofer 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. Mounting Options for Satellite and Center Speakers Shelf Placement Apply Pressure Evenly to Both Sides of Base 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. Lift Base Straight off Speaker 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-mount brackets and connect the wires to the speakers during the process of installing the brackets. 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 bracket from sliding onto the speaker. 1. Decide on the location for the speaker. 2. Remove the speaker's base as explained in Shelf Placement, above. 3. D isassemble the wall-mount bracket by sliding the two sections apart, as shown in the illustration. Pull Sections Apart Placing the Surround Speakers Surround Right Speaker Surround Left Speaker 5 - 6 ft (1.5m - 1.8m) Front Left Speaker Surround Left Speaker Front Right Speaker Subwoofer Surround Right Speaker 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 at tention 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, front right and center speakers. 4. Attach the wall portion of the wall-mount bracket onto the wall using hardware that is appropriate for the wall's construction and materials. We recommend first anchoring the bracket using its keyhole, then attaching it with another anchor through its top opening, as shown in the illustration. Note that the satellite speakers weigh 3.4 lb (1.55kg). Be sure to use hardware that can support this weight. Top Opening Keyhole Opening Bottom Opening 5