Harman Kardon HKTS 12 Owners Manual - Page 7

SPEAKER PLACEMENT Color-Coding System The HKTS 12 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 four 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.) 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 Front Speakers White Red Center Channel Speaker Green White Red 0-2 ft. 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. The center speaker uses a supplied adjustable support cradle inserted into holes on its bottom to enable you to adjust the tilt of the speaker to aim it toward the listening area. Subwoofer White Red Purple Surround Speakers White Red Green Blue Gray 5 - 6 ft. 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. The surround speakers should not call attention to themselves. Experiment with their placement until you hear a diffuse, ambient sound accompanying the main-program material heard in the 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. The elegant contoured design of the satellite speaker enclosure allows the speaker to be placed on a lower shelf and tilted upward toward the listener simply by positioning the speaker back onto its tilted surface. 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 maximum 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. SPEAKER PLACEMENT 7