Harman Kardon HKTS 12 Owners Manual - Page 9

SPEAKER CONNECTIONS

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Speaker-Level Connection Guide

IMPORTANT NOTE:

Before making speaker

connections, be certain that your receiver or

audio power amplifier is turned off and

preferably unplugged from its AC power

source. The SUB-TS12 subwoofer should

not be connected

to an AC power source

until all speaker wire connections have been

made.

Speakers and electronics terminals have

corresponding (+) and (–) terminals. Most

manufacturers of speakers and electronics,

including Harman Kardon, use red to denote

the (+) terminal and black for the (–)

terminal.

Newer Harman Kardon receivers conform to

the new CEA standard and therefore use a

color other than red or black for the (+) ter-

minal to indicate some speaker positions:

e.g., surround left. Although the HKTS 12

system has red and black collars on the

individual speaker terminals to denote the

positive and negative connections, your

system includes a colored band on the

positive lead at both ends of every speaker

cable and a matching colored sticker for

each of the four satellite speakers, conforming

to the key on page 7. The center speaker has

a green (+) terminal, and the subwoofer has a

purple SUB input jack. This system is intended

to help you ensure that the speaker in each

location is connected to the correct termi-

nals on your receiver or amplifier.

The (+) lead of the speaker wire is indicated

with a stripe and has the colored band cor-

responding to the speaker’s position. It is

important to connect

all speakers identically:

(+) on the speaker

to (+) on the amplifier

and (–) on the speaker to (–) on the ampli-

fier. Wiring “out of phase” results in thin

sound, weak bass and a poor stereo image.

With the advent of multichannel surround

sound systems, connecting all of the speakers

in your system with the correct polarity

remains equally important in order to preserve

the proper ambience and directionality

of the

program material.

To connect the supplied speaker wires to

the satellite and center speaker terminals,

unscrew the binding-post collar until the

pass-through hole in the center post is visi-

ble under the collar. Insert the bare end of

the wire through this hole; then screw the

collar down until the connection is tight. The

hole in the center of each collar is intended

for use with banana-type connectors.

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