Harman Kardon HKS 4 Owner's Manual

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6 SPEAKER CONNECTIONSSpeaker ConnectionsSpeaker-Level Connection GuideIMPORTANT NOTE: Before making speakerconnections, be certain that your receiver oraudio power amplifier is turned off and prefer-ably unplugged from its AC power source.Speakers and electronics terminals havecorresponding (+) and (–) terminals. Most man-ufacturers of speakers and electronics, includingHarman Kardon, use red to denote the (+)terminal and black for the (–) terminal.Newer Harman Kardon receivers conform to theCEA standard and therefore use a color otherthan red or black for the (+) terminal to indicatesome speaker positions: e.g., blue for surroundleft positive (+). However, the black terminal willalways be the negative (–) connection. Pleasesee the owner’s guide for your AVR Series receiv-er for further details.Although the HKS 4 speakers may be placed inthe front, side surround or surround back posi-tions, the speaker wires provided with the sys-tem have been color-coded brown for the sur-round back left speaker and tan for the surroundback right speaker. When used with the HKTS 11system, it is recommended that you maintain thecolor-coding system for all cables to simplifysetup, and to ensure that each wire in a channelpair (e.g., front left and right) is the same lengthas its partner.The (+) lead of the speaker wire is indicatedwith a stripe and has the colored bandcorresponding to the speaker’s position. It isimportant to connect all speakers identically: (+)on the speaker to (+) on the amplifier and (–) onthe speaker to (–) on the amplifier. Wiring “outof phase” results in thin sound, weak bass and apoor stereo image.With the advent of multichannel surround-soundsystems, connecting all of the speakers in yoursystem with the correct polarity remains equallyimportant in order to preserve the properambience and directionality of the programmaterial.To connect the supplied speaker wires to thesatellite speaker terminals located on the bottomof each speaker, press the red or black tab, insertthe bare end of the wire into the hole, andrelease the tab. Gently tug on the wire to makesure that it is fully inserted.Front-, Surround- or Surround Back-ChannelReceiver/Amplifier OutputLeft Right+–+–– + – +Left Speaker Right SpeakerConfiguring Your Receiver orProcessorMany receivers and processors feature program-mable bass-management capability, whichallows the component to output the lowest fre-quencies (the bass information) exclusively to aseparate subwoofer speaker, or to a main speak-er that is capable of handling low frequencies, orsometimes to both. During the setup process youwill be asked to specify whether the speaker fora given channel is “Large” or “Small.” The terms“Large” and “Small” do not refer to physicalsize, but to the size of the frequency range thespeaker is capable of handling. When configur-ing your receiver or processor for the channelswhere HKS 4 speakers are being used, select“Small.”

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