4Thank you for purchasing the Harman KardonHKTS 5, with which you are about to beginmany years of listening enjoyment. TheHKTS 5 has been custom-designed to pro-vide all the excitement and power of thecinema experience in your own living room.While sophisticated electronics and state-of-the-art speaker components are hard atwork within the HKTS 5 to make all of thishappen, hookup and operation are simple.Color-keyed connections and simple con-trols make the HKTS 5 easy to use.To obtain maximum enjoyment from yournew home theater speaker system, we urgeyou to take a few minutes to read throughthis manual. This will ensure that connec-tions to your receiver or preamp/processorand amplifier or other external devices aremade properly. In addition, a few minutesspent learning the functions of the variouscontrols will enable you to take advantageof all the power and refinement the HKTS 5is able to deliver.If you have any questions about this prod-uct, its installation or operation, pleasecontact your dealer, the best local source ofinformation.Description and FeaturesThe HKTS 5 is a six-piece home theaterspeaker system that includes a 10-inch,100-watt, bass-reflex, powered subwoofer;four identical, 2-way, sealed-enclosure,satellite speakers for use in the left andright front and rear speaker positions; adedicated, tandem-midrange, center speaker;wall-mount brackets for the four satellites;and all of the speaker cables you need toconnect your speakers to your receiver orpreamp/processor and amplifier.The HKTS 5 subwoofer is easy to connect toyour system, since it is equipped with aspecial subwoofer input for use with equip-ment that has a dedicated subwoofer con-nection that carries a low-frequency output.Other conveniences include a level controland an efficient switching system that sensesthe presence of an audio signal and auto-matically switches the unit from Standbymode to Active mode.Wall-mount brackets are included for thesatellite speakers and Harman Kardon alsooffers optional stands (model FSTS1) whichmay be ordered through your dealer.Harman Kardon invented the high-fidelityreceiver more than forty-seven years ago.With state-of-the-art features and time-honored circuit designs, the HKTS 5 is aperfect complement to a Harman Kardonreceiver or any home theater system. Complete Home Cinema SpeakerSystem Speakers Are Magnetically ShieldedFor Flexible Placement Near VideoMonitors Single Subwoofer Input EnablesEasy Setup Subwoofer Input Offers Superior-Quality Bass Reproduction When UsedWith Any Digital Audio System ThatIncorporates Bass Management orProgrammable CrossoversWall-mountbracketsPowered subwooferTwo 15' speaker cables for connectionto front satellitesOne 20' speaker cable for connectionfrom receiver to center speakerTwo 40' speaker cables for connectionfrom receiver to rear satellitesOne centerchannel speakerwith adjustable support legINCLUDEDINTRODUCTIONOne 15' RCA cable for connection tosubwooferFour satellitesfor left, rightand surrounds