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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-TS10 subwoofer should not
be connected to an AC power source until
all speaker wire connections have been
made.
Separate and strip the ends of the speaker
wire as shown. 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. Please see the owner’s
guide for your AVR Series receiver for fur-
ther details.
The (+) lead of the speaker wire is noted
with a stripe. It is important to connect
both speakers identically: (+) on the speaker
to (+) on the amplifier and (–) on the
speaker to (–) on the amplifier. 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 pre-
serve 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
visible 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.
Speaker-Level Connection Guide
SPEAKER CONNECTIONS