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Thank you 

for purchasing the Harman Kardon

HKTS 10, with which you are about to
begin many years of listening enjoyment.
The HKTS 10 has been custom-designed to
provide all the excitement and power of the
cinema experience in your own living room.

While sophisticated electronics and state-
of-the-art speaker components are hard at
work within the HKTS 10 to make all of this
happen, hookup and operation are simple.
Color-keyed connections and simple con-
trols make the HKTS 10 easy to use.

To obtain maximum enjoyment from your
new home theater speaker system, we urge
you to take a few minutes to read through
this manual. This will ensure that connec-
tions to your receiver or preamp/processor
and amplifier or other external devices are
made properly. In addition, a few minutes
spent learning the functions of the various
controls will enable you to take advantage
of all the power and refinement the HKTS 10
is able to deliver.

If you have any questions about this prod-
uct, its installation or operation, please 
contact your dealer, the best local source of
information.

Description and Features

The HKTS 10 is a six-piece home theater
speaker system that includes a 12-inch,
150-watt, bass-reflex, powered subwoofer;
four identical, 2-way, bass-reflex satellite
speakers for use in the left and right front
and rear speaker positions; a dedicated,
dual-driver, bass-reflex center speaker;
wall-mount brackets for the four satellites;
and all of the speaker cables you need to
connect your speakers to your receiver or
preamp/processor and amplifier.

The HKTS 10 subwoofer is easy to connect
to your system, since it is equipped with a
special subwoofer input for use with equip-
ment that has a dedicated subwoofer con-
nection that carries a low-frequency output.
It also includes stereo speaker-level inputs
and outputs for connection to older
receivers and processors that do not have 
a line-level subwoofer output. Other 
conveniences include a level control,
high-cut (low-pass) filter switch and phase
switch for fine-tuning bass response to suit
your listening environment and taste, and
an efficient switching system that senses
the presence of an audio signal and 

automatically switches the unit from
Standby mode to Active mode.

Wall-mount brackets are included for the
satellite speakers, as well as an adjustable
support cradle for the center speaker.

Harman Kardon invented the high-fidelity
receiver more than forty-seven years ago.
With state-of-the-art features and time-
honored circuit designs, the HKTS 10 is a
perfect complement to a Harman Kardon
receiver or any home theater system.

Complete Home Cinema Speaker

System

Speakers Are Magnetically Shielded

for Flexible Placement Near Video
Monitors

Both Line- and Speaker-Level

Inputs Offer Compatibility With Most
Audio Components

Subwoofer Input Offers Superior-

Quality Bass Reproduction When Used
With Any Digital Audio System That
Incorporates Bass Management or
Programmable Crossovers

Powered subwoofer

Two 15' speaker cables for connection
to front satellites

One 20' speaker cable for connection
from receiver to center speaker

Two 40' speaker cables for connection
from receiver to rear satellites

One center 
channel speaker 
with adjustable support

INCLUDED

INTRODUCTION

One 15' RCA cable for connection to
subwoofer

Four satellites 
for left, right 
and surrounds 

Wall-mount 
brackets

Summary of Contents for HKTS 10

Page 1: ...250 Crossways Park Drive Woodbury New York 11797 1 800 422 8027 USA only Fax 516 682 3523 2001 Harman Kardon Incorporated Printed 11 01 Part No ai5170...

Page 2: ...HKTS 10 Home Theater Speaker System OWNER S MANUAL Power for the Digital Revolution...

Page 3: ...Dolby Pro Logic Non Digital Speaker Level 13 Operation 13 Volume 13 Additional Bass Adjustments 14 Troubleshooting 15 Specifications Typographical Conventions In order to help you use this manual cert...

Page 4: ...uirements for the grounding electrode See Figure A 16 Lightning For added protection for this prod uct during a lightning storm or when it is left unattended and unused for long periods of time unplug...

Page 5: ...sy to connect to your system since it is equipped with a special subwoofer input for use with equip ment that has a dedicated subwoofer con nection that carries a low frequency output It also includes...

Page 6: ...d only be used with a filtered signal If your receiver does not have digital decoding you should use the Line Level Full Range Inputs instead Line Level Full Range Inputs Con nect the line level subwo...

Page 7: ...UB TS10 will remain on whether or not it is receiving an audio signal Filter Remote Control Input This input accepts a remote control signal from a compatible Harman Kardon A V receiver that enables y...

Page 8: ...e 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 m...

Page 9: ...that are rated to support at least twenty five pounds The customer is responsible for proper selection and use of mounting hardware available through hardware stores to prop erly and safely wall mount...

Page 10: ...R 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...

Page 11: ...aker to the corresponding speaker terminals on your receiver or amplifier Make sure that you have configured your surround sound processor for Subwoofer On The front left front right center and rear s...

Page 12: ...se both the left and right inputs on the subwoofer if your receiver or processor has both left and right line level outputs If your receiver is equipped with line level outputs but does not have a sep...

Page 13: ...ct your receiver or amplifier s front left and right speaker terminals to the left and right Speaker Level Input terminals on the SUB TS10 subwoofer that are marked High Level In Connect the left and...

Page 14: ...adjustments described above the SUB TS10 subwoofer includes a Phase Switch and a Filter Switch that can be used to adjust the bass response to suit your listening environ ment or taste In most situat...

Page 15: ...ssor is set in Dolby Digital or DTS mode make sure the receiver processor is configured so that the center speaker is enabled If the system plays at low volumes but shuts off as volume is increased Ch...

Page 16: ...r 10 110 watts Impedance 8 ohms nominal Sensitivity 86dB 1 watt 1 meter Tweeter One 1 dome video shielded Midrange Dual 4 drivers video shielded Dimensions H x W x D 5 1 16 x 16 1 2 x 5 3 16 128mm x 4...

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