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INTRODUCTION
INTRODUCTION
Introduction
Thank you
for purchasing the Harman Kardon
HKTS 12, with which you’re about to begin
many years of listening enjoyment. The
HKTS 12 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 12, hookup and
operation are simple. Color-keyed cables
and connections and simple controls make
the HKTS 12 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 12
is able to deliver.
If you have any questions about this prod-
uct, its installation or operation, please con-
tact your dealer, the best local source of
information.
Description and Features
The HKTS 12 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 speaker cables
and speakers are all color-coded to con-
form to the new CEA standard. The color-
coding system minimizes confusion, espe-
cially when the HKTS 12 system is used
with a Harman Kardon receiver.
The HKTS 12 subwoofer is easy to connect
to your system, since it’s 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 conve-
niences 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 almost fifty years ago. With state-
of-the-art features and time-honored circuit
designs, the HKTS 12 is a perfect comple-
ment to a Harman Kardon receiver or any
home theater system.
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Complete home theater speaker
system
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Speakers are magnetically shielded
for flexible placement near video
monitors
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Fully color-coded cables and con-
nections simplify setup
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Both line- and speaker-level inputs
offer compatibility with most audio
components
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Subwoofer input offers superior-
quality bass reproduction when used
with any digital audio system that
incorporates bass management or
programmable crossovers
One 15' RCA cable for connection to sub-
woofer (purple)
Three 20' speaker cables for connection to front
satellites (red and white) and to center
speaker (green)
Included
Powered
subwoofer
Four satellites
for left, right
and surrounds, with
color-key stickers
One center
channel speaker
with adjustable support
Wall-mount brackets
Two 40' speaker cables for connection from
receiver to rear satellites (gray and blue)