Harman Kardon HKTS 60BQ, Owner'S Manual

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Placing the Front Speakers
Place the front speakers the same dis-
tance from each other as they are from the
listener’s position. Place them at about
the same height from the floor as the
listener’s ears will be. They also can be
angled toward the listener.
Front Left
Speaker
Front Right
Speaker
Placing the Center Speaker
Place the center speaker slightly behind the front
left and front right speakers (farther away from
the listener). Its center should be no more than
two feet (61cm) above or below the tweeters of
the front left and front right speakers. If you have
a CRT television (that is, not a flat screen), it may
be convenient to set the center speaker on top of
the television set.
Center
Speaker
TV
Front Left
Speaker
Front Right
Speaker
0 - 2 ft
(0 - 61cm)
Placing the Subwoofer
Since our ears do not hear directional sound
at the low frequencies where the subwoofer
operates, it will perform well from just about
any location in your room. However, you are
likely to hear the best bass reproduction
when the subwoofer is placed in a corner
along the same wall as the front left and
front right speakers. You can experiment
with subwoofer placement by temporarily
placing the subwoofer in the listening
position and playing music with strong bass
content. Move around to various locations
in the room while the system is playing, and
listen until you find the location where
the bass performance is best. Place the
subwoofer in that location.
Front Left
Speaker
Front Right
Speaker
Subwoofer
Placing the Surround Speakers
Front Left
Speaker
Front Right
Speaker
Subwoofer
Surround Right
Speaker
Surround Left
Speaker
Surround Left
Speaker
Surround Right
Speaker
5 - 6 ft
(1.5m - 1.8m)
Mounting Options for Satellite
and Center Speakers
Shelf Placement
You can place the satellite and center
speakers on shelves. The satellite speak-
ers have built-in bases for shelf place-
ment. You can also remove the bases.
To remove a satellite speaker’s base, pull
it straight off the speaker, as shown in
the illustration. Applying even pressure to
both sides of the base will allow it to slide
off smoothly.
Apply Pressure Evenly
to Both Sides of Base
Lift Base Straight
off Speaker
Wall-Mounting: Satellite Speakers
IMPORTANT: Read the Speaker Connections
section, on page 7, before wall-mount-
ing the satellite speakers. You will need
to insert the speaker wires through the
wall-mount brackets and connect the wires
to the speakers during the process of
installing the brackets.
NOTE: If you are using your own speaker
wire, it must be no thicker than the wire
supplied with the speakers. Thicker wire
will prevent the bracket from sliding onto
the speaker.
1. Decide on the location for the speaker.
2. Remove the speaker’s base as explained
in Shelf Placement , above.
3. Disassemble the wall-mount bracket by
sliding the two sections apart, as shown
in the illustration.
Pull Sections
Apart
4. Attach the wall portion of the wall-mount bracket onto the wall us-
ing hardware that is appropriate for the wall’s construction and
materials. We recommend first anchoring the bracket using its keyhole, then
attaching it with another anchor through its top opening, as shown in the
illustration. Note that the satellite speakers weigh 3.4 lb (1.55kg). Be sure to
use hardware that can support this weight.
Top Opening
Keyhole Opening
Bottom Opening
HKTS 60BQ
Speaker Placement
The two surround speakers should be placed slightly behind the listening
position, facing each other, and, ideally, should be 5 – 6 feet (1.5m – 1.8m) from the
floor. An alternate location would be on a wall behind the listening position, facing
forward. The surround speakers should not call attention to themselves while they’re
playing. Experiment with their placement until you hear a diffuse, ambient sound
accompanying the program material heard from the front left, front right and
center speakers.