Congratulations!
The HTB-404DV Home Theater System will make watching
movies at home more fun than ever. To connect your speakers
to the receiver follow the instructions on this sheet. To learn
how to operate your receiver please read and follow the
instruction manual included in the receiver’s box. If you’re also
connecting other equipment, such as a TV, VCR,, CD player or
other source component, use the receiver’s manual in combi-
nation with the manuals that came with those components.
Placing Your Speakers
Place the speakers as shown in the diagram below. While
you’re setting the speakers up, keep these points in mind:
• If the subwoofer causes discoloration of the TV picture,
move it away from the TV until the discoloration disappears.
• Since the left, center and right speakers are magnetically
shielded, you can place them right on top of and next to
the TV without worrying about picture discoloration.
• You can hang the surround speakers on the wall using
heavy-duty picture-hangers.
• Placing the subwoofer next to a wall yields more deep bass
output than placing it away from a wall. Placing the sub-
woofer in a corner yields the deepest bass output overall.
Connecting Your Speakers
Important: Do not plug the receiver’s power cord into an
AC outlet until you have properly connected all of the
speakers.
Connect the speakers as shown in the main diagram.
To make connecting the speakers easier, we have color-coded
the speaker wire and the terminals on the speakers, labeled
the terminals on the receiver, and pre-stripped the insulation
from the ends of the wire.
In each case, connect the colored speaker wire to the same
color terminal on the speaker and the red terminal on the
receiver, and connect the black speaker wire to the black ter-
minal on the speaker and receiver. (Since the terminal on the
subwoofer is not color-coded, connect the brown speaker wire
to the red terminal on both the subwoofer and the receiver.)
Quick Connect Guide Step 1: Speakers
HTB-404DV
Balancing the Speakers
You can use your ears to balance the volume levels of all the
system’s speakers for your room and listening position. When
all of the speakers are set at the same volume level, your sys-
tem will create a more realistic, spacious surround sound
environment.
1. Sit in the seat where you will be watching movies.
Eliminate as many external noises as possible.
2. Turn the receiver’s volume control up to between -20dB
and -25dB. For greatest accuracy, the level balancing
should be done at a moderately loud listening level.
3. Press the
SETUP
button on the remote five times. The receiv-
er’s display will read
Lch 0dB
, the left speaker icon will
flash and you will hear test noise circulate from speaker to
speaker. (The display will change and the speaker icons will
flash to indicate which speaker is playing the test noise.)
4. Using the left front speaker as a reference, carefully listen
to the volume level of the noise through each speaker. If
the noise is much louder or softer through one speaker
than it is through the left front speaker, wait until the dis-
play shows that speaker and press one of the
MULTI CONTROL
buttons on the remote. The test noise will stay in that
speaker. Using the
MULTI CONTROL
buttons, adjust the speak-
er’s volume until it’s the same as the left front speaker.
5. Repeat Step 4 for each speaker until they all play at the
same volume level. Fine-tune the levels as necessary.
6. Do not be concerned with the volume setting number
readout on the display while you’re doing the balancing—
this is for reference purposes only .However, once you
have balanced all the speakers you should write each
speaker’s volume setting down for reference.
7. Press the
SETUP
button on the remote four times to exit the
setup mode.
Setting the Speaker Distances
This last step adjusts the timing of all the speakers so that
their sound arrives at the listening location at the proper
time.
1. Measure the distance from each speaker to your seat.
Write the distances down.
2. Press the
SETUP
button on the remote six times. The display
will read
10FT 3.0M
, and the left and right speaker icons
will be flashing.
3. Press the
MULTI CONTROL
buttons until the display matches the
distance from your left and right speakers to your listening
position. (Each 0.3 meter increment equals one foot.)
4. Press the
SETUP
button again and repeat step 3 for the cen-
ter speaker, and again for each surround speaker.
5. When you’ve finished setting the speaker distances, press
the
SETUP
button once to exit the setup mode.
(DVD Player Quick-Connect Guide on other side)
If you have any questions about your new system, please contact our Customer Service Department at (800) KENWOOD, or visit our Web site at www.kenwoodusa.com
