Congratulations!
The HTB-354 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 receiv-
er’s box. If you’re also connecting other equipment, such
as a TV, VCR, DVD player, CD player or other source
component, use the receiver’s manual in combination
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 pic-
ture, move it away from the TV until the discoloration
disappears.
• Since the left, center and right speakers are magneti-
cally shielded, you can place them right on top of and
next to the TV without worrying about picture discol-
oration.
• You can hang all the 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 subwoofer in a corner yields the deepest bass out-
put 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 speak-
ers, 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 terminal 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
HTB-354
Balancing the Speakers
You can use your ears to balance the volume levels of all
the system’s speakers for your room and listening posi-
tion. When all of the speakers are set at the same vol-
ume level, your system will create a more realistic, spa-
cious 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 bal-
ancing should be done at a moderately loud listening
level.
3. Press the
SETUP
button on the remote five times. The
receiver’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 display 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 CON
-
TROL
buttons, adjust the speaker’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 balanc-
ing—this is for reference purposes only. 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 match-
es 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
center 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.
(HTB-454 Quick-Connect Guide on other side)