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INTRODUCTION
INTRODUCTION
Introduction
Thank you
for purchasing the Harman Kardon
HKTS 6, with which you are about to begin
many years of listening enjoyment. The
HKTS 6 has been custom-designed to pro-
vide 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 6 to make all of this
happen, hookup and operation are simple.
Color-keyed cables and connections and
simple controls make the HKTS 6 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
connections 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 6 is able to deliver.
If you have any questions about this
product, its installation or operation, please
contact your dealer, the best local source
of information.
Description and Features
The HKTS 6 is a six-piece home theater
speaker system that includes a 10-inch,
100-watt, bass-reflex powered subwoofer;
four identical, 2-way, sealed-enclosure
satellite speakers for use in the left and right
front and rear speaker positions; a dedicated,
tandem-midrange 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 conform
to the new CEA standard. The color-coding
system minimizes confusion, especially
when the HKTS 6 system is used with a
Harman Kardon receiver.
The HKTS 6 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.
Other conveniences include a level control
and an efficient switching system that senses
the presence of an audio signal and auto-
matically switches the unit from Standby
mode to Active mode.
Wall-mount brackets are included for the
satellite speakers and Harman Kardon also
offers optional stands (model FSTS1) which
may be ordered through your dealer.
Harman Kardon invented the high-fidelity
receiver almost fifty years ago. With state-
of-the-art features and time-honored circuit
designs, the HKTS 6 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 connections
simplify setup
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Single subwoofer input enables easy
setup
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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
Included
One center
channel speaker
with adjustable support leg
Wall-mount
brackets
Four satellites
for left, right and surrounds,
with color-key stickers
Powered subwoofer
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)
Two 30' speaker cables for connection from
receiver to rear satellites (gray and blue)
