Harman Kardon HKTS 16WQ manual

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    H K T S 9/1 6 User Guide English Hom e Thea ter S peak er S yste m[...]

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    2 2 3 Harman K ardon ® HK TS 9 / 1 6 T ypographic al Conventions W e have employed certain conv entions to help you use this manual:  – (number in a circle) – Indicat es a rear-panel control or connection on the illustration of the HKT S200SUB subwoofer Example (bold type) – Indicates the name of a specific contr ol or rear-panel connecti[...]

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    2 2 3 ENGLISH Introduct ion Thank you for pur chasing the Harman Kardon ® HKTS 9/16 speaker syst em, with which you ’r e about to begin many years of listening enjoymen t. T he HKTS 9/16 has been custom designed to provide all the e xcitement and power of the cinema e xperience in your own living room. While sophisticated electronics and sta te [...]

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    PL 000 4-01 001 1 2 3 4 5 8 9 6 7 4 4 5 HK TS200SU B Rear- Panel C onnect ions Subwoofer Le vel Control: . Use this contr ol to adjust the HKTS200SUB’ s volume . T urn clockwise to increase the v olume; turn counterclockwise to decr ease the volume. Bass Boost Switch: 1. Set this switch to ON to enhance the HKTS200SUB’ s low-frequency [...]

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    4 4 5 ENGLISH Speak er Placement Color- Coding System The HKTS 9/16 use the channel c olor- coding system established by the CEA to mak e setting up your home theater speak er system as easy as possible. Y our system includes a set of colored stick ers that may be placed near the speaker terminals of each of the four satellite speak ers according t[...]

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    6 6 7 Wires t o Speaker T erminal Cover Overhead V iew Wire From Wall Plate The brack et has t wo openings on top: a r ound screw hole, and an arc-shaped opening in front of it . The speak er cable should be threaded through the arc-shaped opening , not the screw hole. Attach the brack et to the wall plate by inserting the tab at the top of the att[...]

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    3/  /()7 68% /)(287  ²  ²  ²  ²  ²  ²  ² 5,*+7 6855281' )5217 &(17(5 6 6 7 ENGLISH Use this installation method for r eceivers and preamp/processors tha t have a dedicated subwoofer output with low -pass filtering (also called bass management). If the dedicated subwoofer output d[...]

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    3/  /()7 /,1(/(9(/ 2873876 / 5  ²  ²  ²  ²  ²  ²  ² 5,*+7 6855281' )5217 &(17(5 8 8 9 Use this installation method for r eceivers and preamp/processors tha t do not have a dedicated subw oofer output, but do have preamp-level (v olume -controlled) line outputs. If the receiv er o[...]

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    PL0004-01001 LEFT LFE SUB OUTPUT TRIGGER OUT + – + – + – + – + – + – + – RIGHT SURROUND FRONT CENTER 8 8 9 ENGLISH If your preamp/pr ocessor or another audio/video component has a trigger voltage connection that supplies between 3 and 30V (A C or DC), connec t it to the HKTS200SUB ’s External T rigger Input Connector 4 . If the comp[...]

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    10 10 11 T rouble shooting O p e ra t i o n If there is no sound from any of the speakers: Check that the receiv er/amplifier is on and a source is playing . • Make sure tha t all wires and connections between the receiver/amplifier and the • speakers are c onnec ted properly . Make sure none of the speak er wires is frayed , cut or punc tured.[...]

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    10 10 11 ENGLISH Spec if icati ons HKTS 9 System Frequency Response 45Hz – 20kHz (-6dB) SA T- TS7 Satellites Recommended Po wer 10 ~ 80 watts Impedance 8 ohms nominal Sensitivity 86dB @ 1 watt/1 meter T weeter One 1/2" (12mm) dome, video-shielded Midrange One 3" (75mm) driver , video-shielded Dimensions (H x W x D ) 167mm x 100mm x 92mm[...]

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    Harman Consumer Gr oup, Inc. 8500 Balboa Boulevard, Northridge, CA 91329 USA 516.255.4545 (USA only) ww w .harmankardon.com Made in P .R.C. Part No . 444541-001[...]