Speaker Connections - Harman Kardon HKTS 5 Owner's Manual

SPEAKER CONNECTIONS

Speaker-Level Connection Guide
IMPORTANT NOTE: Before making speaker
connections, be certain that your receiver or
audio power amplifier is turned off and
preferably unplugged from its AC power
source. The HKTS 5 should not be connected
to an AC power source until all speaker
wire connections have been made.
Separate and strip the ends of the speaker
wire as shown. Speakers and electronics
terminals have corresponding (+) and (–)
terminals. Most manufacturers of speakers
and electronics, including Harman Kardon,
use red to denote the (+) terminal and
black for the (–) terminal.
Newer Harman Kardon receivers conform to
the new CEA standard and therefore use a
color other than red or black for the (+) ter-
minal to indicate some speaker positions:
e.g., left surround. Please see the owner's
guide for your AVR Series receiver for fur-
ther details.
The (+) lead of the speaker wire is noted
with a stripe. It is important to connect
both speakers identically: (+) on the speaker
to (+) on the amplifier and (–) on the
speaker to (–) on the amplifier. Wiring "out
of phase" results in thin sound, weak bass
and a poor stereo image.
With the advent of multichannel surround
sound systems, connecting all of the speakers
in your system with the correct polarity
remains equally important in order to pre-
serve the proper ambience and directionality
of the program material.
To connect the supplied speaker wires to
the satellite and center speaker terminals,
press the red or black plastic tab for the
desired terminal, insert the bare end of the
wire into the hole and release the tab.
Gently tug on the wire to make sure that it
is fully inserted.
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