Installation; Step One - Connect The Speakers; Step Two - Connect The Subwoofer; Step Three - Connect The Antennas - Harman Kardon HS 300 Owner's Manual

INSTALLATION

You are now ready to connect the various components to the HS 300.
Before beginning, make sure that all components, including the HS 300,
are turned completely off and their power cords are unplugged. Don't
plug any of the power cords back in until you have finished
making all of your connections.
The HS 300 generates heat while it is playing. Select a location that
leaves several inches of space on all sides. It is preferable to avoid
completely enclosing it inside a cabinet. It is also preferable to stack
components on separate shelves rather than directly on top of the
HS 300. Some surface finishes are delicate. Try to select a location
with a sturdy surface finish.
Step One – Connect the Speakers
If you have not yet done so, place your speakers in the listening room
as described in the Speaker Placement section above.
Connect the center, front left, front right, surround left and surround right
loudspeakers to the corresponding speaker terminals on the HS 300.
Remember to maintain the proper polarity by always connecting the
positive and negative terminals on each speaker to the positive and
negative terminals on the receiver. Use the Connection Color Guide
on page 16 as a reference. See Figure 14.
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FR
Step Two – Connect the Subwoofer
Connect the Subwoofer Output on the HS 300 to the line-level input on
your subwoofer. Use the 1/8-inch mini-plug cable packed with the
speaker system to connect the Subwoofer Trigger on the HS 300 to the
External Trigger Input on the subwoofer. See Figure 16. The trigger will
automatically turn on the subwoofer when the HS 300 is turned on.
Consult the owner's guide for the subwoofer for additional information.
Figure 16 – Subwoofer Connection
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Figure 14 – Speaker Connections
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SUB
Step Three – Connect the Antennas
Connect the FM and AM antennas to their terminals. Keep in mind that the
AM terminals are polarized. Connect the white lead to the AM terminal and
the black lead to the GND terminal.
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Step Four (Optional) – Connect Any External
Source Components
Although the HS 300 already contains an FM/AM tuner and DVD-
Audio/Video player on board, you may have other components you
would like to use with your home theater system. The HS 300 can
accommodate up to two analog audio, two digital audio and two USB
devices. You may connect different devices to the digital and analog
audio inputs; they are treated as separate sources. You will notice that
the HS 300 has no video inputs. Connect each source's video output
directly to your television, but connect its audio output to the HS 300
to benefit from the multichannel surround sound. If you wish to make a
recording from the disc player, you will only be able to make an analog
recording of copy-protected materials, and you will need to connect the
video inputs of your recorder to either the composite or S-video output
of the HS 300.
When deciding which components to connect to each input, bear in
mind that the remote may be programmed to control the device. By
default, the Auxiliary input is preprogrammed to operate a VCR or DVR
(TiVo), and the digital inputs (D-IN) are preprogrammed to operate a
cable or satellite set-top box. Thus, you may want to connect your
components accordingly. However, you may reassign the product types
when you program the remote, and any compatible component with
the correct audio outputs may be connected to any of the sources.
Use the worksheets in the Appendix to note which connections you will
use for each of your source devices.
For each source, select a source input (TV, AUX, D-IN). In Table 2 we
recommend connecting certain types of sources to certain source inputs
to make it easier to program and use the remote control.
Decide which audio connections you will use. If your source has them,
use either the coaxial digital or the optical digital audio connection.
Figure 16 – Antenna
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Connections
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