Kenwood HTB-405 Quick Connect Manual

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Balancing the Speakers
Congratulations!
Your receiver comes with the speaker volume settings pre-
The HTB-405 Home Theatre System will make watching
balanced. If you have positioned the speakers as shown in
movies at home more fun than ever. To connect your speak-
the diagram your system will create a spacious surround
ers to the receiver follow the instructions on this sheet. To
sound environment right out of the box with no further
learn how to operate your receiver please read and follow the
instruction manual included in the receiver's box. If you're adjustment required.
also connecting other equipment, such as a TV, VCR, DVD
If your room is arranged differently than shown in the dia-
player, CD player or other source component, use the receiv-
gram, or if you simply want to fine-tune your system's perfor-
er's manual in combination with the manuals that came with
mance, you can easily change the volumes of the individual
those components.
speakers to get a better balance:
1. Press the
Placing Your Speakers
Place the speakers as shown in the diagram below. While
2. Rock the
you're setting the speakers up, keep these points in mind:
• If the subwoofer causes discoloration of the TV picture,
3. Press the
move it away from the TV until the discoloration disap-
pears.
• Since the center speaker is magnetically shielded, you 4. Rock the
can place it right on top of the TV without worrying about
picture discoloration.
• You can hang the speakers on the wall using heavy-duty
5. Do not be concerned with the volume level readout on
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 output
overall.
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F F R R O O N N T T
6. Press the
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.
2. Press the
Connecting Your Speakers
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3. Rock the
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Connect the speakers as shown in the main diagram.
4. Press the
In each case, connect the colored speaker wire to corre-
sponding terminals on the speaker and receiver.
5. When you've finished setting the speaker distances,
To make connecting the speakers easier, we have color-
coded the speaker wire and the terminals on the speakers,
labeled the terminals on the receiver, and pre-stripped the
insulation from the ends of the wire. DO NOT PUSH THE
WIRE TOO FAR INTO THE SPEAKER TERMINALS AS THIS WILL
NOT ALLOW THE WIRE TO MAKE PROPER CONTACT.
Setting Up Your Receiver
The receiver has a Quick Setup procedure that makes this
easy. After you've made all of the connections, follow these
steps. (You'll be using the remote control):
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button 8 times. The display will read
SETUP
"AUTO".
joystick forward once. The display
MULTI CONTROL
will change to "MANUAL".
button repeatedly until the speaker you
SETUP
want to adjust appears on the display. You will hear test
noise through the speaker.
joystick forward to increase the
MULTI CONTROL
speaker's volume, rock it backward to decrease the
speaker's volume.
the display while you're adjusting the speakers—this is for
reference purposes only. However, once you have bal-
anced all the speakers you should write each speaker's
volume setting down here for reference:
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F F R R O O N N T T S S U U R R R R O O U U N N D D S S U U R R R R O O U U N N D D W W O O O O F F E E R R
button on the remote 5 times to exit the
SETUP
setup mode.
Write the distances down.
button on the remote 11 times. The dis-
SETUP
play will read "10FT 3.0M", and the left and right speaker
icons will flash.
joystick forward or backward until
MULTI CONTROL
the display matches the distance from your left and right
speakers to your listening position.
button again and repeat step 3 for the
SETUP
center speaker, and again for the surround speakers.
press the button 2 times to exit the setup mode.
SETUP
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