Kenwood HTB-306 Quick Start Manual

Congratulations!
The HTB-306 Home Theater System will make watching
movies at home more fun than ever. To connect your
speakers to the receiver follow the instructions on this
sheet. To learn how to operate your receiver please read
and follow the instruction manual included in the receiver's
box. If you're also connecting other equipment, such as a
TV, VCR, DVD player, CD player or other source component,
use the receiver's manual in combination with the manuals
that came with those components.
Placing Your Speakers
Place the speakers as shown in the diagram below. While
you're setting the speakers up, keep these points in mind:
• If the subwoofer causes discoloration of the TV picture,
move it away from the TV until the discoloration disappears.
• Since the center speaker is magnetically shielded, you
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
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.
Connecting Your Speakers
Important: D D o n n ot p p lug t t he r r eceiver's p p ower c c ord i i nto a a n A A C
outlet u u ntil y y ou h h ave p p roperly c c onnected a a ll o o f t t he s s peakers.
Connect the speakers as shown in the main diagram.
In each case, connect the colored speaker wire to the
corresponding terminals on the speaker and receiver.
To make connecting the speakers easier, we have color-
coded the speaker wire, placed corresponding color
identification dots on the speaker labels, 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.
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HTB-306
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):
Balancing the Speakers
Your receiver comes with the speaker volume settings pre-balanced.
If you have positioned the speakers as shown in the diagram your
system will create a spacious surround sound environment right out
of the box with no further adjustment required.
If your room is arranged differently than shown in the diagram, or if
you simply want to fine-tune your system's performance, you can
easily change the volumes of the individual speakers to get a better
balance:
1. Press the button once. The display will read "SP SETUP".
SETUP
2. Press the 'up' button once. The display will change to
MULTI CONTROL
"TEST TONE".
3. Press the button once again. The display will read "AUTO".
SETUP
4. Press the 'up' button once again. The display will read
MULTI CONTROL
"MANUAL".
5. Press the button repeatedly until the speaker you want to
SETUP
adjust appears on the display. You will hear test noise through the
speaker.
6. Use the 'up' and 'down' buttons to increase and
MULTI CONTROL
decrease the speaker's volume.
7. Do not be concerned with the volume level readout on the display
while you're adjusting the speakers—this is for reference purposes
only. However, once you have balanced all the speakers you should
write each speaker's volume setting down here for reference:
LEFT RIGHT CENTER LEFT RIGHT
FRONT FRONT SURROUND SURROUND
8. Press the button repeatedly until the display reads "EXIT".
SETUP
Press the button once more to exit the setup mode.
SETUP
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. Write the
distances down.
2. Press the button once. The display will read "SP SETUP".
SETUP
3. Press the 'up' button twice. The display will change to
MULTI CONTROL
"DISTANCE".
4. Press the button once. The display will read "10FT 3.0M" and
SETUP
the left & right speaker icons will flash.
5. Press the buttons until the display matches the
MULTI CONTROL
distance from your left and right speakers to your listening position.
6. Press the button again and repeat step 5 for the center
SETUP
speaker, and again for the surround speakers.
7. When you've finished setting the speaker distances, press the
button 2 times to exit the setup mode.
Q u i c k S t a r t G u i d e
( ( H H T T B B -5 5 0 0 6 6 Q Q u u i i c c k k -S S t t a a r r t t G G u u i i d d e e o o n n o o t t h h e e r r s s i i d d e e ) )
SUB-
WOOFER
SETUP
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