Harman-Kardon HKS 6 User Manual
HKS 6
LOUDSPEAKERS
OWNER’S MANUAL
INTRODUCTION
2 Introduction
3 Speaker Placement
3 Color-Coding System
4 Mounting Options
5 Speaker Connections
5 Connection Guide
5 Configuring Your Receiver
or Processor
6 Troubleshooting
7 Specifications
Introduction
Thank you for purchasing the Harman Kardon
HKS 6 loudspeakers, with which you are
about to begin many years of listening enjoyment. The HKS 6 has been custom-designed
to provide high-fidelity audio reproduction of
your favorite music and movie selections.The
HKS 6 loudspeakers are suitable for upgrading almost any 5.1 home theater system to
7.1 channels when used with a 7.1-channel
receiver or processor and any necessary
additional amplifiers.
To obtain maximum enjoyment from your new
speakers, we urge you to take a few minutes
to read through this manual. This will ensure
that connections to your receiver or amplifier
are made properly. In addition, a few minutes
spent understanding the setup options will
enable you to take advantage of all the power
and refinement the HKS 6 is able to deliver.
If you have any questions about this product,
its installation or operation, please contact
your dealer, the best local source of information.
Features
The HKS 6 is a pair of 2-way satellite
speakers for use in a home theater system.
The HKS 6 speakers are identical to the
satellites in the Harman Kardon HKTS 15
system, and are designed to be used with
the HKTS 15 in a complete 7.1-channel
home theater. Color-coded speaker cables
are included to facilitate installing the
speakers in the surround back left and
right positions.
Harman Kardon invented the high-fidelity
®
receiver more than 50 years ago.The
HKS 6 is a perfect complement to a
Harman Kardon receiver or any home
theater system.
n Matched Pair of Loudspeakers for
Use in Multichannel Applications
n Speakers Are Magnetically Shielded
for Flexible Placement Near Video
Monitors
n Three-Inch Driver
n One-Half-Inch Dome Tweeter
n Metal-Wire-Mesh Grille
n Elegant Cabinet With Black-Lacquer
Finish Includes Shelf Stands
n Includes Wall-Mount Brackets and
Color-Coded Speaker Cables
n May Be Used With Optional Floor
Stands
Included
• Two satellites for left/right front, surround
or surround back channels, shown with
included shelf stands
• Two leatherette coasters
Two wall-mount brackets
Two 40' speaker cables for connection
from receiver or amplifier to speakers
Please register your product on our Web site at www.harmankardon.com. Note: You’ll need the serial number of your
new home theater speaker system. At the same time, you can choose to be notified about our new products and/or
special promotions.
2 INTRODUCTION
Color-Coding System
Center Speaker
Video Screen
F
ront Right
Speaker
Front Left
Speaker
Side Surround
Left Speaker
Back Surround
Left Speaker
Side Surround
Right Speaker
Back Surround
Right Speaker
90°
1
50°
90°
150°
30° 30°
he HKS 6 and the HKTS 15 use the
T
channel color-coding system established
by the Consumer Electronics Association to
make setting up your home theater speaker
system as easy as possible.Your system
includes a set of colored stickers that may
be placed near the speaker terminals of
each of the
included speaker wires have colored bands
at each end to assist you in connecting them
correctly. Use the brown sticker and cable for
the surround back left speaker, and the tan
sticker and cable for the surround back right
speaker. Although the wires included with
your HKS 6 speakers are color-coded for the
surround back left and right channels, they are
interchangeable with the wires supplied with
the HKTS 15 system.
satellite speaker is used for any of the front
or rear positions. (The center speaker and
powered subwoofer of the HKTS 15 are
already color-coded.)
Before you begin to connect cables, it is
important to set up your speakers in their
correct locations in the room.
Optimally, the speakers should be placed
in a circle with the listening position at its
center. The distance from the listening
position to the video display forms the radius
of the circle.
The speakers should be angled so that they
directly face the listening position.
The front left and right speakers are placed
along the circle
the center speaker or video display and
angled toward the listener.
When used as a stereo pair, the speakers
should be placed the same distance from
each other as they are from the listener
satellite speakers. In addition, the
It doesn’t matter which
about 30 degrees from
,
.
It is best to place the front left/right and
center speakers as close to the same height
as possible, preferably about the same
height as the listener’s ears. In any event, the
center speaker should be no more than two
feet above or below the left/right speakers.
When the HKS 6 speakers are used
to upgrade an HKTS 15 system to a 7.1channel system, the side surround speakers
should be placed even with and facing the
listening position, 90 degrees from the
center speaker. The HKS 6 speakers are
then placed in the left and right surround
back speaker positions, 150 degrees from
the center speaker.
When setting up your system,
refer to the
diagram above instead of the diagram in the
HKTS 15 owner’s guide.
SPEAKER PLACEMENT
The subwoofer’s location is less critical, since
low-frequency sounds are omnidirectional.
Placing the subwoofer close to a wall or in
a corner will reinforce the low fre
and may create a “boomy” sound.
wish to experiment over time by placing
the subwoofer where the listener normally
sits and then walking around the room until
the low frequencies sound best. Place the
subwoofer in that spot.
quencies,
You may
SPEAKER PLACEMENT 3
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