Harman Kardon HKTS 16 BQ, HKTS 16 WQ User Manual

HKTS 5

Home theater speaker system

Owner’s Manual

HKTS 5

Introduction, Description and Features, and

Included Items

Introduction

Thank you for purchasing the harman kardon® HKTS 5 speaker system, with which
you’re about to begin many years of listening enjoyment. The HKTS 5 has been custom
designed to provide all the excitement and power of the cinema experience in your own
living room.

While sophisticated electronics and state-of-the-art speaker components are hard at
work within the HKTS 5, hookup and operation are simple. Color-keyed cables and
connections and simple controls make the HKTS 5 easy to use.

To obtain maximum enjoyment from your new home theater speaker system, we urge you
to take a few minutes to read through this manual. It will help ensure that the connections
you make to your receiver (or preamp/processor), amplifier and other devices are correct.
In addition, a few minutes spent learning the functions of the various controls will enable
you to take advantage of all the power and refinement the HKTS 5 is able to deliver.

If you have any questions about this product, its installation or its operation, please
contact your dealer, the best local source of information.

Description and Features

The HKTS 5 is a complete six-piece home theater speaker system that includes:

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An 8-inch (200mm), 60-watt powered subwoofer

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Four identical, two-way, satellite speakers for the front left, front right, surround
left and surround right speaker positions

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A dedicated, voice-matched, dual-driver center speaker

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Shelf stands and wall-mount brackets for the satellite speakers and a wall­mount bracket for the center speaker

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All of the cables you need to connect all of the speakers to your receiver or
preamp/processor and amplifier

The speaker cables all use a color-coding system to conform to the Consumer Electronics
Association (CEA®) standard. This color-coding system minimizes confusion when
connecting the speakers, especially when the HKTS 5 system is used with a harman
kardon receiver.

Shelf stands and wall-mount brackets are included for the satellite and center speakers,
and shelf stands are included for the satellite speakers. Optional HTFS 2 floor stands are
available separately from your harman kardon dealer.

harman kardon engineers invented the high-fidelity receiver fifty years ago. With state­of-the-art features and time-honored circuit designs, the HKTS 5 is a perfect complement
to a harman kardon receiver or any home theater system.

One center-channel speaker

Four satellite speakers: a front left speaker, a front right speaker and two rear surround­sound speakers (shown with included shelf stands attached).

Four wall-mount brackets for satellite speakers

One wall-mount bracket for center-channel speaker

One LFE (low-frequency effects) for connection to the subwoofer (LFE cable has purple
connectors)

Three six-meter (19.7-foot) speaker cables for connection to front satellites (red and
white) and to center speaker (green)

Included Items

One HKTS 160SUB subwoofer

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Two 12-meter (39.4-foot) speaker cables for connection from receiver to rear surround­sound satellites (gray and blue)

HKTS 5

HKTS 160SUB Rear-Panel Connections

Crossover control

Phase switch

Power On Mode switch

Subwoofer Level control

HKTS 160SUB Rear-Panel Connections

Line-Level LFE connector

Power switch

Power cord

Crossover control: This knob adjusts the subwoofer's cutoff between 50Hz and 150Hz.
The higher you set the Crossover control, the higher in frequency the subwoofer will
operate and the more its bass will "overlap" that of the system's other speakers. This
adjustment helps achieve a smooth transition of bass frequencies between the subwoofer
and the system's other speakers for a variety of different rooms and subwoofer locations.

NOTE: If you have connected the subwoofer to a receiver/processor with a low-pass
filtered LFE output, set the subwoofer's Crossover control to the 150Hz positon (fully
clockwise).

Phase switch: The Phase switch determines whether the HKTS 160SUB’s piston-like
action moves in and out in phase with the satellite speakers. If the subwoofer were
to play out of phase with the satellite speakers, the sound waves produced by the
subwoofer could be canceled out, reducing bass performance and sonic impact. This
phenomenon depends in part on the relative placement of all the speakers in the room.
In most cases the Phase switch should be left in the "NORMAL" position. However, it
does no harm to experiment, and you can leave the Phase switch in the position that
maximizes bass response and impact.

Power On Mode switch: If this switch is set in the"AUTO" position and the Power switch
is set to "ON", the HKTS 160SUB will automatically turn itself on when it receives an
audio signal and will enter the standby mode once no audio signal has been received for
about 15 minutes. When this switch is set in the "ON" position, the HKTS 160SUB will
remain on whether or not it is receiving an audio signal. An LED on the HKTS 160SUB’s
top panel indicates whether the subwoofer is in the on or standby state:

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When the LED glows white, the HKTS 160SUB is turned on.

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When the LED is not illuminated, the HKTS 160SUB is in standby mode.

When the Power switch is set to "OFF", the LED will not be illuminated, no matter what
setting the Power On Mode switch is in.

Subwoofer Level control: Use this control to adjust the HKTS 160SUB’s volume. Turn
clockwise to increase the volume; turn counterclockwise to decrease the volume.

Line-Level In/LFE connector : Connect the subwoofer output of your receiver or preamp/
processor to this jack. The signal from this connector passes through the subwoofer's
internal low-pass crossover.

Power switch: Set this switch in the "ON" position to turn the HKTS 160SUB on. The
subwoofer will then either be on or in standby mode, depending on the setting of the
Power On Mode switch.

Power cord (non-detachable): After you have made and verified all subwoofer and
speaker connections described in this manual, plug this cord into an active, unswitched
electrical outlet for proper operation of the HKTS 160SUB. DO NOT plug this cord into the
accessory outlets found in some audio components.

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