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Speaker Placement
Color-Coding System
The HKTS60 uses the channel color-coding system established by the
CEA to make setting up your home theater speaker system as easy as
possible. The HKTS60 system includes speaker wires with color bands
on each end.
Speaker Position
Wire Color Band
Front Left
Front Right
Center
Surround Left
Surround Right
Subwoofer
Front Right
Center
Surround Left
Surround Right
Subwoofer
White
Red
Green
Blue
Gray
Purple
Red
Green
Blue
Gray
Purple
Placing the Front Speakers
The front speakers should be placed the
same distance from each other as they
are from the listening position. They
should be placed at about the same
height from the floor as the listener’s
ears will be. They also can be angled
toward the listener.
Left Front
Speaker
Right Front
Speaker
Placing the Center Speaker
The center speaker should be placed
slightly behind (farther away from the
listener) the front left and right speakers.
Its center should be no more than 2 feet
(61cm) above or below the tweeters of
the front left and right speakers. If you
have a CRT television, it may be
convenient to set the center speaker
on top of the television set.
0 – 2ft
Center
Speaker
Left Front
Speaker
Right Front
Speaker
0 - 2 ft
(0 - 61cm)
Placing the Subwoofer
Since our ears do not hear directional
sound at the low frequencies where
the subwoofer operates, it will have
good performance from just about any
location in your room. However, the best
bass reproduction is likely to be heard
when the subwoofer is placed in a corner
along the same wall as the front left and
right speakers. You can experiment with
subwoofer placment by temporarily
placing it in the listening position and
playing music with strong bass content.
Move around to various locations in the
room while the system is playing and
listen until you find the location where the
bass performance is best. Place the sub-
woofer in that location.
Left Front
Speaker
Right Front
Speaker
Subwoofer
Placing the Surround Speakers
The two surround speakers should be placed slightly behind the
listening position, facing each other and, ideally, should be 5–6 feet
(1.5m–1.8m) from the floor. An alternate location would be on a wall
behind the listening position, facing forward. The surround speakers
should not call attention to themselves while they’re playing.
Experiment with their placement until you hear a diffuse, ambient
sound accompanying the program material heard from the front left
and right and center speakers.
Left Front
Speaker
Right Front
Speaker
Subwoofer
Left Surround
Sound
Left Surround
Sound
Right Surround
Sound
Right Surround
Sound
5 - 6 ft
(1.5m - 1.8m)
Mounting Options for Satellite
and Center Speakers
Shelf Placement
You can place the satellite and center
speakers on shelves. The satellite
speakers have built-in bases for shelf
placement. You can also remove the
bases if desired.
To remove a satellite speaker’s base,
pull it straight off the speaker, as
shown in the illustration. Applying
even pressure to both sides of the
base will allow it to slide off smoothly.
Apply Pressure Evenly
to Both Sides of Base
Lift Base Straight
off Speaker
Wall-Mounting: Satellite Speakers
IMPORTANT: Read the Speaker Connections
section, on page 7, before wall-mounting
the satellite speakers. You will need to insert
the speaker wires through the wall mounts
and connect the wires to the speakers
during the process of installing the
wall-mounts.
NOTE: If you are using your own speaker wire,
it must be no thicker than the wire supplied
with the speakers. Thicker wire will prevent
the wall-mount bracket from sliding onto the
speaker.
1. Decide on the location for the speaker
(see Speaker Placement, opposite).
2. Remove the speaker’s base as explained in
Shelf Placement, above.
3. Disassemble the wall-mount bracket by sliding the two
sections apart, as shown in the illustration.
Pull Sections
Apart
4. Attach the wall portion of the wall-mount onto the wall using
hardware that is appropriate for the wall’s construction and
materials. We recommend first anchoring the mount using its
keyhole, then attaching it with another anchor through its top
opening, as shown in the illustration. Note that the satellite
speakers weigh 3.4 lb (1.55kg). Be sure to use hardware that
can support this weight.
Top Opening
Keyhole Opening
Bottom Opening
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