HKTS 7 (serv.man12) - Harman Kardon Audio User Guide / Operation Manual. Page 3

INTRODUCTION  3

Thank you for purchasing the Harman Kardon
HKTS 7, with which you’re about to begin many
years of listening enjoyment. The HKTS 7 has
been custom-designed to provide all the excite-
ment 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 7, hookup and operation are simple.
Color-keyed cables and connections, and simple
controls make the HKTS 7 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.
This will ensure that connections to your receiver
or preamp/processor and amplifier or other
external devices are made properly. 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 7 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.

The HKTS 7 is a six-piece home theater speaker
system that includes a 10-inch, 100-watt, bass-
reflex powered subwoofer; four identical, 2-way
satellite speakers for use in the left and right
front and rear speaker positions; a voice-
matched, dedicated, dual-driver center speaker;
shelf stands and wall-mount brackets for the 
four satellites; and all of the speaker cables you
need to connect your speakers to your receiver
or preamp/processor and amplifier. The speaker
cables and speakers all use a color-coding sys-
tem to conform to the CEA standard. The color-
coding system minimizes confusion, especially
when the HKTS 7 system is used with a 
Harman Kardon receiver.

The HKTS 7 subwoofer is easy to connect to your
system, since it’s equipped with a special sub-
woofer input for use with equipment that has a
dedicated subwoofer connection that carries a
low-frequency output. It also includes stereo
speaker-level inputs and outputs for connection
to older receivers and processors that do not
have a line-level subwoofer output. Other con-
veniences include a level control, high-cut (low-
pass) filter switch and phase switch for fine-tun-
ing bass response to suit your listening environ-
ment and taste, and an efficient switching sys-
tem that senses the presence of an audio signal
and automatically switches the unit from Stand-
by mode to Active mode.

Shelf stands and wall-mount brackets are includ-
ed for the satellite speakers, and optional HTFS 2
floor stands are available separately from your
Harman Kardon dealer.

Harman Kardon invented the high-fidelity receiv-
er fifty years ago. With state-of-the-art features
and time-honored circuit designs, the HKTS 7 is
a perfect complement to a Harman Kardon
receiver or any home theater system.

■ Complete home theater speaker system
■ Speakers are magnetically shielded for

■ Fully color-coded cables and 

■ Both line- and speaker-level inputs for

■ Subwoofer input offers superior-quality

One center channel speaker

One powered subwoofer

Four satellites for left,
right and surrounds,
with color-key stickers
(shown with included
shelf stands attached)

Four wall-
mount
brackets

One RCA cable for connection to subwoofer
(purple)

Three 6-meter speaker cables for connection to
front satellites (red and white) and to center
speaker (green)

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