Introduction

Thank you for purchasing the Harman Kardon?? HKTS 30SAT-2 speaker pair, with which you???re about to begin many years of listening enjoyment. While state-of-the-art speaker components are hard at work within the HKTS 30SAT-2, hookup is simple. Color-coded cables make the HKTS 30SAT-2 easy to use.

To obtain maximum enjoyment from your new 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 amplifier are correct.

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 30SAT-2 is a pair of speakers, each of which features:

???Dual 3" (75mm) video-shielded midrange drivers

???One 3/4" (19mm) video-shielded dome tweeter

???A sealed enclosure

???A built-in, removable base

???A wall-mount bracket

???Color-coded connecting cables

The speaker cables use a color-coding system to conform to the

Consumer Electronics Association (CEA??) standard. This color-coding sys- tem minimizes confusion when you connect the speakers, especially when you are connecting them to a Harman Kardon receiver.

Optional HTFS 3/E floor stands are available separately from your

Harman Kardon dealer.

Included

Two HKTS 30SAT-2 satellite speakers

Two wall-mount brackets

Two metal stop plates and screws

Two 10-meter (32.8-foot) speaker cables (brown and tan color bands)

Speaker Placement

Expanding a 5.1-Channel System to a 7.1-Channel System

The surround back speakers should be placed against the rear wall directly behind the listeners, 3???6 feet (0.9m???1.8m) apart, 5???6 feet

(1.5m???1.8m) off the floor.

3 ??? 6 ft

(0.9m ??? 1.8m)

Mounting Options for

HKTS 30SAT-2 Speakers

You can place the HKTS 30SAT-2 speakers on shelves. The satellite speakers have built-in bases for shelf placement. You can also remove the bases if you desire.

To remove a 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.

5 ??? 6 ft

(1.5m ??? 1.8m)

Wall-Mounting

IMPORTANT: Read the Speaker Connections section, on page 5, before wall-mounting

the HKTS 30SAT-2 speakers. You will need to insert the speaker wires through the wall- mount brackets and connect the wires to

the speakers during the process of installing the wall-mount brackets.

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.

Pull sections apart

NOTE: If your original surround speakers are located behind the listeners, you should move them up so they are directly to the listeners??? sides.

If You???re Adding to an Existing HKTS 30 Speaker System:

Your HKTS 30SAT-2 speakers are designed to expand an exist- ing HKTS 30 speaker system from 5.1 channels to 7.1 channels.

You can connect the HKTS 30SAT-2 speakers to your receiver???s or amplifier???s surround back left and surround back right outputs.

If You???re Adding to an Existing HKTS 20 Speaker System:

Your HKTS 30SAT-2 speakers are designed to expand an exist- ing HKTS20 speaker system from 5.1 channels to 7.1 channels by replacing the existing front left and front right speakers. You can then connect your existing HKTS20 front left and front right speakers to your receiver???s or amplifier???s surround back left and surround back right outputs.

3.Disassemble the wall-mount bracket by sliding the two sections apart, as shown in the illustration.

4.Attach the wall portion of the wall-mount bracket onto the wall using hardware that is appropriate for the wall???s construction and materials. We recommend first anchor- ing the wall-mount bracket using its keyhole, then attaching it with another anchor through its top opening, as shown in the illustration. Note that the HKTS 30SAT-2 speakers weigh 3.3 lb (1.5kg). Be sure to use hardware that can support this weight.

Top opening

Keyhole opening

Bottom opening

NOTE: If you???re running the speaker wire through the wall, you can bring it out directly behind the wall-mount bracket???s location and insert it through the bottom opening in the wall portion of the wall-mount bracket, as shown in the illustration. Inserting it will keep the wire completely hidden from view once the installation is complete.

Insert wire into bottom opening

Bring wire out through here

5.If you???re not running the speaker wire through the wall, insert it through the wall portion of the wall-mount bracket, as shown in the illustration.

6.Pass the speaker wire through the speaker portion of the wall-mount bracket, as shown in the illustration.

Bring wire in through here

Bring wire out through here

7.If you have not already removed the speaker???s base, do so by pulling 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.

CAUTION: Before making speaker connections, be sure that your receiver or amplifier is turned OFF and, preferably, its AC cord is unplugged from the AC outlet.

8.Connect the speaker wire to the speaker terminals, as shown in the illustration:

???Press down on the top of the terminal to open the connection hole.

???Insert the wire???s bare end all the way into the hole.

???Release the terminal to secure the wire.

Insert the conductor with the colored band into the speaker???s

red ( + ) terminal, and insert the other conductor into the speaker???s black ( ??? ) terminal.

+ ???

IMPORTANT: Make sure the ( + ) and ( ??? ) bare wires do not touch

each other or the other terminal. Touching wires can cause a short circuit that can damage your receiver or amplifier.

9.Slide the speaker portion of the wall-mount bracket onto the speaker, as shown in the illustration. Fit the wall-mount bracket???s grooves onto the rails in the speaker, and apply even pressure on both sides of the wall- mount bracket so it slides straight onto the speaker.

???Push the wall-mount bracket all the way onto the speaker until it snaps into place.

???Pull any slack speaker wire back through the wall-mount bracket as you slide the wall-mount bracket onto the speaker.

Push down evenly on both sides of wall-mount bracket

Fit bracket grooves onto speaker rails

10.Slide the speaker onto the wall-mount bracket???s wall section, as shown in the illustration. Pull any slack speaker wire back through the wall-mount bracket's wall section.

Slide speaker onto wall-mount bracket

11.Fit the metal stop plate into the recess on the bottom of the wall-mount bracket with the pad facing the bracket, and fasten it to the bracket using two of the supplied

screws. Fastening it will prevent the speaker from detaching from the wall-mount bracket and will hold the speaker in position as you rotate it on the wall-mount bracket.

Stop plate

Supplied screws

Speaker Connections

CAUTION: Before making speaker connections, be sure that your receiver or amplifier is turned OFF and, preferably, its AC cord is unplugged from the AC power outlet.

Color-Coding System

The HKTS30 SAT-2 uses the channel color-coding system established by the Consumer Electronics Association (CEA) to make setting up your home theater speaker system as easy as possible. The HKTS 30 systems include speaker wires with colored bands on each end.

Speakers and receivers/amplifiers have corresponding ( + ) and ( ??? ) connection terminals. Most electronics manufacturers, including Harman Kardon, have been using red to denote the ( + ) terminal and black for the ( ??? ) terminal. Newer Harman Kardon receivers conform to the CEA standard and therefore use a color other than red to denote the ( + ) terminal for some speaker positions.

Each speaker wire included with your system has colored bands at both ends of the ( + ) conductor. In addition to the colored bands at each end, each speaker wire???s ( + ) terminal has ribs molded into its insulation to help you identify it, while the (???) terminal has no ribs.

It is very important to connect each speaker identically: ( + ) on the speaker to ( + ) on the receiver or amplifier, and ( ??? ) on the speaker to ( ??? ) on the receiver or amplifier. Miswiring one or more speakers results in thin sound, weak bass and a poor stereo image. With the advent of multichannel surround-sound systems, connecting all of the speakers in your system correctly is very impor- tant for achieving the proper ambience and directionality of the sound coming from the speakers.

To connect the speaker wire to the terminals on the speakers, press down on the top of the terminal to open the connection hole, insert the wire???s bare end all the way into the hole, and release the terminal to secure the wire. Insert the conductor with the colored band into the speaker???s red ( + ) terminal, and insert the other conductor into the speaker???s black ( ??? ) terminal, as shown in the illustration.

+ ???

IMPORTANT: Make sure the ( + ) and ( ??? ) bare wires do not touch each other or the other terminal. Touching wires can cause a short circuit that can damage your receiver or amplifier.

Connecting HKTS 30SAT-2 Speakers with the Supplied Wall-Mount Brackets

Follow the instructions in Wall-Mounting on page 3.

Connecting HKTS 30SAT-2 Speakers with the Supplied Bases

1.Remove the speaker???s base (see Shelf Placement, on page 3).

2.Pass the speaker wire through the opening in the speaker???s base.

3.Connect the speaker wire as described in Color-Coding System, opposite.

4.Reattach the speaker???s base, as shown in the illustration.

Surround Back Left

Speaker Cable

(Brown Bands)

Surround Back Right

Speaker Cable

(Tan Bands)