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The center-channel speaker should be
placed slightly behind the front left and
right speakers, and no more than two feet
above or below the tweeters of the left and
right speakers. It is often convenient to set
the center speaker on top of the television
set, as shown in the drawing. Use the sup-
plied support leg to aim it toward the lis-
tener by screwing the leg in to angle the
speaker up, or unscrewing the leg slightly
to angle the speaker down.

Stands are optional.

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 listeners’ ears will be, or they
may be angled toward the listeners.

The low-frequency material reproduced by
the subwoofer is mostly omnidirectional,
and this speaker may be placed in a con-
venient location in the room. However, the
best reproduction of bass will be heard
when the subwoofer is placed in a corner
along the same wall as the front speakers.
Experiment with subwoofer placement by
temporarily placing the subwoofer in the 
listening position and moving around the
room until the bass reproduction is best.
Place the subwoofer in that location.

The two surround speakers should be
placed slightly behind the listening position
and, ideally, should face each other and be
at a level higher than the listeners’ ears. If
that is not possible, they may be placed on
a wall behind the listening position, facing
forward. The surround speakers should not
call attention to themselves. Experiment
with their placement until you hear a dif-
fuse, ambient sound accompanying the
main-program material heard in the front
speakers.

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On shelves.

On the wall. Wall brackets included.

On optional stands (FSTS 1).

Slide speaker onto support.

Place speaker and support on wall plate.

Attach plate to wall. The brackets should be
placed, if possible, so that the screws will
fasten into a wooden wall stud. If that is
not possible, use properly selected wall
anchors.

The customer is responsible for proper
selection and use of mounting hardware,
available through hardware stores, to prop-
erly and safely wall-mount the speakers.

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Separate and strip the ends of the speaker
wire as shown. Speakers and electronics
terminals have corresponding (+) and (–)
terminals. Most manufacturers of speakers
and electronics, including Harman Kardon,
use red to denote the (+) terminal and
black for the (–) terminal.

The (+) lead of the speaker wire is noted
with a stripe. It is important to connect both
speakers identically: (+) on the speaker to
(+) on the amplifier and (–) on the speaker
to (–) on the amplifier. Wiring “out of
phase” 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 with the cor-
rect polarity remains equally important in
order to preserve the proper ambience and
directionality of the program material.

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USE THIS INSTALLATION METHOD FOR
DOLBY PRO LOGIC APPLICATIONS (NOT
DOLBY DIGITAL, DTS OR OTHER DIGITAL
PROCESSING), WHERE THE RECEIVER/
PROCESSOR DOES NOT HAVE A SUB-
WOOFER OUTPUT, OR A VOLUME-
CONTROLLED PREAMP (LINE-) LEVEL 
OUTPUT:

Connect your receiver or amplifier’s front
left and right speaker terminals to the left
and right terminals on the subwoofer that
are marked “Speaker-Level Input.” Connect
the left and right terminals on the sub-
woofer that are marked “Speaker-Level
Output” to the corresponding terminals on
the back of your front left and right speakers.

Connect your receiver or amplifier’s center,
and left and right surround-speaker 
terminals to the corresponding terminals on
the back of your center, and left and right
surround speakers.