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Congratulations!
The HTB-203A Home Theater System will make watching movies at
home more fun than ever. To connect your speakers to the receiver
follow the instructions on this sheet. To learn how to operate your
receiver please read and follow the instruction manual included in
the receivers box. If youre also connecting other equipment, such
as a TV, VCR, DVD player, CD player or other source component, use
the receivers manual in combination with the manuals that came
with those components.
Placing Your Speakers
Place the speakers as shown in the diagram below. While youre set-
ting the speakers up, keep these points in mind:
If the subwoofer causes discoloration of the TV picture, move itaway from the TV until the discoloration disappears.
Since the center speaker is magnetically shielded, you can place it right on top of the TV without worrying about picture
discoloration.
You can hang the speakers on the wall using heavy-duty picture- hangers.
Placing the subwoofer next to a wall yields more deep bass out- put than placing it away from a wall. Placing the subwoofer in a
corner yields the deepest bass output overall.
Connecting Your Speakers
Important: Do not plug the receiver and subwoofers power
cords into AC outlets until you have properly connected all of
the speakers.
Connect the speakers as shown in the main diagram.
In each case, connect the colored speaker wire to the red
terminals on the speaker and receiver, and connect the black speak-
er wire to the black terminals on the speaker and receiver.
To make connecting the speakers easier, we have color-coded the
speaker wire and the terminals on the speakers, labeled the termi-
nals on the receiver, and pre-stripped the insulation from the ends of
the wire.
Note that the receivers left and right front speaker outputs connect to
the inputs of the subwoofer, and the left and right speakers themselves
connect to the subwoofers outputs.
Setting Up Your Receiver
Before your use your system, you need to set up your new receiver
to match the speaker system and your listening room. The receiver
has a Quick Setup procedure that makes this easy. After youve
made all of the connections, follow these steps. (Youll be using the
remote control):
Quick Connect Guide HTB-203A
Activating the Speakers
First you need to tell the receiver what speakers your system has and where it
should send the bass.
1. Press the
SETUP button on the remote. The receivers display will read SUBW
YES .
2. Since your systems subwoofer is powered by the front speaker outputs and not by the subwoofer preout, press either of the
MULTI CONTROL buttons on the
remote once so the display reads SUBW NO. This shuts off the subwoofer pre-
out and sends the bass to the front speaker outputs. The systems subwoofer
retains the bass and sends the rest of the sound to the front speakers.
3. Press the
SETUP button again. The display will read CNTR NML(normal). Leave
the center speaker set this way. This sends the center channel bass to the left
and right speaker outputs (where it will go to the subwoofer).
4. Press the
SETUP button again. The display will read SURR YES. Leave the
surround speakers set this way. This turns on the surround speakers.
Balancing the Speakers
Now you will use your ears to balance the volume levels of all the systems speak-
ers for your room and listening position. When all of the speakers are set at the
same volume level, your system will create a more realistic, spacious surround
sound environment.
1. Sit in the place where you will be watching movies. Eliminate as many external noises as possible.
2. Turn the receivers volume control up to between -20dB and -15dB. For greatest accuracy, the level balancing should be done at a moderately loud listening level.
3. Press the
SETUP button again. The display will read Lch 0dB, the left speaker icon
flashes and you hear test noise circulate from speaker to speaker. (The display
will change and the speaker icons will flash to indicate which speaker is playing
the test noise.)
4. Using the left front speaker as a reference, carefully listen to the volume level of the noise through the different speakers. If the noise is much louder or softer
through one speaker than it is through the left front speaker, wait until the dis-
play shows that speaker and press the upper
MULTI CONTROL button on the
remote. The test noise will stay in that speaker. Using the
MULTI CONTROL buttons,
adjust the speakers volume until its the same as the left front speaker.
5. Repeat Step 4 for each speaker until they all play at the same volume level. Fine- tune the levels as necessary..
6. Do not be concerned with the volume setting readout on the display while youre doing the balancing: this is for reference purposes only. Once you have
balanced all the speakers you should write each speakers volume setting down
for reference.
Setting the Speaker Distances
This last step adjusts the timing of all the speakers so that their sound arrives at
the listening location at the proper time.
1. Measure the distance from each speaker to the seat you will be sitting in. Writethe distances down.
2. Press the
SETUP button on the remote one more time. The display will read 10FT
3.0M , and the left and right speaker icons will be flashing.
3. Press the
MULTI CONTROL buttons until the display matches the distance from your
left and right speakers to your listening position.
4. Repeat Steps 2 and 3 for each speaker in your system.
5. When youve finished setting the speaker distances, press the
SETUP button
again. The display will show the tuner readout.
(HTB-303 Quick-Connect Guide on other side)
