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Congratulations! The HTB-505 Home Theatre 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 man-
ual in combination with the manuals that came with those
components. Placing Your Speakers Place the speakers as shown in the diagram below. While
youre setting the speakers up, keep these points in mind:
- If the subwoofer causes discoloration of the TV picture,
move it away from the TV until the discoloration disap-
pears.
- Since the center speaker is magnetically shielded, you can
place it right on top of the TV without worrying about pic-
ture 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
output than placing it away from a wall. Placing the sub-
woofer in a corner yields the deepest bass output overall. Connecting Your Speakers I Im
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Connect the speakers as shown in the main diagram.
In each case, connect the colored speaker wire to correspond-
ing 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 terminals on the receiver, and pre-stripped the insulation
from the ends of the wire. DO NOT PUSH THE WIRE TOO FAR
INTO THE SPEAKER TERMINALS AS THIS WILL NOT ALLOW THE
WIRE TO MAKE PROPER CONTACT.
The subwoofer connects to the receiver using the audio cable:
- Connect one end of the audio cable to the input connector
on the subwoofer labeled
L/MONO
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to the connector on the receiver labeled
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Standby when youre not using it and turn it On again when you use your
system. (When the subwoofer is On the indicator on its rear panel glows
green. When it is in Standby the indicator glows red.) If you will not be
using your system for an extended period of time we recommend that
you turn the subwoofers power switch Off.
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Initially, set the subwoofers volume knob to the 11 oclock position.
During normal operation you will use the receivers subwoofer volume
control to adjust the subwoofer volume. (This is much more convenient
than having to reach behind the subwoofer to turn its volume knob every
time you want to adjust its volume.) If the receivers subwoofer volume
control wont go loud or soft enough, re-adjust the subwoofers volume
knob to compensate. See the receivers instruction manual for details on
using the receivers subwoofer volume control. Balancing the Speakers Your receiver comes with the speaker volume settings pre-balanced. If
you have positioned the speakers as shown in the diagram your system
will create a spacious surround sound environment right out of the box
with no further adjustment required.
If your room is arranged differently than shown in the diagram, or if you
simply want to fine-tune your systems performance, you can easily
change the volumes of the individual speakers to get a better balance:
1. Press the
SETUP
button 8 times. The display will read to AUTO.
2. Rock the
MULTI CONTROL
joystick forward once. The display will change
to MANUAL.
3. Press the
SETUP
button repeatedly until the speaker you want to adjust
appears on the display. You will hear test noise through the speaker.
4. Rock the
MULTI CONTROL
joystick forward to increase the speakers vol-
ume, rock it backward to decrease the speakers volume.
5. Do not be concerned with the volume level readout on the display
while youre adjusting the speakers-this is for reference purposes
only. However, once you have balanced all the speakers you should
write each speakers volume setting down here for reference:
6. Press the SETUP button on the remote 5 times to exit the setup
mode.
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 your seat. Write the dis-
tances down.
2. Press the
SETUP
button on the remote 11 times. The display will read
10FT 3.0M, and the left and right speaker icons will flash.
3. Rock the
MULTI CONTROL
joystick forward or backward until the display
matches the distance from your left and right speakers to your listen-
ing position.
4. Press the
SETUP
button again and repeat step 3 for the center speaker,
and again for the surround speakers.
5. When youve finished setting the speaker distances, press the
SETUP
button 2 times to exit the setup mode.
If you have any questions about your new system, please contact our Customer Service Department at (800) KENWOOD or visit our Web site at www.kenwoodusa.com
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