Kenwood HTB 203 A Owners Manual

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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)