Kenwood HTB 404 Owners Manual

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Congratulations! The HTB-404 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 receiv- ers 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 setting the speakers up, keep these points in mind:  If the subwoofer causes discoloration of the TV pic- ture, move it away from the TV until the discoloration disappears.  Since the left, center and right speakers are magneti- cally shielded, you can place them right on top of and next to the TV without worrying about picture discol- oration.  You can hang the surround 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 subwoofer in a corner yields the deepest bass out- put overall. Connecting Your Speakers Important: Do not plug the receivers power cord into an AC outlet until you have properly connected all of the speakers. Connect the speakers as shown in the main diagram. To make connecting the speakers easier, we have color- coded the speaker wire and the terminals on the speak- ers, labeled the terminals on the receiver, and pre- stripped the insulation from the ends of the wire. In each case, connect the colored speaker wire to the same color terminal on the speaker and the red terminal on the receiver, and connect the black speaker wire to the black terminal on the speaker and receiver. (Since the terminal on the subwoofer is not color-coded, connect the brown speaker wire to the red terminal on both the subwoofer and the receiver.) Quick Connect Guide HTB-404 Balancing the Speakers You can use your ears to balance the volume levels of all the systems speakers for your room and listening posi- tion. When all of the speakers are set at the same vol- ume level, your system will create a more realistic, spa- cious surround sound environment. 1. Sit in the seat where you will be watching movies. Eliminate as many external noises as possible. 2. Turn the receivers volume control up to between -20dB and -25dB. For greatest accuracy, the level bal- ancing should be done at a moderately loud listening level. 3. Press the SETUP button on the remote five times. The receivers display will readLch 0dB, the left speaker icon will flash and you will 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 each speaker. If the noise is much louder or softer through one speaker than it is through the left front speaker, wait until the display shows that speaker and press one of the MULTI CONTROL buttons on the remote. The test noise will stay in that speaker. Using the MULTI CON - TROL 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 number readout on the display while youre doing the balanc- ing-this is for reference purposes only. Once you have balanced all the speakers you should write each speakers volume setting down for reference. 7. Press the SETUP button on the remote four 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 distances down. 2. Press the SETUP button on the remote six times. The display will read10FT 3.0M, and the left and right speaker icons will be flashing. 3. Press the MULTI CONTROL buttons until the display match- es the distance from your left and right speakers to your listening position. (Each 0.3 meter increment equals one foot.) 4. Press the SETUP button again and repeat step 3 for the center speaker, and again for each surround speaker. 5. When youve finished setting the speaker distances, press the SETUP button once to exit the setup mode. (HTB-504 Quick-Connect Guide on other side) If you have any questions about your new system, please contact our Stage 3 Customer Service Department at (800) KENWOOD, or visit our Internet Web siteat www.kenwoodusa.com