Kenwood HTB-505 Owner's manual

Brand: Kenwood

Model: HTB-505

Category: Speaker sets

Type: Owner's manual

Kenwood HTB-505 is an advanced home theater system designed to provide an immersive and powerful sound experience. With its easy-to-use setup and a range of connectivity options, you can quickly connect your TV, DVD player, or other devices to enjoy your favorite movies and music. The system includes various speakers, each engineered to deliver crystal-clear and balanced audio, creating a captivating surround sound experience in the comfort of your home. Additionally, the subwoofer adds depth and impact to your audio, enhancing explosions and basslines with its rich and dynamic sound.

Congratulations!

The HTB 405 Home Theatre System will make watching

movies at home more fun than ever. To corlnect your speak-

ers to the receiver follow the instructions on this sheet. To

learn how to operate your recewer please read and follow the

instruction manual included in the receiver's box. If you're

also connecting other equipment, such as a TV, VCR, DVD

player, CD player or other source component, use the receiv-

er's manual in combination with the manuals that came with

those components.

Placing Your Speakers

Place the speakers as shown in the diagram below. While

you're 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

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 output than placing ft away from a wall. Placing the

subwoofer in a corner yields the deepest bass output

overall

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Connecting Your Speakers

important: Do not plug the receiver's power cord into AC out

lets until you have properly connected all of the speakers.

Connect the speakers as shown in the main diagram.

h_each case, connect the colored speaker wire to corre

sponding terminals on the speaker and receiver.

To make connecting the speakers easier, we }'lave coloF

coded the speaker wire and the terminals on the speakers,

labeled the terminals on the receiver, and pre-stdpped 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.

Setting Up Your Receiver

The receiver has a Quick Setup procedure that makes this

easy. After you've made all of the connections, follow these

steps. (You'll be using the remote control):

(HTB-505 Quick-Connect Guide on other side)

Balancing the Speakers

Your receiver comes with the speaker volume setthlgs pro-

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 dia-

gram, or if you simply want to fine tune your system's perfor-

mance, you can easily change the volumes of the indlvidual

speakers to get a better balance:

1. Press the SETUPbutton 8 Rmes. The dlsplay will read

"AUTO".

2. Rock the MULTICONTROLjoystick forward once. The display

will change to "MANUAU'.

3. Press the SETUPbutton repeatedly until the speaker you

want to adjust appears on the display. You will hear test

noise through the speaker.

4. Rock the MULT_CONTROLjoystick forward to increase the

speaker's volume, rock it backward to decrease the

speaker's volume.

5. Do not be concerned with the volume level readout on

the display while youYe adjusting the speakers this is for

reference purposes only. However, once you have bal

anced all the speakers you should write each speaker's

voluf_e setting down here for reference:

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6. Press the SETUPbutton on the remote 5 times to exit the

set/_p mode.

Setting the Speaker Distances

This last step adjusts the thning 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 SETUPbutton on the remote 11 times. The dis-

play wffl read "lOFT 3.0M", and the left and right speaker

icons will flash.

3. Rock the MULT_CONTROLjoystick forward or backward until

the display matches the distance from your left and right

speakers to your listening position.

4. Press the SETUPbutton again and repeat step 3 for the

center speaker, and again for the surround speakers.

5. When you've finished setting the speaker distances,

press the SETUPbutton 2 times to exit the setup mode.

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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

(HTB-405 Quick-Connect Guide on other side)

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 receiver's box. if you're also

connecting other equipment, such as a TV, VCR, DVD player,

CD player or other source component, use the receiver's 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

you're setting the speakers up, keep these points inmind:

• 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 otdput overall

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Important: Do not plug the receiver's power cord into AC out

lets 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 correspond

ing terminals on the speaker and receiver.

To make connecting the speakers easier, we have colopcoded

the speaker wire and the terminals on the speakers, labeled

the terminals on the receiver, and pre-stdpped 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,and connect the other end

to the connector on the receiver labeled sub WOOFERPREOUT.

Using Your Subwoofer

Your SW 36HT subwoofer has features that make it easy to set

up and use:

Auto Power On/Off

After you turn the subwoofer's power switch On for the first

time, the subwoofer's Auto Power On/Off feature will put it into

Standby when you're 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 subwoofer's power switch Off.

Crossover Filter Switch

Since your system's receiver has a buitbin crossover (circuitry that sepa

rates the bass from the rest of the sound) on its subwoofer output, set

the subwoofer's Crossover Filter Switch to Off.

Volume Control

Initially. set the subwoofer's volume knob to the 11 o'clock position.

During normal operation you wifl use the receiver's 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 receiver's subwoofer volume

control won't go loud or soft enough, re adjust the subwoofer's volume

knob to compensate. See the receiver's instruction manual for details on

using the receiver's 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 system's performance, you can easily

change the volumes of the individual speakers to get a better balance:

1. Press the SETUPbutton 8 times. The display will read to "AUTO".

2. Rock the MULTICONTROLjoystick forward once. The display will change

to "MANUAL:'.

3. Press the SETUPbutton repeatedly until the speaker you want to adjust

appears on the display. You will hear test noise through the speaker.

4. Rock the Muc'nCONTROLjoystick forward to increase the speaker's vol

ume. rock it backward to decrease the speaker's volume.

5. Do not be concerned with the volume level readout on the display

while you're adjusting the speakers this is for reference purposes

only. However, once you have balanced all the speakers you should

write each speaker's volume setting down here for reference:

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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 SEIUPbutton on the remote 11 times. The display will read

"lOFT 3.0M", and the left and right speaker icons will flash.

3. Rock the MUhnCON'mOLjoystick forward or backward until the display

matches the distance from your left and right speakers to your listen

ing position.

4. Press the SETUPbutton again and repeat step 3 for the center speaker,

and again for the surround speakers.

5. When you've finished setting the speaker dlstances, press the SETUP

button 2 times to exit the setup mode.

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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