User manual KENWOOD HTB-S310

[. . . ] If you're also connecting other equipment, such as a DVD player, TV, VCR, satellite tuner or other source component, use the receiver's manual in combination with the manuals that came with those components. Matching the Receiver to the Speaker System Your receiver has circuitry that tailors its performance for different speaker types, overcoming the mis-match that is common between subwoofers and satellite speakers. After performing this adjustment, dialog spoken by male actors as well as music will sound more natural and life-like on your HTB-S310 system. The display will read "SP SYSTEM", and will then scroll to "CUSTOM". [. . . ] Press the SETUP button to exit the Setup mode. The receiver's electronics are now matched to your HTB-S310 system's speakers. 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 SETUP button repeatedly until the display reads "TEST TONE". The display will change to "AUTO". The display will change to "MANUAL". The display will change to "L 0dB", the left speaker's icon will flash and you will hear test noise through the speaker. MULTI CONTROL buttons to increase and decrease the GRAY BAND BLUE BAND GREEN DOT GREEN BAND 6. Press the SETUP button to change to the center speaker, and repeat Steps 4 ­ 6 for each speaker. 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: Connecting Your Speakers Important: Do not plug the receiver's power cord into an AC outlet until you have properly connected all of the speakers. Connect the speakers as shown in the large diagram to the right. To make connecting the speakers easier, we have color-coded the speakers, the speaker wire and the terminals on the receiver, and pre-stripped the insulation from the ends of the wires. Connect the speaker wire with the colored bands to the correspondingly colored terminals on the speaker and receiver. LEFT FRONT RIGHT FRONT CENTER LEFT SURROUND RIGHT SURROUND SUBWOOFER 8. [. . . ] When you've finished setting the speaker distances, press the SETUP button 4 more times to exit the Setup mode. Important: Insert the wires with the white stripes into the colored connectors; insert the plain wires into the black connectors. 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 LINE INPUT, and connect the other end to the connector on the receiver labeled SUB WOOFER PRE OUT. RED BAND WHITE BAND Using Your Subwoofer Subwoofer Volume Control Initially, set the subwoofer's volume knob to the 11 o'clock position. During normal operation you will use the receiver's subwoofer volume control to adjust the subwoofer volume. [. . . ]