Harman Kardon HK6100 Owners Manual - Page 4

CONNECTIONS

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Connecting

Other

Components

Carefully

connect

the

plugs

to

the

left

and

right

channel

jacks.

Push

the

plugs

in

all

the

way.

Poor

setting

of

the

plugs

tends

to

cause

hum

or

intermittent

sound

and

may

damage

the

speakers.

NOTE:

Whi

le

you

are

connecting

this

unit

to

the

rest

of

your

high

fidelity

system,

please

unplug

the

power

cord,

discon-

necting

not

only

this

unit

but

al

l

the

components,

from

the

AC

outlet.

Do

not

interwind

the

connection

wires

with

the

power

cord.

If

interwound,

the

sound

qual

ity

may

be

degraded.

Connecting

Speakers

Connect

the

speaker

wires

carefully

to

the

speaker

terminals

on

the

rear

panel

so

as

not

to

mistake

the

left

and

the

right

channels

or

reverse

the

speaker

polarities

1+

and

—).

Use

sufficiently

thick

wire

(18

gauge

for

short

lengths,

16-12

gauge

for

longer

lengths).

It

is

recommended

to

use

color

-

coded

wire

for

easy

polarity

identification.

Speaker

wires

should

be

as

short

as

possible,

and

the

left

and

the

right

channel

wires

should

be

the

same

length.

1.

Remove

about

20

mm

(3/4

inch)

of

insulation

from

the

end

of

each

wire

and

twist

the

strands

of

each

end.

20mm

(3/4

inch)

5

Dan

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00000

Open

Reel

Tape

Right

channel

Left

channel'

Deck

Speaker

System

2

2.

After

making sure

of

the

correct

channel

and

polarity,

loosen

the

SPEAKER

SYSTEM

terminal

knob

and

insert

the

conductor

directly

into

the

recess

at

the

upper

-right

of

the

terminal

.

Then

tighten

the

termi-

nal

knob,

and

the

end

of

speaker

wire

is

automatical

ly

wound

around

the

terminal.

3.

HK6200

only:

Set

the

SPEAKER

OPERATING

MODE

switch

on

the

rear

panel

to

match

the

impedance

of

your

speakers.

Remove

the

switch

cover

by

pressing

its

lugs.

If

your

speakers

are

nominally

4

Ohms,

set

this

switch

to

the

LI-S2

position.

If

your

speakers

are

nomi-

nally

8

Ohms,

set

this

switch

to

the

8S2

position.

Reinstal

l

the

switch

cover

in

order

to

prevent

accidental

switching.

O

8

Ohms

selling

CAUTION:

Two

speaker

systems

can

be

connected

to

this

unit.

When

two

speaker

systems

are

connected,

care

should

be

taken

that

the

net

impedance

does

not

become

less

than

4

Ohms

(HK61

00)

or

less

than

8

or

4

Ohms

depending

on

the

position

of

the

SPEAKER

OPERATING

MODE

switch

(H

K6200)

.

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