Onkyo SKS-HT240 manual

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    E n 5.1 Ch Home Theater Speaker P ackage HTP-240 6.1 Ch Home Theater Speaker P ackage SKS-HT240 Instruction Manual Thank you for purchasing an Onkyo home theater speaker package. Please read this manual thoroughly before using your ne w speakers. Follo wing the instructions in this manual will enable you to obtain optimum performance and listening [...]

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    2 Impor tant S a f eguar ds 1. Read Instructions – All the safety and operating instructions should be read before the appliance is operated. 2. Retain Instructions – The safety and operating instructions should be retained for future reference. 3. Heed W arnings – All warnings on the appliance and in the operating instructions should be adhe[...]

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    3 Important Safeguards —Continued 18. Damage Requiring Service – Unplug the appli- ance form the wall outlet and refer servicing to qualified service personnel under the following con- ditions: A. When the power -supply cord or plug is damaged, B. If liquid has been spilled, or objects have f allen into the appliance, C. If the appliance has b[...]

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    4 Intr oduction The HTP-240’ s and SKS-HT240’ s stylish enclosures are made of aluminum and their slim design makes them ideal for use with LCD and plasma TVs. The HTP-240 is a 5.1-channel speaker package consist- ing of front left and right speakers, a center speaker , sur- round left and right speakers, and a po wered subwoofer . It has been [...]

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    5 Getting to kno w Y our Speaker P ac kage A ST ANDBY/ON indicator Red: Subwoofer in standby mode Green: Subwoofer on W ith the Auto Standby function, the SKW -240 automatically turns on when an input signal is detected in Standby mode. When there’ s no input signal for about 20 minutes, the SKW -240 automat- ically enters Standby mode. B OUTPUT [...]

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    6 V arious Mounting Methods If you intend to stand the front speakers on the floor or on a TV stand or A V stand, you should attach the sup- plied front speaker bases. T o do this, align the mounting holes in the base with base/stand inserts on the front speaker’ s rear panel, and secure by using four of the sup- plied fixing screws. The center[...]

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    7 V arious Mounting Methods —Continued ■ Mounting horizontally To mount the center speaker horizontally , use the two ke yhole slots sho wn to hang each speaker on two screws that are securely screwed into the w all. Center speaker Caution: A mounting screw’ s ability to support a speaker depends on how well it’ s anchored to the wall. If y[...]

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    8 Connecting the Speaker s Read the following before connecting your speak ers: •T urn off your amp before making an y connections. • The nominal impedance of these speakers is 8 Ω . Use only an amp that supports this impedance. •P ay close attention to speaker wiring polarity . Connect positiv e (+) terminals to only positive (+) terminals[...]

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    9 About Home Theater The HTP-240/SKS-HT240’ s great sound means that you can enjoy surround sound with a real sense of mov ement in your own home—just lik e being in a movie theater or concert hall. Enjoying Home Theater Front left and right speaker s These output the ov erall sound. Their role in a home theater is to provide a solid anchor f o[...]

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    10 Adjustment To set the level of the subw oofer, use the OUTPUT LEVEL control. Set it so that bass sounds are ev enly bal- anced with the treble sounds from the other speakers. Because our ears are less sensitiv e to very low bass sounds, there’ s a temptation to set the lev el of the sub- woofer too high. As a rule of thumb, set the subwoofer l[...]

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    11 Tr oubleshooting Symptom P ossible cause Remed y There’ s no sound coming from certain speakers? The speaker cables are not connected properly . Check the speaker cables and correct as necessary . HTP-240: The number of speaker channels is not set to 5ch on the DR-S2.2. Set the number of speaker channels to 5ch. SKS-HT240: On the amp or receiv[...]

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    12 SN 29343622 I0312-1 http://www.onky o.com/ HOMEP AGE Sales & Product Planning Div. : 2-1, Nisshin-cho, Neyagawa-shi, OSAKA 572-8540, JAPAN Tel: 072-831-8023 Fax: 072-831-8124 ONKYO U.S.A. CORPORATION 18 Park Way, Upper Saddle River, N.J. 07458, U.S.A. Tel: 201-785-2600 Fax: 201-785-2650 http://www.onkyousa.com ONKYO EUROPE ELECTRONICS GmbH L[...]