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SPRING/SUMMER 2008 CATALOG HOME/CAR/MULTIMEDIA HKLITUSA5/08 Printed in USA 516.255.HKHK (4545) FAX 516.682.3520 www.harmankardon.com ©2008 Harman International Industries, Incorporated. All rights reserved. Harman Kardon, Inc. 250 Crossways Park Drive, Woodbury, NY 11797 Designed, edited and digitally produced by the Harman Consumer Group Marketing & Design Center Woodbury, NY Part No.
SPRING/SUMMER 2008 CATALOG HOME/CAR/MULTIMEDIA HKLITUSA5/08 Printed in USA 516.255.HKHK (4545) FAX 516.682.3520 www.harmankardon.com ©2008 Harman International Industries, Incorporated. All rights reserved. Harman Kardon, Inc. 250 Crossways Park Drive, Woodbury, NY 11797 Designed, edited and digitally produced by the Harman Consumer Group Marketing & Design Center Woodbury, NY Part No.
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TABLE OF CONTENTS AT HOME 08 IN THE CAR 34 ON THE GO 40 SPECIFICATIONS 44 02 03
TABLE OF CONTENTS AT HOME 08 IN THE CAR 34 ON THE GO 40 SPECIFICATIONS 44 02 03
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...path, in our own way. WELCOME As a consumer electronics company, the Harman Kardon® brand dates back to digital. And that always set higher standards, nothing else ever looked or sounded quite like Harman Kardon components. With features that often broke new ground, and performance that 's ...the way it . Over the years, landmark Harman Kardon products led the transition from vacuum tubes to solid state, from mono...
...path, in our own way. WELCOME As a consumer electronics company, the Harman Kardon® brand dates back to digital. And that always set higher standards, nothing else ever looked or sounded quite like Harman Kardon components. With features that often broke new ground, and performance that 's ...the way it . Over the years, landmark Harman Kardon products led the transition from vacuum tubes to solid state, from mono...
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TECHNICAL PHILOSOPHY Harman Kardon products were delivering high bandwidth before most people realized it happens. 06 07 And we've always been quick to adopt and improve on any good ideas we 've been setting a series of very good examples for more than 50 years. It doesn't happen often, you understand, but it was a good thing. Many of ourselves. Technology leaders can only lead by example, and we didn't actually think of the technologies found in today's finest amplifiers were introduced in Harman Kardon audio equipment.
TECHNICAL PHILOSOPHY Harman Kardon products were delivering high bandwidth before most people realized it happens. 06 07 And we've always been quick to adopt and improve on any good ideas we 've been setting a series of very good examples for more than 50 years. It doesn't happen often, you understand, but it was a good thing. Many of ourselves. Technology leaders can only lead by example, and we didn't actually think of the technologies found in today's finest amplifiers were introduced in Harman Kardon audio equipment.
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Harman Kardon A/V receivers employ the industry's most advanced technologies to optimize the audio and video clarity of buttons. Yet even certified technophobes will discover that they can operate them successfully. 09 AT HOME 08 AUDIO/VIDEO RECEIVERS A maximum number of options, a minimum number of any entertainment source, old or new.
Harman Kardon A/V receivers employ the industry's most advanced technologies to optimize the audio and video clarity of buttons. Yet even certified technophobes will discover that they can operate them successfully. 09 AT HOME 08 AUDIO/VIDEO RECEIVERS A maximum number of options, a minimum number of any entertainment source, old or new.
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... processing technologies, including Dolby Digital, DTS and Logic 7® processing. But the AVR 154 is a perfect case in point. As do all Harman Kardon A/V receivers, the AVR 254 features a high-current, ultrawide-bandwidth design for maximum fidelity. 10 11 Harman Kardon founder Dr. Sidney Harman has always believed technology should serve users, not intimidate them. It features three...
... processing technologies, including Dolby Digital, DTS and Logic 7® processing. But the AVR 154 is a perfect case in point. As do all Harman Kardon A/V receivers, the AVR 254 features a high-current, ultrawide-bandwidth design for maximum fidelity. 10 11 Harman Kardon founder Dr. Sidney Harman has always believed technology should serve users, not intimidate them. It features three...
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/ DOCKING STATION FOR iPod The Bridge II Docking Station for iPod Is your home entertainment system incomplete without music from your power. Thanks to seamlessly select and play audio and video content - The Bridge II connects directly to Harman Kardon The Bridge-ready products and allows you to use your system's remote to The Bridge II docking station, connection and control are completely within your iPod? guided by easy-to-read on-screen or front-panel messages. Let the (gloriously uninterrupted) music begin. 12 iPod touch not included. 13
/ DOCKING STATION FOR iPod The Bridge II Docking Station for iPod Is your home entertainment system incomplete without music from your power. Thanks to seamlessly select and play audio and video content - The Bridge II connects directly to Harman Kardon The Bridge-ready products and allows you to use your system's remote to The Bridge II docking station, connection and control are completely within your iPod? guided by easy-to-read on-screen or front-panel messages. Let the (gloriously uninterrupted) music begin. 12 iPod touch not included. 13
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But we're still building systems for ourselves and a handful of others who hear what we hear. 14 15 We built our very first systems for people who could hear what we heard. everything a prestigious company should have. BUSINESS PHILOSOPHY We didn't start with a product. we were looking to build audio components that satisfied our own passion for ourselves - These days, Harman Kardon, Inc., has a business plan, R&D labs and a marketing department - We weren't looking to find a marketing niche for music. we started with a business plan in 1953 -
But we're still building systems for ourselves and a handful of others who hear what we hear. 14 15 We built our very first systems for people who could hear what we heard. everything a prestigious company should have. BUSINESS PHILOSOPHY We didn't start with a product. we were looking to build audio components that satisfied our own passion for ourselves - These days, Harman Kardon, Inc., has a business plan, R&D labs and a marketing department - We weren't looking to find a marketing niche for music. we started with a business plan in 1953 -
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STEREO RECEIVERS Introduced 50 years ago this year, the Harman Kardon Festival TA 230 was the world's first stereo receiver. We're passionate, to be entertained with their eyes closed. Time marches on, and Harman Kardon products march with a choice of powerful stereo receivers engineered by and for people who prefer to keep the audio faith with it. 16 17 Today, we continue to be sure, but we're not zealots. Our HK 3490 offers digital audio inputs and Dolby Virtual Speaker technology, among other 21st-century innovations.
STEREO RECEIVERS Introduced 50 years ago this year, the Harman Kardon Festival TA 230 was the world's first stereo receiver. We're passionate, to be entertained with their eyes closed. Time marches on, and Harman Kardon products march with a choice of powerful stereo receivers engineered by and for people who prefer to keep the audio faith with it. 16 17 Today, we continue to be sure, but we're not zealots. Our HK 3490 offers digital audio inputs and Dolby Virtual Speaker technology, among other 21st-century innovations.
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... to make beautiful music and, like all specialists, it's very good at what it does to time. It features high-current, ultrawide bandwidth amplification, a signature Harman Kardon technology that delivers all the subtlety of choice. Add The Bridge II docking station for video game consoles and portable audio players. 19
... to make beautiful music and, like all specialists, it's very good at what it does to time. It features high-current, ultrawide bandwidth amplification, a signature Harman Kardon technology that delivers all the subtlety of choice. Add The Bridge II docking station for video game consoles and portable audio players. 19
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...connection, scales older video discs to fully experience the very highest resolution of them . But to 1080p with HDMI Connectivity One of the most advanced Harman Kardon DVD players, the DVD 48 is among them pushing 50 by Faroudja® technology, and offers unsurpassed fidelity in use today, and some of... today's digital sources, you 'll notice the difference. We know upgrading isn't always a joy. Do try all of the earliest Harman Kardon products - The DVD 48 makes it easy. 20 21 DVD 48 DVD-Audio/Video and SACD™ Player with DCDi by now - some of our...
...connection, scales older video discs to fully experience the very highest resolution of them . But to 1080p with HDMI Connectivity One of the most advanced Harman Kardon DVD players, the DVD 48 is among them pushing 50 by Faroudja® technology, and offers unsurpassed fidelity in use today, and some of... today's digital sources, you 'll notice the difference. We know upgrading isn't always a joy. Do try all of the earliest Harman Kardon products - The DVD 48 makes it easy. 20 21 DVD 48 DVD-Audio/Video and SACD™ Player with DCDi by now - some of our...
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... bridge the gaping DVD/CD/music system/cell phone/camera divide. to create a media server that works like an entertainment device, not a computer. behold the Harman Kardon Digital Media Center. This ideal player would be conversant in portable players, card-equipped cars and cell phones. DMC 1000 Four-Stream Digital Media Center...
... bridge the gaping DVD/CD/music system/cell phone/camera divide. to create a media server that works like an entertainment device, not a computer. behold the Harman Kardon Digital Media Center. This ideal player would be conversant in portable players, card-equipped cars and cell phones. DMC 1000 Four-Stream Digital Media Center...
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So go ahead, spread out and enjoy yourself. All Harman Kardon 7.1-channel AVR receivers are only ideal for you. 24 25 All include assignable rear-channel amplifiers, all offer a second-zone control system, and the AVR 354 includes a second-zone remote control. MULTIROOM PRODUCTS One-room systems are built with multiroom applications in mind. Your Harman Kardon entertainment system will be there for one-room apartments. Which means Harman Kardon multiroom systems are easy to set up and use.
So go ahead, spread out and enjoy yourself. All Harman Kardon 7.1-channel AVR receivers are only ideal for you. 24 25 All include assignable rear-channel amplifiers, all offer a second-zone control system, and the AVR 354 includes a second-zone remote control. MULTIROOM PRODUCTS One-room systems are built with multiroom applications in mind. Your Harman Kardon entertainment system will be there for one-room apartments. Which means Harman Kardon multiroom systems are easy to set up and use.
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...Wall Module for iPod accessible from throughout the realm. Controlling your A-BUS-equipped Harman Kardon products in remote rooms and powering the remote-room speakers is as simple as a single connection to the AVR or the nearest ABH expansion hub, and a link to the light switch... considered impolite to point, the IR sensors don't seem to any Harman Kardon remote control. The AB 2 connects to your A-BUS-equipped Harman Kardon products or ABH expansion hub to four different input sources (including your Harman Kardon AVR), you enter a room (and its tuner and The Bridge II docking...
...Wall Module for iPod accessible from throughout the realm. Controlling your A-BUS-equipped Harman Kardon products in remote rooms and powering the remote-room speakers is as simple as a single connection to the AVR or the nearest ABH expansion hub, and a link to the light switch... considered impolite to point, the IR sensors don't seem to any Harman Kardon remote control. The AB 2 connects to your A-BUS-equipped Harman Kardon products or ABH expansion hub to four different input sources (including your Harman Kardon AVR), you enter a room (and its tuner and The Bridge II docking...
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Minimalism has long been a major force in their purest form, with an absence of excess or decoration. We don't do icing. 28 29 The Harman Kardon team believes that would be icing on the cake. DESIGN PHILOSOPHY Ludwig Mies van der Rohe borrowed "less is more" from the very beginning. It's also been one of essential elements presented in architecture, music and design. We could go on and on about this, but that good design consists of our guiding principles from Robert Browning. We borrowed it from Mies.
Minimalism has long been a major force in their purest form, with an absence of excess or decoration. We don't do icing. 28 29 The Harman Kardon team believes that would be icing on the cake. DESIGN PHILOSOPHY Ludwig Mies van der Rohe borrowed "less is more" from the very beginning. It's also been one of essential elements presented in architecture, music and design. We could go on and on about this, but that good design consists of our guiding principles from Robert Browning. We borrowed it from Mies.
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... four satellite speakers, a center channel speaker primarily for you 're ordering à la carte, that simple. Unless you probably know, a 5.1-channel speaker system consists of Harman Kardon HKTS speaker packages. 30 31 HOME THEATER SPEAKER SYSTEMS Let Harman Kardon home theater speaker systems make this simple for dialogue, and a powered subwoofer.
... four satellite speakers, a center channel speaker primarily for you 're ordering à la carte, that simple. Unless you probably know, a 5.1-channel speaker system consists of Harman Kardon HKTS speaker packages. 30 31 HOME THEATER SPEAKER SYSTEMS Let Harman Kardon home theater speaker systems make this simple for dialogue, and a powered subwoofer.
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HKTS 15 5.1-Channel Home Theater Speaker System Please have your HKS 6 speakers, faking you into the action, and a 100-watt powered subwoofer for the ultimate in cinema-like the overnight delivery guy driving up, or anything else that might actually be happening in pairs, for seated listeners, these days. With a dual-driver center channel speaker for vivid, distinct movie dialogue, four compact but your tickets ready. We guarantee they 're available in the real world. Worlds colliding? Child's play. 32 HKS 9 Surround Speakers No matter how good things get, there'll...
HKTS 15 5.1-Channel Home Theater Speaker System Please have your HKS 6 speakers, faking you into the action, and a 100-watt powered subwoofer for the ultimate in cinema-like the overnight delivery guy driving up, or anything else that might actually be happening in pairs, for seated listeners, these days. With a dual-driver center channel speaker for vivid, distinct movie dialogue, four compact but your tickets ready. We guarantee they 're available in the real world. Worlds colliding? Child's play. 32 HKS 9 Surround Speakers No matter how good things get, there'll...
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IN THE CAR 34 CAR SOLUTIONS We're one of the world's leading suppliers of major manufacturers. our products are found in your car. 35 But even if a Logic 7 multichannel audio system isn't in your budget this year, our elegantly designed and easy-to-use products mean you can still enjoy superb Harman Kardon sound in the premium cars of automotive audio and infotainment systems;
IN THE CAR 34 CAR SOLUTIONS We're one of the world's leading suppliers of major manufacturers. our products are found in your car. 35 But even if a Logic 7 multichannel audio system isn't in your budget this year, our elegantly designed and easy-to-use products mean you can still enjoy superb Harman Kardon sound in the premium cars of automotive audio and infotainment systems;
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/ PORTABLE NAVIGATION HARMAN KARDON GUIDE + PLAY™ They're small. After all - An innovative, mount-anywhere wireless controller...310 is the ultimate all your hand. Superfast route calculation. Bluetooth® hands-free phone functionality. The Harman Kardon GPS-810 has it all , their eyes off the road. The built-in the palm of music along for the... ride. All Harman Kardon Guide + Play™ GPS navigation and entertainment products offer turn-by-turn directions to virtually any other system...
/ PORTABLE NAVIGATION HARMAN KARDON GUIDE + PLAY™ They're small. After all - An innovative, mount-anywhere wireless controller...310 is the ultimate all your hand. Superfast route calculation. Bluetooth® hands-free phone functionality. The Harman Kardon GPS-810 has it all , their eyes off the road. The built-in the palm of music along for the... ride. All Harman Kardon Guide + Play™ GPS navigation and entertainment products offer turn-by-turn directions to virtually any other system...
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... on all the music-browsing capabilities of your iPod. All without taking your eyes off your own music mixes and control additional Harman Kardon accessories. The wireless five-button controller lets you all kinds of in wireless FM transmitter or 3.5mm line outputs. 39 Scroll through...PLAY™ 2 Your car is designed to work with existing car audio systems. Browse by artist, album, song, genre or composer. The innovative Harman Kardon Drive + Play™ 2 system gives you generate your driving? The Drive + Play 2 unit plugs directly into your car's cigarette-lighter port ...
... on all the music-browsing capabilities of your iPod. All without taking your eyes off your own music mixes and control additional Harman Kardon accessories. The wireless five-button controller lets you all kinds of in wireless FM transmitter or 3.5mm line outputs. 39 Scroll through...PLAY™ 2 Your car is designed to work with existing car audio systems. Browse by artist, album, song, genre or composer. The innovative Harman Kardon Drive + Play™ 2 system gives you generate your driving? The Drive + Play 2 unit plugs directly into your car's cigarette-lighter port ...