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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. SPRING/SUMMER 2008 CATALOG HOME/CAR/MULTIMEDIA
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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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... 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 to hi-fi...always wanted it still is. 04 * iPod touch not included. 05 WELCOME As a consumer electronics company, the Harman Kardon® brand dates back to digital. That's just the way we are, still going strong after more than 50... years, still headed by our founder, Dr. Sidney Harman, and still following our own path, in our own way. And that always set higher standards, nothing else ...
... 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 to hi-fi...always wanted it still is. 04 * iPod touch not included. 05 WELCOME As a consumer electronics company, the Harman Kardon® brand dates back to digital. That's just the way we are, still going strong after more than 50... years, still headed by our founder, Dr. Sidney Harman, and still following our own path, in our own way. And that always set higher standards, nothing else ...
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Many of very good examples for more than 50 years. Technology leaders can only lead by example, and we didn't actually think of ourselves. It doesn't happen often, you understand, but it was a good thing. 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 the technologies found in today's finest amplifiers were introduced in Harman Kardon audio equipment.
Many of very good examples for more than 50 years. Technology leaders can only lead by example, and we didn't actually think of ourselves. It doesn't happen often, you understand, but it was a good thing. 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 the technologies found in today's finest amplifiers were introduced in Harman Kardon audio equipment.
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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. Harman Kardon A/V receivers employ the industry's most advanced technologies to optimize the audio and video clarity of buttons.
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...Audio™ decoding on the audio side, and Faroudja DCDi Cinema video processing to 1080p on the video side. As do all Harman Kardon A/V receivers, the AVR 254 features a high-current, ultrawide-bandwidth design for maximum fidelity. 10 11 It features three HDMI inputs... ensure that everything works together seamlessly, the AVR 354 features a full-color graphical user interface and an eight-device programmable remote. Harman Kardon founder Dr. Sidney Harman has always believed technology should serve users, not intimidate them. AVR 154 5 x 30W 5.1-Channel A/V Receiver with HDMI 1.3a ...
...Audio™ decoding on the audio side, and Faroudja DCDi Cinema video processing to 1080p on the video side. As do all Harman Kardon A/V receivers, the AVR 254 features a high-current, ultrawide-bandwidth design for maximum fidelity. 10 11 It features three HDMI inputs... ensure that everything works together seamlessly, the AVR 354 features a full-color graphical user interface and an eight-device programmable remote. Harman Kardon founder Dr. Sidney Harman has always believed technology should serve users, not intimidate them. AVR 154 5 x 30W 5.1-Channel A/V Receiver with HDMI 1.3a ...
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The Bridge II connects directly to Harman Kardon The Bridge-ready products and allows you to use your iPod? / DOCKING STATION FOR iPod The Bridge II Docking Station for iPod Is your home entertainment system incomplete without music from your system's remote to seamlessly select and play audio and video content - guided by easy-to The Bridge II docking station, connection and control are completely within your power. Let the (gloriously uninterrupted) music begin. 12 iPod touch not included. 13 Thanks to -read on-screen or front-panel messages.
The Bridge II connects directly to Harman Kardon The Bridge-ready products and allows you to use your iPod? / DOCKING STATION FOR iPod The Bridge II Docking Station for iPod Is your home entertainment system incomplete without music from your system's remote to seamlessly select and play audio and video content - guided by easy-to The Bridge II docking station, connection and control are completely within your power. Let the (gloriously uninterrupted) music begin. 12 iPod touch not included. 13 Thanks to -read on-screen or front-panel messages.
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But we're still building systems for ourselves and a handful of others who hear what we hear. 14 15 everything a prestigious company should have. We built our very first systems for people who could hear what we heard. These days, Harman Kardon, Inc., has a business plan, R&D labs and a marketing department - we started with a business plan in 1953 - we were looking to build audio components that satisfied our own passion for ourselves - We weren't looking to find a marketing niche for music. BUSINESS PHILOSOPHY We didn't start with a product.
But we're still building systems for ourselves and a handful of others who hear what we hear. 14 15 everything a prestigious company should have. We built our very first systems for people who could hear what we heard. These days, Harman Kardon, Inc., has a business plan, R&D labs and a marketing department - we started with a business plan in 1953 - we were looking to build audio components that satisfied our own passion for ourselves - We weren't looking to find a marketing niche for music. BUSINESS PHILOSOPHY We didn't start with a product.
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Time marches on, and Harman Kardon products march with their eyes closed. 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. Today, we 're not zealots. We're passionate, to be sure, but we continue to keep the audio faith with a choice of powerful stereo receivers engineered by and for people who prefer to be entertained with it. 16 17
Time marches on, and Harman Kardon products march with their eyes closed. 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. Today, we 're not zealots. We're passionate, to be sure, but we continue to keep the audio faith with a choice of powerful stereo receivers engineered by and for people who prefer to be entertained with it. 16 17
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... Stereo Receiver The insanely powerful HK 3490 combines all specialists, it's very good at what it does. It features high-current, ultrawide bandwidth amplification, a signature Harman Kardon technology that delivers all the subtlety of an original musical performance, whether reproduced from , as long as it does to your MP3 player of pace...
... Stereo Receiver The insanely powerful HK 3490 combines all specialists, it's very good at what it does. It features high-current, ultrawide bandwidth amplification, a signature Harman Kardon technology that delivers all the subtlety of an original musical performance, whether reproduced from , as long as it does to your MP3 player of pace...
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The DVD 48 makes it easy. 20 21 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 the reproduction of our earliest CD ...and DVD players are still in use today, and some of its kind. We know upgrading isn't always a joy. Do try all of the earliest Harman Kardon products - But we promise that you 'll need our newest DVD player. some of DVD-Audio and SACD™ discs, as well as MP3 and...
The DVD 48 makes it easy. 20 21 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 the reproduction of our earliest CD ...and DVD players are still in use today, and some of its kind. We know upgrading isn't always a joy. Do try all of the earliest Harman Kardon products - But we promise that you 'll need our newest DVD player. some of DVD-Audio and SACD™ discs, as well as MP3 and...
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... audio selections to other rooms of digital storage technologies and formats, serving as you play them, allowing you transfer your iPod? behold the Harman Kardon Digital Media Center. to create a media server that works like an entertainment device, not a computer. With touch-sensitive front-panel controls ... has long been a dream to the attic. In the Permanent Design Collection of The Chicago Athenaeum: Museum of Architecture and Design. DMC 1000 Four-Stream Digital Media Center with The Bridge II docking station for use in a universe of your CDs - Enjoy playback, control and...
... audio selections to other rooms of digital storage technologies and formats, serving as you play them, allowing you transfer your iPod? behold the Harman Kardon Digital Media Center. to create a media server that works like an entertainment device, not a computer. With touch-sensitive front-panel controls ... has long been a dream to the attic. In the Permanent Design Collection of The Chicago Athenaeum: Museum of Architecture and Design. DMC 1000 Four-Stream Digital Media Center with The Bridge II docking station for use in a universe of your CDs - Enjoy playback, control and...
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All include assignable rear-channel amplifiers, all offer a second-zone control system, and the AVR 354 includes a second-zone remote control. Which means Harman Kardon multiroom systems are built with multiroom applications in mind. So go ahead, spread out and enjoy yourself. All Harman Kardon 7.1-channel AVR receivers are easy to set up and use. Your Harman Kardon entertainment system will be there for one-room apartments. MULTIROOM PRODUCTS One-room systems 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. Which means Harman Kardon multiroom systems are built with multiroom applications in mind. So go ahead, spread out and enjoy yourself. All Harman Kardon 7.1-channel AVR receivers are easy to set up and use. Your Harman Kardon entertainment system will be there for one-room apartments. MULTIROOM PRODUCTS One-room systems are only ideal for you. 24 25
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...mind. AB 1 Amplified In-Wall Module for A-BUS Applications The ultimate keypad. ABH 4 HE 1000 Four-Room A-BUS Expansion Hub External Infrared Remote Sensor One ABH 4 = four rooms; As usual, Harman Kardon products have , the more rooms you can satisfy. One or more music-hungry constituents you ...can serve − and the more HE 1000's can easily divide your house into four separate entertainment zones, where individual...
...mind. AB 1 Amplified In-Wall Module for A-BUS Applications The ultimate keypad. ABH 4 HE 1000 Four-Room A-BUS Expansion Hub External Infrared Remote Sensor One ABH 4 = four rooms; As usual, Harman Kardon products have , the more rooms you can satisfy. One or more music-hungry constituents you ...can serve − and the more HE 1000's can easily divide your house into four separate entertainment zones, where individual...
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Minimalism has long been a major force in their purest form, with an absence of excess or decoration. We borrowed it from Robert Browning. The Harman Kardon team believes that would be icing on the cake. We don't do icing. 28 29 DESIGN PHILOSOPHY Ludwig Mies van der Rohe borrowed "less is more" from Mies. We could go on and on about this, but that good design consists of our guiding principles from the very beginning. It's also been one of essential elements presented in architecture, music and design.
Minimalism has long been a major force in their purest form, with an absence of excess or decoration. We borrowed it from Robert Browning. The Harman Kardon team believes that would be icing on the cake. We don't do icing. 28 29 DESIGN PHILOSOPHY Ludwig Mies van der Rohe borrowed "less is more" from Mies. We could go on and on about this, but that good design consists of our guiding principles from the very beginning. It's also been one of essential elements presented in architecture, music and design.
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... should be matched to your electronics. Suddenly, it's not that 's four from column A, one from column B and one from column C. HOME THEATER SPEAKER SYSTEMS Let Harman Kardon home theater speaker systems make this simple for dialogue, and a powered subwoofer. Simple enough. So if you're ordering à la carte, that simple. Unless... you simply choose one from the column of four satellite speakers, a center channel speaker primarily for you probably know, a 5.1-channel speaker system consists of Harman Kardon HKTS speaker packages. 30 31 As you .
... should be matched to your electronics. Suddenly, it's not that 's four from column A, one from column B and one from column C. HOME THEATER SPEAKER SYSTEMS Let Harman Kardon home theater speaker systems make this simple for dialogue, and a powered subwoofer. Simple enough. So if you're ordering à la carte, that simple. Unless... you simply choose one from the column of four satellite speakers, a center channel speaker primarily for you probably know, a 5.1-channel speaker system consists of Harman Kardon HKTS speaker packages. 30 31 As you .
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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 heart-stopping bass, the HKTS 15 system is more than equal to all that it can be a little spooky at an ideal height for seated listeners, these days. With a dual-driver center channel speaker for easily upgrading a 5.1-channel HKTS 18 system to compete against. We'll admit that heightened realism. Total nuclear annihilation? We guarantee they 're available in cinema-like the overnight delivery guy driving up, or anything else...
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 heart-stopping bass, the HKTS 15 system is more than equal to all that it can be a little spooky at an ideal height for seated listeners, these days. With a dual-driver center channel speaker for easily upgrading a 5.1-channel HKTS 18 system to compete against. We'll admit that heightened realism. Total nuclear annihilation? We guarantee they 're available in cinema-like the overnight delivery guy driving up, or anything else...
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IN THE CAR 34 CAR SOLUTIONS We're one of the world's leading suppliers of major manufacturers. 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; our products are found in your car. 35
IN THE CAR 34 CAR SOLUTIONS We're one of the world's leading suppliers of major manufacturers. 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; our products are found in your car. 35
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....* Text-to take their first job is to go. * Subscription required (first 90 days free). 37 The Harman Kardon GPS-810 has it all your hand. After all -in-one navigation and entertainment system. All Harman Kardon Guide + Play™ GPS navigation and entertainment products offer turn-by-turn directions to virtually any other.... GPS-810 4.3" Portable Navigation System A bright 4.3" touchscreen display. Is there traffic ahead? The built-in the palm of music along for the ride. / PORTABLE NAVIGATION HARMAN KARDON GUIDE + PLAY™ They're small.
....* Text-to take their first job is to go. * Subscription required (first 90 days free). 37 The Harman Kardon GPS-810 has it all your hand. After all -in-one navigation and entertainment system. All Harman Kardon Guide + Play™ GPS navigation and entertainment products offer turn-by-turn directions to virtually any other.... GPS-810 4.3" Portable Navigation System A bright 4.3" touchscreen display. Is there traffic ahead? The built-in the palm of music along for the ride. / PORTABLE NAVIGATION HARMAN KARDON GUIDE + PLAY™ They're small.
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... listen to music. All without taking your driving? The wireless five-button controller lets you all kinds of your own music mixes and control additional Harman Kardon accessories. All from the driver's seat. And it offers full access to the next track or play the last one over and over. The 3.5" high...-color album art and anti-aliased text. Jump ahead to audio tracks located on all the music-browsing capabilities of USB flash devices. The innovative Harman Kardon Drive + Play™ 2 system gives you generate your iPod.
... listen to music. All without taking your driving? The wireless five-button controller lets you all kinds of your own music mixes and control additional Harman Kardon accessories. All from the driver's seat. And it offers full access to the next track or play the last one over and over. The 3.5" high...-color album art and anti-aliased text. Jump ahead to audio tracks located on all the music-browsing capabilities of USB flash devices. The innovative Harman Kardon Drive + Play™ 2 system gives you generate your iPod.