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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 All rights reserved. HKLITUSA5/08 Printed in USA 516.255.HKHK (4545) FAX 516.682.3520 www.harmankardon.com ©2008 Harman International Industries, Incorporated.
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 All rights reserved. HKLITUSA5/08 Printed in USA 516.255.HKHK (4545) FAX 516.682.3520 www.harmankardon.com ©2008 Harman International Industries, Incorporated.
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And yet here we always wanted it still is. 04 * iPod touch not included. 05 Over the years, landmark Harman Kardon products led the transition from vacuum tubes to solid state, from mono to hi-fi, and from analog to the days of monaural sound and ... 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 ever looked or sounded quite like Harman Kardon components. WELCOME As a consumer electronics company, the Harman Kardon® brand dates back to digital.
And yet here we always wanted it still is. 04 * iPod touch not included. 05 Over the years, landmark Harman Kardon products led the transition from vacuum tubes to solid state, from mono to hi-fi, and from analog to the days of monaural sound and ... 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 ever looked or sounded quite like Harman Kardon components. WELCOME As a consumer electronics company, the Harman Kardon® brand dates back to digital.
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Many 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 very good examples for more than 50 years. 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.
Many 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 very good examples for more than 50 years. 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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...Channel A/V Receiver with HDMI 1.3a Repeater, Audio/Video Processing and Upscaling to 1080p The AVR 254 is also about getting connected. As do all Harman Kardon A/V receivers, the AVR 254 features a high-current, ultrawide-bandwidth design for maximum fidelity. 10 11 AVR 154 5 x 30W 5.1-Channel A/V Receiver...of advanced surround processing technologies, including Dolby Digital, DTS and Logic 7® processing. But the AVR 154 is the most affordable Harman Kardon receiver to feature both Dolby TrueHD and DTS-HD Master Audio™ decoding on the video side. It connects to a universe...
...Channel A/V Receiver with HDMI 1.3a Repeater, Audio/Video Processing and Upscaling to 1080p The AVR 254 is also about getting connected. As do all Harman Kardon A/V receivers, the AVR 254 features a high-current, ultrawide-bandwidth design for maximum fidelity. 10 11 AVR 154 5 x 30W 5.1-Channel A/V Receiver...of advanced surround processing technologies, including Dolby Digital, DTS and Logic 7® processing. But the AVR 154 is the most affordable Harman Kardon receiver to feature both Dolby TrueHD and DTS-HD Master Audio™ decoding on the video side. It connects to a universe...
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The Bridge II connects directly to Harman Kardon The Bridge-ready products and allows you to use your power. guided by easy-to seamlessly select and play audio and video content - Thanks to The Bridge II docking station, connection and control are completely within your system's remote to -read on-screen or front-panel messages. / DOCKING STATION FOR iPod The Bridge II Docking Station for iPod Is your home entertainment system incomplete without music from your iPod? Let the (gloriously uninterrupted) music begin. 12 iPod touch not included. 13
The Bridge II connects directly to Harman Kardon The Bridge-ready products and allows you to use your power. guided by easy-to seamlessly select and play audio and video content - Thanks to The Bridge II docking station, connection and control are completely within your system's remote to -read on-screen or front-panel messages. / DOCKING STATION FOR iPod The Bridge II Docking Station for iPod Is your home entertainment system incomplete without music from your iPod? Let the (gloriously uninterrupted) music begin. 12 iPod touch not included. 13
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we heard. everything a prestigious company should have. We built our very first systems for ourselves and a handful of others who hear what we were looking to build audio components that satisfied our own passion for people who could hear what we started with a business plan in 1953 - But we're still building systems for music. BUSINESS PHILOSOPHY We didn't start with a product. These days, Harman Kardon, Inc., has a business plan, R&D labs and a marketing department - we hear. 14 15 We weren't looking to find a marketing niche for ourselves -
we heard. everything a prestigious company should have. We built our very first systems for ourselves and a handful of others who hear what we were looking to build audio components that satisfied our own passion for people who could hear what we started with a business plan in 1953 - But we're still building systems for music. BUSINESS PHILOSOPHY We didn't start with a product. These days, Harman Kardon, Inc., has a business plan, R&D labs and a marketing department - we hear. 14 15 We weren't looking to find a marketing niche for ourselves -
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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. Our HK 3490 offers digital audio inputs and Dolby Virtual Speaker technology, among other 21st-century innovations. We're passionate, to be sure, but we're not zealots. Today, 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.
STEREO RECEIVERS Introduced 50 years ago this year, the Harman Kardon Festival TA 230 was the world's first stereo receiver. Our HK 3490 offers digital audio inputs and Dolby Virtual Speaker technology, among other 21st-century innovations. We're passionate, to be sure, but we're not zealots. Today, 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.
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Add The Bridge II docking station for video game consoles and portable audio players. 19 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 vinyl or your MP3 player of pace from , as long as ...
Add The Bridge II docking station for video game consoles and portable audio players. 19 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 vinyl or your MP3 player of pace from , as long as ...
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... and SACD™ discs, as well as MP3 and WMA files. are surely among the most sophisticated of them . Do try all of the earliest Harman Kardon products - / DVD PLAYERS More than a few of this at home. DVD 48 DVD-Audio/Video and SACD™ Player with DCDi by Faroudja® ... of its kind. The DVD 48 features an HDMI connection, scales older video discs to fully experience the very highest resolution of the most advanced Harman Kardon DVD players, the DVD 48 is among them pushing 50 by now - We know upgrading isn't always a joy. But to 1080p with HDMI Connectivity One...
... and SACD™ discs, as well as MP3 and WMA files. are surely among the most sophisticated of them . Do try all of the earliest Harman Kardon products - / DVD PLAYERS More than a few of this at home. DVD 48 DVD-Audio/Video and SACD™ Player with DCDi by Faroudja® ... of its kind. The DVD 48 features an HDMI connection, scales older video discs to fully experience the very highest resolution of the most advanced Harman Kardon DVD players, the DVD 48 is among them pushing 50 by now - We know upgrading isn't always a joy. But to 1080p with HDMI Connectivity One...
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...Scan DVD-Video Playback and 250GB Internal Hard Drive Smaller, but vastly smarter and better looking than your average CD storage rack, the DMC 1000 will digitize, catalog and store more than 60,000 songs as the one go-to device to create a media server that works like an... a computer. This is no -button design), a concealed front-panel USB jack and hidden memory card slots, the DMC 1000 will also let you transfer your CDs - behold the Harman Kardon Digital Media Center. In the Permanent Design Collection of The Chicago Athenaeum: Museum of Architecture and Design. It will even let...
...Scan DVD-Video Playback and 250GB Internal Hard Drive Smaller, but vastly smarter and better looking than your average CD storage rack, the DMC 1000 will digitize, catalog and store more than 60,000 songs as the one go-to device to create a media server that works like an... a computer. This is no -button design), a concealed front-panel USB jack and hidden memory card slots, the DMC 1000 will also let you transfer your CDs - behold the Harman Kardon Digital Media Center. In the Permanent Design Collection of The Chicago Athenaeum: Museum of Architecture and Design. It will even let...
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MULTIROOM PRODUCTS One-room systems are only ideal for you. 24 25 All Harman Kardon 7.1-channel AVR receivers are easy to set up and use. All include assignable rear-channel amplifiers, all offer a second-zone control system, and the AVR 354 includes a second-zone remote control. So go ahead, spread out and enjoy yourself. Which means Harman Kardon multiroom systems are built with multiroom applications in mind. 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 Harman Kardon 7.1-channel AVR receivers are easy to set up and use. All include assignable rear-channel amplifiers, all offer a second-zone control system, and the AVR 354 includes a second-zone remote control. So go ahead, spread out and enjoy yourself. Which means Harman Kardon multiroom systems are built with multiroom applications in mind. Your Harman Kardon entertainment system will be there for one-room apartments.
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Link in your home. ABH 4 HE 1000 Four-Room A-BUS Expansion Hub External Infrared Remote Sensor One ABH 4 = four rooms; The AB 2 connects to your A-BUS-equipped Harman Kardon products or ABH expansion hub to power your stay? And during your local speakers without A-BUS technology, the ABH 4's onboard ... audio from the AB 1. 26 27 As usual, Harman Kardon products have , the more rooms you can serve − and the more HE 1000's can put you in control of your AVR from anywhere in an A-BUS®-equipped Harman Kardon product and make its key caps are swappable, to ...
Link in your home. ABH 4 HE 1000 Four-Room A-BUS Expansion Hub External Infrared Remote Sensor One ABH 4 = four rooms; The AB 2 connects to your A-BUS-equipped Harman Kardon products or ABH expansion hub to power your stay? And during your local speakers without A-BUS technology, the ABH 4's onboard ... audio from the AB 1. 26 27 As usual, Harman Kardon products have , the more rooms you can serve − and the more HE 1000's can put you in control of your AVR from anywhere in an A-BUS®-equipped Harman Kardon product and make its key caps are swappable, to ...
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The Harman Kardon team believes that would be icing on the cake. Minimalism has long been a major force in their purest form, with an absence of our guiding principles from the very beginning. It's also been one of excess or decoration. We could go on and on about this, but that good design consists of essential elements presented in architecture, music and design. We borrowed it from Robert Browning. DESIGN PHILOSOPHY Ludwig Mies van der Rohe borrowed "less is more" from Mies. We don't do icing. 28 29
The Harman Kardon team believes that would be icing on the cake. Minimalism has long been a major force in their purest form, with an absence of our guiding principles from the very beginning. It's also been one of excess or decoration. We could go on and on about this, but that good design consists of essential elements presented in architecture, music and design. We borrowed it from Robert Browning. DESIGN PHILOSOPHY Ludwig Mies van der Rohe borrowed "less is more" from Mies. We don't do icing. 28 29
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... you probably know, a 5.1-channel speaker system consists of four satellite speakers, a center channel speaker primarily for you simply choose one from the column of Harman Kardon HKTS speaker packages. 30 31 Simple enough. Unless you . HOME THEATER SPEAKER SYSTEMS Let Harman Kardon home theater speaker systems make this simple for dialogue, and a powered subwoofer.
... you probably know, a 5.1-channel speaker system consists of four satellite speakers, a center channel speaker primarily for you simply choose one from the column of Harman Kardon HKTS speaker packages. 30 31 Simple enough. Unless you . HOME THEATER SPEAKER SYSTEMS Let Harman Kardon home theater speaker systems make this simple for dialogue, and a powered subwoofer.
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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 car. 35 our products are found 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. But even if a Logic 7 multichannel audio system isn't in your car. 35 our products are found 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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... System A bright 4.3" touchscreen display. Your MP3, WMA and AAC music and MPEG-4 and WMV9 video files are only a download away. All Harman Kardon Guide + Play™ GPS navigation and entertainment products offer turn-by-turn directions to get you where you can quickly calculate an alternate route. Superfast...-in the palm of music along for the ride. They're portable. Is there traffic ahead? Bluetooth® hands-free phone functionality. The Harman Kardon GPS-810 has it all , their eyes off the road. Its full-browse music player will let you know, so you need to -Speech...
... System A bright 4.3" touchscreen display. Your MP3, WMA and AAC music and MPEG-4 and WMV9 video files are only a download away. All Harman Kardon Guide + Play™ GPS navigation and entertainment products offer turn-by-turn directions to get you where you can quickly calculate an alternate route. Superfast...-in the palm of music along for the ride. They're portable. Is there traffic ahead? Bluetooth® hands-free phone functionality. The Harman Kardon GPS-810 has it all , their eyes off the road. Its full-browse music player will let you know, so you need to -Speech...
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...'s seat. The Drive + Play 2 system not only controls your iPod, it is a great way to bring your own music mixes and control additional Harman Kardon accessories. The innovative Harman Kardon Drive + Play™ 2 system gives you generate your favorite tunes along for the ride. And it offers full access to work with existing car...
...'s seat. The Drive + Play 2 system not only controls your iPod, it is a great way to bring your own music mixes and control additional Harman Kardon accessories. The innovative Harman Kardon Drive + Play™ 2 system gives you generate your favorite tunes along for the ride. And it offers full access to work with existing car...
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... loudspeaker systems are also on display at your own computer and for yourself. 41 ON THE GO 40 MULTIMEDIA SOLUTIONS For the last 10 years, Harman Kardon, Inc., along with key computer manufacturers such as Apple, Dell, Compaq and Toshiba, has been leading the way in the design and supply of high...
... loudspeaker systems are also on display at your own computer and for yourself. 41 ON THE GO 40 MULTIMEDIA SOLUTIONS For the last 10 years, Harman Kardon, Inc., along with key computer manufacturers such as Apple, Dell, Compaq and Toshiba, has been leading the way in the design and supply of high...
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... industrial design. Unsurpassed performance and ease of excitement to its arching stainless-steel handle, this is AC- iPod not included. The Harman Kardon Go + Play™ loudspeaker dock is the loudspeaker dock that perfectly matches the clarity of the sound. And a museum-honored design... that only we could build. Eight full-range transducers. The Harman Kardon SoundSticks II system brings a new level of use. It delivers tight, accurate bass from high-excursion low-frequency drivers and, just ...
... industrial design. Unsurpassed performance and ease of excitement to its arching stainless-steel handle, this is AC- iPod not included. The Harman Kardon Go + Play™ loudspeaker dock is the loudspeaker dock that perfectly matches the clarity of the sound. And a museum-honored design... that only we could build. Eight full-range transducers. The Harman Kardon SoundSticks II system brings a new level of use. It delivers tight, accurate bass from high-excursion low-frequency drivers and, just ...