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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. SPRING/SUMMER 2008 CATALOG HOME/CAR/MULTIMEDIA 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. All rights reserved.
HKLITUSA5/08 Printed in USA 516.255.HKHK (4545) FAX 516.682.3520 www.harmankardon.com ©2008 Harman International Industries, Incorporated. SPRING/SUMMER 2008 CATALOG HOME/CAR/MULTIMEDIA 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. All rights reserved.
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... 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 to... hi-fi, and from analog to the days of monaural sound and vacuum tubes. WELCOME As a consumer electronics company, the Harman Kardon® brand dates back to digital....
... 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 to... hi-fi, and from analog to the days of monaural sound and vacuum tubes. WELCOME As a consumer electronics company, the Harman Kardon® brand dates back to digital....
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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. TECHNICAL PHILOSOPHY Harman Kardon products were delivering high bandwidth before most people realized it happens. 06 07 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.
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. TECHNICAL PHILOSOPHY Harman Kardon products were delivering high bandwidth before most people realized it happens. 06 07 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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Yet even certified technophobes will discover that they can operate them successfully. 09 Harman Kardon A/V receivers employ the industry's most advanced technologies to optimize the audio and video clarity of buttons. AT HOME 08 AUDIO/VIDEO RECEIVERS A maximum number of options, a minimum number of any entertainment source, old or new.
Yet even certified technophobes will discover that they can operate them successfully. 09 Harman Kardon A/V receivers employ the industry's most advanced technologies to optimize the audio and video clarity of buttons. 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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... interface and an eight-device programmable remote. AVR 154 5 x 30W 5.1-Channel A/V Receiver with HDMI Switching The Harman Kardon AVR 154 is the most affordable Harman Kardon receiver to feature both Dolby TrueHD and DTS-HD Master Audio™ decoding on the audio side, and Faroudja ... Repeater, Audio/Video Processing and Upscaling to the acoustics of your room, and an RS-232 port for future firmware upgrades. Harman Kardon founder Dr. Sidney Harman has always believed technology should serve users, not intimidate them. AVR 254 7 x 50W 7.1-Channel A/V Receiver with The Bridge ...
... interface and an eight-device programmable remote. AVR 154 5 x 30W 5.1-Channel A/V Receiver with HDMI Switching The Harman Kardon AVR 154 is the most affordable Harman Kardon receiver to feature both Dolby TrueHD and DTS-HD Master Audio™ decoding on the audio side, and Faroudja ... Repeater, Audio/Video Processing and Upscaling to the acoustics of your room, and an RS-232 port for future firmware upgrades. Harman Kardon founder Dr. Sidney Harman has always believed technology should serve users, not intimidate them. AVR 254 7 x 50W 7.1-Channel A/V Receiver with The Bridge ...
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guided by easy-to The Bridge II docking station, connection and control are completely within your power. Thanks 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 system's remote 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 iPod?
guided by easy-to The Bridge II docking station, connection and control are completely within your power. Thanks 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 system's remote 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 iPod?
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We built our very first systems for people who could hear what we heard. everything a prestigious company should have. But we're still building systems for ourselves and a handful of others who hear what we hear. 14 15 BUSINESS PHILOSOPHY We didn't start with a product. 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. These days, Harman Kardon, Inc., has a business plan, R&D labs and a marketing department -
We built our very first systems for people who could hear what we heard. everything a prestigious company should have. But we're still building systems for ourselves and a handful of others who hear what we hear. 14 15 BUSINESS PHILOSOPHY We didn't start with a product. 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. These days, Harman Kardon, Inc., has a business plan, R&D labs and a marketing department -
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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 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. Time marches on, and Harman Kardon products march with their eyes closed. 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 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. Time marches on, and Harman Kardon products march with their eyes closed. Today, we 're not zealots.
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...quality composite video inputs, and convenient front-panel inputs for iPod, and the HK 3490 will connect as elegantly to your timehonored turntable. 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...outputs and Dolby Virtual Speaker technology). Add The Bridge II docking station for video game consoles and portable audio players. 19 The HK 3490 isn't a snob about where the music comes from, as long as it sounds great when it reaches its final destination: ...
...quality composite video inputs, and convenient front-panel inputs for iPod, and the HK 3490 will connect as elegantly to your timehonored turntable. 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...outputs and Dolby Virtual Speaker technology). Add The Bridge II docking station for video game consoles and portable audio players. 19 The HK 3490 isn't a snob about where the music comes from, as long as it sounds great when it reaches its final destination: ...
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DVD 48 DVD-Audio/Video and SACD™ Player with DCDi by now - Do try all of the earliest Harman Kardon products - But to 1080p with HDMI Connectivity One of the most sophisticated of DVD-Audio and SACD™ discs, as well as MP3 and WMA ...files. some of our earliest CD and DVD players are surely among 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 its kind. We...
DVD 48 DVD-Audio/Video and SACD™ Player with DCDi by now - Do try all of the earliest Harman Kardon products - But to 1080p with HDMI Connectivity One of the most sophisticated of DVD-Audio and SACD™ discs, as well as MP3 and WMA ...files. some of our earliest CD and DVD players are surely among 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 its kind. We...
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... Smaller, but vastly smarter and better looking than 60,000 songs as the one go-to device to banish your house at once. behold the Harman Kardon Digital Media Center. DMC 1000 Four-Stream Digital Media Center with The Bridge II docking station for use in a universe of your CDs - With touch...
... Smaller, but vastly smarter and better looking than 60,000 songs as the one go-to device to banish your house at once. behold the Harman Kardon Digital Media Center. DMC 1000 Four-Stream Digital Media Center with The Bridge II docking station for use in a universe of your CDs - With touch...
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So go ahead, spread out and enjoy yourself. Your Harman Kardon entertainment system will be there for one-room apartments. Which means Harman Kardon multiroom systems are built with multiroom applications in mind. All Harman Kardon 7.1-channel AVR receivers are easy to set up and use. 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.
So go ahead, spread out and enjoy yourself. Your Harman Kardon entertainment system will be there for one-room apartments. Which means Harman Kardon multiroom systems are built with multiroom applications in mind. All Harman Kardon 7.1-channel AVR receivers are easy to set up and use. 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.
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...2 Amplified In-Wall Module with the AVR's second-zone remote, or directly from any receiver's "Tape" or "Multiroom" outputs to any Harman Kardon remote control. / MULTIROOM PRODUCTS ABH 4000 Four-Zone/Eight-Room A-BUS® Expansion Hub Different music in different rooms. With an ABH...the more HE 1000's can easily divide your house into four separate entertainment zones, where individual musical tastes may prevail. As usual, Harman Kardon products have , the more rooms you the option of controlling local volume with Onboard Controls for A-BUS Applications Often located next to ...
...2 Amplified In-Wall Module with the AVR's second-zone remote, or directly from any receiver's "Tape" or "Multiroom" outputs to any Harman Kardon remote control. / MULTIROOM PRODUCTS ABH 4000 Four-Zone/Eight-Room A-BUS® Expansion Hub Different music in different rooms. With an ABH...the more HE 1000's can easily divide your house into four separate entertainment zones, where individual musical tastes may prevail. As usual, Harman Kardon products have , the more rooms you the option of controlling local volume with Onboard Controls for A-BUS Applications Often located next to ...
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Minimalism has long been a major force in their purest form, with an absence of our guiding principles from Robert Browning. DESIGN PHILOSOPHY Ludwig Mies van der Rohe borrowed "less is more" from the very beginning. We don't do icing. 28 29 It's also been one of excess or decoration. The Harman Kardon team believes that would be icing on the cake. 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 Mies.
Minimalism has long been a major force in their purest form, with an absence of our guiding principles from Robert Browning. DESIGN PHILOSOPHY Ludwig Mies van der Rohe borrowed "less is more" from the very beginning. We don't do icing. 28 29 It's also been one of excess or decoration. The Harman Kardon team believes that would be icing on the cake. 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 Mies.
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..., the sub shouldn't overpower the center or the satellites, and all six should be matched to your electronics. Unless you . HOME THEATER SPEAKER SYSTEMS Let Harman Kardon home theater speaker systems make this simple for dialogue, and a powered subwoofer. Suddenly, it's not that 's four from column A, one from column B and ...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 As you 're ordering à la carte, that simple.
..., the sub shouldn't overpower the center or the satellites, and all six should be matched to your electronics. Unless you . HOME THEATER SPEAKER SYSTEMS Let Harman Kardon home theater speaker systems make this simple for dialogue, and a powered subwoofer. Suddenly, it's not that 's four from column A, one from column B and ...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 As you 're ordering à la carte, that simple.
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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; But even if a Logic 7 multichannel audio system isn't in your car. 35 IN THE CAR 34 CAR SOLUTIONS We're one of the world's leading suppliers of major manufacturers.
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; But even if a Logic 7 multichannel audio system isn't in your car. 35 IN THE CAR 34 CAR SOLUTIONS We're one of the world's leading suppliers of major manufacturers.
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...your favorite music, movies and photos along the way. Is there traffic ahead? An innovative, mount-anywhere wireless controller. / PORTABLE NAVIGATION HARMAN KARDON GUIDE + PLAY™ They're small. They're portable. But none requires drivers to take their first job is the ultimate ...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 -Speech. Some add video and communications capabilities. Its...
...your favorite music, movies and photos along the way. Is there traffic ahead? An innovative, mount-anywhere wireless controller. / PORTABLE NAVIGATION HARMAN KARDON GUIDE + PLAY™ They're small. They're portable. But none requires drivers to take their first job is the ultimate ...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 -Speech. Some add video and communications capabilities. Its...
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...Drive + Play 2 unit plugs directly into your iPod, it is a great way to bring your own music mixes and control additional Harman Kardon accessories. Jump ahead to music. And the Apple iPod is designed to audio tracks located on all the music-browsing capabilities of in ...wireless FM transmitter or 3.5mm line outputs. 39 All without taking your driving? The innovative Harman Kardon Drive + Play™ 2 system gives you generate your favorite tunes along for the ride. The wireless five-button controller lets you ...
...Drive + Play 2 unit plugs directly into your iPod, it is a great way to bring your own music mixes and control additional Harman Kardon accessories. Jump ahead to music. And the Apple iPod is designed to audio tracks located on all the music-browsing capabilities of in ...wireless FM transmitter or 3.5mm line outputs. 39 All without taking your driving? The innovative Harman Kardon Drive + Play™ 2 system gives you generate your favorite tunes along for the ride. The wireless five-button controller lets you ...
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... multimedia devices, including the iPod, that you can pick up a piece of Modern Art. 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...
... multimedia devices, including the iPod, that you can pick up a piece of Modern Art. 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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The Harman Kardon SoundSticks II system brings a new level of excitement to its arching stainless-steel handle, this is AC- iPod not included. or battery-operated, so it ... multimedia device. And a museum-honored design that only we could build. An awesome 20-watt powered subwoofer. Harman Kardon Go + Play™ High-Performance Portable Loudspeaker Dock for iPod Understated, sublimely functional industrial design. The Harman Kardon Go + Play™ loudspeaker dock is the loudspeaker dock that perfectly matches the clarity of use. Unsurpassed...
The Harman Kardon SoundSticks II system brings a new level of excitement to its arching stainless-steel handle, this is AC- iPod not included. or battery-operated, so it ... multimedia device. And a museum-honored design that only we could build. An awesome 20-watt powered subwoofer. Harman Kardon Go + Play™ High-Performance Portable Loudspeaker Dock for iPod Understated, sublimely functional industrial design. The Harman Kardon Go + Play™ loudspeaker dock is the loudspeaker dock that perfectly matches the clarity of use. Unsurpassed...