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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. 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.
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...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. Over the years, landmark Harman Kardon products led the transition from vacuum tubes to solid state, from mono to hi-fi, and from ...and vacuum tubes. And yet here we 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. With features that often broke new ground, and performance that 's the way it . And that always set higher standards...
...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. Over the years, landmark Harman Kardon products led the transition from vacuum tubes to solid state, from mono to hi-fi, and from ...and vacuum tubes. And yet here we 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. With features that often broke new ground, and performance that 's the way it . And that always set higher standards...
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Many of ourselves. 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. 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. 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. 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 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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... always believed technology should serve users, not intimidate them. As do all Harman Kardon A/V receivers, the AVR 254 features a high-current, ultrawide-bandwidth design for external amplifiers, EzSet/EQ technology to fine-tune your iPod. To ensure ...features a full-color graphical user interface and an eight-device programmable remote. AVR 254 7 x 50W 7.1-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 DCDi Cinema video...
... always believed technology should serve users, not intimidate them. As do all Harman Kardon A/V receivers, the AVR 254 features a high-current, ultrawide-bandwidth design for external amplifiers, EzSet/EQ technology to fine-tune your iPod. To ensure ...features a full-color graphical user interface and an eight-device programmable remote. AVR 254 7 x 50W 7.1-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 DCDi Cinema video...
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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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These days, Harman Kardon, Inc., has a business plan, R&D labs and a marketing department - BUSINESS PHILOSOPHY We didn't start with a product. We built our very first systems for music. everything a prestigious company should have. we were looking to build audio components that satisfied our own passion for ourselves and a handful of others who hear what we started with a business plan in 1953 - we heard. But we hear. 14 15 We weren't looking to find a marketing niche for people who could hear what we 're still building systems for ourselves -
These days, Harman Kardon, Inc., has a business plan, R&D labs and a marketing department - BUSINESS PHILOSOPHY We didn't start with a product. We built our very first systems for music. everything a prestigious company should have. we were looking to build audio components that satisfied our own passion for ourselves and a handful of others who hear what we started with a business plan in 1953 - we heard. But we hear. 14 15 We weren't looking to find a marketing niche for people who could hear what we 're still building systems for ourselves -
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Our HK 3490 offers digital audio inputs and Dolby Virtual Speaker technology, among other 21st-century innovations. Today, we 're not zealots. Time marches on, and Harman Kardon products march with their eyes closed. 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. Today, we 're not zealots. Time marches on, and Harman Kardon products march with their eyes closed. 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.
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... to your newfangled iPod as it sounds great when it reaches its final destination: 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 vinyl or your MP3 player of pace from , as long as...
... to your newfangled iPod as it sounds great when it reaches its final destination: 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 vinyl or your MP3 player of pace from , as long as...
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... of DVD-Audio and SACD™ discs, as well as MP3 and WMA files. 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 its... know upgrading isn't always a joy. are still in the reproduction of today's digital sources, you 'll notice the difference. Do try all of the earliest Harman Kardon products - DVD 48 DVD-Audio/Video and SACD™ Player with DCDi by now - The DVD 48 makes it easy. 20 21 But we promise...
... of DVD-Audio and SACD™ discs, as well as MP3 and WMA files. 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 its... know upgrading isn't always a joy. are still in the reproduction of today's digital sources, you 'll notice the difference. Do try all of the earliest Harman Kardon products - DVD 48 DVD-Audio/Video and SACD™ Player with DCDi by now - The DVD 48 makes it easy. 20 21 But we promise...
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... Bridge II docking station for use in a universe of your iPod? With touch-sensitive front-panel controls (the ultimate no longer just a dream - behold the Harman Kardon Digital Media Center.
... Bridge II docking station for use in a universe of your iPod? With touch-sensitive front-panel controls (the ultimate no longer just a dream - behold the Harman Kardon Digital Media Center.
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So go ahead, spread out and enjoy yourself. MULTIROOM PRODUCTS One-room systems are easy to set up and use. Your Harman Kardon entertainment system will be there for one-room apartments. Which means Harman Kardon multiroom systems are only ideal for you. 24 25 All Harman Kardon 7.1-channel AVR receivers are built with multiroom applications in mind. 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. MULTIROOM PRODUCTS One-room systems are easy to set up and use. Your Harman Kardon entertainment system will be there for one-room apartments. Which means Harman Kardon multiroom systems are only ideal for you. 24 25 All Harman Kardon 7.1-channel AVR receivers are built with multiroom applications in mind. 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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...with virtually any room. Controlling your AVR from throughout the realm. AB 1 Amplified In-Wall Module for your local speakers without A-BUS technology, the ABH 4's onboard audio inputs allow you can satisfy. As usual, Harman Kardon products have , the more rooms you can serve − ...connection to the AVR or the nearest ABH expansion hub, and a link to four different input sources (including your Harman Kardon AVR), you to mind. The AB 2 connects to your A-BUS-equipped Harman Kardon products or ABH expansion hub to power your system's IR remote control only makes sense.
...with virtually any room. Controlling your AVR from throughout the realm. AB 1 Amplified In-Wall Module for your local speakers without A-BUS technology, the ABH 4's onboard audio inputs allow you can satisfy. As usual, Harman Kardon products have , the more rooms you can serve − ...connection to the AVR or the nearest ABH expansion hub, and a link to four different input sources (including your Harman Kardon AVR), you to mind. The AB 2 connects to your A-BUS-equipped Harman Kardon products or ABH expansion hub to power your system's IR remote control only makes sense.
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It's also been one of excess or decoration. The Harman Kardon team believes that would be icing on about this, but that good design consists of essential elements presented in architecture, music and design. Minimalism has long been a major force in their purest form, with an absence of our guiding principles from Robert Browning. We don't do icing. 28 29 We could go on and on the cake. DESIGN PHILOSOPHY Ludwig Mies van der Rohe borrowed "less is more" from the very beginning. We borrowed it from Mies.
It's also been one of excess or decoration. The Harman Kardon team believes that would be icing on about this, but that good design consists of essential elements presented in architecture, music and design. Minimalism has long been a major force in their purest form, with an absence of our guiding principles from Robert Browning. We don't do icing. 28 29 We could go on and on the cake. DESIGN PHILOSOPHY Ludwig Mies van der Rohe borrowed "less is more" from the very beginning. We borrowed it from Mies.
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... C. Simple enough. Unless you 're ordering à la carte, that simple. As 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. Except the center ought to be voice-matched...
... C. Simple enough. Unless you 're ordering à la carte, that simple. As 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. Except the center ought to be voice-matched...
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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; IN THE CAR 34 CAR SOLUTIONS We're one of the world's leading suppliers of major manufacturers.
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...files are only a download away. Its full-browse music player will let you know, so you can quickly calculate an alternate route. All Harman Kardon Guide + Play™ GPS navigation and entertainment products offer turn-by-turn directions to get you where you 're going safely. But none...Real-time traffic.* Text-to go. * Subscription required (first 90 days free). 37 And all - The Harman Kardon GPS-810 has it all your hand. Is there traffic ahead? / PORTABLE NAVIGATION HARMAN KARDON GUIDE + PLAY™ They're small. They're portable. And they're changing the way drivers drive ...
...files are only a download away. Its full-browse music player will let you know, so you can quickly calculate an alternate route. All Harman Kardon Guide + Play™ GPS navigation and entertainment products offer turn-by-turn directions to get you where you 're going safely. But none...Real-time traffic.* Text-to go. * Subscription required (first 90 days free). 37 And all - The Harman Kardon GPS-810 has it all your hand. Is there traffic ahead? / PORTABLE NAVIGATION HARMAN KARDON GUIDE + PLAY™ They're small. They're portable. And they're changing the way drivers drive ...
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... a built-in -car media-player interfaces. The 3.5" high-resolution color display shows full-color album art and anti-aliased text. The innovative Harman Kardon Drive + Play™ 2 system gives you all kinds of USB flash devices. All without taking your own music mixes and control additional... Harman Kardon accessories. The Drive + Play 2 unit plugs directly into your favorite tunes along for the ride. / CONTROL FOR iPod DRIVE + PLAY™ 2 Your...
... a built-in -car media-player interfaces. The 3.5" high-resolution color display shows full-color album art and anti-aliased text. The innovative Harman Kardon Drive + Play™ 2 system gives you all kinds of USB flash devices. All without taking your own music mixes and control additional... Harman Kardon accessories. The Drive + Play 2 unit plugs directly into your favorite tunes along for the ride. / CONTROL FOR iPod DRIVE + PLAY™ 2 Your...
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... of Modern Art. It all began with your local retailer, where you may own. 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...
... of Modern Art. It all began with your local retailer, where you may own. 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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... only we could build. iPod not included. / MULTIMEDIA SOLUTIONS SoundSticks® II Self-Powered Satellite Speakers and Subwoofer System Clearly superior. Harman Kardon Go + Play™ High-Performance Portable Loudspeaker Dock for iPod Understated, sublimely functional industrial design. An awesome 20-watt powered subwoofer. ... cradle and smart RF remote to music, games and movies − and looks spectacular doing it arrives. 42 43 The Harman Kardon SoundSticks II system brings a new level of excitement to its arching stainless-steel handle, this is AC- From its highs are...
... only we could build. iPod not included. / MULTIMEDIA SOLUTIONS SoundSticks® II Self-Powered Satellite Speakers and Subwoofer System Clearly superior. Harman Kardon Go + Play™ High-Performance Portable Loudspeaker Dock for iPod Understated, sublimely functional industrial design. An awesome 20-watt powered subwoofer. ... cradle and smart RF remote to music, games and movies − and looks spectacular doing it arrives. 42 43 The Harman Kardon SoundSticks II system brings a new level of excitement to its arching stainless-steel handle, this is AC- From its highs are...