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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. 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
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. 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
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... own path, in our own way. 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... vacuum tubes. 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.
... own path, in our own way. 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... vacuum tubes. 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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It doesn't happen often, you understand, but it was a good thing. Many of ourselves. 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 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.
It doesn't happen often, you understand, but it was a good thing. Many of ourselves. 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 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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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. Yet even certified technophobes will discover that they can operate them successfully. 09
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... 1080p on the audio side, and Faroudja DCDi Cinema video processing to 1080p The AVR 354 includes a full complement of all Harman Kardon A/V receivers, the AVR 254 features a high-current, ultrawide-bandwidth design for future firmware upgrades. To ensure that everything works ...But the AVR 154 is also about getting connected. / AUDIO/VIDEO RECEIVERS AVR 354 7 x 75W 7.1-Channel A/V Receiver with HDMI Switching The Harman Kardon AVR 154 is all about ease of advanced surround processing technologies, including Dolby Digital, DTS and Logic 7® processing. AVR 254 7 x 50W...
... 1080p on the audio side, and Faroudja DCDi Cinema video processing to 1080p The AVR 354 includes a full complement of all Harman Kardon A/V receivers, the AVR 254 features a high-current, ultrawide-bandwidth design for future firmware upgrades. To ensure that everything works ...But the AVR 154 is also about getting connected. / AUDIO/VIDEO RECEIVERS AVR 354 7 x 75W 7.1-Channel A/V Receiver with HDMI Switching The Harman Kardon AVR 154 is all about ease of advanced surround processing technologies, including Dolby Digital, DTS and Logic 7® processing. AVR 254 7 x 50W...
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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 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? Let the (gloriously uninterrupted) music begin. 12 iPod touch not included. 13 Thanks to -read on-screen or front-panel messages. guided by easy-to The Bridge II docking station, connection and control are completely within your power.
/ 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? Let the (gloriously uninterrupted) music begin. 12 iPod touch not included. 13 Thanks to -read on-screen or front-panel messages. guided by easy-to The Bridge II docking station, connection and control are completely within your power.
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These days, Harman Kardon, Inc., has a business plan, R&D labs and a marketing department - everything a prestigious company should have. we heard. But we're still building systems for people who could hear what we started with a business plan in 1953 - BUSINESS PHILOSOPHY We didn't start with a product. We weren't looking to find a marketing niche for music. 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 ourselves - we hear. 14 15
These days, Harman Kardon, Inc., has a business plan, R&D labs and a marketing department - everything a prestigious company should have. we heard. But we're still building systems for people who could hear what we started with a business plan in 1953 - BUSINESS PHILOSOPHY We didn't start with a product. We weren't looking to find a marketing niche for music. 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 ourselves - we hear. 14 15
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Today, 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. 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
Today, 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. 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
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... final destination: your ears. 18 HK 3390 2 x 80W Stereo Receiver The HK 3390 was born to time. It features high-current, ultrawide bandwidth amplification, a signature Harman Kardon technology that delivers all of an audiophile's must-haves (high-performance phono preamp, preout/main-in jacks, high-current amplification) with an array of multichannel...
... final destination: your ears. 18 HK 3390 2 x 80W Stereo Receiver The HK 3390 was born to time. It features high-current, ultrawide bandwidth amplification, a signature Harman Kardon technology that delivers all of an audiophile's must-haves (high-performance phono preamp, preout/main-in jacks, high-current amplification) with an array of multichannel...
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... by now - The DVD 48 makes it easy. 20 21 some of its kind. But to 1080p with HDMI Connectivity One of the most advanced Harman Kardon DVD players, the DVD 48 is among the most sophisticated of our earliest CD and DVD players are still in the reproduction of the earliest...
... by now - The DVD 48 makes it easy. 20 21 some of its kind. But to 1080p with HDMI Connectivity One of the most advanced Harman Kardon DVD players, the DVD 48 is among the most sophisticated of our earliest CD and DVD players are still in the reproduction of the earliest...
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... by The Chicago Athenaeum: Museum of Architecture and Design. In the Permanent Design Collection of The Chicago Athenaeum: Museum of Architecture and Design. behold the Harman Kardon Digital Media Center. to finally bridge the gaping DVD/CD/music system/cell phone/camera divide. With touch-sensitive front-panel controls (the ultimate no...
... by The Chicago Athenaeum: Museum of Architecture and Design. In the Permanent Design Collection of The Chicago Athenaeum: Museum of Architecture and Design. behold the Harman Kardon Digital Media Center. to finally bridge the gaping DVD/CD/music system/cell phone/camera divide. With touch-sensitive front-panel controls (the ultimate no...
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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 Which means Harman Kardon multiroom systems 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. 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 Which means Harman Kardon multiroom systems 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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... from any receiver's "Tape" or "Multiroom" outputs to any Harman Kardon remote control. ABH 4 HE 1000 Four-Room A-BUS Expansion Hub External Infrared Remote Sensor One ABH 4 = four rooms; Link in an A-BUS®-equipped Harman Kardon product and make its key caps are swappable, to mirror your ...the IR sensors don't seem to mind. The AB 2 connects to your A-BUS-equipped Harman Kardon products or ABH expansion hub to power your local speakers without A-BUS technology, the ABH 4's onboard audio inputs allow you can easily divide your house into four separate entertainment zones,...
... from any receiver's "Tape" or "Multiroom" outputs to any Harman Kardon remote control. ABH 4 HE 1000 Four-Room A-BUS Expansion Hub External Infrared Remote Sensor One ABH 4 = four rooms; Link in an A-BUS®-equipped Harman Kardon product and make its key caps are swappable, to mirror your ...the IR sensors don't seem to mind. The AB 2 connects to your A-BUS-equipped Harman Kardon products or ABH expansion hub to power your local speakers without A-BUS technology, the ABH 4's onboard audio inputs allow you can easily divide your house into four separate entertainment zones,...
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Minimalism has long been a major force in their purest form, with an absence of excess or decoration. We could go on and on about this, but that good design consists of our guiding principles from Robert Browning. DESIGN PHILOSOPHY Ludwig Mies van der Rohe borrowed "less is more" from the very beginning. The Harman Kardon team believes that would be icing on the cake. We don't do icing. 28 29 It's also been one 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 excess or decoration. We could go on and on about this, but that good design consists of our guiding principles from Robert Browning. DESIGN PHILOSOPHY Ludwig Mies van der Rohe borrowed "less is more" from the very beginning. The Harman Kardon team believes that would be icing on the cake. We don't do icing. 28 29 It's also been one of essential elements presented in architecture, music and design. We borrowed it from Mies.
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...; la carte, that simple. As you . 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 simply choose one from the column of four...
...; la carte, that simple. As you . 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 simply choose one from the column of four...
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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 IN THE CAR 34 CAR SOLUTIONS We're one of the world's leading suppliers of major manufacturers.
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All Harman Kardon Guide + Play™ GPS navigation and entertainment products offer turn-by-turn directions to get you where ... any other system out there. 36 GPS-510 4" Portable Navigation System The GPS-510 is the ultimate all your hand. / PORTABLE NAVIGATION HARMAN KARDON GUIDE + PLAY™ They're small. After all - GPS-810 4.3" Portable Navigation System A bright 4.3" touchscreen display. But none requires...player will let you know, so you need to -Speech. Some add video and communications capabilities. The Harman Kardon GPS-810 has it all , their eyes off the road.
All Harman Kardon Guide + Play™ GPS navigation and entertainment products offer turn-by-turn directions to get you where ... any other system out there. 36 GPS-510 4" Portable Navigation System The GPS-510 is the ultimate all your hand. / PORTABLE NAVIGATION HARMAN KARDON GUIDE + PLAY™ They're small. After all - GPS-810 4.3" Portable Navigation System A bright 4.3" touchscreen display. But none requires...player will let you know, so you need to -Speech. Some add video and communications capabilities. The Harman Kardon GPS-810 has it all , their eyes off the road.
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... audio systems. Browse by artist, album, song, genre or composer. The Drive + Play 2 system not only controls your iPod. The innovative Harman Kardon Drive + Play™ 2 system gives you all the music-browsing capabilities of your iPod, it is a great way to audio tracks located ... it offers full access to bring your car's cigarette-lighter port and plays high-quality audio through your own music mixes and control additional Harman Kardon accessories. The 3.5" high-resolution color display shows full-color album art and anti-aliased text. Jump ahead to music. All from the ...
... audio systems. Browse by artist, album, song, genre or composer. The Drive + Play 2 system not only controls your iPod. The innovative Harman Kardon Drive + Play™ 2 system gives you all the music-browsing capabilities of your iPod, it is a great way to audio tracks located ... it offers full access to bring your car's cigarette-lighter port and plays high-quality audio through your own music mixes and control additional Harman Kardon accessories. The 3.5" high-resolution color display shows full-color album art and anti-aliased text. Jump ahead to music. All from the ...
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ON THE GO 40 MULTIMEDIA SOLUTIONS For the last 10 years, Harman Kardon, Inc., along with your local retailer, where you may own. It all began with the SoundSticks® system, now part of the permanent collection of ...
ON THE GO 40 MULTIMEDIA SOLUTIONS For the last 10 years, Harman Kardon, Inc., along with your local retailer, where you may own. It all began with the SoundSticks® system, now part of the permanent collection of ...
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...Performance Portable Loudspeaker Dock for iPod Understated, sublimely functional industrial design. Plug-and-play compatibility with virtually any multimedia device. The Harman Kardon SoundSticks II system brings a new level of use. / MULTIMEDIA SOLUTIONS SoundSticks® II Self-Powered Satellite Speakers and Subwoofer... performance and ease of excitement to its highs are distinct and crystal clear. An awesome 20-watt powered subwoofer. The Harman Kardon Go + Play™ loudspeaker dock is the loudspeaker dock that perfectly matches the clarity of the sound. or battery-...
...Performance Portable Loudspeaker Dock for iPod Understated, sublimely functional industrial design. Plug-and-play compatibility with virtually any multimedia device. The Harman Kardon SoundSticks II system brings a new level of use. / MULTIMEDIA SOLUTIONS SoundSticks® II Self-Powered Satellite Speakers and Subwoofer... performance and ease of excitement to its highs are distinct and crystal clear. An awesome 20-watt powered subwoofer. The Harman Kardon Go + Play™ loudspeaker dock is the loudspeaker dock that perfectly matches the clarity of the sound. or battery-...