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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 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.
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...04 * iPod touch not included. 05 And that always set higher standards, nothing else ever looked or sounded quite like Harman Kardon components. 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 ... more than 50 years, still headed by our founder, Dr. Sidney Harman, and still following our own path, in our own way. With features that often broke new ground, and performance that 's the way it . WELCOME As a consumer electronics company, the Harman Kardon® brand dates back to digital.
...04 * iPod touch not included. 05 And that always set higher standards, nothing else ever looked or sounded quite like Harman Kardon components. 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 ... more than 50 years, still headed by our founder, Dr. Sidney Harman, and still following our own path, in our own way. With features that often broke new ground, and performance that 's the way it . 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. 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 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. 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 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 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 side, and Faroudja DCDi Cinema video processing to 1080p on the video side. The AVR 354 is a perfect case in point. Harman Kardon founder Dr. Sidney Harman has always believed technology should serve users, not intimidate them. It connects to a universe of use, and it will even play, ...tune your room, and an RS-232 port for maximum fidelity. / 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 digital and analog sources, as well as to external amps. AVR 154 5 x 30W 5.1-Channel A/V Receiver with ...
...audio side, and Faroudja DCDi Cinema video processing to 1080p on the video side. The AVR 354 is a perfect case in point. Harman Kardon founder Dr. Sidney Harman has always believed technology should serve users, not intimidate them. It connects to a universe of use, and it will even play, ...tune your room, and an RS-232 port for maximum fidelity. / 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 digital and analog sources, as well as to external amps. AVR 154 5 x 30W 5.1-Channel A/V Receiver with ...
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guided by easy-to seamlessly select and play audio and video content - 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. 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?
guided by easy-to seamlessly select and play audio and video content - 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. 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?
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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 - But we're still building systems for ourselves and a handful of others who hear what we hear. 14 15 We weren't looking to find a marketing niche for music. everything a prestigious company should have. we were looking to build audio components that satisfied our own passion for ourselves - BUSINESS PHILOSOPHY We didn't start with a product.
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 - But we're still building systems for ourselves and a handful of others who hear what we hear. 14 15 We weren't looking to find a marketing niche for music. everything a prestigious company should have. we were looking to build audio components that satisfied our own passion for ourselves - BUSINESS PHILOSOPHY We didn't start with a product.
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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 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. We're passionate, to be sure, but we're not zealots. STEREO RECEIVERS Introduced 50 years ago this year, the Harman Kardon Festival TA 230 was the world's first stereo receiver.
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 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. We're passionate, to be sure, but we're not zealots. 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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..., high-current amplification) with an array of an original musical performance, whether reproduced from time to time. It features high-current, ultrawide bandwidth amplification, a signature Harman Kardon technology that delivers all the subtlety of multichannel extras (digital-audio inputs, video switching, dual subwoofer outputs and Dolby Virtual Speaker technology).
..., high-current amplification) with an array of an original musical performance, whether reproduced from time to time. It features high-current, ultrawide bandwidth amplification, a signature Harman Kardon technology that delivers all the subtlety of multichannel extras (digital-audio inputs, video switching, dual subwoofer outputs and Dolby Virtual Speaker technology).
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... 48 features an HDMI connection, scales older video discs to fully experience the very highest resolution of its kind. 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 use today, and some of ...our newest DVD player. some of our earliest CD and DVD players are still in the reproduction of them . Do try all of the earliest Harman Kardon products - DVD 48 DVD-Audio/Video and SACD™ Player with DCDi by now - / DVD PLAYERS More than a few of this at home...
... 48 features an HDMI connection, scales older video discs to fully experience the very highest resolution of its kind. 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 use today, and some of ...our newest DVD player. some of our earliest CD and DVD players are still in the reproduction of them . Do try all of the earliest Harman Kardon products - DVD 48 DVD-Audio/Video and SACD™ Player with DCDi by now - / DVD PLAYERS More than a few of this at home...
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...Harman Kardon Digital Media Center. In the Permanent Design Collection of The Chicago Athenaeum: Museum of digital storage technologies and formats, serving as you play them, allowing you to other rooms of Architecture and Design. It will digitize, catalog and store more than your average CD storage rack, the DMC 1000...- This ideal player would be conversant in portable players, card-equipped cars and cell phones. and CD storage racks - DMC 1000 Four-Stream Digital Media Center with The Bridge II docking station for use in a universe of Architecture and Design. Enjoy ...
...Harman Kardon Digital Media Center. In the Permanent Design Collection of The Chicago Athenaeum: Museum of digital storage technologies and formats, serving as you play them, allowing you to other rooms of Architecture and Design. It will digitize, catalog and store more than your average CD storage rack, the DMC 1000...- This ideal player would be conversant in portable players, card-equipped cars and cell phones. and CD storage racks - DMC 1000 Four-Stream Digital Media Center with The Bridge II docking station for use in a universe of Architecture and Design. Enjoy ...
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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 only ideal for you. 24 25 So go ahead, spread out and enjoy yourself. Your Harman Kardon entertainment system will be there for one-room apartments. MULTIROOM PRODUCTS One-room systems are easy to set up and use. 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. Which means Harman Kardon multiroom systems are only ideal for you. 24 25 So go ahead, spread out and enjoy yourself. Your Harman Kardon entertainment system will be there for one-room apartments. MULTIROOM PRODUCTS One-room systems are easy to set up and use. All Harman Kardon 7.1-channel AVR receivers are built with multiroom applications in mind.
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...serve − and the more ABH 4's you have got you depart. ABH 4 HE 1000 Four-Room A-BUS Expansion Hub External Infrared Remote Sensor One ABH 4 = four rooms; more ABH 4's = many people hiding Harman Kardon components behind closed doors, but just in case, a remote sensor for A-BUS Applications ... make its key caps are swappable, to mirror your favorite music be with Onboard Controls for your stay? As usual, Harman Kardon products have , the more HE 1000's can put you can easily divide your local speakers without A-BUS technology, the ABH 4's onboard audio inputs allow you ...
...serve − and the more ABH 4's you have got you depart. ABH 4 HE 1000 Four-Room A-BUS Expansion Hub External Infrared Remote Sensor One ABH 4 = four rooms; more ABH 4's = many people hiding Harman Kardon components behind closed doors, but just in case, a remote sensor for A-BUS Applications ... make its key caps are swappable, to mirror your favorite music be with Onboard Controls for your stay? As usual, Harman Kardon products have , the more HE 1000's can put you can easily divide your local speakers without A-BUS technology, the ABH 4's onboard audio inputs allow you ...
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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. It's also been one of excess or decoration. DESIGN PHILOSOPHY Ludwig Mies van der Rohe borrowed "less is more" from the very beginning. Minimalism has long been a major force in their purest form, with an absence of our guiding principles from Robert Browning. We could go on and on the cake. We borrowed it from Mies. We don't do icing. 28 29
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. It's also been one of excess or decoration. DESIGN PHILOSOPHY Ludwig Mies van der Rohe borrowed "less is more" from the very beginning. Minimalism has long been a major force in their purest form, with an absence of our guiding principles from Robert Browning. We could go on and on the cake. We borrowed it from Mies. We don't do icing. 28 29
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... your electronics. Suddenly, it's not that 's four from column A, one from column B and one from column C. As you probably know, a 5.1-channel speaker system consists of Harman Kardon HKTS speaker packages. 30 31 Simple enough. HOME THEATER SPEAKER SYSTEMS Let Harman Kardon home theater speaker systems make this simple for dialogue, and a powered subwoofer.
... your electronics. Suddenly, it's not that 's four from column A, one from column B and one from column C. As you probably know, a 5.1-channel speaker system consists of Harman Kardon HKTS speaker packages. 30 31 Simple enough. HOME THEATER SPEAKER SYSTEMS Let Harman Kardon home theater speaker systems make this simple for dialogue, and a powered subwoofer.
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our products are found in your car. 35 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; IN THE CAR 34 CAR SOLUTIONS We're one of the world's leading suppliers of major manufacturers.
our products are found in your car. 35 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; 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 go. * Subscription required (first 90 days free). 37 Superfast route calculation. ... AAC music and MPEG-4 and WMV9 video files are only a download away. An innovative, mount-anywhere wireless controller. The Harman Kardon GPS-810 has it all , their eyes off the road. / PORTABLE NAVIGATION HARMAN KARDON GUIDE + PLAY™ They're small. The built-in the palm of music along for the ride. Some add...
All Harman Kardon Guide + Play™ GPS navigation and entertainment products offer turn-by-turn directions to go. * Subscription required (first 90 days free). 37 Superfast route calculation. ... AAC music and MPEG-4 and WMV9 video files are only a download away. An innovative, mount-anywhere wireless controller. The Harman Kardon GPS-810 has it all , their eyes off the road. / PORTABLE NAVIGATION HARMAN KARDON GUIDE + PLAY™ They're small. The built-in the palm of music along for the ride. Some add...
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...a great way to music. Jump ahead to work with existing car audio systems. Browse by artist, album, song, genre or composer. The innovative Harman Kardon Drive + Play™ 2 system gives you generate your playlists. All from the driver's seat. The 3.5" high-resolution color display shows full-color... plugs directly into your car's cigarette-lighter port and plays high-quality audio through your own music mixes and control additional Harman Kardon accessories. The wireless five-button controller lets you all kinds of in wireless FM transmitter or 3.5mm line outputs. 39
...a great way to music. Jump ahead to work with existing car audio systems. Browse by artist, album, song, genre or composer. The innovative Harman Kardon Drive + Play™ 2 system gives you generate your playlists. All from the driver's seat. The 3.5" high-resolution color display shows full-color... plugs directly into your car's cigarette-lighter port and plays high-quality audio through your own music mixes and control additional Harman Kardon accessories. The wireless five-button controller lets you all kinds of in wireless FM transmitter or 3.5mm line outputs. 39
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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 multimedia-rich computer systems. Today, our ...
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 multimedia-rich computer systems. Today, our ...
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... go anywhere your iPod or other music player goes − and make your favorite music sound better when it . The Harman Kardon Go + Play™ loudspeaker dock is the loudspeaker dock that perfectly matches the clarity of use. Plug-and-play compatibility with... virtually any multimedia device. Harman Kardon Go + Play™ High-Performance Portable Loudspeaker Dock for iPod Understated, sublimely functional industrial design. / MULTIMEDIA SOLUTIONS SoundSticks®...
... go anywhere your iPod or other music player goes − and make your favorite music sound better when it . The Harman Kardon Go + Play™ loudspeaker dock is the loudspeaker dock that perfectly matches the clarity of use. Plug-and-play compatibility with... virtually any multimedia device. Harman Kardon Go + Play™ High-Performance Portable Loudspeaker Dock for iPod Understated, sublimely functional industrial design. / MULTIMEDIA SOLUTIONS SoundSticks®...