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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. All rights reserved. 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.
HKLITUSA5/08 Printed in USA 516.255.HKHK (4545) FAX 516.682.3520 www.harmankardon.com ©2008 Harman International Industries, Incorporated. All rights reserved. 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.
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TABLE OF CONTENTS AT HOME 08 IN THE CAR 34 ON THE GO 40 SPECIFICATIONS 44 02 03
TABLE OF CONTENTS AT HOME 08 IN THE CAR 34 ON THE GO 40 SPECIFICATIONS 44 02 03
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... way 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 analog.... 04 * iPod touch not included. 05 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. And that always set higher standards, nothing else ever looked or sounded quite like...
... way 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 analog.... 04 * iPod touch not included. 05 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. And that always set higher standards, nothing else ever looked or sounded quite like...
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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. Technology leaders can only lead by example, and we didn't actually think of very good examples for more than 50 years. And we've always been quick to adopt and improve on any good ideas we 've been setting a series of ourselves. Many of the technologies found in today's finest amplifiers were introduced in Harman Kardon audio equipment.
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. Technology leaders can only lead by example, and we didn't actually think of very good examples for more than 50 years. And we've always been quick to adopt and improve on any good ideas we 've been setting a series of ourselves. Many 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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... everything works together seamlessly, the AVR 354 features a full-color graphical user interface and an eight-device programmable remote. Harman Kardon founder Dr. Sidney Harman has always believed technology should serve users, not intimidate them. It features three HDMI inputs, two wide-bandwidth HDTV-ready...room, and an RS-232 port for maximum fidelity. As do all ? AVR 154 5 x 30W 5.1-Channel A/V Receiver with HDMI Switching The Harman Kardon AVR 154 is a perfect case in point. AVR 254 7 x 50W 7.1-Channel A/V Receiver with HDMI 1.3a Repeater, Audio/Video Processing and ...
... everything works together seamlessly, the AVR 354 features a full-color graphical user interface and an eight-device programmable remote. Harman Kardon founder Dr. Sidney Harman has always believed technology should serve users, not intimidate them. It features three HDMI inputs, two wide-bandwidth HDTV-ready...room, and an RS-232 port for maximum fidelity. As do all ? AVR 154 5 x 30W 5.1-Channel A/V Receiver with HDMI Switching The Harman Kardon AVR 154 is a perfect case in point. AVR 254 7 x 50W 7.1-Channel A/V Receiver with HDMI 1.3a Repeater, Audio/Video Processing and ...
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Thanks 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 system's remote to The Bridge II docking station, connection and control are completely within your iPod? guided by easy-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 power.
Thanks 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 system's remote to The Bridge II docking station, connection and control are completely within your iPod? guided by easy-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 power.
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We built our very first systems for people who could hear what we heard. everything a prestigious company should have. BUSINESS PHILOSOPHY We didn't start with a product. But we're still building systems for ourselves and a handful of others who hear what we hear. 14 15 we started with a business plan in 1953 - These days, Harman Kardon, Inc., has a business plan, R&D labs and a marketing department - We weren't looking to find a marketing niche for music. we were looking to build audio components that satisfied our own passion for ourselves -
We built our very first systems for people who could hear what we heard. everything a prestigious company should have. BUSINESS PHILOSOPHY We didn't start with a product. But we're still building systems for ourselves and a handful of others who hear what we hear. 14 15 we started with a business plan in 1953 - These days, Harman Kardon, Inc., has a business plan, R&D labs and a marketing department - We weren't looking to find a marketing niche for music. we were looking to build audio components that satisfied our own passion for ourselves -
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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. STEREO RECEIVERS Introduced 50 years ago this year, the Harman Kardon Festival TA 230 was the world's first stereo receiver. 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
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. STEREO RECEIVERS Introduced 50 years ago this year, the Harman Kardon Festival TA 230 was the world's first stereo receiver. 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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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 time to time. So the HK 3390 also features four high-...
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 time to time. So the HK 3390 also features four high-...
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We know upgrading isn't always a joy. some of our earliest CD and DVD players are surely among the most sophisticated of the earliest Harman Kardon products - The DVD 48 makes it easy. 20 21 The DVD 48 features an HDMI connection, scales older video discs to fully experience the very ... kind. DVD 48 DVD-Audio/Video and SACD™ Player with DCDi by now - 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 DVD...
We know upgrading isn't always a joy. some of our earliest CD and DVD players are surely among the most sophisticated of the earliest Harman Kardon products - The DVD 48 makes it easy. 20 21 The DVD 48 features an HDMI connection, scales older video discs to fully experience the very ... kind. DVD 48 DVD-Audio/Video and SACD™ Player with DCDi by now - 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 DVD...
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... system/cell phone/camera divide. / DIGITAL MEDIA CENTERS It has long been a dream to banish your CDs - behold the Harman Kardon Digital Media Center. And your average CD storage rack, the DMC 1000 will also let you transfer your music for iPod (sold separately and very much worth it). 22 23 Enjoy playback...
... system/cell phone/camera divide. / DIGITAL MEDIA CENTERS It has long been a dream to banish your CDs - behold the Harman Kardon Digital Media Center. And your average CD storage rack, the DMC 1000 will also let you transfer your music for iPod (sold separately and very much worth it). 22 23 Enjoy playback...
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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 include assignable rear-channel amplifiers, all offer a second-zone control system, and the AVR 354 includes a second-zone remote control. 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
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 include assignable rear-channel amplifiers, all offer a second-zone control system, and the AVR 354 includes a second-zone remote control. 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
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... as a single connection to the AVR or the nearest ABH expansion hub, and a link to mind. more HE 1000's can satisfy. AB 1 Amplified In-Wall Module for your home. Controlling your A-BUS-equipped Harman Kardon products in your system's IR remote control only makes sense. And although it easily allows you to four...
... as a single connection to the AVR or the nearest ABH expansion hub, and a link to mind. more HE 1000's can satisfy. AB 1 Amplified In-Wall Module for your home. Controlling your A-BUS-equipped Harman Kardon products in your system's IR remote control only makes sense. And although it easily allows you to four...
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The Harman Kardon team believes that would be icing on the cake. DESIGN PHILOSOPHY Ludwig Mies van der Rohe borrowed "less is more" from Mies. We borrowed it from Robert Browning. We could go on and on about this, but that good design consists of essential elements presented in architecture, music and design. We don't do icing. 28 29 It's also been one of excess or decoration. Minimalism has long been a major force in their purest form, with an absence of our guiding principles from the very beginning.
The Harman Kardon team believes that would be icing on the cake. DESIGN PHILOSOPHY Ludwig Mies van der Rohe borrowed "less is more" from Mies. We borrowed it from Robert Browning. We could go on and on about this, but that good design consists of essential elements presented in architecture, music and design. We don't do icing. 28 29 It's also been one of excess or decoration. Minimalism has long been a major force in their purest form, with an absence of our guiding principles from the very beginning.
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.... As 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 Unless you . HOME THEATER SPEAKER SYSTEMS Let Harman Kardon home theater speaker systems make this simple for dialogue, and a powered subwoofer.
.... As 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 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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HKTS 15 5.1-Channel Home Theater Speaker System Please have your HKS 6 speakers, faking you into the action, and a 100-watt powered subwoofer for seated listeners, these days. Child's play. 32 HKS 9 Surround Speakers No matter how good things get, there'll always be a little spooky at an ideal height for heart-stopping bass, the HKTS 15 system is more than equal to compete against. HKS 9 speakers are identical to HKTS 18 speakers, except that they 'll find this a tough act to all that it when people talk during movies. But you . We guarantee they 're available in ...
HKTS 15 5.1-Channel Home Theater Speaker System Please have your HKS 6 speakers, faking you into the action, and a 100-watt powered subwoofer for seated listeners, these days. Child's play. 32 HKS 9 Surround Speakers No matter how good things get, there'll always be a little spooky at an ideal height for heart-stopping bass, the HKTS 15 system is more than equal to compete against. HKS 9 speakers are identical to HKTS 18 speakers, except that they 'll find this a tough act to all that it when people talk during movies. But you . We guarantee they 're available in ...
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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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...widescreen video player that fits in real-time-traffic* receiver will provide the soundtrack to get you where you're going safely. / PORTABLE NAVIGATION HARMAN KARDON GUIDE + PLAY™ They're small. And all , their eyes off the road. and works more easily and intuitively than any destination...-in-one navigation and entertainment system. Is there traffic ahead? The built-in the palm of music along for the ride. All Harman Kardon Guide + Play™ GPS navigation and entertainment products offer turn-by-turn directions to get you where you can quickly calculate an ...
...widescreen video player that fits in real-time-traffic* receiver will provide the soundtrack to get you where you're going safely. / PORTABLE NAVIGATION HARMAN KARDON GUIDE + PLAY™ They're small. And all , their eyes off the road. and works more easily and intuitively than any destination...-in-one navigation and entertainment system. Is there traffic ahead? The built-in the palm of music along for the ride. All Harman Kardon Guide + Play™ GPS navigation and entertainment products offer turn-by-turn directions to get you where you can quickly calculate an ...
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... how can you all kinds of USB flash devices. 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 get at your songs and playlists without taking your mind off the road. 38 Drive + Play 2 Mobile Media Manager...? The Drive + Play 2 unit 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.
... how can you all kinds of USB flash devices. 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 get at your songs and playlists without taking your mind off the road. 38 Drive + Play 2 Mobile Media Manager...? The Drive + Play 2 unit 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.