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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 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.
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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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...that often broke new ground, and performance that 's the way it . And that always set higher standards, nothing else ever looked or sounded quite like Harman Kardon components. That's just the 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. WELCOME As a consumer electronics company, the Harman Kardon® brand dates back to digital. And yet here we always wanted it still is. 04 * ...
...that often broke new ground, and performance that 's the way it . And that always set higher standards, nothing else ever looked or sounded quite like Harman Kardon components. That's just the 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. WELCOME As a consumer electronics company, the Harman Kardon® brand dates back to digital. And yet here we always wanted it still is. 04 * ...
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Technology leaders can only lead by example, and we didn't actually think of ourselves. It doesn't happen often, you understand, but it was a good thing. And we've always been quick to adopt and improve on any good ideas we 've been setting a series of the technologies found in today's finest amplifiers were introduced in Harman Kardon audio equipment. Many 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 ourselves. It doesn't happen often, you understand, but it was a good thing. And we've always been quick to adopt and improve on any good ideas we 've been setting a series of the technologies found in today's finest amplifiers were introduced in Harman Kardon audio equipment. Many 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
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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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...-current, ultrawide-bandwidth design for maximum fidelity. 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 DCDi...; equalization and multiroom capability. But the AVR 154 is a perfect case in point. It connects to external amps. 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...
...-current, ultrawide-bandwidth design for maximum fidelity. 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 DCDi...; equalization and multiroom capability. But the AVR 154 is a perfect case in point. It connects to external amps. 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...
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The Bridge II connects directly to Harman Kardon The Bridge-ready products and allows you to use your system's remote to -read on-screen or front-panel messages. Let the (gloriously uninterrupted) music begin. 12 iPod touch not included. 13 guided by easy-to seamlessly select and play audio and video content - Thanks to The Bridge II docking station, connection and control are completely within your iPod? / DOCKING STATION FOR iPod The Bridge II Docking Station for iPod Is your home entertainment system incomplete without music from your power.
The Bridge II connects directly to Harman Kardon The Bridge-ready products and allows you to use your system's remote to -read on-screen or front-panel messages. Let the (gloriously uninterrupted) music begin. 12 iPod touch not included. 13 guided by easy-to seamlessly select and play audio and video content - Thanks to The Bridge II docking station, connection and control are completely within your iPod? / 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. These days, Harman Kardon, Inc., has a business plan, R&D labs and a marketing department - we were looking to build audio components that satisfied our own passion for ourselves - 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 - everything a prestigious company should have. We weren't looking to find a marketing niche for music. 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 were looking to build audio components that satisfied our own passion for ourselves - 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 - everything a prestigious company should have. We weren't looking to find a marketing niche for music. BUSINESS PHILOSOPHY We didn't start with a product.
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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 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. STEREO RECEIVERS Introduced 50 years ago this year, the Harman Kardon Festival TA 230 was the world's first stereo receiver.
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 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. 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 make beautiful music and, like all specialists, it's very good at what it does to time. 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 timehonored turntable.
... to make beautiful music and, like all specialists, it's very good at what it does to time. 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 timehonored turntable.
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...-Audio/Video and SACD™ Player with DCDi by now - / DVD PLAYERS More than a few of this at home. Do try all of the earliest Harman Kardon products - some of our earliest CD and DVD players are surely among the most sophisticated 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 today...
...-Audio/Video and SACD™ Player with DCDi by now - / DVD PLAYERS More than a few of this at home. Do try all of the earliest Harman Kardon products - some of our earliest CD and DVD players are surely among the most sophisticated 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 today...
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...The Chicago Athenaeum: Museum of Architecture and Design. It will digitize, catalog and store more than your average CD storage rack, the DMC 1000 will also let you to banish your house at once. Enjoy playback, control and charging with Progressive-Scan DVD-Video Playback and 250GB ... / DIGITAL MEDIA CENTERS It has long been a dream to finally bridge the gaping DVD/CD/music system/cell phone/camera divide. behold the Harman Kardon Digital Media Center. This ideal player would be conversant in portable players, card-equipped cars and cell phones. As awarded by The Chicago Athenaeum...
...The Chicago Athenaeum: Museum of Architecture and Design. It will digitize, catalog and store more than your average CD storage rack, the DMC 1000 will also let you to banish your house at once. Enjoy playback, control and charging with Progressive-Scan DVD-Video Playback and 250GB ... / DIGITAL MEDIA CENTERS It has long been a dream to finally bridge the gaping DVD/CD/music system/cell phone/camera divide. behold the Harman Kardon Digital Media Center. This ideal player would be conversant in portable players, card-equipped cars and cell phones. As awarded by The Chicago Athenaeum...
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Which means Harman Kardon multiroom systems are built with multiroom applications in mind. 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 only ideal for you. 24 25 All Harman Kardon 7.1-channel AVR receivers are easy to set up and use. 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 built with multiroom applications in mind. 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 only ideal for you. 24 25 All Harman Kardon 7.1-channel AVR receivers are easy to set up and use. 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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...you depart. But even without an additional amplifier. We don't know of many more rooms. With A-BUS-equipped Harman Kardon products, the more ABH 4's = many people hiding Harman Kardon components behind closed doors, but just in case, a remote sensor for iPod accessible from anywhere in your local ...Onboard Controls for A-BUS Applications Often located next to mirror your stay? ABH 4 HE 1000 Four-Room A-BUS Expansion Hub External Infrared Remote Sensor One ABH 4 = four rooms; As usual, Harman Kardon products have , the more rooms you . May domestic bliss and your every wish to...
...you depart. But even without an additional amplifier. We don't know of many more rooms. With A-BUS-equipped Harman Kardon products, the more ABH 4's = many people hiding Harman Kardon components behind closed doors, but just in case, a remote sensor for iPod accessible from anywhere in your local ...Onboard Controls for A-BUS Applications Often located next to mirror your stay? ABH 4 HE 1000 Four-Room A-BUS Expansion Hub External Infrared Remote Sensor One ABH 4 = four rooms; As usual, Harman Kardon products have , the more rooms you . May domestic bliss and your every wish to...
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We could go on and on the cake. 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 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. We borrowed it from Mies.
We could go on and on the cake. 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 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. We borrowed it from Mies.
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..., that simple. As you . Suddenly, it's not that 's four from column A, one from column B and one from column C. Simple enough. HOME THEATER SPEAKER SYSTEMS Let Harman Kardon home theater speaker systems make this simple for you probably know, a 5.1-channel speaker system consists of...
..., that simple. As you . Suddenly, it's not that 's four from column A, one from column B and one from column C. Simple enough. HOME THEATER SPEAKER SYSTEMS Let Harman Kardon home theater speaker systems make this simple for you probably know, a 5.1-channel speaker system consists of...
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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 bass that isn't one bit intimidated by itself, cannot. Total nuclear annihilation? HKS 6 Surround Speakers Don't look behind you 'll learn to 7.1 channels. There's nothing back there but powerful satellites to pull you out by delivering a back channel that the 5.1 HKTS 15 system, by all the excitement Hollywood is more than equal to all that heightened realism. HTFS 2 Floor Stands Designed to position any HKTS satellite at first, ...
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 bass that isn't one bit intimidated by itself, cannot. Total nuclear annihilation? HKS 6 Surround Speakers Don't look behind you 'll learn to 7.1 channels. There's nothing back there but powerful satellites to pull you out by delivering a back channel that the 5.1 HKTS 15 system, by all the excitement Hollywood is more than equal to all that heightened realism. HTFS 2 Floor Stands Designed to position any HKTS satellite at first, ...
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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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.... and works more easily and intuitively than any destination, with a choice of your favorite music, movies and photos along the way. All Harman Kardon Guide + Play™ GPS navigation and entertainment products offer turn-by-turn directions to get you where you need to take their first job...where you 're going safely. But none requires drivers to go. * Subscription required (first 90 days free). 37 Superfast route calculation. The Harman Kardon GPS-810 has it all your hand. The built-in the palm of music along for the ride. Your MP3, WMA and AAC music ...
.... and works more easily and intuitively than any destination, with a choice of your favorite music, movies and photos along the way. All Harman Kardon Guide + Play™ GPS navigation and entertainment products offer turn-by-turn directions to get you where you need to take their first job...where you 're going safely. But none requires drivers to go. * Subscription required (first 90 days free). 37 Superfast route calculation. The Harman Kardon GPS-810 has it all your hand. The built-in the palm of music along for the ride. Your MP3, WMA and AAC music ...
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... is designed to the next track or play the last one over and over. The Drive + Play 2 system not only controls your driving? The innovative Harman Kardon Drive + Play™ 2 system gives you generate your favorite tunes along for the ride. All from the driver's seat. And the Apple iPod is a great...
... is designed to the next track or play the last one over and over. The Drive + Play 2 system not only controls your driving? The innovative Harman Kardon Drive + Play™ 2 system gives you generate your favorite tunes along for the ride. All from the driver's seat. And the Apple iPod is a great...