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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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With features that often broke new ground, and performance that 's the way it . 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 ... always wanted it still is. 04 * iPod touch not included. 05 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.
With features that often broke new ground, and performance that 's the way it . 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 ... always wanted it still is. 04 * iPod touch not included. 05 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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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. 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. TECHNICAL PHILOSOPHY Harman Kardon products were delivering high bandwidth before most people realized it happens. 06 07
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. 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. TECHNICAL PHILOSOPHY Harman Kardon products were delivering high bandwidth before most people realized it happens. 06 07
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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 AT HOME 08 AUDIO/VIDEO RECEIVERS A maximum number of options, a minimum number of any entertainment source, old or new.
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...8482; repeater capability, Faroudja DCDi Cinema™ processing, EzSet/EQ™ equalization and multiroom capability. The AVR 354 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 processing ...and it will even play, control and charge your room, and an RS-232 port for maximum fidelity. But the AVR 154 is all Harman Kardon A/V receivers, the AVR 254 features a high-current, ultrawide-bandwidth design for future firmware upgrades. And with HDMI™ 1.3a Repeater, ...
...8482; repeater capability, Faroudja DCDi Cinema™ processing, EzSet/EQ™ equalization and multiroom capability. The AVR 354 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 processing ...and it will even play, control and charge your room, and an RS-232 port for maximum fidelity. But the AVR 154 is all Harman Kardon A/V receivers, the AVR 254 features a high-current, ultrawide-bandwidth design for future firmware upgrades. And with HDMI™ 1.3a Repeater, ...
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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. guided by easy-to seamlessly select and play audio and video content - / DOCKING STATION FOR iPod The Bridge II Docking Station for iPod Is your home entertainment system incomplete without music from your power. Thanks to The Bridge II docking station, connection and control are completely within your iPod? 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 system's remote to -read on-screen or front-panel messages. guided by easy-to seamlessly select and play audio and video content - / DOCKING STATION FOR iPod The Bridge II Docking Station for iPod Is your home entertainment system incomplete without music from your power. Thanks to The Bridge II docking station, connection and control are completely within your iPod? Let the (gloriously uninterrupted) music begin. 12 iPod touch not included. 13
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we were looking to build audio components that satisfied our own passion for ourselves and a handful of others who hear what we hear. 14 15 everything a prestigious company should have. we started with a business plan in 1953 - But we're still building systems for ourselves - BUSINESS PHILOSOPHY We didn't start with a product. We built our very first systems for music. We weren't looking to find a marketing niche 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 and a handful of others who hear what we hear. 14 15 everything a prestigious company should have. we started with a business plan in 1953 - But we're still building systems for ourselves - BUSINESS PHILOSOPHY We didn't start with a product. We built our very first systems for music. We weren't looking to find a marketing niche for people who could hear what we heard. These days, Harman Kardon, Inc., has a business plan, R&D labs and a marketing department -
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Time marches on, and Harman Kardon products march with a choice of powerful stereo receivers engineered by and for people who prefer to be entertained with their eyes closed. We're passionate, to be sure, but we're not zealots. Today, we continue to keep the audio faith with it. 16 17 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 a choice of powerful stereo receivers engineered by and for people who prefer to be entertained with their eyes closed. We're passionate, to be sure, but we're not zealots. Today, we continue to keep the audio faith with it. 16 17 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.
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... turntable. The HK 3490 isn't a snob about where the music comes from, as long as it does. 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...
... turntable. The HK 3490 isn't a snob about where the music comes from, as long as it does. 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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... DVD-Audio/Video and SACD™ Player with DCDi by now - The DVD 48 makes it easy. 20 21 Do try all of the earliest Harman Kardon products - But we promise that you 'll need our newest DVD player. are still in use today, and some of them pushing 50 by Faroudja...® technology, and offers unsurpassed fidelity in the reproduction of the most advanced Harman Kardon DVD players, the DVD 48 is among them. The DVD 48 features an HDMI connection, scales older video discs to fully experience the very highest...
... DVD-Audio/Video and SACD™ Player with DCDi by now - The DVD 48 makes it easy. 20 21 Do try all of the earliest Harman Kardon products - But we promise that you 'll need our newest DVD player. are still in use today, and some of them pushing 50 by Faroudja...® technology, and offers unsurpassed fidelity in the reproduction of the most advanced Harman Kardon DVD players, the DVD 48 is among them. The DVD 48 features an HDMI connection, scales older video discs to fully experience the very highest...
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...digitize, catalog and store more than 60,000 songs as the one go-to device to banish your house at once. behold the Harman Kardon Digital Media Center. DMC 1000 Four-Stream Digital Media Center with The Bridge II docking station for use in a universe of your CDs - With touch-sensitive front...and very much worth it). 22 23 This is no -button design), a concealed front-panel USB jack and hidden memory card slots, the DMC 1000 will also let you transfer your iPod? In the Permanent Design Collection of The Chicago Athenaeum: Museum of Architecture and Design. It will even let...
...digitize, catalog and store more than 60,000 songs as the one go-to device to banish your house at once. behold the Harman Kardon Digital Media Center. DMC 1000 Four-Stream Digital Media Center with The Bridge II docking station for use in a universe of your CDs - With touch-sensitive front...and very much worth it). 22 23 This is no -button design), a concealed front-panel USB jack and hidden memory card slots, the DMC 1000 will also let you transfer your iPod? In the Permanent Design Collection of The Chicago Athenaeum: Museum of Architecture and Design. It will even let...
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Which means Harman Kardon multiroom systems are only ideal for you. 24 25 All include assignable rear-channel amplifiers, all offer a second-zone control system, and the AVR 354 includes a second-zone remote control. 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. 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 only ideal for you. 24 25 All include assignable rear-channel amplifiers, all offer a second-zone control system, and the AVR 354 includes a second-zone remote control. 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. So go ahead, spread out and enjoy yourself. Your Harman Kardon entertainment system will be there for one-room apartments.
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...Applications Often located next to mind. ABH 4 HE 1000 Four-Room A-BUS Expansion Hub External Infrared Remote Sensor One ABH 4 = four rooms; And during your favorite music be with virtually any room. more ABH 4's = many people hiding Harman Kardon components behind closed doors, but just in case,...the speakers. One or more music-hungry constituents you can put you can serve − and the more HE 1000's can satisfy. As usual, Harman Kardon products have , the more rooms you in control of controlling local volume with Onboard Controls for your local speakers ...
...Applications Often located next to mind. ABH 4 HE 1000 Four-Room A-BUS Expansion Hub External Infrared Remote Sensor One ABH 4 = four rooms; And during your favorite music be with virtually any room. more ABH 4's = many people hiding Harman Kardon components behind closed doors, but just in case,...the speakers. One or more music-hungry constituents you can put you can serve − and the more HE 1000's can satisfy. As usual, Harman Kardon products have , the more rooms you in control of controlling local volume with Onboard Controls for your local speakers ...
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We could go on and on about this, but that good design consists of essential elements presented in architecture, music and design. 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. Minimalism has long been a major force in their purest form, with an absence of our guiding principles from the very beginning. We borrowed it from Robert Browning. It's also been one of excess or decoration. We don't do icing. 28 29
We could go on and on about this, but that good design consists of essential elements presented in architecture, music and design. 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. Minimalism has long been a major force in their purest form, with an absence of our guiding principles from the very beginning. We borrowed it from Robert Browning. It's also been one of excess or decoration. We don't do icing. 28 29
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... shouldn't overpower the center or the satellites, and all six should be matched to your electronics. As you probably know, a 5.1-channel speaker system consists of Harman Kardon HKTS speaker packages. 30 31 Suddenly, it's not that 's four from column A, one from column B and one from column C. So if you . Unless you ... the column of four satellite speakers, a center channel speaker primarily for you 're ordering à la carte, that simple. HOME THEATER SPEAKER SYSTEMS Let Harman Kardon home theater speaker systems make this simple for dialogue, and a powered subwoofer.
... shouldn't overpower the center or the satellites, and all six should be matched to your electronics. As you probably know, a 5.1-channel speaker system consists of Harman Kardon HKTS speaker packages. 30 31 Suddenly, it's not that 's four from column A, one from column B and one from column C. So if you . Unless you ... the column of four satellite speakers, a center channel speaker primarily for you 're ordering à la carte, that simple. 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 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; But even if a Logic 7 multichannel audio system isn't in your car. 35 IN THE CAR 34 CAR SOLUTIONS We're one of the world's leading suppliers of major manufacturers.
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; But even if a Logic 7 multichannel audio system isn't 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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...-to go. * Subscription required (first 90 days free). 37 And all , their eyes off the road. Is there traffic ahead? All Harman Kardon Guide + Play™ GPS navigation and entertainment products offer turn-by-turn directions to get you where you need to -Speech. After all... music player will let you know, so you 're going safely. / PORTABLE NAVIGATION HARMAN KARDON GUIDE + PLAY™ They're small. GPS-810 4.3" Portable Navigation System A bright 4.3" touchscreen display. The Harman Kardon GPS-810 has it all -in real-time-traffic* receiver will provide the soundtrack to...
...-to go. * Subscription required (first 90 days free). 37 And all , their eyes off the road. Is there traffic ahead? All Harman Kardon Guide + Play™ GPS navigation and entertainment products offer turn-by-turn directions to get you where you need to -Speech. After all... music player will let you know, so you 're going safely. / PORTABLE NAVIGATION HARMAN KARDON GUIDE + PLAY™ They're small. GPS-810 4.3" Portable Navigation System A bright 4.3" touchscreen display. The Harman Kardon GPS-810 has it all -in real-time-traffic* receiver will provide the soundtrack to...
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...songs and playlists without taking your driving? The Drive + Play 2 unit plugs directly into your own music mixes and control additional Harman Kardon accessories. All without taking your eyes off your mind off the road. 38 Drive + Play 2 Mobile Media Manager The next generation... 2 system not only controls your favorite tunes along for the ride. Scroll through a built-in -car media-player interfaces. The innovative Harman Kardon Drive + Play™ 2 system gives you generate your car's cigarette-lighter port and plays high-quality audio through your iPod. And ...
...songs and playlists without taking your driving? The Drive + Play 2 unit plugs directly into your own music mixes and control additional Harman Kardon accessories. All without taking your eyes off your mind off the road. 38 Drive + Play 2 Mobile Media Manager The next generation... 2 system not only controls your favorite tunes along for the ride. Scroll through a built-in -car media-player interfaces. The innovative Harman Kardon Drive + Play™ 2 system gives you generate your car's cigarette-lighter port and plays high-quality audio through your iPod. And ...
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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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..., its arching stainless-steel handle, this is AC- Plug-and-play compatibility with virtually any multimedia device. Eight full-range transducers. The Harman Kardon Go + Play™ loudspeaker dock is the loudspeaker dock that perfectly matches the clarity of the sound. iPod not included. An awesome 20...-watt powered subwoofer. The Harman Kardon SoundSticks II system brings a new level of use. And a museum-honored design that only we could build. or battery-operated, so ...
..., its arching stainless-steel handle, this is AC- Plug-and-play compatibility with virtually any multimedia device. Eight full-range transducers. The Harman Kardon Go + Play™ loudspeaker dock is the loudspeaker dock that perfectly matches the clarity of the sound. iPod not included. An awesome 20...-watt powered subwoofer. The Harman Kardon SoundSticks II system brings a new level of use. And a museum-honored design that only we could build. or battery-operated, so ...
