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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. 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 All rights reserved.
HKLITUSA5/08 Printed in USA 516.255.HKHK (4545) FAX 516.682.3520 www.harmankardon.com ©2008 Harman International Industries, Incorporated. 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 All rights reserved.
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... electronics company, the Harman Kardon® brand dates back to digital. 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 of monaural sound and vacuum tubes. That...
... electronics company, the Harman Kardon® brand dates back to digital. 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 of monaural sound and vacuum tubes. That...
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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 very good examples for more than 50 years. Technology leaders can only lead by example, and we didn't actually think of ourselves. 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.
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 very good examples for more than 50 years. Technology leaders can only lead by example, and we didn't actually think of ourselves. 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.
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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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... the video side. AVR 154 5 x 30W 5.1-Channel A/V Receiver with The Bridge II docking station (included), it features a high-current, ultrawide-bandwidth design for portable media players, and a portfolio of Dolby® and DTS® decoding technologies, HDMI™ repeater capability, Faroudja DCDi Cinema™ processing, EzSet/EQ™ equalization and multiroom capability. But the AVR 154 is also about getting connected. And with HDMI Switching The Harman Kardon AVR 154...
... the video side. AVR 154 5 x 30W 5.1-Channel A/V Receiver with The Bridge II docking station (included), it features a high-current, ultrawide-bandwidth design for portable media players, and a portfolio of Dolby® and DTS® decoding technologies, HDMI™ repeater capability, Faroudja DCDi Cinema™ processing, EzSet/EQ™ equalization and multiroom capability. But the AVR 154 is also about getting connected. And with HDMI Switching The Harman Kardon AVR 154...
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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 - / 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?
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 - / 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?
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we hear. 14 15 everything a prestigious company should have. But we're still building systems for people who could hear what we started with a business plan in 1953 - 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 - These days, Harman Kardon, Inc., has a business plan, R&D labs and a marketing department - BUSINESS PHILOSOPHY We didn't start with a product. We weren't looking to find a marketing niche for music. we heard.
we hear. 14 15 everything a prestigious company should have. But we're still building systems for people who could hear what we started with a business plan in 1953 - 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 - These days, Harman Kardon, Inc., has a business plan, R&D labs and a marketing department - BUSINESS PHILOSOPHY We didn't start with a product. We weren't looking to find a marketing niche for music. we heard.
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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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... audio players. 19 / STEREO RECEIVERS HK 3490 2 x 120W Stereo Receiver The insanely powerful HK 3490 combines all of an audiophile's must-haves (high-performance phono preamp, preout/main-in jacks, high-current amplification) with an array of an original musical performance, whether reproduced from time to make beautiful music and, like all the subtlety of multichannel extras (digital-audio inputs, video switching, dual subwoofer outputs and Dolby Virtual Speaker...
... audio players. 19 / STEREO RECEIVERS HK 3490 2 x 120W Stereo Receiver The insanely powerful HK 3490 combines all of an audiophile's must-haves (high-performance phono preamp, preout/main-in jacks, high-current amplification) with an array of an original musical performance, whether reproduced from time to make beautiful music and, like all the subtlety of multichannel extras (digital-audio inputs, video switching, dual subwoofer outputs and Dolby Virtual Speaker...
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... use today, and some of its kind. But to 1080p with HDMI Connectivity One of the most sophisticated of them . DVD 48 DVD-Audio/Video and SACD™ Player with DCDi by now - Do try all of today's digital sources, you 'll notice the difference. The DVD 48 makes it easy. 20 21 are still in the reproduction of the earliest Harman Kardon products...
... use today, and some of its kind. But to 1080p with HDMI Connectivity One of the most sophisticated of them . DVD 48 DVD-Audio/Video and SACD™ Player with DCDi by now - Do try all of today's digital sources, you 'll notice the difference. The DVD 48 makes it easy. 20 21 are still in the reproduction of the earliest Harman Kardon products...
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... -button design), a concealed front-panel USB jack and hidden memory card slots, the DMC 1000 will also let you send up to four different audio selections to finally bridge the gaping DVD/CD/music system/cell phone/camera divide. In the Permanent Design Collection of The Chicago Athenaeum: Museum of Architecture and Design. and CD storage racks - behold the Harman Kardon Digital...
... -button design), a concealed front-panel USB jack and hidden memory card slots, the DMC 1000 will also let you send up to four different audio selections to finally bridge the gaping DVD/CD/music system/cell phone/camera divide. In the Permanent Design Collection of The Chicago Athenaeum: Museum of Architecture and Design. and CD storage racks - behold the Harman Kardon Digital...
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Your Harman Kardon entertainment system will be there for one-room apartments. So go ahead, spread out and enjoy yourself. 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. 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.
Your Harman Kardon entertainment system will be there for one-room apartments. So go ahead, spread out and enjoy yourself. 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. 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.
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... Hub External Infrared Remote Sensor One ABH 4 = four rooms; One or more music-hungry constituents you to distribute audio from the AB 1. 26 27 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 listening sources as important. AB 2 Amplified In-Wall Module with...
... Hub External Infrared Remote Sensor One ABH 4 = four rooms; One or more music-hungry constituents you to distribute audio from the AB 1. 26 27 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 listening sources as important. AB 2 Amplified In-Wall Module with...
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... the satellites, the sub shouldn't overpower the center or the satellites, and all six should be matched to your electronics. HOME THEATER SPEAKER SYSTEMS Let Harman Kardon home theater speaker systems make this simple for dialogue, and a powered subwoofer. So if 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...
... the satellites, the sub shouldn't overpower the center or the satellites, and all six should be matched to your electronics. HOME THEATER SPEAKER SYSTEMS Let Harman Kardon home theater speaker systems make this simple for dialogue, and a powered subwoofer. So if 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...
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... powered subwoofer for bass that isn't one bit intimidated by all the excitement Hollywood is dishing out these aluminum floor stands feature a cable-management system to 7.1 channels. 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 people who hate it sounds like sound. Total nuclear annihilation? HKS 9 speakers are identical to HKTS 18 speakers...
... powered subwoofer for bass that isn't one bit intimidated by all the excitement Hollywood is dishing out these aluminum floor stands feature a cable-management system to 7.1 channels. 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 people who hate it sounds like sound. Total nuclear annihilation? HKS 9 speakers are identical to HKTS 18 speakers...
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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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...'re going safely. And all - But none requires drivers to go. * Subscription required (first 90 days free). 37 They're portable. Some add video and communications capabilities. An innovative, mount-anywhere wireless controller. Superfast route calculation. And they're changing the way drivers drive and how passengers pass the time. / PORTABLE NAVIGATION HARMAN KARDON GUIDE + PLAY™ They're small.
...'re going safely. And all - But none requires drivers to go. * Subscription required (first 90 days free). 37 They're portable. Some add video and communications capabilities. An innovative, mount-anywhere wireless controller. Superfast route calculation. And they're changing the way drivers drive and how passengers pass the time. / PORTABLE NAVIGATION HARMAN KARDON GUIDE + PLAY™ They're small.
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... design. An awesome 20-watt powered subwoofer. iPod not included. Unsurpassed performance and ease of the sound. or battery-operated, so it will go anywhere your iPod or other music player goes − and make your favorite music sound better when it . Plug-and-play compatibility with virtually any multimedia device. The Harman Kardon SoundSticks II system brings a new level of excitement to its highs are...
... design. An awesome 20-watt powered subwoofer. iPod not included. Unsurpassed performance and ease of the sound. or battery-operated, so it will go anywhere your iPod or other music player goes − and make your favorite music sound better when it . Plug-and-play compatibility with virtually any multimedia device. The Harman Kardon SoundSticks II system brings a new level of excitement to its highs are...
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... Analog Audio Inputs Digital Audio Inputs (Coax/Optical) Digital Audio Outputs (Coax/Optical) Digital Input Polling Direct Audio Inputs HDMI™ Inputs/Output HDMI™ Type 1080p Preamp Outputs Component Video Inputs Bass Management On-Screen Display Input Titling DSP Processor Output DACs Video Processing/Conversion Lip Sync Delay IEC Detachable Power Cord System Remote IR-In/Out Jacks IR Carrier Output Discrete Remote-On/Off Codes Upgrade Data Port Speaker Terminals Dimensions (H x W x D) Weight * Models with OSD 7.1 Channels 3 @ 100MHz (Assignable) Quad crossover HD graphical menu...
... Analog Audio Inputs Digital Audio Inputs (Coax/Optical) Digital Audio Outputs (Coax/Optical) Digital Input Polling Direct Audio Inputs HDMI™ Inputs/Output HDMI™ Type 1080p Preamp Outputs Component Video Inputs Bass Management On-Screen Display Input Titling DSP Processor Output DACs Video Processing/Conversion Lip Sync Delay IEC Detachable Power Cord System Remote IR-In/Out Jacks IR Carrier Output Discrete Remote-On/Off Codes Upgrade Data Port Speaker Terminals Dimensions (H x W x D) Weight * Models with OSD 7.1 Channels 3 @ 100MHz (Assignable) Quad crossover HD graphical menu...
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...0.44 lb § Subscription required (first 90 days free). and other A-BUS®-compatible modules; Kodak is a registered trademark of Cirrus Logic, Inc. / SPECIFICATIONS Model Satellites Center Channel Speaker Subwoofer Nominal Impedance Sensitivity (SPL @ 1 Watt/Meter) Frequency Response Line-Level Inputs Speaker-Level Inputs & Outputs Recommended Amplifier Power Subwoofer-Level Control Phase Switch Audio Sense Turn-On Low-Pass Filter Switch Cables Included Wall-Mount Capability Dimensions (H x W x D) Weight Finish HKTS 18 Four identical 2-way satellites with 3" midrange and 3/4"-dome...
...0.44 lb § Subscription required (first 90 days free). and other A-BUS®-compatible modules; Kodak is a registered trademark of Cirrus Logic, Inc. / SPECIFICATIONS Model Satellites Center Channel Speaker Subwoofer Nominal Impedance Sensitivity (SPL @ 1 Watt/Meter) Frequency Response Line-Level Inputs Speaker-Level Inputs & Outputs Recommended Amplifier Power Subwoofer-Level Control Phase Switch Audio Sense Turn-On Low-Pass Filter Switch Cables Included Wall-Mount Capability Dimensions (H x W x D) Weight Finish HKTS 18 Four identical 2-way satellites with 3" midrange and 3/4"-dome...