Harman Kardon HK 3490 User manual

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

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TABLE OF CONTENTS

AT HOME 08

IN THE CAR 34

ON THE GO 40

SPECIFICATIONS 44

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WELCOME

As a consumer electronics company, the Harman Kardon®brand dates

back to the days of monaural sound and vacuum tubes. And yet here 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 to digital.

With features that often broke new ground, and performance that

always set higher standards, nothing else ever looked or sounded quite like

Harman Kardon components. That’s just the way we always wanted it. And

that’s the way it still is.

* iPod tou ch not included.

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TECHNICAL PHILOSOPHY

Harman Kardon products were delivering high bandwidth before most people

realized it was a good thing. Technology leaders can only lead by example, and

we’ve been setting a series of very good examples for more than 50 years.

Many 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 didn’t actually think of ourselves. It doesn’t

happen often, you understand, but it happens.

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AT HOME

AUDIO/VIDEO RECEIVERS

A maximum number of options, a minimum number of buttons.

Harman Kardon A/V receivers employ the industry’s most advanced

technologies to optimize the audio and video clarity of any

entertainment source, old or new. Yet even certified technophobes

will discover that they can operate them successfully.

/ AUDIO/VIDEO RECEIVERS

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AVR 354

7 x 75W 7.1-Channel A/V Receiver with HDMI™1.3a Repeater, Audio/Video Processing and Upscaling to 1080p

The AVR 354 includes a full complement of Dolby®and DTS®decoding technologies, HDMI™repeater capability, Faroudja DCDi Cinema™

processing, EzSet/EQ™equalization and multiroom capability. It connects to a universe of digital and analog sources, as well as to

external amps. And with The Bridge II docking station (included), it will even play, control and charge your iPod. To ensure that 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. The AVR 354 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 Upscaling to 1080p

The AVR 254 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 to 1080p on the video side. But there’s plenty more to recommend the AVR 254,

including three HDMI inputs, connections for external ampliﬁers, EzSet/EQ technology to ﬁne-tune your system to the acoustics of your room,

and an RS-232 port for future ﬁrmware upgrades. Perhaps the highest recommendation of all? As do all Harman Kardon A/V receivers, the

AVR 254 features a high-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 all about getting connected. It features three HDMI inputs, two wide-bandwidth HDTV-ready component

video inputs, four S-video inputs, a front-panel input for video game consoles, an auxiliary input for portable media players, and a portfolio of

advanced surround processing technologies, including Dolby Digital, DTS and Logic 7®processing. But the AVR 154 is also about ease of

use, and it features a high-current, ultrawide-bandwidth design for maximum ﬁdelity.

/ DOCKING STATION FOR iPod

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The Bridge II

Docking Station for iPod

Is your home entertainment system incomplete without music from

your iPod? Thanks to The Bridge II docking station, connection and

control are completely within your power. The Bridge II connects

directly to Harman Kardon The Bridge-ready products and allows

you to use your system’s remote to seamlessly select and play audio

and video content – guided by easy-to-read on-screen or front-panel

messages. Let the (gloriously uninterrupted) music begin.

iPod tou ch not included.

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BUSINESS PHILOSOPHY

We didn’t start with a business plan in 1953 – we started with a product. We

weren’t looking to find a marketing niche for ourselves – we were looking to

build audio components that satisfied our own passion for music. We built our

very first systems for ourselves and a handful of others who could hear what

we heard. These days, Harman Kardon, Inc., has a business plan, R&D labs and

a marketing department – everything a prestigious company should have. But

we’re still building systems for people who hear what we hear.

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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 their eyes closed. We’re passionate, to be sure, but we’re not zealots. 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 it.

/ STEREO RECEIVERS

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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 multichannel extras (digital-audio inputs,

video switching, dual subwoofer outputs and Dolby Virtual Speaker technology). Add The Bridge II docking

station for iPod, and the HK 3490 will connect as elegantly to your newfangled iPod as it does to your time-

honored turntable. The HK 3490 isn’t a snob about where the music comes from, as long as it sounds great

when it reaches its ﬁnal destination: your ears.

HK 3390

2 x 80W Stereo Receiver

The HK 3390 was born to make beautiful music and, like all specialists, it’s very good at what it does. 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 MP3 player of choice. But

even specialists enjoy a change of pace from time to time. So the HK 3390 also features four high-quality

composite video inputs, and convenient front-panel inputs for video game consoles and portable audio players.

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