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INTRODUCTION
Introduction
Thank you for choosing Harman Kardon!
With the purchase of a Harman Kardon
AVR 100 you are about to begin many years of
listening enjoyment. The AVR 100 has been cus-
tom designed to provide all the excitement and
detail of movie sound tracks and every nuance
of musical selections. With onboard Dolby*
Digital, the AVR 100 delivers six discrete chan-
nels of audio that take advantage of the digital
sound tracks from the latest DVD and LD
movies and Digital Television (DTV/HDTV)
broadcasts.
While complex digital systems are hard
at work within the AVR 100 to make all of this
happen, hookup and operation are simple.
Color-keyed connections and a programmable
remote control make the AVR 100 easy to use.
To obtain the maximum enjoyment from your
new receiver, we urge you to take a few min-
utes to read through this manual. This will
ensure that connections to speakers, source
playback units and other external devices are
made properly. In addition, a few minutes
spent learning the functions of the various con-
trols will enable you to take advantage of all
the power the AVR 100 is able to deliver.
If you have any questions about this product,
its installation or its operation, please contact
your dealer or custom installer. They are your
best local source of information.
Description and Features
The AVR 100 is a full-featured A/V receiver,
incorporating a wide variety of listening
options. In addition to Dolby Digital decoding,
Dolby Pro Logic* and Dolby 3 Stereo are
available for compatibility with the tens of
thousands of movies and television programs
encoded with analog surround information. In
addition, specially programmed Theater and
Hall modes are available to enhance the
enjoyment of conventional two-channel
stereo recordings.
A total of four audio/video inputs, as well as
three additional audio-only inputs, are selected
through a learning remote control and an easy-
to-read front-panel display.
The AVR 100’s powerful amplifier uses
traditional Harman Kardon high-current design
technologies to meet the wide dynamic range
of any program selection.
Harman Kardon invented the high-fidelity
receiver more than forty-five years ago. With
state-of-the-art circuitry and time-honored
circuit designs, the AVR 100 is one of the finest
receivers ever offered by Harman Kardon.
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Onboard Dolby Digital Decoding
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Coax and Optical Digital Inputs
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Programmable Remote Control
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Composite Video Switching
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6-Channel Direct Input for use
with external surround decoders
or DVD-Audio
CAUTION
RISK OF ELECTRIC SHOCK
DO NOT OPEN
CAUTION: To prevent electric shock,
do not remove the grounding plug
on the power cord, or use any plug
or extension cord that does not have
a grounding plug provided.
Make certain that the
AC outlet is properly grounded.
Do not use an adapter plug
with this product.
The lightning flash with arrowhead symbol,
within an equilateral triangle, is intended to
alert the user to the presence of uninsulated
“dangerous voltage” within the product’s
enclosure that may be of sufficient magnitude to constitute a
risk of electric shock to persons.
The exclamation point within an equilateral
triangle is intended to alert the user to the
presence of important operating and
maintenance (servicing) instructions in the
literature accompanying the appliance.
