AVR 300 (serv.man10) - Harman Kardon Audio User Guide / Operation Manual. Page 3

3 INTRODUCTION

Thank you for choosing Harman Kardon!
With the purchase of a Harman Kardon 
AVR 300 RDS you are about to begin many
years of listening enjoyment. The AVR 300 RDS
has been custom designed to provide all the
excitement and detail of movie sound tracks and
every nuance of musical selections. With
onboard Dolby* Digital and DTS

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Decoding, the

AVR 300 RDS delivers six discrete channels of
audio that take advantage of the digital sound
tracks from the latest DVD and LD releases and
Digital Television broadcasts.

While complex digital systems are hard at work
within the AVR 300 RDS to make all of this
happen, hookup and operation are simple.
Color-keyed connections, a programmable
remote control, and on-screen menus make the
AVR 300 RDS easy to use. To obtain the
maximum enjoyment from your new receiver,
we urge you to take a few minutes 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 controls will enable you
to take advantage of all the power the AVR 300
RDS is able to deliver.

If you have any questions about this product, its
installation or its operation, please contactyour
dealer, he is  your best local source of
information.

Description and Features
The AVR 300 RDS is a full-featured A/V receiver,
incorporating a wide variety of listening
options. In addition to Dolby Digital and DTS
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
and even mono recordings.

A total of four audio/video inputs, three of them
with both composite and S-Video, as well as two
additional audio-only inputs and separate 6
Channel Direct Inputs, are selected through a
progammable remote control and an easy-to-
read front-panel display or on-screen graphics
through a TV monitor. Multiroom operation is
available with independent source and volume
selection.

The AVR 300 RDS’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 over forty-five years ago. With state-of-
the-art circuitry and time-honored circuit
designs, the AVR 300 RDS is one of the finest
receivers ever offered by Harman Kardon in its
price class.

■ Onboard Dolby Digital and 

■ Coax and Optical Digital Inputs and

■ On-Screen Displays
■ Programmable Remote Control
■ Composite and S-Video Switching
■ Complete Multiroom Control
■ 6-Channel Direct Input and Preamp

■ RDS-compatible tuner displays data