AVR 300 - Harman Kardon Audio User Guide / Operation Manual. Page 4

3 INTRODUCTION

Thank you for choosing Harman Kardon!
With the purchase of a Harman Kardon 
AVR 300 you are about to begin many years of
listening enjoyment. The AVR 300 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 and DTS† Decoding,the AVR 300 deliv-
ers 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 to make all of this
h a p p e n , hookup and operation are simple.
C o l o r- keyed connections, a progra m m a b l e
remote control, and on-screen menus make the
AVR 300 easy to use. To obtain the maximum
enjoyment from your new receiver, we urge you
to take a few minutes to read through this
m a n u a l . This will ensure that connections to
s p e a ke r s, 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
a d vantage of all the power the AVR 300 is
able to deliver.

If you have any questions about this product,
its installation or its operation,please contact
your retailer or custom installer. They are your
best local source of information.

Description and Features
The AVR 300 is a full-featured A/V receiver,
i n c o r p o rating a wide variety of listening
o p t i o n s. In addition to Dolby Digital and DTS
d e c o d i n g , Dolby Pro Logic* and Dolby 3
Stereo are available for compatibility with 
the tens of thousands of movies and television
p r o g rams encoded with analog surround infor-
m a t i o n . In addition, specially progra m m e d
Theater and Hall modes are available to
enhance the enjoyment of conventional 
two-channel stereo recordings.

A total of four audio/video inputs, each with
both composite and S-Video, as well as three
additional audio-only inputs, are selected
through a learning remote control and an easy-
to-read front-panel display or on-screen graph -
ics through a TV monitor. Multiroom operation
is available with independent source and 
volume selection.

The AVR 300’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 is one of the finest
receivers ever offered by Harman Kardon.

■ 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