Harman-Kardon AVR 254 Introduction, Thank you for choosing a Harman Kardon product, Audio Section

INTRODUCTION

Please register your AVR 254 on our Web site at www.harmankardon.com.

Note: You’ll need the product’s serial number. At the same time, you can choose to be notified about our new products and/or special promotions.

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Thank you for choosing a Harman Kardon® product!

For more than fifty years, our mission has been to share our passion for music and entertainment, using leading-edge technology to achieve premium performance. To this end we invented the receiver, a single component designed to simplify home entertainment while maintaining the highest level of quality. Over the years our products have become easier to use, and have delivered superior value. The AVR 254 multizone 7.1-channel digital audio/video receiver carries this tradition forward,

with some of our most advanced video processing capabilities yet, and a wealth of listening and viewing options.

To obtain the maximum enjoyment from your new receiver, we urge you to read this manual and refer back to it as you become more familiar with its features and their operation.

If you have any questions about this product, its installation or its operation, please contact your retailer or customer installer, or visit our Web site at www.harmankardon.com.

Harman Kardon AVR 254 7.1-Channel Audio/Video Receiver

Audio Section

•50 Watts x 7, seven channels driven at full power at 8 ohms, 20Hz – 20kHz, <0.07% THD (surround modes), 350 watts total

•65 Watts x 2, two channels driven at full power at 8 ohms,

20Hz – 20kHz, <0.07% THD (surround off mode), 130 watts total

•High-current capability, ultrawide-bandwidth amplifier design with low negative feedback

•All-discrete amplifier circuitry

•Quadruple-crossover bass management

•24-Bit, twin-core Cirrus Logic® CS 49700 DSP processor

•192kHz/24-bit D/A conversion

•Sampling upconversion to 96kHz

Surround Modes

•Dolby® Digital EX, Dolby Digital Plus, Dolby TrueHD

•Dolby Pro Logic® II and IIx (Movie, Music and Game), up to 96kHz

•Dolby Virtual Speaker Version 2 (Reference or Wide, two-channel)

•Dolby Headphone Version 2, up to 96kHz

•DTS-HD, DTS-HD Master Audio™

•DTS® (5.1; DTS Stereo; DTS-ES®6.1 Discrete and Matrix)

•DTS 96/24™ (DTS Stereo)

•DTS Neo:6® (Cinema 5- or 6-channel; Music 5- or 6-channel), up to 96kHz

•Logic 7® (Movie, Music and Game – 5.1 and 7.1), up to 96kHz

•5- or 7-Channel Stereo, up to 96kHz

•Surround Off (DSP or Analog Bypass)

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