Harman Introduction, Audio Section, Surround Modes, Please register your AVR 2600 at

INTRODUCTION

Please register your AVR 2600 at

www.harmankardon.com.

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

Thank you for choosing a Harman Kardon® product!

For more than fifty years, the Harman Kardon® mission has been to share a passion for music and entertainment, using leading-edge technology to achieve premium performance. Harman Kardon, Inc., invented the receiver, a single component designed to simplify home entertainment without compromising performance. Over the years, Harman Kardon products have become easier to use, while offering more features and sounding better than ever. The AVR 2600 multizone 7.1-channel digital audio/video receiver contin- ues this tradition with some of the most advanced audio and video processing capabilities yet, and a wealth of listening and viewing options.

To obtain the maximum enjoyment from your new receiver, please 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 Harman Kardon retailer or custom installer, or visit the Web site at www.harmankardon.com.

Harman Kardon AVR 2600 7.1-Channel Audio/Video Receiver

Audio Section

•65 Watts x 7, seven channels driven at full power at 8 ohms, 20Hz – 20kHz, <0.07% THD, 455 watts total

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

•All-discrete amplifier circuitry

•Quadruple-crossover bass management

•Dual 32-bit Cirrus Logic ® DSP processor

•192kHz/24-bit A/D and D/A conversion

•Sampling upconversion to 96kHz

•Dolby® Volume processing

Surround Modes

•Dolby Digital EX, Dolby Digital Plus, Dolby TrueHD

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

•Harman Virtual Speaker

•Harman Headphone

•DTS-HD High Resolution Audio™, 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-, 6- or 7-channel; Music 5-, 6- or 7-channel), up to 96kHz

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

•5- or 7-Channel Stereo, up to 96kHz

•Surround Off (DSP or Analog Bypass)

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