Harman kardon 800 plus owners manual

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800+

AM/FM Multichannel Receiver

harman / kardon

Instruction Manual

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INTRODUCTION

You are now the owner of an instrument unique in concept and design.
The Harman/Kardon Model 800+ multichannel receiver encompasses the best
of all forms of music reproduction. It may be installed as a stereophonic re-
ceiver capable of delivering clean, articulate sound at moderate power levels,
or as a quadriphonic receiver that can fill your listening room with spacious,
three dimensional sound.

When you listen to your new Harvman/Kardon multichannel receiver you
will instantly recognize that something truly phenomenal is taking place. The
sound, which normally emerges from the speaker boxes, will lose its boundaries
and will emanate from all over the room recreating the scope, depth and
breadth of the concert hall. The walls of your listening room will seem to dis-
appear and you will find yourself surrounded by a sound field that has the
same ambience and spaciousness which marks a live performance. Stereo-
phonic balance and perspective will be retained, but now there will be the
addition of depth which will proiect you into the middle of the hall, Applause,
for example, will emerge from the front, sides and rear. And during playback

of a live concert don't be too startled if you hear someone coughing or rustling
his program from behind you.

The Archannel medium is even more dramatic for contemporary music, espe-
cially if the music was originally written for four channel reproduction. Sounds
bounce back and forth from the corners of the room involving you completely
with the performance. It's a new and exhilarating kind of sound that will make
listening to music a new experience.

The 800+ bears the heritage of the Harman/Kardon trademark - ultra-
wideband frequency response, virtually unmeasurable distortion, and all of
the required conveniences so essential for the ultimate enioyment of high
fidelity reproduction.

We urge you to read this manual carefully prior to installing and operat-
ing your new receiver. The 800+ is not a complicated instrument. However,
there are certain aspects of its operation which should be understood clearly
before you install and operate it.

Happy listening!

WARRANTY and SERVICE POLICY

POLlCY

We warrant this receiver to be free from defects in material and work
monship under normal use and service, and in accordance with the conditions
set forth below. Should a defect occur within the period specified, and pro-
vided that the unit is returned to either HARMAN/KARDON or an authorized
HARMAN/KARDON warranty station, transportation prepaid, and which our
examination shall disclose to our satisfaction to be defective, we will, for a
period of two (2) years from date of purchase, either replace or repair and
install any defective parts of the receiver tree of charge.

EXCEPTIONS
This warranty does not include any obligation as to:
a] repair or replacement of the woodenvenclosure due to damage incurred after
initial delivery.
b) transportation charges to and from the factory or an authorized warranty
station.

REGISTRATION

To obtain service under the terms of this policy, it is necessary for you to
retain your ORIGINAL BILL of SAlE. The enclosed registration card will NOT
be considered proof of purchase,

ln the event your equipment requires service during the warranty period,
only presentation of your original bill of sale to either a factory-authorized
repair agency or the factory itself will insure your rights under the policy as
outlined in this manual.

This warranty is not applicabte to any instrument which shall have been
repaired or altered in any way so as, in our iudgment, to affect its stability or
reliability or has been subiect to neglect, misuse, negligence, or accident; or
which has had the serial number altered, eftoced or removed. Neither shall
this warranty apply to any instrument which has been connected other than
in accordance with instructions furnished by us.

SERVICE

HARMAN/KARDON has a special customer service division to answer all
questions pertinent to the installation and operation of your unit. Please feel
free to write to us at any time and we shall endeavor to offer prompt and
complete advice.

if your problem cannot be resolved through our combined effinrts, we may
wish to refer you to a local authorized repair agency. or we may prefer to
authorize the return of your unit to the factory, in the event it must be returned,
an authorization form and proper packing instructions will be forwarded to
you. This authorization form MUST BE REFURNED with your unit.

UNDER NO ClllCUMSTANCES SHOULD YOUR UNlT BE SHIPPED TO THE
FACTORY WiTHOUT PRlOR AUTHORlZATtON.

This warranty is in lieu of all other warranties, expressed or impiied, and
of all other obligations or liabilities on our part, and we neither assume nor
authorize any representative or other person to assume for us any other liability
in connection with the sale of this instrument.