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INTRODUCTION
Audio Inputs
• AM/FM/SIRIUS
®
* tuner
• Analog Audio 1 through 5
• Front-panel Analog Audio 
• 6-/8-Channel Analog Audio
Audio/Video Inputs
• Three Composite Video
• Front-panel Composite Video
• Two Component Video 100MHz
• Four HDMI
™
(V.1.3a with Deep Color)
• Faroudja DCDi Cinema
™
video processing
 
Transcodes 480i composite video to component video 
format, with upscaling to 1080i
 
Transcodes 480i video to HDMI output, with upscaling 
to 1080p
• dock** for iPod and iPhone connectivity with 
audio/video playback
Digital Audio Inputs
• Coaxial: two rear-panel/one front-panel 
• Optical: two rear-panel/one front-panel 
Outputs
• Subwoofer output
• Analog Audio 2 and 4
• Composite Video 2 
• Video Monitor (composite and component)
• Digital Audio (one coaxial)
• HDMI (V.1.3a with Deep Color) 
• Multizone Audio: speaker-level and line-level, both shared 
with surround back channels
• Headphone
Ease of Use
• EzSet/EQ
™
automated setup (microphone supplied)
• Full-color user interface and setup menu, generated in 
high-definition video
• Two-line dot-matrix front-panel display
• Color-coded connections
• Programmable, eight-device main remote control 
(includes AVR control over The Bridge III)
• Source input renaming
• Lip Sync Delay (up to 180msec)
• USB port for system upgrades
• Switched accessory power outlet
• Remote infrared (IR) input and output
• Zone 2 IR input
Supplied Accessories
The following accessory items are supplied with the AVR 2600.
If any of these items are missing, please contact Harman Kardon
customer service at www.harmankardon.com.
• System remote control 
• EzSet/EQ microphone
• AM loop antenna
• FM wire antenna
• Four AAA batteries
• Two covers for front-panel jacks
*
SIRIUS Satellite Radio tuner and subscription to SIRIUS service required. 
Hardware and service sold separately. SIRIUS service is not available in 
Alaska or Hawaii.
**
Charges iPod nano 4th generation, iPod touch 2nd generation, iPhone 3G, 
iPod nano 3rd generation, iPod classic, iPhone, iPod touch 1st generation, 
iPod nano 2nd generation, iPod 5th generation, iPod nano 1st generation, 
iPod 4th generation, iPod mini. The Bridge III dock, iPod and iPhone are 
not included.
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