Harman Kardon 330 (not Three Thirty) Service Manual

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JeffOSU

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Hi All,

I am looking for a service manual for a Harman Kardon Nocturne 330 (not the Three Thirty). I have service manuals for the Three Thirty, 330A, B and C and the board layouts don't quite match. Anyone have any hints as to where I can find this manual? I have checked eBay and many of the online manual sites with no luck. Thanks!
 
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JeffOSU said:
Thanks Kwayde.

I see the owners manual there but not the service manual (am I missing it?). Most of that documentation looks like it is for the 7.1 channel A/V version of the receiver. I am looking for the old (1970s?) Nocturne 330 service manual. (I should have specified this better). The one shown here

https://www.audiokarma.org/forums/i...b-b-1-330b-b-2-and-330c.960045/#post-14792354
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No, it's not the one you need. I didn't read far enough to see it's for a different unit. I'm sorry.
 
JeffOSU said:
I am looking for a service manual for a Harman Kardon Nocturne 330 (not the Three Thirty). I have service manuals for the Three Thirty, 330A, B and C and the board layouts don't quite match.
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Good luck! When you find it, let me know and I'll add it to the Nocturne and Minimalist catalog threads.
 
Thanks Dlucy! I will let you know when (and if) I find one. Right now it doesn't look too promising. I have downloaded quite a few, and even purchased a couple that said they were for the 330. All of them turned out to be for the Three Thirty or the 330A/B/C...

The 330 I have is different from the one you show in your guide. I have attached pictures of the 330 (right) next to my Three Thirty (left). The insides look like a 330, but the front face is the Nocturne style faceplate and it has Three Thirty spelled out. It has the separate bass and treble adjustments though, and based on the layout I am guessing it is a 330. Were there a lot of hybrid versions like this one?

01HK330-Three Thirty Top.jpg 02HK330-Three Thirty Front.jpg 03HK330 Top.jpg 04HK330 Front.jpg
 
JeffOSU said:
The 330 I have is different from the one you show in your guide. I have attached pictures of the 330 (right) next to my Three Thirty (left). The insides look like a 330, but the front face is the Nocturne style faceplate and it has Three Thirty spelled out. It has the separate bass and treble adjustments though, and based on the layout I am guessing it is a 330. Were there a lot of hybrid versions like this?
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Welcome to the mystery machine. We have the same unit and I recently posted in Dlucy’s thread regarding the nocturnes. Near as I can tell it’s a straight 330 guts with some small differences and I have also had no luck finding a SM. I did finally get to spend some time on it and have been rewarded with a nice sounding receiver that already has gotten a few nice comments in the neighborhood. When you get a chance, check out Dlucy’s HK threads. Some really good stuff in there.
 
JeffOSU said:
Thanks Dlucy! I will let you know when (and if) I find one. Right now it doesn't look too promising. I have downloaded quite a few, and even purchased a couple that said they were for the 330. All of them turned out to be for the Three Thirty or the 330A/B/C...

The 330 I have is different from the one you show in your guide. I have attached pictures of the 330 (right) next to my Three Thirty (left). The insides look like a 330, but the front face is the Nocturne style faceplate and it has Three Thirty spelled out. It has the separate bass and treble adjustments though, and based on the layout I am guessing it is a 330. Were there a lot of hybrid versions like this one?
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My guess is HK made what they could from the parts on hand... and that means a good number of units had differing boards....

Maybe the best path forward, for us crazy people on AK, is to have a catalog of images of each board... pointing to the BOM and tips for that particular board... versus purely a "this model vs that model" approach.
 
Thanks for all the info! I was a little worried someone had pieced this thing together (I guess if HK did it its OK). The receiver sounds pretty good now, I was just planning on recapping. I'll forge ahead without the service manual.
 
More details and some useful links for the Harman Kardon Nocturne family (720, 200, 210, 520, 530, 230, 330, and 820) and Minimalist series (330, 330A, 330B and 330C) can be found here:
  • Nocturne (Seven Twenty 720, Two Ten 210, Two Hundred 200, Five Twenty 520, Five Thirty 530, Two Thirty 230, Three Thirty 330, Eight Twenty 820)
  • 330 minimalist (330, 330A, 330B, 330C)
The entry specifically about the HK Nocturne series Three Thirty is here: https://audiokarma.org/forums/index...200-520-530-230-330-820.959956/#post-14789915
and the service manual with help on parts, locations, adjustments, etc. is here:
The entry about the 330A, which is probably more like your unit, is here: https://audiokarma.org/forums/index...b-b-1-330b-b-2-and-330c.960045/#post-14792359
 
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