Harman Kardon FL 8380, Service Manual

12

Normal Play

The FL 8380 provides a variety of ways to select
discs for playback.

To play all of the tracks on each disc in order,
starting with the first track on the disc currently
in the play position, and proceeding through
each disc that has been loaded, press the

Play/Pause

button 

)

on the front panel, or

the 

Play

g

button on the remote.

To start play on a specific disc, press the 

Disc

Select

button 

@ a

that corresponds to the

desired disc’s position in the disc tray. If no disc
is found in the selected position, the unit will
search for the next disc.

When a disc is in play, the Information Display
will show a play indicator 

fl

. The track being

played will show both as a large number in the
middle of the display, and as a smaller, flashing
number at the right side of the display. The
elapsed time of the track being played will
appear in the display.

As the disc plays, the track numbers will
change, and the time will reset to 

at

the start of each new track. To momentarily
pause the play of a disc, press the 

Play/Pause

button 

)

on the front panel, or the 

Pause

i

button on the remote. Note that a Pause indica-
tion 

±

will appear in the display to remind you

that the disc is paused. Press either the 

Play

button (

Play/Pause

on front panel) 

)g

or

the 

Pause

button 

i

to resume normal play.

You may also select a track on any disc in play
by entering the desired track number directly
using the 

Numeric

buttons

b

. Note that two

buttons must always be pressed when entering a
track number. Thus, when entering track numbers
1 through 9, press the “0” button first and then
the number for the desired track. In all cases, the
two buttons must be entered within three sec-
onds of each other.

To stop the disc, press the 

Stop

button 

9f

.

When the stop button is pressed, the display
will again show the total number of tracks and
total running time of the last disc played.

Random Play

The FL 8380 includes three Random Play modes
that enable you to let the machine select the
tracks to be played in a random order. The 
Random modes may be started at any time by
pressing the 

Random

button 

h

on the

remote when the unit is already in Play mode.

Random 1: To play all the tracks on a disc in
random order, press the 

Random

button 

h

ONCE so that the 

R

RA

AN

ND

DO

OM

M

indicator lights. The

FL 8380 will play the tracks on the disc in an
order selected by the unit’s microprocessor and
stop play when all of the tracks have been
played once.

Random, All, Sequential: When the 

Random

button 

h

is pressed TWICE, the 

R

RA

AN

ND

DO

OM

M

and

S

SEEQ

QU

UEEN

NT

TIIA

ALL

indicators will light. In this mode,

all tracks on the current disc will be played in
random order, and then the unit will advance to
the next disc in order and play all tracks on that
disc randomly. When each disc is finished, the
next disc will play its tracks in random order
until all discs have been played. After the last
disc plays, the unit will stop.

Random, All Tracks/Discs: When the 

Random

button 

h

is pressed THREE times, the 

R

RA

AN

ND

DO

OM

M

,

A

A LL LL

and

D

D II S

S C

C

indicators will light. In

this mode, the FL 8380 will select two tracks
from the disc in use and play them randomly.
After these two tracks play, another disc will be
randomly selected and two tracks will play from
that disc. This pattern of a randomly selected
disc, and the play of two random tracks from
each disc, will continue until all tracks on all
discs have been played. At that point the unit
will stop.

HDCD

HDCD, which stands for High Definition
Compatible Digital

®

, is a sophisticated process

that enables the FL 8380 to deliver outstanding
digital-to-analog decoding, no matter what
type of CD is played.

When a disc with the HDCD logo is played,
the FL 8380 is able to take advantage of the
special recording process that is used in the
creation of HDCD discs. Although HDCD discs
are playable on any CD player, when they are
used in a unit such as the FL 8380, the special
circuitry delivers audio with extraordinary 
fidelity, stunning resolution and the highest
possible overall quality. The HDCD process
effectively cancels the additive and subtractive
distortions that are present in other recordings.

No special adjustment is required to play an
HDCD disc. Simply play the disc as you would
any other CD, and the FL 8380 will automati-
cally sense that it is an HDCD recording. The

indicator will light in the

Information Display

#

on the front panel

to remind you that an HDCD disc is playing.

It is important to note that the HDCD process is
completely compatible with standard recordings.

Its high-quality digital-to-analog circuitry pro-
vides enhanced playback from all standard CD
audio discs.

Play Exchange

The FL 8380’s Play Exchange feature allows you
to change discs while the machine is playing.
Using this feature, you can have uninterrupted
play of an unlimited number of discs, since the
drawer may be opened and discs changed
while another disc is playing.

To use the Play Exchange function, simply press
the 

Open/Close

button 

6

at any time while

the unit is in the Play mode. The disc drawer
will open and two discs will be available for
change. Replace either disc, or both, as desired.
To reach the other two discs, press the 

Disc

Skip

button 

!n

. You may now remove and

change either of these two discs.

When you have finished making any disc
changes, press the 

Open/Close

button 

6

. The

drawer will close and play will continue with
normal functions.

Time Display

The FL 8380’s time display is capable of show-
ing a wide range of information about a CD.

In normal operation, the display will show the
total running time of the CD that is currently
being played. Each time the track changes, the
time display will reset to 

and begin to

increase again as the disc plays.

To view the time remaining on an individual
track, press the 

Time

button 

k

on the remote

control ONCE. The display will now show the
time left in the track currently playing.

To view the total playing time remaining on a
disc, press the 

Time

button 

k

on the remote

control TWICE. In this Time Display mode the

T

TR

RA

AC

CK

K

indicator will show the tracks remain-

ing, differing from the usual display of the track
being played.

Headphone Listening

You may listen to the output of the FL 8380
through headphones by plugging any head-
phones with a 

1

⁄

4

" headphone plug or adapter

into the front-panel 

Headphones Jack

3

.

The volume of the headphone output can be
adjusted with the 

Headphones Level

Control

4

. Note that changing the head-

phone level will not change the volume for the
main audio output. This is a fixed output and it
is changed using the volume control on your
receiver, preamplifier or surround processor.

Operation

FL8380