FL 8550 (serv.man7) - Harman Kardon Audio User Guide / Operation Manual. Page 13

Operation

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Once the discs have been loaded, they may
be played in a number of different ways.

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 higher disc
position that has been loaded, press the

button 

$ h

.

To start play on a specific disc proceeding
through each higher disc position loaded,
press the 

button 

( b

that

corresponds to the desired disc’s position in
the disc tray. 

To play the discs in the FL8550 in random
order while in the Play mode, press the

button 

@ i

. When the discs

are at a stop, press the 

button

@ i

and then the 

button

$

h

. The indicator will light and the

FL8550 will select a disc from those loaded,
and then select a track to play. At the
conclusion of the first track selection,
another track will be selected. Playback
will continue with each disc and track
being randomly chosen by the FL8550’s
microprocessor until all tracks on all discs
have been played.

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

fl

,

and the icon for the disc position in use
will flash. 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 

button 

# j

. Note that a

Pause indication 

±

will appear in the

display to remind you that the disc is
paused. Press either the 

button 

$

h 

or the 

button 

# j

to

resume to normal play.

You may also directly select a specific track
on the disc being played directly 
by entering the track number via the

c d

. To play

tracks one through ten, simply press the
button 

c

corresponding to the desired

track. To select a track number above 10,
first press the 

button 

d

until the

first digit of the track number is shown in
the display. For example, press the button
once for tracks 11 through 20 (10+10),
twice for 21 through 30 (20+10), and so
forth. Once the first digit of the track
number is selected, press the 

button 

c

corresponding to the second

digit within five seconds. The unit will
pause briefly to find the track and then go
into the play mode.

To stop the disc, press the 

button 

%

g

. Each time the stop button is pressed

the display will briefly show the total
number of tracks and total running time
of the last disc to be played.

HDCD, which stands for High Definition
Compatible Digital®, is a sophisticated
process that enables the FL8550 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 FL8550 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 played on a unit such as the
FL8550, the special circuitry enables audio
with extraordinary fidelity, stunning
resolution and the highest possible overall
quality. The HDCD process effectively
cancels the additive distortions, caused by
artifacts of the A/D and D/A conversion
processes, and simultanously provides
additional data to reduce the subtractive
distortions resulting from insufficient data
present in the 44.1 kHz, 16-bit PCM
sampling standard of the compact disc
format.

No special adjustment is required to play
an HDCD disc. Simply play the disc as you
would with any other CD, and the FL8550
will automatically sense that it is an HDCD
recording. An indicator will illuminate 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. Indeed, the high-
quality digital-to-analog circuitry that is
part of HDCD enables you to enjoy many of
the benefits of HDCD-encoded discs even
with conventional, non HDCD process
recordings.