FL 8550 (serv.man7) - Harman Kardon Audio User Guide / Operation Manual. Page 7

Front Panel Controls

5

1

Press this 

switch to turn the FL8550 on. When
the FL8550 is first connected to AC
power, the 

2 will turn green, and the

Ô will

illuminate. Press the switch again 
to turn the unit off, and the 

will turn amber,

indicating that the unit is in a Standby
mode. When the FL8550 is
connected to a switched AC outlet,
such as those found on the back of
many audio products and its power
switch is pressed down, it will return
to the ON mode when power is
applied to the switched outlet without
any further press of the switch.

2

When

the FL8550 is in the ON mode, this
indicator will glow green. When the
unit is off, the indicator will glow
amber, indicating that the unit is still
connected to the AC mains supply.

3

Connect a

set of standard headphones to this
jack for private listening.

4

Turn

this knob to increase or decrease the
volume level for headphones
connected to the FL8550’s

3. Note that

changing this level will not change
the sound level for the unit’s main
output, as that remains constant.

5

This drawer holds the

discs that will be played. Press the

button ! a to open

the drawer so that discs may be
inserted.

6

Press this button 

to select the time display. In normal
operation, the display will show the
running time of the track being
played. Press the button once to
check the time remaining for the
track in play. Press the button a
second time to view the total play
time remaining for the disc in play.

7

Press this button

once to constantly repeat the track
currently being played. Press it a
second time to repeat the entire disc
and a third time to repeat all discs.
(See page 15 for more information.)

8

Press this button to

put the FL8550 in the Intro Scan
mode. When you press the button,
the unit will play the first 10 seconds
of each track on the disc, and then
move to the next track. Press the
button again to defeat the function
and continue full play of the current
track. (See page 13 for more
information.)

9

Press this button to

remove tracks from a programmed
sequence. Each press of the button
will remove one track, starting with
the last track programmed to play.
(See page 14 for complete infor-
mation on programming the FL8550.)

)

This button 

is used to program the playback 
of a disc in a particular order. (See
page 14 for complete instructions 
on programming the FL8550.)

!

Press this

button to open or close the disc
drawer. DO NOT push the drawer to
close it, or damage to the transport
mechanism may result.

@

Press this

button to put a disc into play, and 
to have all of the tracks played in 
a random order. (See page 11 for
more information.)

#

Press this button

once to momentarily pause a disc.
When the button is pressed again,
the disc will resume play at the point
it was paused.

$

Press this button to

start the playback of a CD. If the CD
drawer is open, pressing this button
will automatically close the drawer.

%

Press this button to

stop the disc currently being played.
(See page 11 for more information.)

^

Press either side of

this button to move to the next track
fl·, or to move back to the previous
track ‡fi on the disc being played.

&

Press either side

of this button to search forward —
or backwards ‚ through a disc to
locate a particular portion of the
selection of the disc being played.

*

Press this

button to change to the next disc. If a
disc position is empty, the FL8550
will automatically search for the next
position that contains a disc unless
the CD drawer is opened.

(

Press one

of these buttons to select the disc in
a specific position in the CD drawer.

Ó

This LED will

light automatically when a CD with
HDCD encoding is playing. No
further action is needed to enjoy the
benefits of HDCD.

Ô

This

display provides details about the
operation of the FL8550.



The sensor

behind this window receives com-
mands from the remote control. Keep
this area clear if you wish to use the
FL8550 with a remote control.