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INSTALLATION AND CONNECTIONS  9

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To prevent possible damage to your speakers
and other components in your audio system, it is
important that ALL components, including the 
FL 8380 and your receiver or preamp and ampli-
fiers, are turned off and unplugged from their 
AC power source when installing any new com-
ponent.

Connecting the FL 8380 to your audio system is
simple. Using standard RCA-to-RCA interconnect
cords, connect the left and right Audio Output
jacks 

 on the rear panel to the CD input jacks

on your receiver, surround processor or preampli-
fier.

If your system includes an optional external 
digital-to-analog converter, or if you are using a
receiver or other processor that has the capabili-
ty to decode PCM digital input signals, connect
the Coaxial Digital Output jack 

 to the

Coaxial Digital input on the decoder. Make cer-
tain to use a coaxial-style interconnect cable, as
standard audio cables will not perform as well.

Install two AA batteries by turning the remote
over so that you are holding the bottom side up.
Press lightly on the embossed arrow on the
cover and gently slide the cover towards you in
the direction of the arrow. Insert the batteries
inside the compartment, being careful to follow
the + and – polarity indications at the bottom of
the compartment. Replace the cover by placing it
on the remote and sliding it back towards the
top of the remote.

NOTE: When replacing batteries, always replace
both at the same time. When the unit will not be
used for an extended period of time, it is also a
good idea to remove the batteries so that the
potential for corrosion or damage is avoided.

If the FL 8380 is installed behind a cabinet or
other obstruction that may block the path
between the front-panel Remote Sensor

D

and the location of the remote, an optional
external IR sensor may be used. Connect the
sensor to the Remote IR-In Jack

 on the

rear panel. This jack may also be connected to
the IR-Output jack of another compatible
Harman Kardon component or a compatible IR-
system- remote product.

You may also use the IR Sensor in the FL 8380
to send commands to other compatible remote
controlled products. Connect the Remote IR-
Out jack

 to the input of the other product

or system.

Connect the power to a nonswitched AC wall
outlet or to the accessory outlet on the rear of
another audio device in your system and you are
ready to go!

NOTE: When using the accessory outlet on
another product to power the FL 8380 make cer-
tain that it has the compatibility to power a
device that draws at least 20 watts of current in
addition to being able to handle the require-
ments of the other devices that may be plugged
into the accessory outlets. If you use a
“switched” outlet, it is important to remember
that the host product must be turned on in order
for the FL 8380 to operate.

10 OPERATION

To load a disc, first turn the FL 8380 on, using
the Standby Switch

. or the Power On E

button on the remote. Note that the Status-
Mode Indicator

1 will turn green and the

C will illuminate. The

word d i s c will flash in the Information
Display, and the disc tray will automatically turn
clockwise so that the FL 8380 can sense which,
if any, of the disc positions already have a disc.

To load a disc, first press the Open/Close
button 

5, taking care to make certain that the

space in front of the drawer is not obstructed.
Note that if the drawer is blocked when you
attempt to open it, it will automatically close
within five seconds to protect the mechanism.

Load discs in the tray with the printed (label)
side facing up toward you. Make certain that the
disc is centered in the tray. Either 12cm (5") or
8cm (3") discs may be used. When a 8cm (3")
disc is played, it should be carefully centered
within the smaller ridges on the tray. Only one
CD can be placed in any position at a time.
When a 8cm (3") disc is played, DO NOT place a
standard 12cm (5") disc over the smaller disc.

Note that each disc position has a number
embossed in the plastic tray. This corresponds to
the position this disc will occupy for playback
and programming. To make it easier to identify
each disc’s position, the disc position number for
the holder space that is in the center of the disc
tray will also appear in the Information Display
when the disc drawer is open.

To rotate the disc tray to another position, press
the Disc-Skip button 

A D. The tray will

revolve to the next slot and the Information
Display will indicate the position number for the
slot in the middle of the tray.

To close the disc drawer, press the Open/
Close button 

5. When the drawer closes all

trays will be checked for discs and the disc that
was last in the center position on the tray will be
readied for play. Its number will appear in the
Information Display and a red icon will light to
the right of the disc number. The numbers for all
other tray positions that have a disc will also
light in the upper part of the display. If the cen-
ter disc position is empty when the drawer is
closed, the unit will search for the next position
with a loaded disc, and place it in the ready
mode.

The drawer may also be closed and the FL 8380
put into play by pressing the Play/Pause button
9 6. This will put the disc in the center posi-
tion into the Play mode.

To close the drawer and play a specific disc, press
the Disc Select button 

B 0 corresponding

to the tray position number for the disc you wish
to play.

When the disc drawer is closed, the Information
Display will display the number of the disc
selected, the total number of tracks on the disc
and the disc’s total running time. In the upper
area of the display the numbers of all loaded
trays will be shown, with a red icon to the right
of the selected disc´s number. The total number
of tracks on the disc selected will illuminate at
the far right side of the display.

To remove a disc from the player, press the
Open/Close button 

5. The drawer will open,

allowing the disc to be removed. Press the Disc-
Skip button 

A D to rotate the disc carousel

tray to reach discs that may be covered.

Upon placing a disc in a tray, the disc number
will appear when detected by the sensor mecha-
nism after the drawer has closed.

Disc Handling Notes
When loading or unloading discs, it is best to
hold them by the edges.

While compact discs are very reliable, rough 
handling may damage them. Avoid scratching
the bottom (nonprinted) side of discs, and any
handling that will leave fingerprints.

To avoid damage to the disc and player, always
seat discs so that they are centered in the tray.

Do not lift the player while the disc tray is open-
ing or closing, as this may cause the discs to
unseat from the tray and possibly jam.

Note: Always remember to remove all discs
from the player before moving or repacking it.

Labeled surface

Recorded surface

OPERATION  11

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 

9 on the front panel, or

the Play

6 button on the remote.

To start play on a specific disc, press the Disc-
Select button 

B 0 that corresponds to the

desired disc’s position in the disc tray.

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

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 

9 on

the front panel, or the Pause

8 button on the

remote. Note that a Pause indication 

±

will

appear in the display to remind you that the disc
is paused. Press either the Play button
(Play/Pause on front panel) 

96 or the

Pause button 

8 to resume normal play.

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

1. You can always

select a track by pressing the two-digit number
corresponding to the number of the track. Both
digits must be pressed within 5 seconds. For track
1-9, press "0" followed by the track number.

Note: If the CD has less than 10 tracks, it is not
necessary to press "0" first. If the CD has
between 10 and 19 tracks, it is only necessary to
press "0" first when selecting track 1. If the CD
has between 20 and 29 tracks, it is only necessary
to press "0" first when selecting track 1 or 2.

In short, you only need to press "0" first, if there
are two-digit track numbers on the CD which
begin with the same number as the single-digit
track number that you wish to play.

To stop the disc, press the Stop button 

8 5.

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.

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

7 when the unit is already in Play

mode or by pressing Play

9 after Random

7 when it is in Stop mode.

Random 1: To play all the tracks on the current
disc in random order, press the Random button
7 once so that the RANDOM indicator illumi-
nates. The FL 8380 will play the tracks on the
disc in an order selected by the unit’s micro-
processor and stop play when all of the tracks
have been played once.

Random, All, Sequential: When the Random
button 

7 is pressed twice, the RANDOM and

SEQUENTIAL

indicators will illuminate. 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 ran-
dom order until all discs have been played. After
the last disc plays, the unit will stop.

Random, All Tracks/Discs: When the Random
button 

7 is pressed three times, the 

RANDOM

, ALL and DISC indicators will illuminate.

In this mode, the FL 8380 will select two tracks
randomly from the disc in use and play them.
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, 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 played on a
unit such as the FL 8380, the special circuitry
delivers audio with extraordinary fidelity, stun-
ning 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 simul-
tanously provides additional data to reduce the
subtractive distortions resulting from insufficient
data present in the 44.1 kHz, 16-bit PCM sam-
pling standard of the compact disc format.

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 automatically
sense that it is an HDCD recording. The HDCD
indicator will light in the Information Display
C 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 even from all standard
CD audio discs

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 

5 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
A D. You may now remove and change
either of these two discs.

When you have finished making any disc
changes, press the Open/Close button 

5. The

drawer will close and play will continue with
normal functions.

12 OPERATION

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

In normal operation the display will show the
running time of the track 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 

A 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 

A on the remote

control TWICE. In this Time Display mode the
TRACK

indicator will show the tracks remaining,

differing from the usual display of the track
being played.

You may listen to the output of the FL 8380
through headphones by plugging any head-
phones with a 6,3 mm standard plug or adapter
into the front-panel Headphones Jack

2. The

volume of the headphone output can be adjust-
ed with the Headphones Level Control

3.

Note that changing the headphone 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.

If you wish to quickly scan through a disc to
locate a particular passage or program, press the
Search buttons 

6 3. The Forward-Search

button 

—

plays the disc forward at high

speed, while the Reverse-Search button 

‚

plays the disc backwards at high speed. The
front panel features a single Search button 

6;

press the right side for forward search 

—

, or

the left side for reverse search 

‚

. The forward

and reverse search functions may also be per-
formed using the separate Search buttons 

3

on the remote. When the desired part of the disc
is heard, release the Search button to resume
normal play speed.

To move from one track on a disc to another,
press one of the Skip buttons 

7 4. Pressing

the Forward-Skip button 

fl·

will move you

forwards through the disc one track at a time,
while pressing the Reverse-Skip button 

‡fi

will move you back to the start of the current
track and, if pressed again within two seconds,
back one track at a time. Holding any of the 
buttons pressed, will fastly skip through all
tracks. The front panel features a single 
Skip button 

7; press the right side for

—Í

, or the left side for

Í‚

. The forward and reverse

skip functions can be performed using separate
Skip buttons 

4 on the remote.

The Skip buttons may be used when the FL 8380
is either playing or stopped. If the unit is
stopped, the Skip buttons may be used to locate
the first track to be played. The Play button 

6

(Play/Pause on the front panel 

9) must be

pressed to begin play. If the Skip buttons are
used while the unit is already playing, the audio
output will stop while the new track is located,
and play will automatically resume after the Skip
button is released.

This feature lets you locate a track by playing the
first 10 seconds of each track. When the Intro
button 

B on the remote control is pressed, the

unit will play only 10 seconds of each track and
then automatically move to the next track. When
you have reached a track that you wish to listen
to in its entirety, press the Intro button 

B

again to resume normal operation. When the
Intro feature is activated, the INTRO indicator
will illuminate in the Information Display

C

to remind you that Intro Search is in use.

When the Intro button is pressed, the FL 8380
will first play through the disc that is currently in
the play position and then move on to each disc
position that is loaded.