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Operation

11

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.

Operation

12

The FL8550’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 the machine is still in play.

To use the Play Exchange function, simply
press the 

button 

! a

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 

button 

* p

. You may now remove and

change either of these two discs.

When you have finished making any disc
changes, press the 

button 

!

a

. The drawer will close and play will

continue with normal functions.

The FL8550’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 

button 

6

l

once. The display will now show the

time left in the track currently playing.

To view the total time remaining to play
on the disc, press the 

button 

6 l

twice. In this time display mode the

TRACK

indication will show the tracks

remaining, not the usual display of the
track being played.

You may listen to the output of the FL8550
through headphones by plugging a set of
standard headphones with a 1⁄4" head-
phone plug into the front panel

3

. The volume of

the headphone output may be adjusted
with the 

4

. 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.

Search Functions

13

The FL8550 is equipped with a variety of
functions that make it easy to search for
specific parts of any CD.

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

buttons 

& e

. The

button 

—

plays the

disc forward in high speed, while the

button 

‚

plays the

disc backwards in high speed. When the
desired part of the disc is heard, release the

button to resume normal play

speed.

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

buttons 

^

f

. Pressing the 

button

fl·

will move you forwards through the

disc, one track at a time, while pressing the

button 

‡fi

will move you

back one track at a time. Holding any of
the buttons pressed will skip through the
tracks fastly.

The Skip buttons may be used when the
FL8550 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 

button 

$ h

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 

button 

8 k

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 again to resume
normal operation. When the Intro feature
is activated, the 

INTRO

indicator will

illuminate in the 

Ô

to remind you that Intro Search is in

use.

When the 

button is pressed, the

FL8550 will first play through the disc that
is currently in the play position, and then
move on to each higher disc position that
is loaded.

Programmed Play Operation

14

The FL8550’s advanced programming
capability enables you to preset specific
tracks of any CD and the order in which
tracks play, repeat specific discs or tracks,
repeat all discs and tracks.

Programmed play allows you to program
up to 32 tracks or complete-disc play-
through into the FL8550’s memory. To
begin programming the FL8550, press the

button 

) n

. The 

PROGRAM

indicator will light in the

Ô

.

You may now begin to enter the discs and
tracks in the order in which you wish to
have them play. Once the 

PROGRAM

indicator is lit, 

P-01

will appear in the

Information Display, replacing the track
time. This indicates that you are about to
program the first track.

Press the appropriate 

button

( b

to choose the first disc to be

programmed, and note that 

ALL

will

flash in the Information Display. To have
all tracks on the disc play in order as the
first program step, press the 

button 

) n

. To select a single track on

the disc, press the 

buttons 

c

corresponding to the desired track. You
may also use the 

buttons 

^ f

to

select a track.

When the disc and track are selected, press
the 

button 

) n

. Note that

the program step indication on the right
side of the Information Display will
change to 

P-02

. You may now select

another disc and/or track for the next
program step following the instruction
shown above. When the program step is
selected, press the 

button 

)

n

. Repeat this procedure for each

program step until you have completed the
desired programming. Press the 

button 

% g

once to complete a

program sequence, or press 

$ h

to begin immediate play of a program
sequence. If the maximum of 32 program
steps is reached, the program step
indication at the right side of the
Information Display will go out, and the
disc and track that have been programmed
as the first program step will be shown.

Once a program list has been made, press
the 

button 

$ h

to begin listening

to the sequence. After the entire program
has been played, the FL8550 will stop. As
long as the 

button 

% g

has not

been pressed, until the 

PROGRAM

indicator goes out, you may repeat the
programmed play sequence again by
pressing the 

button 

$ h

.

Pressing the 

button 

% g

,

opening the disc drawer by pressing the

button 

! a

or turning

the FL8550 off will erase the program
information from the unit’s memory.

To check the contents of a program 
while the unit is stopped, press the 

buttons 

^ f

and the Information

Display will step through each of the
programmed discs and tracks.

When the unit is stopped, but the

PROGRAM

indicator is still lit, you may

clear the entire contents of a program by
pressing the 

button 

9 m

.