Operation
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 9 on the front panel, or the Play 6button on the remote.
To start play on a specific disc, press the Disc- Select button B 0that 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 8button 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) 96or the Pause button 8to 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.
Random Play
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 7when the unit is already in Play mode or by pressing Play 9 after Random
7when it is in Stop mode.
Random 1: To play all the tracks on the current disc in random order, press the Random button
7once 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 7is 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 7is 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®
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
Con 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
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 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-Skipbutton 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.
