| Brand Name: | Harman Kardon |
Product Specifications
Technical Details
- 5-disc CD changer with HDCD decoding
- Compatible with CD, CD-R, and CD-RW formats
- Play exchange lets user change 4 discs while 1 is playing
- Functions include program play, random play, and intro scan
- Headphone jack with separate level control
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Product Description
Amazon.com Product Description
This five-disc CD changer from Harman Kardon keeps the music flowing throughout the day or evening, providing an uninterrupted soundtrack while you work, entertain, or just hang out on the sofa. The FL8385 offers a number of advanced programming features, including options to create playlists of selected tracks, play discs in random order, or scan tracks to find your favorite selections. The device also features High-Definition Compatible Digital (HDCD) decoding; HDCD discs offer a detail and fidelity far beyond that of standard CDs.
The FL8385 plays CD, CD-R, and CD-RW discs, any of which can be switched out while another disc is playing. The unit also offers discrete on/off power buttons on the remote control to ensure compatibility with custom home systems. The changer connects to your digital receiver or digital-to-analog converter via the coaxial digital output, ensuring clean, consistent sound. The unit includes a headphone jack with a separate level control and a remote, and carries a two-year warranty on parts and labor.
What's in the Box
5-disc CD changer, remote control, and user's manual.
Product Description
Harman Kardon FL8385 CD Player and Changer features HDCD decoding for superior reproduction of all CDs, whether HDCD-encoded or not. When any of several thousand currently available HDCD-encoded discs are played, special circuitry reveals detail not possible with ordinary CDs. A 5-Disc Carousel Changer, the FL8385 includes advanced programming features that create play lists of selected tracks, or play discs and tracks in random order Discrete Power On and Off Buttons on the remote facilitate compatibility with custom home control systems 8-times oversampling Frequency Response - 20Hz > 20kHz Total Harmonic Distortion - <0.02% Dimensions - 5.1H x 17.3W x 15.2D; 16.7 pounds
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Most Helpful Customer Reviews
31 of 31 people found the following review helpful:
1.0 out of 5 stars
What a terrible disappointment!!!,
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This review is from: Harman Kardon FL8385 5-Disc CD Changer (Electronics)
I've just got this player last friday. I must say that I was quite happy with the way it sounds but, after just five days of very light use (I hardly played more than 15 CDs since friday) it's already refusing to work properly! It just wont play discs that my 15 year old Sony CD-player had no trouble playing!I read some alarming reviews about the former version of this model but I was confident that the mechanical bugs described in those reviews had been fixed on this newer version! Apparently I was wrong!!! Last night I wrote a review about the wonders of the Harman Kardon receiver (HK-3480) that I bought along this CD-player. I guess that Harman Kardon still has a lot of homework to do with their CD-players! I'll ask for my money back and will start looking again for a decent CD-player!!!
22 of 23 people found the following review helpful:
1.0 out of 5 stars
Works for a while, but breaks after 2 months!,
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This review is from: Harman Kardon FL8385 5-Disc CD Changer (Electronics)
I had the unit for about 2 months, it starts with this non-recognition problem on certain CDs. Then it will progress to not being able to see any CD inserted at all, including brand new CDs just bought and not yet played. These CDs are all perfectly playable on my SONY CD player. What is crazy is, sometimes it would work perfectly as if nothing had been a problem! There's got to be some kind of weakness in the electrical circuitry inside... Keeping the power on all the time seems to help somewhat but not 100%. Customer support says unless it is purchased from an "Authorized" dealer, they refuse to repair/replace under warranty.Off to the dumpster it goes... Visually a nice design though, too bad it kinda have to also play CDs for it to be useful. Total POS, not recommended.
14 of 14 people found the following review helpful:
1.0 out of 5 stars
I wish I read these reviews before I bought this piece of garbage!,
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This review is from: Harman Kardon FL8385 5-Disc CD Changer (Electronics)
Since the early 80's, I've drooled at the sight of Harmon Kardon's products, wishing I had thousands to blow on their super high-end gear. Then I see I can buy their CD changer for under $200! It can't be bad because it's an HK, right? WRONG!!!Every problem stated in these reviews happened to me within the first few minutes: horrible grinding sounds and clicks you haven't heard the likes of since you rode your Schwinn in 3rd grade, not reading disks, buttons not responding, the tray jammed shut with your CD's trapped inside, looooooooong waits for it to start playing when it actually did. I thought I must have gotten a repackaged used one and thought my retailer was the bad guy. I almost asked for a replacement instead of a refund. But reading these reviews confirmns that HK is the bad guy. P.S. The sound (if you ignore the egg timer trapped in the unit) is fine but nothing to write home about.
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