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Enjoying Karaoke
(see pages 32 to 34)
General:
• When the Mic Mixing or Vocal Masking Mode is
activated:
– Multichannel source will be downmixed into 2 channels
temporarily.
– Dolby Pro Logic II Mode will be canceled temporarily.
Reducing the Lead Vocal—Vocal Masking:
• The Vocal Masking Mode setting is not applied to the
optical digital output signals through the OPTICAL
DIGITAL OUTPUT terminal.
• When playing a Karaoke disc in the Vocal Masking Mode,
the vocal may not be reduced or the volume may be lower.
• On some music, the Vocal Masking Mode does not provide
the correct effect.
Scoring Your Karaoke Skill:
• Before the scoring function is activated, you can select the
track by pressing ¢
/4
(except for DVD Video and
SVCD/VCD with PBC).
• If you press ¢
/4
while scoring, playback stops and
scoring is canceled (but the track is not skipped).
• If you activate the scoring function while playback is
stopped with Resume function, playback starts from the
position you have stopped.
• You can also activate the scoring function while playing
back. In this case, the scoring starts from that point.
• While the scoring function is in use, you cannot use the
following buttons: V.MASKING, MIC MIX, RESERVE,
and disc operation buttons (except for ¢
/4
/7
).
• Activating the scoring function cancels Repeat Play.
• You cannot use the scoring function during Program Play,
Random Play, or recording.
• The ranking (top 3) is cleared when you turn off the
System. (If the number of songs scored is less than 3, “0
POINT” appears.)
Reserving Karaoke Songs—Karaoke Program Play:
• If you have selected a disc tray on which DVD Audio or
DVD-VR is loaded, that disc number is skipped.
• If DVD Audio or DVD-VR is loaded on the current tray,
you cannot use Karaoke Program Play.
• When the track starts playback, that track number will be
erased from the Karaoke reserve screen (the programmed
contents will remain until you erase it).
• While the PROGRAM indicator is flashing, you cannot
change the disc to play. (DISC 1 – 5 on the remote control
and 3
on the main unit do not work.)
Timer Operations
(see pages 35 to 36)
Setting the Timer:
• If you do not specify the preset station or track number
correctly while setting a timer, the currently selected
station or the first track will be played when timer is
activated.
• When you unplug the AC power cord or if a power failure
occurs, the timer will be canceled. You need to set the
clock first, then the timer again.
• Without stopping the recording, you cannot change the
source after Recording Timer starts recording.
• If you set DVD Video as the source, Daily Timer will not
work correctly.
Setup Menu Operations
(see pages 37 to 38)
General:
• If the upper and lower parts of the menu are cut off, adjust
the picture size control of the TV.
LANGUAGE menu:
• When the language you have selected for MENU
LANGUAGE, AUDIO LANGUAGE, or SUBTITLE is
not recorded on a disc, the original language is used as the
initial language.
PICTURE menu—MONITOR TYPE:
• Even if “4:3 PS” is selected, the screen size may become
4:3 letter box with some DVD Video discs. This depends
on how the discs are recorded.
• When you select “16:9” for a picture whose aspect ratio is
4:3, the picture slightly changes due to the process for
converting the picture width.
SPK. SETTING menu—DELAY:
• See the following diagram as an example for setting the
delay time:
OTHERS menu—ON SCREEN GUIDE:
• The setup menu and on-screen bar will be displayed (and
recorded) even though this function is set to “OFF.”
Subtitles and the information for zoom-in always appear on
the display regardless of this setting.
Front speakers:
0 ms
Center speaker:
1 ms
Surround speakers:
2 ms
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