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Enjoying Karaoke
z When you don’t use the microphone(s)
Unplug the microphone(s), switch the microphone(s) off
and turn the MIC 1 and/or MIC 2 LEVEL control to
MIN.
Reserving the next tracks to play
While playing a disc, you can reserve up to 8 tracks to
play in any order so that you can enjoy non-stop
karaoke play.
1 While playing a disc, press DISC 1 - 5 (or DISC
and number button of the disc (1 - 5) on the
remote) to select the disc.
2 Press the number button of the track you want to
play.
The disc number, track number, “RESERVED”
and the playing order appear on the TV screen.
TV screen
D1 – 15 RESERVED STEP 1
Example: when you select track 15 on disc 1
3 Repeat Steps 1 and 2 to reserve up to 8 tracks.
After reserving 8 tracks, you can reserve a new
track when the current track is played to the end.
When you want to Press
Play the current track
again
Go to the next specified
track
Check the track order
Z
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+
CHECK. The reservation list appears
on the TV screen. You can also check
the order one by one on the front
panel display.
Cancel the reservation
Z
CHECK repeatedly until the cursor
(m) on the reservation list moves to
the track you want to cancel or the
track number you want to cancel
appears on the front panel display.
Then press CLEAR.
z You can replace discs while playing in KARAOKE
mode
See “Replacing Discs While Playing a Disc” on page 15.
Changing the key (Key Control)
You can change the key to suit your vocal range.
While playing karaoke, press one of the KEY
CONTROL buttons repeatedly to find the key that suits
your vocal range.
To
Raise the key
Lower the key
Return to the original key
You can adjust the key to 11 steps (5 steps higher, 5
steps lower and the original key).
The setting appears in the front panel display and on
the TV screen.
z When the track finishes playing or when you return
to the menu screen
The player automatically returns to the original key.
z When a karaoke microphone (F-V98K, F-VK600, etc.)
is connected
You can change the key with KEY CONTROL n/˜ on
the microphone.
Note
While you’re watching Slide Show, the KEY CONTROL
buttons become inoperable.
Adjusting the echo level
You can give an echo effect to the sound from the
microphones.
Turn the ECHO LEVEL control to adjust the strength
of echo.
The same echo level is applied to both microphones
connected to the MIC 1 and MIC 2 jacks.
Note
If you don’t want any echo effect, set the ECHO LEVEL
control to MIN.
Adjusting the music level
As the recording level is different depending on discs,
you can adjust the music level without changing the
settings of the master volume and the MIC LEVEL
controls.
Turn the MUSIC LEVEL control to adjust the music
volume level.
Press
n
˜
NATURAL (or N on the
remote)