English

To apply an echo to your voice

Remote

ONLY

 

While the Mic Mixing Mode is activated...

ECHO

ECHO 1 ECHO 2 ECHO 3

 

ECHO 0 ECHO 4 (Canceled)

• As the number increases, echo level also increases.

To adjust the key (disc playback only)

Remote

ONLY

•The Key Control cannot be used for DVD Audio. While playing back...

KEY

KEY #

To raise the key (up to +6).

To lower the key (up to –6).

To cancel the Key Control

KEY

KEY #

–6 0+6

KEYCON

0

On the display

On the TV screen

•Key Control is also canceled when you deactivate the Mic Mixing Mode, or select another track or disc.

Reducing the Lead Vocal

Remote

INFO

 

ONLY

 

—Vocal Masking

If you want to reduce the lead vocal, you can use the Vocal Masking Mode.

•This function is not available for DVD Audio/DVD-VR/ MPEG-1/MPEG-2/ASF/DivX discs.

V. MASKING

V.MASK1 V.MASK2

 

OFF

V.MASK1 Cancels vocal on stereo sources.

V.MASK2 Cancels the right audio channel.

To sing into microphone(s), activate the Mic Mixing Mode (follow steps 1 to 3 and 6 on page 31).

To cancel the Vocal Masking Mode, select “OFF.”

Scoring Your Karaoke Skill

INFO

This System can score your Karaoke skill by comparing your singing along with the vocal on the playback disc.

•This function is for disc playback only.

•It is recommended to select the sound track as follows (see page 16):

For DVD Video: Select a sound track with vocal.

For SVCD/VCD: Select “ST,” “ST1,” or “ST2.”

•It is recommended to sing for more than one and a half minutes to make the scoring function work properly.

•This function is not available for DVD Audio/DVD-VR/ MPEG-1/MPEG-2/ASF/DivX discs.

1Select “DVD/CD” as the source.

DVD/CD

2Activate the scoring function.

KARAOKE

 

KARAOKE SCORE BOARD

SCORING

 

 

 

 

SINGING

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

On the TV screen

Playback of the first track starts and the Mic Mixing Mode is automatically activated (with the last adjustment for echo).

3Sing into the microphone.

See steps 1 to 3 and 6 on page 31.

• Adjust echo level and key if you want (see the left column).

After the song ends, playback stops and the score board appears on the TV screen with fanfare.

Ex.:

 

 

Your score

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

KARAOKE SCORE BOARD

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

85

POINTS

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Very good!!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

1

ST

93 POINTS

 

 

 

 

2

ND

85 POINTS

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

3

RD

73 POINTS

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The latest top 3

To stop the playback in the middle of the song, press 7. The scoring function is not canceled and your singing along is scored if the playback time is more than one minute.

To cancel the scoring function, press KARAOKE SCORING. The screen on the TV disappears. (The Mic Mixing Mode remains activated.)

32