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Receiving NICAM Stereo And Bilingual Programmes

Your recorder is equipped with a Digital stereo sound decoder (NICAM), making reception of stereo and bilingual broadcasts possible.

When the recorder is tuned to a different station, the type of broadcast being received will be displayed on the TV screen for a few seconds.

Type of Broadcast

On-screen Display

Being Received

 

 

 

Regular Monaural

(none)

NICAM Stereo

ST NICAM

NICAM Bilingual

BIL. NICAM

NICAM Monaural

NICAM

 

 

To listen to a stereo programme, press AUDIO until "" and "" appear on the front display panel or "HI FI L R" appears on the screen.

To listen to a bilingual programme, press AUDIO until either "" or "" appears on the front display panel or "HI FI L " or "HI FI R" appears on the screen (as required).

To listen to the Standard (regular monaural) audio while receiving a NICAM broadcast, press AUDIO until "NORM" appears on the front display panel or on the screen.

NOTES:

The NICAM audio programme will be recorded on the Hi-Fi audio track, and the Standard audio programme on the normal audio track.

If the quality of stereo sound being received is poor, the broadcast will be received in monaural with better quality.

Before playing back a programme recorded in stereo, or a bilingual programme, refer to "Soundtrack Selection" (See below).

"O.S.D." must be set to "ON" or the on-screen displays will not appear (pg. 40).

Soundtrack Selection

Your video recorder is capable of recording three soundtracks (HI-FI L, HI-FI R and NORM) and will play back the one you select.

During Playback

Pressing AUDIO on the remote control changes the soundtrack being played back as follows:

TRACK

 

 

 

USE

 

 

 

 

 

Recorder's Front Panel

On-Screen Display

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

+

 

HI FI

For Hi-Fi stereo tapes

L

 

 

R

 

 

 

 

 

L

HI FI

For main audio of Bilingual tapes

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

HI FI

For sub audio of Bilingual tapes

 

 

 

 

R

 

 

 

 

 

NORM

 

NORM

For audio-dubbed tapes

 

 

 

 

+ + NORM

 

HI FI

For audio-dubbed tapes

 

NORM

 

 

 

NOTES:

" + " should normally be selected. In this mode, Hi-Fi stereo tapes are played back in stereo, and the normal audio track is played back automatically for tapes with only normal audio.

For instructions on recording NICAM stereo and bilingual programmes, see above.

Bilingual programmes are not currently broadcast in the U.K.

"O.S.D." must be set to "ON" or the on-screen displays will not appear (pg. 40).

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JVC HR-S7722EK, HR-S7700EK Selecting Sound You Want, Receiving Nicam Stereo And Bilingual Programmes, Soundtrack Selection

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