JVC HR-S9600EK Receiving Nicam Stereo And Bilingual Programmes, Soundtrack Selection, Track USE

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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 (or AUDIO MONITOR) 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 (or AUDIO MONITOR) 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 (or AUDIO MONITOR) 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. 47).

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 (or AUDIO MONITOR on the recorder) changes the soundtrack being played back as follows:

TRACK					USE	NOTES:
Recorder's Front Panel	On-Screen Display					● " + " should normally be
						selected. In this mode, Hi-Fi stereo
			HI FI
+					For Hi-Fi stereo tapes	tapes are played back in stereo, and
	L			R		the normal audio track is played
			HI FI		For main audio of Bilingual tapes	back automatically for tapes with
	L					only normal audio.
			HI FI		For sub audio of Bilingual tapes	● For instructions on recording
						NICAM stereo and bilingual
				R
						programmes, see above.
NORM		NORM			For audio-dubbed tapes
						● Bilingual programmes are not currently
+ + NORM			HI FI		For audio-dubbed tapes	broadcast in the U.K.
						● "O.S.D." must be set to "ON" or the
		NORM
						on-screen displays will not appear
						(☞ pg. 47).