05Recording

Stereo recording and playback

VCR

This VCR/DVD is capable of recording Hi-Fi quality sound. When recording on a video cassette, a broadcast which is transmitted in NICAM Stereo normally records to the HiFi audio tracks - the normal Mono FM audio signal is recorded to the mono audio track on the cassette. The NICAM stereo reception can be switched off if required, but normally you would leave this on the Automatic setting (See page 26). When a bilingual broadcast is received, both soundtracks will be recorded (when recording to cassette only). However, bilingual broadcasts are not usually transmitted in the UK.

NICAM programmes are divided into 4 types as shown below.

NICAM STEREO

 

broadcast

NICAM ST

ÒNICAM STÓ

illuminates when a

 

NICAM STEREO

 

broadcast signal is

 

received.

 

NICAM MONO A

 

broadcast

NICAM M1

ÒNICAM M1Ó

 

illuminates when a

 

NICAM MONO A

 

broadcast signal is

 

received.

 

NICAM MONO A

 

B broadcast

NICAM M1/2

ÒNICAM M1/2Ó

 

illuminates when a

 

NICAM MONO A

 

and MONO B

 

broadcast signal is

 

received.

 

NICAM OFF

 

This will be

NICAM OFF

displayed if a

 

NICAM signal is

 

received when

 

ÒNICAM OFFÓ is

 

selected in the AV

 

SETUP MENU.

 

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Playback

Press AUDIO SELECT to select either stereo/mono or bilingual playback (where applicable). See the table below for more information.

On-screen indications

Stereo playback

Bilingual playback

(for 4 sec.)

performed in:

performed as follows:

￿￿￿￿￿

Stereo

Simultaneously

￿￿￿￿￿￿

 

both languages

 

from HiFi track

 

 

(Mixed sounds)

 

 

 

 

Left channel signal

One's mother

HI-FI

output from both

tongue dubbing

L CH

loudspeakers

(Main sound)

 

 

 

 

 

 

Right channel

Original sound

HI-FI

signal output from

track (Sub sound)

 

R CH

both loudspeakers

 

 

 

 

 

 

￿￿￿￿

Mono

One's mother

 

tongue dubbing

 

(Main sound)

 

 

 

NOTE:

When playing HiFi cassette tapes recorded on another VCR, the sound output may be distorted. This is normal and no indication of a unit malfunction. Try to minimise sound distortions by using TRK (TRACKING) +/– or change to MONO by pressing of AUDIO SELECT.

Output selection for DVD VR mode Video mode DVD-R

You can switch between the left or right channel and stereo only when playing a disc on which a bilingual broadcast was recorded in the DVD-RW VR mode. It is not possible to switch between channels otherwise as only the channel selected in the setting of NICAM (AUTOMATIC or OFF) is recorded in the DVD-RW Video mode or DVD-R (see page 25).

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Pioneer DVR-RT501-S Stereo recording and playback, Nicam programmes are divided into 4 types as shown below