Dolby Digital Karaoke format

(DVD VIDEO only)

The Dolby Digital format, which reproduces surround sound using 5 channels, can also contain the “Dolby Digital Karaoke” format which is specialized for karaoke. In the Dolby Digital Karaoke format discs, guide melody and guide vocal tracks are recorded in addition to the accompaniment. You can select them when Karaoke Mode is turned on.

Speaker output in normal Dolby Digital format (5.1 channel)

Front (L)

 

 

Center

 

 

Front (R)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Surround (L)

 

Surround (R)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Speaker output in Dolby Digital Karaoke format

AccompanimentAccompaniment

Front (L)

 

 

Center

 

 

Front (R)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Guide melody

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Surround (L)

 

Surround (R)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Guide vocal 1

 

Guide vocal 2

 

You can select any of these.

You can check the audio information by pressing AUDIO (page 31). When playing a Dolby Digital Karaoke disc, “” appears at the current audio format (page 86).

Example:

2/0: Recorded only with accompaniment.

3/0: Recorded with guide melody.

3/1: Recorded with guide melody and one guide vocal.

3/2: Recorded with guide melody and two guide vocals.

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