Note

The Control Menu display has 2 pages. Depending on the source, press DISPLAY twice to select [KARAOKE MODE].

2Press X/x repeatedly to select [KARAOKE MODE], then press .The options for [KARAOKE MODE] appear.3Press X/x repeatedly to select [ON], then press .

The system enters karaoke mode.

To cancel karaoke mode, select [OFF].

Note

Microphone sound may drop when changing discs.

Before connecting, press MIC VOL – to set the microphone volume to minimum.

You cannot change the sound field during karaoke mode.

In karaoke mode, the overall volume may drop.

If you set [TEST TONE] to [ON] (page 76) during the karaoke mode, the karaoke mode is set to off automatically.

Microphone sound is not output when:

the microphone is not connected to the unit properly.

the microphone volume is set to minimum.

Tip

The karaoke play is performed with the audio channel you selected using AUDIO (page 37).

Adjusting the microphoneYou can adjust the microphone volume and level of the echo effect.To adjust the microphone volumePress MIC VOL +/– to adjust the microphone volume.To add the echo effectPress ECHO.Each time you press ECHO, the echo level changes as follows:ECHO OFF t ECHO 1

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ECHO 3 T ECHO 2To cancel the echo effect, select “ECHO OFF.”

Note

If howling occurs:

move the microphone away from the speakers.

lower the microphone volume or echo level.

lower the overall volume.

Dolby Digital Karaoke format(DVD only)

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 the system is in karaoke mode.

Speaker output in normal Dolby
surround)

 

 

 

 

Other

Digital format (5 channel

Operations

Front speaker

Center

Front speaker

(L)

speaker

(R)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Surround

Surround

speaker (L)

speaker (R)

Speaker output in Dolby Digital Karaoke format

Accompaniment

 

Accompaniment

Front

Center

Front

(L)

(R)

 

Guide melody

Surround Surround

(L)(R)

Guide vocal 1

Guide vocal 2

You can select any of these. These are output from the respective speakers.

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