Dolby Digital Karaoke format

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 player is in karaoke mode.

Speaker output in normal Dolby Digital format (5 channel surround)

Front (L)

 

Centre

Front (R)

 

 

 

 

 

Rear (L)

Rear (R)

 

 

 

Turning the Echo On and Off (Echo)

When using the karaoke mode, you can set the player to produce echo sound effects.

ENTER

DISPLAY

Speaker output in Dolby Digital Karaoke format

Accompaniment

Accompaniment

(L)

(R)

 

Guide melody

Guide vocal 1 Guide vocal 2

You can select any of these. These are output from the front speakers (L, R).

You can check the audio information using (audio) button (page 43). When playing a

Dolby Digital Karaoke disc, “9” appears at the current audio format (page 44). Example:

DOLBY DIGITAL 3 / 2

2/0: Recorded only with accompaniment.

3/0: Recorded with guide melody.

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

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

1 Press DISPLAY twice while playing a disc in karaoke mode (When playing a DATA CD/DATA DVD, press once).

The Control Menu appears.

2 Press X/x to select (ECHO), then press ENTER.

The options for “ECHO” appear.

ONDVD VIDEO

ON

OFF

3 Press X/x to select the setting.

The default setting is underlined.

•ON: To turn on the echo.

•OFF: To cancel the echo.

4 Press ENTER.

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