Start playing the music and adjust the volume.

Singing karaoke by reducing the vocal or selecting the audio channel

(MHC-GNX880/GNX780 only)

When playing a multiplex audio CD or multiplex CDG (disc with the vocals on one channel and the instruments on the other channel), you can switch the sound to cancel the vocals and listen only to the instruments from both speakers. Beside this, you can cancel the vocal of the stereo disc by using the KARAOKE PON function.

Press KARAOKE repeatedly.

Each time you press the button, the display changes cyclically as follows:

KARAOKE PON t MPX L* t MPX R* t

KARAOKE OFF

The “m” lights up in the display when a karaoke mode is activated.

To sing karaoke of multiplex CD or CDG, select “MPX R” or “MPX L”.

*– When a disc with MP3 audio tracks is selected, you cannot select “MPX L” or “MPX R”.

With some songs, vocals may not be cancelled when you select “KARAOKE PON”.

Notes

If “MPX L” or “MPX R” is selected, the output from CD DIGITAL OUT jack will become monaural.

The karaoke setting is automatically changed to “KARAOKE OFF” if the disc is changed or the function is changed.

When karaoke mode is activated, the equalizer and surround effect settings cannot be changed.

The instrumental sound may be reduced as well as the singer’s voice when the sound is recorded in monaural.

Karaoke can be used during CD function only.

The singer voice may not be reduced when:

only a few instuments are playing.

a duet is being played back.

the source has strong echoes or chorus.

the singer voices deviates from the center.

the voice on the source is singing in high soprano or tenor.

To cancel the karaoke mode

Turn MIC 1 LEVEL and MIC 2 LEVEL to “MIN”, disconnect the microphone from MIC 1 or/and MIC 2 jack then press KARAOKE repeatedly until “m” disappears.

Singing along

You can sing along with any stereo CD or tape. You need to connect an optional microphone.

1 Turn MIC 1 LEVEL and MIC 2 LEVEL to “MIN” to turn down the microphone volume.2 Connect an optional microphone to the MIC 1 or MIC 2 jack.

3

4 Turn MIC 1 LEVEL or MIC 2 LEVEL to adjust the microphone volume.

Other operations

To

Do this

Sing along with CDGs* Turn on your TV and select the video input.

Adjust the microphone

Turn ECHO LEVEL to

echo

adjust the echo effect. To

 

cancel the echo effect, turn

 

ECHO LEVEL to “MIN”.

 

 

Sing along with

Press KARAOKE

Karaoke*

repeatedly. (see “Singing

 

Karaoke by reducing the

 

vocal or select the audio

 

channel”, page 21).

 

 

* MHC-GNX880/GNX780 only.

Tips

You can mix and record sound from microphone after step 2. To record the sound, see “Recording on a tape manually” on page 17. To stop recording, press x.

If acoustic feedback (howling) occurs, move the microphone away from the speakers or change the direction of the microphone.

If you want to record your voice through the microphone only, you can do so by selecting the “CD” function and not playing a disc.

When high level sound signals are input, the system automatically adjusts the recording level to prevent distortion of the recorded sound signal (Auto Level Control function).

Adjustment Sound

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