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Chapter 6: Additional Features
Karaoke: Singing
Along
To Reduce the Vocals
(karaoke pon)
You can minimize the singer’s voice, “vocal
reduction, “ so you can sing along with any
stereo CD. When you want to record the
sound of the CD and your voice, operate
steps below, then operate “Microphone
Mixing”.
To reduce the vocals
Press KARAOKE PON/MPX.
h
PON
appears in the display.
The karaoke play sound will be in
monaural. To cancel vocal reduction, press
KARAOKE PON twice so that
h
PON
disappears.
To adjust the key control
Press KEY CONTROL
˜
DOWN or
n
UP.
You can adjust the key higher or lower in
13 steps (–3.0 to 3.0). Each step is a halftone
(0.5).
Notes on vocal reduction
The singer’s voice may not be reduced
completely for the following reasons:
• Monaural recorded source (Instruments
may also be reduced.)
• Only a few instruments are playing in the
stereo recorded source
• A duet is being played
• The source has strong echoes or chorus
• The singer’s voice on the source deviates
from the center
• The voice on the source is singing in high
soprano or tenor
KARAOKE PON/MPX
KEY CONTROL
SYSTEM
POWER – ON
To Sing Along with
Multiplex Tapes
You can sing along using the microphone
while playing back a multiplex tape.
On a standard multiplex tape, a singer's
voice is recorded on the right channel and
instrumental music on the left channel. You
cannot use this function if the sound is
recorded in the opposite way.
Press KARAOKE PON/MPX repeatedly
until
h
MPX appears in the display.
Then, you can hear your voice through the
microphone and the instruments.
To hear both channels (the
instruments and the recorded
singer’s voice)
Press KARAOKE PON/MPX so that
h
MPX disappears.
Connecting Optional
Equipment
For greater enjoyment of your stereo
system, you can connect other components
to the stereo. You can connect:
•
surround speakers (Sony SS-SR15 not
supplied) to the SURROUND SPEAKER
connectors on the rear panel
• a VCR to the VIDEO IN jacks
•
headphones to the PHONES jack on the
front panel
To connect surround speakers
1
Connect two surround speakers to the
right and left SURROUND SPEAKER
connectors.
2
Press SURROUND so that SUR
appears in the display.
You can create the atmosphere of a
movie theater or concert hall.
To connect a VCR
1
Connect the VCR or other video
equipment to the VIDEO IN jacks.
2
Press VIDEO or FUNCTION on the
remote repeatedly until “VIDEO”
appears in the display.
The connected sound source comes
through the speakers.
You can also record the VCR sound.