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Additional Information

Index to parts and controls (continued)

Remote commander

EJECT button (13)

Tracking buttons (33)

TRACKING NORM/SLOW

buttons

TRACKING AUTO/MANU button

SELF DUET

buttons (26)

EFFECT button (32)

DISPLAY button (17, 25)

COUNTER RESET button (14)

REPLAY button (13)

AUDIO DUB button (37, 38)

REC button (16)

TRINITRON TV SYNCHRO PLAY
button (15)

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FRAME button (19)

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SLOW button (19)

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SEARCH buttons (13, 19)

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REW button (13, 19)

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Page 1: ...PAL NTSC Video Cassette Player 1997 by Sony Corporation SLV KH7ME PS SV Operating Instructions G 3 860 139 14 1 ...

Page 2: ...he unit near heat sources such as radiators or air ducts or in a place subject to direct sunlight excessive dust mechanical vibration or shock Do not install the unit in an inclined position It is designed to be operated in a horizontal position only Keep the unit and cassettes away from equipment with strong magnets such as microwave ovens or large loudspeakers Do not place heavy objects on the u...

Page 3: ...V programmes Additional Operations 19 Playing searching at various speeds 21 Recording TV programmes using the easy timer 22 Karaoke sing along 30 Searching with the AMS or index function 32 Enjoying the surround sound Virtual Sound 33 Adjusting the picture 34 Changing menu options Editing 35 Connecting to a VCR or stereo system 36 Basic editing 37 Audio dubbing Additional Information 40 Troublesh...

Page 4: ...del name The instructions in this manual are for the 3 models SLV KH7ME KH7PS and KH7SV Check your model number by looking at the rear panel of your unit The SLV KH7ME is the model used for illustration purposes Any difference in operation is clearly indicated in the text for example SLV KH7ME only Step 1 Unpacking Check that you have received the following items with the unit ...

Page 5: ...our Sony TV To operate the unit a Sony TV Set TV VIDEO to VIDEO and point at the remote sensor on the unit TV and point at the remote sensor on the TV Remote sensor TV VIDEO Notes The TV VIDEO button selects an input source of the TV from aerial in or line in The button does not control this unit With normal use the batteries should last about three to six months If you do not use the remote comma...

Page 6: ...t have audio video input jacks skip this step and go to page 8 to mains LINE IN Audio video cable supplied LINE 1 OUT Signal flow 1 Connect LINE 1 OUT of the unit to the line input jacks of your TV using the supplied audio video cable To use the Trinitron TV Synchro Play function connect to the VIDEO IN 1 jacks if your TV has two or more inputs 2 Connect the mains lead to the mains Mains lead AUDI...

Page 7: ... 1 IN and LINE 1 OUT jacks on the unit to your TV at the same time follow the procedure below to set up the unit see page 34 1 Press MENU 2 Press CURSOR to move the cursor to SET UP MENU and press EXECUTE 3 Press CURSOR to move the cursor to CONNECT L1 then select TV 4 Press EXECUTE Note When you connect the LINE 1 IN jacks of the unit to other equipment set CONNECT L1 to OTHER Audio video cable L...

Page 8: ... cable from your TV and connect it to AERIAL IN on the rear panel of the unit 2 Connect AERIAL OUT of the unit and the aerial input of your TV using the supplied aerial cable 3 Connect the mains lead to the mains AERIAL IN To a TV that does not have audio video input jacks If you connect the unit to your TV using the audio video cable skip this step AERIAL IN Mains lead to mains AERIAL OUT Aerial ...

Page 9: ...nel will now be referred to as the video channel 4 Tune the TV so that a blue screen appears on the TV screen Refer to your TV manual for tuning instructions You have now tuned your TV to the unit From now on whenever you want to play a tape set the TV to the video channel If the blue screen does not appear clearly see To obtain a clear blue screen on page 10 Step 4 Tuning your TV to the unit If y...

Page 10: ...the rear of the unit with a screw driver to a position where the TV clearly displays the blue screen To select the TV system For your TV to receive the correct signal from your unit you must set the TV SYSTEM switch at the rear of the unit to either G for system B G or K for system D K If this switch is set to the wrong position the sound will be distorted K G TV SYSTEM RF CH ...

Page 11: ... desired language 3 Press EXECUTE Selecting a language You can select the on screen display language English or Chinese Before you start Turn on the unit and the TV Set the TV to the video channel MENU EXECUTE CURSOR 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 MENU CURSOR EXECUTE CURSOR EXECUTE Step 5 ENGLISH END EXECUTE SELECT V v LANGUAGE ENGLISH EXECUTE V v LANGUAGE ...

Page 12: ... and starts playing automatically if you insert a tape with its safety tab removed 3 Press PLAY When the tape reaches the end it will rewind automatically 6 EJECT COUNTER RESET REPLAY P PAUSE PLAY p STOP DISPLAY TRINITRON TV SYNCHRO PLAY NTSC PB switch COLOR SYSTEM switch FF 0 REW 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 AUDIO MONITOR EFFECT 3 SEARCH PLAY ...

Page 13: ... restarts playback To set the colour system If streaks appear during playback set COLOR SYSTEM on the unit to conform to the system that the tape was recorded in Normally set the switch to AUTO If your tape was recorded in PAL NTSC MESECAM Set NTSC PB to ON PAL TV NTSC 4 43 NTSC 3 58 If your TV is PAL NTSC 4 43 NTSC 3 58 continued To play an NTSC recorded tape Set NTSC PB at the rear of the unit a...

Page 14: ...o check audio channel and sound level You can check the audio channel and sound level visually with the indicators in the display window Stereo programme To listen to Stereo Left channel Right channel Standard sound Usually the mixed sound of the left and right channels On screen display Display window STEREO L R STEREO LCH L RCH R No indicator No indicator Bilingual programme To listen to Main Su...

Page 15: ...tion check that AUDIO MIX in the SET UP MENU is set to OFF Turning on the unit and TV and starting playback automatically Trinitron TV Synchro Play You can only use this function if your TV is made by Sony Trinitron TV How to connect to use this function Connect the unit and TV with the audio video cable see To a TV that has phono type audio video input jacks on page 6 Be sure to connect the audio...

Page 16: ...on page 7 Set CONNECT L1 to TV in the SET UP MENU see page 7 1 Turn on your TV and select the programme position you want to record on your TV 2 Insert a tape with its safety tab in place 3 Press INPUT SELECT to display L1 in the display window 4 Press TAPE SPEED to select the tape speed SP or LP LP provides recording time twice as long as SP however SP produces better picture and audio quality 5 ...

Page 17: ... To record stereo and bilingual programmes Set the connected TV to output stereo or bilingual sound When stereo or bilingual sound is received through the line inputs the STEREO indicator lights up You cannot select the sound to listen to while recording How sound is recorded on a video tape The unit records sound onto two separate tracks Hi fi audio is recorded onto the main track along with the ...

Page 18: ... is set to ON the unit displays the karaoke information page 25 Make sure the audio video output of your TV is connected to the LINE 1 IN jacks of the unit Make sure CONNECT L1 in the SET UP MENU is set to TV To record stereo or bilingual programmes the connected source must have audio left right output jacks When you play back a tape recorded in the PAL or MESECAM colour system streaks may appear...

Page 19: ...ape and start play 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 3 SEARCH Operation During stop press FF or 0 REW During fast forward hold FF down During rewind hold 0 REW down During playback or pause press SEARCH or 3 SEARCH To change the direction press the other one During playback or pause press SLOW During pause press m 7 FRAME Hold the button down to play one frame each second During stop hold 0 REW down on the unit...

Page 20: ...ds Normal speed Double speed Double speed in reverse High speed in reverse Mark on the TV screen Playback mode High speed Normal speed in reverse Slow motion Slow motion in reverse pause Using the CLICK SHUTTLE ring With the CLICK SHUTTLE ring on the unit you can operate a variety of playback options During playback or pause turn the CLICK SHUTTLE ring clockwise or counterclockwise Each change in ...

Page 21: ...time in increments of 30 minutes Once you press EASY TIMER the unit starts recording the TV programme shown on the TV The TIMER indicator appears in the display window The duration decreases minute by minute to 0 00 then the unit stops recording and turns off automatically To change the duration Press EASY TIMER repeatedly to set to the new duration The previous duration is cleared when you set th...

Page 22: ...P MENU is set to TV see page 34 the sound through the microphone is output only during playback If you want to use a microphone in all modes set CONNECT L1 in the SET UP MENU to OTHER 1 Set KARAOKE ON OFF to ON KARAOKE MODE WELCOME TO THE Sony KARAOKE WORLD appears on the TV screen 2 Insert a karaoke video tape The unit starts playing automatically if you insert a tape with its safety tab removed ...

Page 23: ...Rs To control the echo effect Turn the ECHO control This adjusts both microphones echo effect to the same level To get the best effect adjust the microphone volume to a slightly higher level than the music volume Tip When you sing along with TV broadcasts or music played back on equipment connected to the LINE IN jacks on the unit play the music source and follow steps 1 and 4 Notes If the sound i...

Page 24: ...he song number To correct a song number press CURSOR to return to that number and reset it 4 Press EXECUTE The tape automatically rewinds to the beginning and playback starts in the order you selected While the unit searches for a song the song number flashes in the display window To stop playing Press p STOP To change the programme order Press p STOP and repeat steps 2 through 4 above Number butt...

Page 25: ...can also select the KARAOKE PROGRAM menu by pressing MENU and CURSOR Notes If you set KARAOKE ON OFF to OFF the list settings are cleared When you turn off the unit the unit exits the KARAOKE PROGRAM mode When you press SEARCH AMS INDEX while in Karaoke Program mode the unit does not search beyond the current song but rewinds the tape to the beginning of the song being played back or fast forwards...

Page 26: ...ing duets by yourself The unit creates a harmony voice at the interval you want Press SELF DUET n to select a high or low harmony voice S D You can change the pitch of the song in half tone intervals To return to the original pitch Press KEY CONTROL or n repeatedly until 0 appears in the display window Tip You can also change the pitch with the supplied microphone To cancel the Self Duet Press SEL...

Page 27: ...with the following tapes Hi fi tapes on which the same sound is recorded on the left and right channels Monaural recorded tapes KARAOKE MODE Reducing the playback vocals Karaoke Pon This function reduces the vocals on played back music sources You can use hi fi stereo music sources for karaoke Set KARAOKE MODE to KARAOKE PON The singer s voice is reduced To cancel Karaoke Pon Set KARAOKE MODE to O...

Page 28: ...AOKE then set AUTO SCORE to ON Each time a song ends the score appears for five seconds To set the score level This unit has two different score levels To set the score level press MENU and select SET UP KARAOKE Then set SCORE LEVEL to HIGH for easy grading or LOW for strict grading Tips The highest possible score is 99 points To display your score on the TV screen again press DISPLAY The highest ...

Page 29: ...u are shouting the highest score MAX LEVEL and your current shout level are displayed on the TV screen with a level meter Below the level meter a bar appears every second to show the changes in your shout level After five seconds the measurement is complete and the highest score MAX LEVEL and your score YOUR LEVEL appear Tips To exit SHOUT mode press SHOUT again The highest score MAX LEVEL is clea...

Page 30: ...it The unit marks the tape with an index signal at the point where each recording begins When you use commercially prerecorded tape check the packaging to see if the tape is index compatible 1 Press MENU and select SET UP KARAOKE then press EXECUTE 2 Press CURSOR to select SEARCH MODE then select either AMS or INDEX 3 Press EXECUTE Searching with the AMS or index function You can search for the st...

Page 31: ...e index function The unit can search up to 99 index signals ahead of or behind the current position 1 Insert an indexed tape into the unit 2 Press SEARCH AMS INDEX repeatedly to specify how many index signals ahead or behind you want to search To search ahead press SEARCH AMS INDEX To search backwards press SEARCH AMS INDEX The unit starts searching and the index number on the TV screen counts dow...

Page 32: ... WIDE WARP indicators turn off Notes This function is available only when the tape sound is reproduced on a stereo TV or other stereo audio equipment If the connected TV or other audio equipment is monaural or simulated stereo you cannot get a clear effect We recommend that you do not use the surround effect function of this unit and that of the connected TV or other audio equipment at the same ti...

Page 33: ...ses the tape To avoid the delay first set the unit to recording pause the APC indicator flashes slowly and press r REC to have the unit analyse the tape the APC indicator flashes rapidly After the APC indicator stops flashing press P PAUSE to start recording immediately If you want to start recording quickly without using the APC function first set the unit to recording pause the APC indicator fla...

Page 34: ...io tracks separately Select the sound using the AUDIO MONITOR button For details see page 38 TV to record TV programmes using the LINE 1 IN jacks OTHER to record other audio video sources using the LINE1 IN jacks For details see page 7 ON to switch on the APC Adaptive Picture Control function and improve picture quality OFF to switch off APC For details see page 33 AUTO to record play back in the ...

Page 35: ...ting to the AUDIO R red jack the sound is recorded only on the right channel If you connected this unit to both the LINE IN and LINE OUT jacks of the other VCR select the input correctly to prevent a humming noise How to connect to a stereo system Connect LINE 2 IN AUDIO on this unit to the audio output jacks on the stereo system using the RK C510KS audio cable not supplied Signal flow Connecting ...

Page 36: ...ts at the same time To stop editing Press the p STOP buttons on both units Tips To edit more precisely press the P PAUSE buttons on the units to release pause To cut out unwanted scenes while editing press P PAUSE on this unit when an unwanted scene begins When it ends press P PAUSE again to resume recording Assemble editing You can dub sound onto the normal audio track through a microphone while ...

Page 37: ...Search for the point to start playback and set it to playback pause 2 Insert a prerecorded tape into this recording unit Search for the end of the section to be replaced and press P PAUSE Make sure that the tape has its safety tab in place 3 Press COUNTER RESET to reset the counter to 0H00M00S 4 Rewind the prerecorded tape to the beginning of the section to be replaced The unit pauses 5 Press AUDI...

Page 38: ...ound from the microphone is mixed with the original hi fi sound and recorded on the normal audio track Before you start dubbing Connect the microphone s to the MIC IN 1 and or 2 jack s and turn on the microphone s 1 Set KARAOKE ON OFF to ON 2 Insert the prerecorded tape into the unit Search for the end of the section to be replaced and press P PAUSE Make sure that the tape has its safety tab in pl...

Page 39: ... SELECT on the unit to display L2 before starting recording The mixed sound is recorded on the normal audio track and the sound input from the LINE 2 IN jacks is recorded on the hi fi audio track Tip When dubbing from the microphone you can use the functions of echo effect Key Control and Self Duet Notes Do not dub on a tape recorded in LP mode Audio noise may occur Recording stops if you press CO...

Page 40: ... Adjust the tracking with the TRACKING NORM SLOW buttons Make sure the colour system is correctly set to the system that the tape was recorded in The video heads are dirty see below Clean the video heads using the Sony V 25CL video head cleaning cassette If this cleaning cassette is not available in your area have the heads cleaned at your nearest Sony service facility a standard service charge wi...

Page 41: ...t source with the INPUT SELECT button Check that a tape isn t already in the tape compartment Make sure you are pointing the remote commander at the remote sensor on the unit Replace all the batteries in the remote commander with new ones if they are weak Make sure the TV VIDEO remote control switch is set correctly The recording condition of the tape is very poor and tracking cannot be adjusted o...

Page 42: ...p p 75 ohms unbalanced sync negative AUDIO OUT phono jack 2 each Standard output 327 mVrms Load impedance 47 kilohms Output impedance less than 10 kilohms General Power requirements 110 240 V AC 50 60 Hz Power consumption 25 W Operating temperature 5 C to 40 C Storage temperature 20 C to 60 C Dimensions Approx 430 100 282 mm w h d including projecting parts and controls Mass Approx 4 5 kg Supplied...

Page 43: ...details continued 1 ON STANDBY switch indicator 9 2 LINE 2 IN AUDIO L R VIDEO jacks 35 3 Tape compartment 4 6 EJECT button 13 5 0 REW button 13 19 6 FF button 13 19 7 PLAY button 12 8 p STOP button 13 16 9 r REC button 16 0 CLICK SHUTTLE ring 20 P PAUSE button 13 36 LINE 2 OUT AUDIO L R VIDEO jacks Remote sensor 5 ...

Page 44: ...s 25 3 SHOUT button 29 SCORE button 28 4 ECHO control 23 5 MIC VOL 1 2 controls 22 6 INPUT SELECT button 9 16 7 TAPE SPEED button 16 8 EASY TIMER button 21 9 MIC IN 1 2 jacks 22 0 CONTROL jack 22 KARAOKE MODE switch 27 KARAOKE ON OFF switch 22 24 VIRTUAL SOUND switch 32 EFFECT button 32 WIDE WARP indicators 32 COLOR SYSTEM switch 13 ...

Page 45: ...O L R VIDEO jacks 6 7 SCORE SHOUT indicators 28 29 8 Audio channel sound level indicator 14 9 STEREO indicator 14 0 KEY S D n indicators 25 26 Time counter line pitch adjustment indicator 14 16 25 1 Tape speed indicator 16 2 Tape indicator 3 REC indicator 4 TIMER indicator 21 5 APC indicator 33 6 Audio dub indicator 37 Tracking indicator 33 Display window TIMER H M APC SP LP EP SCORE SHOUT S D KEY...

Page 46: ... NORM SLOW buttons TRACKING AUTO MANU button 3 SELF DUET n buttons 26 4 EFFECT button 32 5 DISPLAY button 17 25 6 COUNTER RESET button 14 7 REPLAY button 13 8 AUDIO DUB button 37 38 9 r REC button 16 0 TRINITRON TV SYNCHRO PLAY button 15 7 FRAME button 19 SLOW button 19 3 SEARCH buttons 13 19 0 REW button 13 19 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 ...

Page 47: ... CURSOR buttons EXECUTE button AUDIO MONITOR button 14 38 ª SCORE button 28 º K PROG button 24 Number ten s digit buttons 24 TV VIDEO button for TV 5 VOL buttons for TV PROG buttons for TV SEARCH AMS INDEX buttons 31 P PAUSE button 13 PLAY button 12 FF button 13 19 ª p STOP button 13 16 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 ...

Page 48: ...earching 31 K Karaoke sing along 22 competing for the loudest voice 29 grading your singing 28 Karaoke Pon 27 Karaoke Program 24 Key Control 25 Self Duet 26 Vocal Assist 27 L Language selecting 11 LP mode 16 M Monitoring during playback 14 N O Normal audio track 17 NTSC recorded tapes 13 P Q Picture adjustment See Adjusting Playback 12 at various speeds 19 frame by frame 19 slow motion 19 Index R ...

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