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Your VCR’s NICAM
digital sound decoder
allows you to enjoy
broadcasts with NICAM
sound, as well as
standard stereo, bilingual
and mono sound. The
particular type of sound
received or that recorded
will be briefly displayed
on the TV screen for a
couple of seconds:
STEREO NICAM
Sound is automatically
recorded on the Hi-Fi stereo
and mono tracks of the
video tape.
BIL NICAM
Both audio channels will be
recorded on the Hi-Fi stereo
tracks. The primary lan-
guage channel (left) will be
recorded on the mono track
of the video tape.
MONO
The sound is recorded on
the Hi-Fi tracks and the
mono track of the video tape
without any separation.
Switch on your VCR.
Press
i
.
Press
F
or
G
to select
AUDIO
.
Press
OK.
Press
▲
or
▼
to select
AUDIO.
The choice is
STEREO,
LEFT
(left channel),
RIGHT
(right channel)
and
MONO
.
In
BIL NICAM
playback
the primary language is
output on the left channel
and the secondary
channel is output
simultaneously from the
right channel when audio
output is set to
STEREO
.
The primary language
will be output from both
channels when the audio
setting is
MONO
.
Please note that when
adjusting the tracking
control Hi-Fi stereo
sound may revert to
MONO
.
Press
i
to return to a TV
picture.
Hi-Fi Stereo
Sound System
Your VCR will record and playback Hi-Fi stereo sound. In addition it has a stereo NICAM digital
stereo sound decoder. This allows you to record and playback the sound in several different
ways. Video cassettes recorded on your VCR will have a normal mono audio track and two
VHS Hi-Fi stereo audio tracks. These stereo tracks allow you to make audio recordings in Hi-Fi
stereo or bilingual mode from a TV broadcast, stereo audio system, video disc or another Hi-Fi
VCR.
REC
OPR
OSD
ON
OFF
OSD
f
16:9
4:3
NIC
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ACMS
PSET
R
1
2
TIME
DATE
STEREO
LEFT
RIGHT
MONO
i
DR
VCR
A B
C
OSD
SYS-
TEM
AUDIO
AUDIO
POWER
EJECT
CLK/CNT
CLEAR
OK
i
P/STILL
RET
AV
CLK/CNT
CLEAR
OK
i
AUSE
CLK/CNT
CLEAR
OK
i
P/STILL
LECT
REW
AV