Sony MHC-DP700 Operating Instructions - Page 24

Singing along: Karaoke (continued) Notes • With some songs, vocals may not be canceled when you select "KARAOKE PON". • If you recall a sound effect, the karaoke mode is canceled. • During "KARAOKE PON", "MPX R" or "MPX L", DSP effect switches to "KEY CONTROL". When the karaoke effect is canceled, the DSP effect before entering the karaoke effect is applied again. • The instrumental sound may be reduced as well as the singer's voice when the sound is recorded in monaural. • The singer's voice may not be reduced when: - only a few instruments are playing. - a duet is being played. - the source has strong echoes or chorus. - the singer's voice deviates from the center. - the voice on the source is singing in high soprano or tenor. Mixing and recording sound 1 Do the procedure for "Singing along" (steps 1 through 5). Then, load a recordable tape in deck B. 2 Press the function button of the source you want to record (e.g. CD). When you want to record from TAPE A, press TAPE A/B repeatedlly until TAPE A is selected. 3 Press REC PAUSE/START. Deck B stands by for recording. 4 Press DIRECTION repeatedly to select g to record on one side. Select j (or RELAY) to record on both sides. 5 Press REC PAUSE/START. Recording starts. 6 Press nN to start playing the source to be recorded. Start singing along the music. To stop recording Press x. Tips • 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 CD. • When high level sound signals are input, the unit automatically adjusts the recording level to prevent distortion of the recorded sound signal (Auto Level Control Function). About indicators MULTI CHANNEL DECODING indicator: Lights up when the unit is decoding signals recorded in a multi channel format. PRO LOGIC indicator (in the display) (MHC-DP800AV only): Lights up when the unit applies Dolby Pro Logic processing to 2 channel signals in order to output the center and rear channel signals. ; DIGITAL indicator (in the display): Lights up when the unit is decoding signals recorded in the Dolby Digital format. dts indicator (in the display): Light up when DTS signals are input. Falling asleep to music - Sleep Timer You can set the system to turn off at a preset time, so you can fall asleep to music. Press SLEEP on the remote. Each time you press the button, the minute display (the turn-off time) changes as follows: AUTO* t 90 t 80 t 70 t ... t 10 t OFF * The power turns off when the current CD or tape finishes playback (for up to 100 minutes). 24