Sony DAV-DZ100K Operating Instructions Manual page 76

– you start playback after pressing m or M
(DVD VIDEO/Super Audio CD/CD only).
Dolby Digital Karaoke format
(DVD only)
Dolby Digital format, which reproduces
surround sound using 5 channels, can also
contain the "Dolby Digital Karaoke" format
which is specialized for karaoke. In the Dolby
Digital Karaoke format discs, guide melody and
guide vocal tracks are recorded in addition to the
accompaniment. You can select them when the
system is in karaoke mode.
Speaker output in normal Dolby
Digital format (5 channel
surround)
Front speaker
(L)
Surround
speaker (L)
Speaker output in Dolby Digital
Karaoke format
Accompaniment
(L)
Guide vocal 1
You can select any of these. These are output
from the front speakers (L, R).
You can check the audio information using
AUDIO (page 58).
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Front speaker
Center
(R)
speaker
Surround
speaker (R)
Accompaniment
(R)
Guide melody
Guide vocal 2
Example:
1:ENGLISH DOLBY DIGITAL
2/0: Recorded only with
accompaniment.
3/0: Recorded with guide
melody.
3/1: Recorded with guide melody
and guide vocal.
3/2: Recorded with guide melody
and two kinds of guide
vocals.
Playing karaoke with any
stereo disc (Karaoke Pon)
You can enjoy karaoke with a stereo-recorded
disc, even if it is a non-karaoke disc, by reducing
the sound of the vocals.
Press KARAOKE while playing a disc in
karaoke mode.
The Karaoke Pon mode set to on and reduce the
sound of the vocals.
"KARA PON" appears in the front panel
display.
To set the karaoke pon mode to
off
Press KARAOKE again.
"KARA OFF" appears in the front panel display.
Note
• This function may not work well in the following
cases:
– Only a few instruments are playing.
– A duet is playing.
– The vocals on the disc deviate from the center.
– Monaural-recorded discs (the accompaniment is
also reduced)
– A Multiplex disc is playing.
• During the Karaoke Pon mode, the stereo effect is
reduced.
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