Key Control - Sony BDP-S495 Operating Instructions Manual

To set the player to karaoke mode
without connecting a microphone
Press OPTIONS, select [KARAOKE
Mode], and select [On].
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• The Control Menu does not appear when
there is no inserted disc or connected USB
device.
• Press AUDIO on the remote to select the
soundtrack.
To cancel [KARAOKE Mode]
Disconnect the microphone, or set
[KARAOKE Mode] to [Off].
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Before connecting, set the microphone
volume to minimum.
To add echo effect
Adjust the ECHO LEVEL control on the
front panel.
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• If howling occurs:
– move the microphone away from the
speakers.
– lower the microphone volume or echo level.
– lower the overall volume.
• You can check the audio information by
pressing AUDIO. When playing a Karaoke
DVD, "K" appears as the current audio
format.
Changing the song key

(Key Control)

You can change the audio key to suit
your vocal range when the [KARAOKE
Mode] is set to [On].
To open the [Key Control] window
Press KEY CTRL on the remote, or press
OPTIONS and select [Key Control].
You can set the key lower or higher (-7
to +7) using the remote [m] [M] keys.
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• [ ] [ ] keys are disabled when maximum
or minimum value is set.
• [Key Control] value setting is only available
when [Key Control] window is displayed.
• The setting is stored until [KARAOKE
Mode] is set to [Off].
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