Selecting The Sound During Playback; Searching Using; How Sound Is Recorded On A Video Tape - Sony SLV-E811NP Service Manual

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Recording stereo and bilingual programmes (continued)
Selecting the sound during playback
Press AUDIO MONITOR to select the sound you want.
To listen to On-screen display Display window
Stereo/main and sub STEREO STEREO
(left and right channels)
Left channel/main LCH STEREO
Right channel/sub RCH STEREO
Standard sound No indicator No indicator
How sound is recorded on a video tape
The VCR records sound onto two separate tracks. Hi-fi audio is recorded
onto the main track along with the picture. Monaural sound is recorded
onto the normal audio track along the edge of the tape.
Stereo Bilingual
Usually mixed
left/right channels Usually main sound
Normal audio track is ee.
(monaural) ™~
Hi-fi audio track a
(main track)
Stereo sound Main (left channel)
(left/right channels) Sub (right channel)
Notes
To listen to playback sounds in stereo, you must use the EURO-AV or AUDIO OUT
connections.
When you play a tape recorded in monaural, the sound is heard in monaural
regardless of the AUDIO MONITOR setting.
If the AUDIO MONITOR button does not function, check that AUDIO MIX in the
SET UP MENU is set to OFF.
If HIFI AUDIO is set to STD, the standard sound will be recorded on both the hi-fi
and normal audio tracks. Pressing AUDIO MONITOR will not change the sound.
Additional Operations
Searching using
the index
function
Ke-<d / PP]
INDEX
SEARCH
The VCR marks the tape with an index
signal at the point where each recording
begins. Use these signals as references
to find a specific recording. The VCR
can search up to 99 index signals ahead
of or behind the current position.
1 Insert an indexed tape into the VCR.
2 Press Ke /P1 INDEX SEARCH repeatedly to specify how many
index signals ahead or behind you want to search:
* To search ahead, press >I INDEX
SEARCH.
INDEX 8
¢ To search backwards, press kd INDEX Searcy
SEARCH.
The VCR starts searching and the index
number on the TV screen counts down to zero.
Playback starts automatically from that point.
To stop searching
Press @ STOP.
Note
* No index signal will be added when recording starts from recording pause.
However, an index signal will be marked if you change the channel during
recording pause.
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