Enjoying Cd-G Karaoke; Select Cd-G Play Mode; To Play A Cd-G Disc; To Cancel Cd-G Play Mode - Pioneer MEP-7000 Operating Instructions Manual

ENJOYING CD-G KARAOKE

ENJOYING CD-G KARAOKE
The MEP-7000 can playback CD-G discs and output images to an external monitor (MONITOR OUT) for Karaoke play.

SELECT CD-G PLAY MODE

To play a CD-G disc, it is necessary to use the UTILITY screen to set
the CD-G play mode.
1 Press the UTILITY button.
2 Press the [CD-G] function button.
The CD-G setting menu will appear.
3 Select [CD-G MODE], and press the select () down button.
4 Use the rotary selector dial to select [ON], then press the
rotary selector dial.
The LOAD A/B buttons will flash blue, and the center display
will show the [CD-G MODE] indicator.
MEMO
• During CD-G play mode, the UTILITY button's LED will flash
red, and it will not be possible to change to the BROWSE, MIX,
or EFFECT screens. To change to one of those screens you
must first cancel the CD-G play mode.

TO PLAY A CD-G DISC

1 Press the LOAD A or LOAD B button.
The selected controller's LOAD button will change to lighted
blue.
2 Insert a CD-G disc into the drive corresponding to the lighted
LOAD button, and use the TRACK SEARCH button to select
the desired track.
CD-G disc play will begin, and the image will be output to the
display.
MEMO
• The CD-G images from the controller being played
corresponding to the lighted LOAD button will be visible on the
display. If a flashing LOAD button is pressed, the controller on
the corresponding side will switch to the CD-G images being
played back.
• If Auto Cue is set to ON when track search is performed,
playback will enter the pause (standby) mode at the beginning
of the searched track.
• If control cords are connected to a Pioneer DJ mixer, the fader
start operation can also be used to switch playback between
controller A and controller B.
Key control
When the PITCH BEND button is pressed, the key (pitch) can be
adjusted. Each half-step can be adjusted in six stages.
Vocal cancel
Vocal audio can be canceled by pressing the MASTER TEMPO
button, thus allowing ordinary music CDs (CD-DA) to be used for
karaoke play.
Audio switching
Each time the TEMPO range button is pressed, the audio output
switches as follows:
L-R: Stereo  L: monaural  R: monaural
MEMO
• The disc loaded into drive 1 is set for controller A, and the disc
loaded into drive 2 for controller B. Other designation of the
controllers is not supported.
• In the CD-G play mode, playback is disabled from CD-ROM/
DVD-ROM and USB storage device.
• In the CD-G play mode, Scratch and other DJ play operations
are disabled.
• Images can be output to an external monitor during disc play.
No external output is performed when the UTILITY screen is
displayed, however.
• The vocal cancel mode is designed to cancel vocal sounds
coming equally both right and left speakers. The unit may be
unable to cancel vocals that are output from only right or left
speaker alone.

TO CANCEL CD-G PLAY MODE

1 Press the UTILITY button.
2 Press the [CD-G] function button.
The UTILITY CD-G setting menu will be displayed.
3 Select [CD-G MODE] and press the select down () button.
4 Use the rotary selector dial to select [OFF], then press the
rotary selector dial.
The CD-G play mode will be canceled. If a disc is currently
being played, play will simultaneously stop.
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