Receiving/Recording Nicam Stereo And Bilingual Programmes; Selecting Monitor Sound - Philips VR1200/02 User Manual

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Receiving/Recording NICAM Stereo
and Bilingual Programmes
This VCR can receive and record stereo and
bilingual programmes, including the NICAM
(Digital Stereo Sound) and A2 (sound Multiplex)
broadcasts.
When the recorder is tuned to a different station,
the type of broadcast being received will be
displayed on the TV screen for a few seconds.
Type of Broadcast
Being Received
A2 Stereo
A2 Bilingual
Regular Monaural
NICAM Stereo
NICAM Bilingual
NICAM Monaural
Notes:
• The NICAM audio programme will be
recorded on the Hi-Fi audio track, and the
Standard audio programme on the normal
audio track.
• If the quality of stereo sound being received
is poor, the broadcast will be received in
monaural with better quality.
• Before playing back a programme recorded
in stereo, or a bilingual programme, refer to

"Selecting Monitor Sound".

• "O.S.D." must be set to "ON" or the on
screen displays will not appear.
• Stereo programmer (A2) are automatically
recorded in stereo on the Hi-Fi audio track
(with the normal audio track recording mixed
L and R channel sound).
• Bilingual programmes (A2) are automati-
cally recorded in bilingual on the Hi-Fi
audio track. The main soundtrack will be
recorded on the normal audio track.
On-screen
Display
STEREO
BILINGUAL
(none)
NICAM STEREO
NICAM BILINGUAL
NICAM
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Selecting Monitor Sound
This VCR is capable of recording three sound-
tracks (Hi-Fi L, Hi-Fi R, and normal) and will
play back the one you select. Also, this VCR can
receive and record stereo and bilingual pro-
grammes and you can select the sound that you
want to listen to.
1 Press AUDIO/MUTE. Each time you pressed
the button, the output sound changes as
follows.
HIFI (On-screen display)
+ (Display window)
For Hi-Fi stereo tapes
OR
For stereo programme
HIFI L (On-screen display)
(Display window)
For main audio of bilingual tapes
OR
For main audio of bilingual programme
HIFI R (On-screen display)
(Display window)
For sub audio of bilingual tapes
OR
For sub audio of (bilingual programme)
NORMAL MONO (On-screen display)
NORM (Display window)
For audio - dubbed tapes
For standard (regular monaural) audio of NICAM
broadcast
HIFI + NORMAL (On-screen display)
+ + NORM (Display window)
For audio - dubbed tapes
Note:
"HIFI" ( + ) should normally be selected
during playback. In this mode, Hi-Fi stereo
tapes are played back in stereo, and the
normal audio track is played back automati-
cally for tapes with only normal audio.
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