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Receiving NICAM Stereo And
Bilingual Programmes
Your recorder is equipped with a Digital stereo sound decoder
(NICAM), making reception of stereo and bilingual broadcasts
possible.
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.
● To listen to a stereo programme, press AUDIO until
"HI FI L R" appears on the screen.
● To listen to a bilingual programme, press AUDIO until
"HI FI L " or "HI FI R" appears on the screen (as required).
● To listen to the Standard (regular monaural) audio while
receiving a NICAM broadcast, press AUDIO until "NORM"
appears on the screen.
NOTE:
"O.S.D." must be set to "ON" or the on-screen displays will not
appear (
੬
pg. 52).
Type of Broadcast
On-screen Display
Being Received
Regular Monaural (none)
NICAM Stereo ST NICAM
NICAM Bilingual BIL NICAM
NICAM Monaural NICAM
ADVANCED OPERATIONS (cont.)
To Record NICAM Stereo
And Bilingual Programmes
(Only For The Users In
Eastern Europe)
● VHS deck
The NICAM audio programme will be recorded on the Hi-Fi
audio track, and the Standard audio programme on the
normal audio track.
● DV deck (See "AUDIO REC Mode Setting" below.)
NOTES:
●
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 "Soundtrack Selection"
(
੬
pg. 30, 31).
DV MODE SET
SOUND MODE 32kHz
32kHz MODE SOUND1
DISPLAY OFF
AUDIO REC NICAM
[5∞] =
[MENU] : EXIT
AUDIO REC Mode Setting
1 Press MENU to access the Main Menu screen.
2 Move the highlight bar (pointer) to "DV MODE SET" by
pressing
%
fi, then press OK or
#
.
3 Move the highlight bar
(pointer) to "AUDIO REC"
by pressing
%
fi, then press
OK or
#
to select "NICAM"
or "MONO".
4 Press MENU to return to
the normal screen.
● When "AUDIO REC" is set to "NICAM", the NICAM audio
programme will be recorded on the audio track.
● When "AUDIO REC" is set to "MONO", the Standard
(monaural) audio program will be recorded on the audio
track.
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2
T W
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1
DV VHS
3
AUDIO
OK
MENU