advanced features 35
before you start
Set On Screen Display
(O.S.D.) to ON
(੬ pg. 42)
Sound Modes
NICAM Stereo and Bilingual Broadcasts
This VCR is equipped with a digital stereo sound decoder (NICAM) which makes
the reception of stereo and bilingual broadcasts possible. When the VCR is tuned
to a different preset, the type of broadcast will be displayed on the TV screen for
a few seconds.
select stereo Press AUDIO until HIFI L l L R appears on the TV screen.
select bilingual Press AUDIO until HIFI L l or HIFI L R appears on the TV
screen (as required).
select standard To listen to standard monaural audio during a NICAM
broadcast, press
AUDIO until NORM appears on the TV screen.
Soundtrack Selection
This VCR is capable of recording three soundtracks and will play back the one
that you select with the
AUDIO button.
track use
Hi-Fi stereo pre-recorded tapes
Main audio of bilingual tapes
Sub-audio of bilingual tapes
Audio-dubbed tapes
Audio-dubbed tapes
Notes
normal selection hi fi l l L r should normally be selected. In this mode,
Hi-Fi stereo tapes are played back in stereo and the normal audio track is played
back automatically for tapes which only have normal audio.
recording If the NICAM stereo signal is poor or unavailable, the VCR will
automatically record standard monoaural audio onto both the Hi-Fi and normal
audio tracks. This will eliminate possible audio interference.
NORM
HI FI
L l L R
HI FI
L l
HI FI
NORM
HI FI
L R
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