Optimus 32-1162 Karaoke Machine User Manual


 
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OPERATION
TURNING POWER ON/OFF
To turn on the karaoke system, press
POWER
. The POWER indicator lights.
To turn off the system, press
POWER
again so the POWER indicator turns off.
ADJUSTING THE SOUND
Use these controls to get the system’s
sound just right.
MIC VOLUME
— Turn
MIC VOLUME
to-
ward
MIN
to reduce the sound level on
both the supplied and an additional mi-
crophone, or toward
MAX
to increase it.
A.V.C.
(Automatic Voice Control) —
While you play a karaoke audio cassette
tape, you can adjust
A.V.C.
to replace
the prerecorded voice with your voice.
When you stop singing into the micro-
phone, the prerecorded singer’s voice
returns. Turn
A.V.C.
clockwise until it
clicks, then turn
A.V.C.
toward
LO
if you
have a loud voice, or toward
HI
if you
have a soft voice. When you finish, turn
A.V.C.
,
toward
OFF
until it clicks.
ECHO
— You can adjust
ECHO
to add
an echo effect to your voice while you
sing. Turn
ECHO
toward
LO
or
HI
.
TAPE SPEED
— If you want to slow
down or speed up the pace of the music
as you sing along, turn
TAPE SPEED
to-
ward
MIN
to slow down the tape, or to-
ward
MAX
to speed it up. For normal
tape speed, leave it set to the middle po-
sition (marked with a red arrow).
VOLUME
— Control the volume from the
system’s speaker by turning
VOLUME
to-
ward
MIN
or
MAX
.
BALANCE
— To control the levels be-
tween the prerecorded original singer’s
voice and the music while you play a
karaoke audio cassette tape, adjust
BALANCE
.
Using the 5-Band Frequency
Equalizer
Use the controls on the 5-band frequen-
cy equalizer to customize the sound you
hear through the speaker. Each of the
controls lets you adjust the level in a
specific frequency range. For each
range, slide its control up toward
MAX
to
boost the level, or down toward
MIN
to
reduce it. If you set the control to the
middle position (
0
), the frequency is un-
changed.
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