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Singing Along/Quick Start
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Singing Along/Quick Start
The instructions in this section provide a
quick reference to help you get started sing-
ing along with your karaoke CD/CD+G sys-
tem.
SINGING WITH A CD/CD+G
OR CASSETTE TAPE
Follow these steps to sing along with a CD/
CD+G (such as the one supplied) or a cas-
sette tape.
1. Press
STANDBY
to turn on the karaoke
system. STANDBY on the front of the
karaoke system turns off.
2. Press
OPEN/CLOSE
, then load a CD or
CD+G in the CD compartment. Press
OPEN/CLOSE
to close the CD compart-
ment.
Or, if you want to sing along with a pre-
recorded tape, press
STOP/EJECT
and
load a tape in
TAPE 1
or
TAPE 2
, then
close the cassette door.
3. Set
FUNCTION SELECTOR
to
CD/CDG
or
TAPE
. CD/CDG or TAPE lights.
4. Repeatedly press
MODE
until
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appears.
Note:
If you want to use the system to
play music without singing along, press
MODE
.
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appears. Then follow the
steps for playing a CD/CD+G or cas-
sette.
5. Repeatedly press
AUDIO
on the system
or
AUDIO SELECT
on the remote control
until one of the following appears on the
display.
•
/()7
/()7/()7
/()7
— to enjoy the music without the
original singer’s voice, so you can
sing alone.
•
5,*+7#
5,*+7#5,*+7#
5,*+7#
— to enjoy the original singer’s
voice. (You hear the music at a low
volume in the background).
•
91#&$
91#&$91#&$
91#&$1&(/#
1&(/#1&(/#
1&(/#
— to enjoy both the music
and original sing along, the original
singer’s voice is cancelled. (
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92&$/92&$/
92&$/
&$1&(/
&$1&(/&$1&(/
&$1&(/
also appears on a connected
TV.)
•
/()7
/()7/()7
/()7
and
5,*+7
5,*+75,*+7
5,*+7
— to enjoy both the
original singer’s voice and the back-
ground music. (
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also appears
on a connected TV.)
6. To start play, press
PLAY/PAUSE
(or
PLAY on a connected tape deck).
7. If you are using a karaoke cassette tape
or CD+G, adjust
MASTER VOLUME
,
BASS
, and
TREBLE
to match your pref-
erences.
8. Set each connected microphone’s ON/
OFF switch to ON. Sing directly into the
microphone along with the music.
9. Adjust
MIC 1 VOLUME
and/or
MIC 2 VOL-
UME
to adjust the volume of each micro-
phone.
10. Adjust
ECHO
and
KEY CONTROL
for the
desired reverberation and pitch.
11. Adjust
AUTO VOICE CONTROL
for the
desired effect.
Note:
With a regular (non-karaoke) pre-
recorded cassette tape or CD, you can-
not adjust the volume of the prerecorded
original singer’s voice in relation to the
music.
12. When you finish, press
STOP
on the
karaoke system. Then press
OPEN/
CLOSE
to open the compartment door
and remove the CD.