I picked up a vocopro karaoke machine at a yard sale and the echo makes a loud hum also i need a owners manual and remote where can i get help with this. model#890G thank you

Always use echo and reverb, or just reverb for inexperienced singers. If I remember right this is from effect 19 but this is a very inflexible set-up with no control over the effects, just presets. You'll need to listen and decide what is best. You may also try chorus as with a decent effects unit this can be very effective plus a bit of reverb and echo.

Different songs like different effects and we will chop and change even in a single track when live mixing professional acts.

i am trying to connect this to my stereo, the volume is not loud enough, so i bought a split cable, connected to one of my outputs on my stereo receiver. it works but very deep, so i bought a thicker split cable and will try, but not sure how to hook up the video part. a staight wire to the back of my tv? will that work? also i cant find the right kareoke videos, each time I buy one, computer graphics come up but no words, any direction, send to [email protected] please

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The effects or FX section is on the top right of the mixer. On your vocal channels find the yellow knob marked FX and turn it to 0. Choose the effect you need using the Program knob (top right) for karaoke this will probably be 03 or 06. Start singing and turn up the yellow knob marked 3 - FX under AUX Sends until the LEDs above them hit -0db, no higher.
Now find the button marked FX - Main Mix and make sure it is UP.
Turn up the yellow knob (3 - FX) next to it until you can hear enough echo on your mic.

Is the hum there with NO input cables connected? If not, you have bad cabling. Make sure you use only XLR to XLR mic cables and not the junky ones with a 1/4 inch plug that are for Karaoke machines. These devices usually use switching power supplies and do not have the power supply originating hum of older equipment. If the volume control adjusts the hum, then the hum originates previous to the control which is either in the preamps or the external inputs.

The control supposedly controls the mix of the echo... this is a reverb type sound. Please note that room acoustics AND if the mic's "hear" the speaker in this, it may create an echo that is NOT under control of the adjustment. Make sure the mic's cannot "hear" the speaker or a reflection off a wall.

Make sure ALL interconnected equipment is powered from the same receptacle or source such as power conditioner. This isncludes mixers, amps, CD pllayers, etc.
Second make sure ALL interconnecting cables are BALANCED lines using XLR or TRS cables.
Isolators other than DI boxes are a no-no.

The mics on the singing machine are very low end mics and MAY not work on your other unit. The Voco has very sensitvie inputs to use with "professional" type microphones. The Singing machine mics are going to be fairly high output and likely to overload the voco inputs. Procure some professional mics like Shure, AKG, Sennheiser or others and don't forget to use a balanced to unbalanced adapter or cable on the mics.

Usually delay is associated with "reverb" not echo. If you are in a large room, the room acoustics can add reverb without the benefit of signal processing.

Reverb NORMALLY passes the inout signal as is and then adds in a delayed version on top.

The delay should be less than the room size delay.

Try turning off all effects as a start. There is some "transport" time if it goes through a digital signal processing.

You might try emailing the service centers listed here and see if you can get lucky:http://www.vocopro.com/servicecenter.php