Patent ID: 8160489

Claim:
A karaoke device comprising: an enclosure; a voice pickup element integrated into the enclosure, the voice pickup element able to convert sound waves into an electrical signal; an audio input signal passing into the enclosure, the audio input signal emanating from a DVD player; a video input signal passing into the enclosure, the video input signal emanating from the DVD player; an electronic circuit within the enclosure for amplifying the electrical signal, for controlling the amplitude of the electrical signal and for mixing the electrical signal and the audio input signal into a mixed audio signal; the mixed audio signal passing out of the enclosure; the video input signal passing directly out of the enclosure on a video output signal; wherein the electronic circuit processes the electrical signal by adding echo; and a selector switch having at least three positions, a first of the three positions connecting the audio input signal directly to an audio output signal, a second of the three positions for connecting the mixed audio signal to the audio output signal and a third of the three positions connecting the mixed audio signal and the echo to the audio output signal; the audio output signal passing out of the enclosure.