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Audio Recording Level
You can adjust the audio recording level
for the built-in or for an external
microphone. You can display the audio
level indicator while recording or playing
back the tape.
Manual Adjustment of the Audio Recording
Level
POINTS TO CHECK
Mode switch:
1
If the joystick guide does not appear
on screen, press (
) to display it.
2
Push the joystick (
) toward
[
MIC].
• If [
MIC] does not appear on the
joystick guide, repeatedly push the
joystick ( ) toward [NEXT] to display
the joystick guide in the illustration
above.
• The manual adjustment icon
will
appear to the left of the audio level
indicator and the manual adjustment
bar (green) will appear below it.
3
Adjust (
) the audio level as
necessary.
• Push the joystick (
) toward
to
raise the audio recording level or push
it (
) toward
to lower it.
• As a guideline, adjust the audio
recording level so that the audio level
meter will go to the right of the -12 dB
mark only occasionally.
• When the 0 dB mark turns red, the
sound may be distorted.
4
Press (
) to save the setting and
hide the joystick guide.
T
O
USE
THE
MICROPHONE
ATTENUATOR
If the audio level is too high and the
sound gets distorted, activate the
microphone attenuator by setting [MIC
ATT.] to [
ON] (
37).
NOTES
The audio recording level can be adjusted
only while the green adjustment bar appears
under the audio level indicator. To avoid
changing the level by mistake, after you
manually adjust the audio recording level be
sure to press (
) to hide the joystick guide.
When the mode switch is set to
, the
camcorder will adjust the audio level
automatically.
We recommend using headphones (
28)
to check the sound level while adjusting the
audio recording level or when the microphone
attenuator is activated.
Displaying the Audio Level Indicator
Usually, the audio level indicator will be
displayed only after the manual
adjustment of the audio recording level.
With the procedure below, you can
display the audio level indicator also
when the audio level is adjusted
automatically or during playback.
POINTS TO CHECK
(
Audio level indicator
Audio level adjustment bar
Manual audio level adjustment
(
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