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Recording Audio
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ing an External Microphone
When recording in very quiet
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urrounding
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, the built-in microphone may
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up the
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ound of the camcorder’
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internal machinery. In
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uch ca
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e,
we recommend u
s
ing an external microphone.
You can connect to the camcorder’
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MIC terminal commercially avail-
able conden
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er microphone
s
with their own power
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upply. You can
connect almo
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t any
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tereo microphone with a
3.5 mm plug, but
audio recording level
s
may vary.
• When an external microphone i
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connected to the cam-
corder’
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MIC terminal, the audio level indicator (
A
213) will
be di
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played automatically.
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