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Adjusting the Audio Levels
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Adjusting the Audio
Levels
This section describes how to adjust the audio level for
recording/playback before you start recording or playback.
The recording level is set automatically when you select
the input port, and the playback level is set automatically
when you select the output port.
To adjust the audio level
1
Press the PORT SELECT button of the port you want
to set once or twice to display the one-port display
screen on the color display.
The audio level meter appears.
When the entire display is showing the video signal,
press the display button to operate it.
2
Press the button for the channel you want to adjust to
make the channel active.
For active channels, the audio level meter is displayed
in orange and the adjustment level display bar appears
at the right side of the meter.
The displayed position of the adjustment level display
bar should indicate where it is within the adjustable
range and is unrelated to the level meter scale.
3
Use the cursor buttons or MULTI CONTROL knob to
adjust the level.
• Press the center cursor button or MULTI
CONTROL knob when you want to set the level to
the preset value.
The input/output gain multiplies by 1 (0db). At that
time the digital reference level audio will become
the analog reference level audio signal and output
from the AUDIO MONITOR OUTPUT connectors.
• When manually adjusting the input level, determine
a level so that the level meter indicates a level close
to the digital reference level when at average
volume.
• When manually adjusting the output level, set the
level at the desired volume.
The signal may be clipped and warped when audio
recorded at a high level is output at an even higher
level.
4
After finishing adjustment, press the active channel
button once again to return it to the normal display.
The audio level meter returns to the normal display
color (white). For channels set to any value apart from
the preset value, the adjustment level display bar
remains displayed in its unchanged state.
The digital reference level (maximum level -
headroom) and analog reference value are set at their
factory default settings of –20dB and +4dBu
respectively.
These values can be set with the MAINTE
INFORMATION -
[F8]
(MAINTENANCE) -
[F9]
(OTHERS CHECK) -
[F4]
(HEAD/REF) keys in the
Maintenance menu. Changed settings are enabled
from the next time power is turned on.
A simple description of Maintenance menu startup
methods is included in “ERROR LOG Menu”
appended to this Manual. For details, see the
Maintenance Manual.
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