Panasonic Adjusting Audio Input Levels on Camcorders

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A Left
B Right
C Microphone input level

[MIC LEVEL]

When recording, the input level from the built-in microphones and the external microphone terminal can be adjusted.

Change the mode to .

Set the iA/MANUAL/FOCUS switch to manual mode. (l 61) 1 Select the menu.

MENU : [RECORD SETUP] # [MIC LEVEL] # desired setting

[AUTO]:

 

AGC is activated, and the recording level is adjusted

 

 

automatically.

[SETr

]/[SET]:

The desired recording level can be set.

 

 

 

2(When [SETr]/[SET] is selected)

Adjust the microphone input level using the cursor button right or left.

≥ Select using the cursor button and press the cursor button in the centre to activate/ disactivate AGC. When AGC is activated, the icon is surrounded by yellow and the amount of sound distortion can be reduced. When AGC is disactivated, natural recording can be performed.

Adjust the microphone input level so that the last 2 bars of the gain value are not red.

(Otherwise, the sound is distorted.) Select a lower setting for microphone input level.

3Select [ENTER] using the cursor button and press the button in the centre to determine the microphone input level, then select [EXIT] and press the button in the centre.

(Microphone input level meter) is displayed on the screen.

When changing to intelligent auto mode, the setting is fixed to [AUTO] and cannot be changed.

When [ZOOM MIC] is [ON], the volume will be different depending on the zoom rate.

The microphone input level meter shows the larger of the inputs from the 2 built-in microphones.

You cannot record with the audio completely muted.

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DisplayOFF/5 Minutes Date FormatEconomy DATE/TIMEOFF/D/T/DATELCD SET Quick Power onREC Lamp Alert SoundInitial SET Hdmi ResolutionComponent OUT TV AspectLanguage CalibrationExtra optical zoom mechanism Zoom in/out functionExtra optical zoom Zoom lever/Sub zoom leverStill picture recording mode Motion picture recording modeImage stabilizer function ≥ This function can be performed only by touch operation ≥ Open the LCD monitor before using this functionMenu Record Setup # O.I.S. 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