Video

mode:

•All displays on

•Data code only

•All displays off

mode:

•All displays on

•Regular displays only (removes the histogram and information icons)

•All displays off

*The following icons will appear even when

all other on-screen displays are turned off:

The icons and (in mode), the

icon and AF frames when the autofocus

is locked (in mode), screen markers (both recording modes).

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.

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Manual Adjustment of the Audio Recording Level

1If the joystick guide does not

appear on screen, press to display it.

If [ MIC] does not appear on the joystick guide, repeatedly push the joystick () toward [NEXT] to display it.

2Push the joystick () toward [ MIC].

The manual adjustment icon will appear to the left of the audio level indicator and the manual adjustment bar (green) will appear below it.

Manual audio level adjustment

Audio level indicator

Audio level adjustment bar

3Adjust () 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.

4Press to save the setting and hide the joystick guide.

•The audio level selected will be locked and the audio level adjustment bar will disappear from the indicator.

•During manual adjustment, press

and push the joystick () toward [ MIC] to return the camcorder to automatic audio level.

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