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Adjusting the Audio Level
4Turn the AUDIO LEVEL CH1 control at the bottom of the front panel to adjust the input vol-
ume so that the audio level display appears as shown below.
¡When the input volume is normal, the audio level display turns ON up to the seventh of the
eight level display bars from the left.
¡When the rightmost (0 dB) turns asterisk (E) mark, the input volume is excessive. Adjust the
level so that the display bar does not turn E mark.
When the optimal level cannot be set
The maximum attenuation of the AUDIO LEVEL CH1 control at the bottom of the front panel is
about 20 dB. When the optimal level cannot be set within this range, adjust the level using the
AUDIO LEVEL CH1 control on the side panel.
Using the AUDIO LEVEL CH1 controls at the bottom of the front panel and on the side
panel
Normally, the control at the bottom of the front panel is turned completely to the right and the
recording level is adjusted using the control on the side panel.
The control at the bottom of the front panel is used to throttle the level when the input level in-
creases suddenly during recording.