Parts of Functions and Names 2 Chapter

2 Audio settings section

1 MONITOR switch

2AUDIO MONITOR SEL button

3 AUDIO METER SEL button

4 AUDIO INPUT CH button

5 AUDIO INPUT SEL button

MONITOR

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MONITOR

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MONITOR SEL

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METER SEL

INPUT CH INPUT SEL

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PHONES

PREV

PLAY

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TOP

F REV

 

F FWD

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6PHONES jack and volume control knob

aMONITOR switch

Of the two channels (left and right) selected by the AUDIO MONITOR SEL button (see next item), selects whether both or one is monitored.

L:The left channel audio is output from the PHONES jack and the AUDIO MONITOR OUT connector.

R:The right channel audio is output from the PHONES

jack and the AUDIO MONITOR OUT connector. MIX: Stereo audio is output from the PHONES jack.

Monaural audio, the left and right channels mixed, is output from the AUDIO MONITOR OUT connector.

bAUDIO MONITOR SEL (selection) button

Of the up to eight audio signal channels, the audio of the two channels (left and right channels in the case of a stereo output) selected by this button can be monitored with the PHONES jack on the front panel and the AUDIO MONITOR OUT connector on the rear panel.

Pressing this button cycles through the four of the following channel combinations.

Channels 1 (left) and 2 (right)

Channels 3 (left) and 4 (right)

Channels 5 (left) and 6 (right)

Channels 7 (left) and 8 (right)

In the status display section, the MONITOR display (see page 24) changes to reflect the selection.

The factory default is for channels 1 (left) and 2 (right) to be selected.

You can select whether to monitor both of the selected channels or only one, using the MONITOR switch (see page 22).

cAUDIO METER SEL (selection) button

When using MPEG IMX format in eight-channel mode, select whether the audio level meters should display channels 1 to 4 or channels 5 to 8.

Pressing this button toggles the selection, and the audio level meter channel display also changes.

The factory default is for channels 1 to 4 to be selected.

dAUDIO INPUT CH (channel) button

This selects the channel to which the audio input signal selection applies.

Pressing this button cycles through the following states of the audio level meter channel display.

Channel 1 flashing

Channel 2 flashing

Channel 3 flashing

Channel 4 flashing

Channels 1 to 4 lit

When a channel is flashing, you can select the audio input signal using the AUDIO INPUT SEL button.

When audio is in eight-channel mode

On channels 5 to 8, you can input only the audio signals embedded in an SDI signal.

Note

After completing the selection of the audio input signals with the AUDIO INPUT SEL button, return the audio level meters to the state in which all channel indications are lit.

eAUDIO INPUT SEL (selection) button

This selects the input signal to the channel with a flashing display, that has been selected with the AUDIO INPUT CH button described above.

Pressing this button cycles the selection of the audio input signal, and the audio input display above the audio level meter changes to reflect this.

ANA: Analog audio signal input to the AUDIO IN connector

SDI: SDI audio signal input to the SDI IN connector

AES/EBU: AES/EBU format digital audio signal input to the DIGITAL AUDIO (AES/EBU) IN connector

SG: Audio test signal generated by the internal signal generator

fPHONES jack and volume control knob The jack is a standard stereo jack. Connect stereo headphones with an impedance of 8 ohms, to monitor the audio during recording, playback, and editing. (Non-audio signals are muted.) The monitored channel is selected by the AUDIO MONITOR SEL button (see page 22) and MONITOR switch (see page 22).

Adjust the volume with the knob. You can also cause this to simultaneously adjust the output volume from the AUDIO MONITOR OUT connector on the rear panel. To do this, in the setup menu, set extended menu item 114 “AUDIO MONITOR OUTPUT LEVEL” to “var.”

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