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AUDIO LEVEL

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AUTO

MANUAL

AUDIO SELECT

CH-1 CH-2

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1 Select the audio channel that you want to record in.

For details, see “Selection of the recording audio input” on page 43.

2 Set the AUDIO SELECT (CH-1/CH-2) switch(es) corresponding to the audio channel(s) selected in step 1 to MANUAL.

3 With the AUDIO LEVEL knob on the side control panel and the AUDIO LEVEL knob on the front, adjust so that the audio level meter shows up to –20 dB for a normal input volume.

When the AUDIO IN switch is in the FRONT position, the input level of audio channel 1 and 2 is the value of the AUDIO LEVEL knob on the front panel of the unit. When the AUDIO IN switch is in the REAR or WIRELESS position, the level is the value of the AUDIO LEVEL knob on the rear panel of the unit.

You can select the knobs used in adjustments by changing the settings of MIC CH1 LEVEL, MIC CH2 LEVEL, REAR1/WRR LEVEL, and REAR2/WRR LEVEL on the AUDIO-2 page of the MAINTENANCE menu.

When the top bar (0 dB) turns on, the audio level is too high. There is no problem if the second bar from the top turns on.

All bars turn on.

These bars turn on.

Normal input level Excessive input level

To adjust manually the level of audio channel 1 without using the AUDIO LEVEL knob on the front of the camcorder

Set AUDIO CH1 LEVEL to SIDE1 on the AUDIO-1 page of the MAINTENANCE menu.

The setting of the AUDIO LEVEL knob on the front of the camcorder is disabled.

Setting the Time DataTo set the timecode

The timecode setting range is from 00:00:00:00 to 23:59:59:29 (hours: minutes: seconds: frames).

(When the frame frequency is 23.98P: from 00:00:00:00 to 23:59:59:23)

SUB CLIP

 

 

 

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CLIP MENU

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SEL/SET

 

PRESET

F-RUN

 

 

REGEN

SET

 

 

CLOCK

R-RUN

 

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1 Press the DISPLAY/EXPAND button of the LCD monitor so that the status display appears.

2 Press the COUNTER/CHAPTER button of the LCD monitor to display TCG on the time counter display section.

3 Set the PRESET/REGEN/CLOCK switch to PRESET. 4 Set the F-RUN/SET/R-RUN switch to SET.

The first (leftmost) digit of timecode flashes.

5 Use the SEL/SET button (four-way arrow key) to set the timecode value including the last (rightmost) digit of the timecode.

To reset the timecode value to 00:00:00:00, press the RESET button on the right side of the LCD monitor.

Playback and Recording 3 Chapter

Recording – Basic Operations

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