Sony PMW-EX3 manual Monitoring the Audio, Adjusting the Audio Recording Levels

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			P		Y/BATT	INFO
				IMAGE	DISPLA
			MIRROR
		2		ON
			OFF
CH-1
AUDIO IN
		CH-2
MIC+48V	LINE	MIC
		MIC+48V

4

External microphone

	to AUDIO IN
Recording	Cable clamp
	3

3 Set the corresponding AUDIO IN switch (CH-1 or CH-2) to EXT.

4 Set the corresponding LINE/MIC/+48V switch (CH-1 or CH-2) according to the connected microphone.

MIC: For a microphone that requires no power supply

+48V: For a microphone that requires +48V power supply (such as the ECM-673)

		m
1 1.5 2 3 4 5 7 10 15 20 30	oo

ND1 ++F1.9 18dB SHT:1/2000 CH1

CH2

Audio recording in special recording modes

•No audio recording is made in Interval Recording or Frame Recording.

•No audio recording is made in Slow & Quick recording if the recording frame rate is set to a value different from the playback frame rate.

Monitoring the Audio

You can monitor the sounds being recorded with the headphones connected to the headphone connector (stereo mini jack).

Headphone connector

MONITOR VOL buttons

MONITOR VOL

Adjusting the Audio Recording Levels

You can select automatic or manual adjustment mode independently for each channel.

To adjust the levels automatically (AGC)

When the AUDIO SELECT switches CH-1 and CH-2 are set to AUTO, the audio recording levels are automatically adjusted.

To adjust the levels manually

Set the AUDIO SELECT switches CH-1 and CH- 2 to MANUAL, and adjust the audio recording levels by turning the AUDIO LEVEL controls. The value is set to 0 dB when the control is set to

5.Setting to 10 maximizes the level (+12 dB) and setting to 0 minimizes it (–∞).

The input levels are displayed on the screen when you press the DISPLAY/BATT INFO button.

72Recording Audio Signals

HDV SDIOUT

TCIN	GENLOCKIN
REMOTE
TCOUT

DC IN	MONITOR	S VIDEO
	OUT

Note

The built-in speaker is disabled in Camera mode.

To adjust the audio monitoring volume

Use the MONITOR VOL buttons.

Pressing the + button increases the volume, and pressing the – button decreases it. To muffle the sound, set it to the minimum level.

While you adjust the volume, the level is displayed as a bar on the screen.