User's Manual

Basic Operation
After following the above Initial Setup, you should be ready to start
recording. The following setup is for cameras that only have Auto Gain
Control (AGC) with no manual settings.
1) Turn the adapter POWER switch ON. The POWER LED should
light green indicating good battery voltage.
2) Adjust the LEFT and RIGHT level controls until the level indicators
flash green while capturing audio. Continue increasing the levels
until the indicators just start flashing red. This will provide a good
signal level to the camera and still offer plenty of headroom for
higher transient signals. If the level indicator stays red, reduce the
signal level until it only intermittently flashes red.
See “How to Setup Audio Bracketing” under Advanced
Operations for a handy pro tip when using a single mic.
3) Adjust the VOLUME control for the headphones to a comfortable
listening level.
4) Turn on the camera and do a test recording and then play back the
audio from the camera to determine if the captured audio is
acceptable.
See “Playback Monitoring” to learn how to hear playback audio
from the adapter if your camera does not have a headphone jack.
5) The Auto Gain Control (AGC) in the camera will vary the amount of
gain depending upon the input signal level. During quiet moments,
the AGC will increase the gain, which will also increase the amount
of hiss from the camera preamplifiers.
See “Using Cameras that have Manual Audio Controls” under
Advanced Operations to reduce this problem.
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