User's Manual

Notes on Getting the Best Audio Performance
The most common problem in recording professional audio on today’s
DSLR cameras is the hiss generated by the camera preamplifiers. You
will never completely eliminate all hiss, which is normal, but you can
reduce it so that it is no longer a problem.
The most important thing to remember when recording audio is to set the
audio levels correctly as explained in this manual.
Setting the levels too low will give you a poor signal-to-noise ratio and
lead to poor results. Also, setting the levels too high will cause clipping
and distortion. Having the proper levels will ensure that good clean audio
signals are being sent to the camera for the highest quality audio.
You should use a quality professional microphone, and proper mic
placement and techniques for optimum results.
Playback Monitoring
To monitor audio from the camera during playback you will need to use
the second SC35 cable that came with the adapter. Connect this cable
between the phone out on the camera (if it has this feature) and the
MONITOR IN on the adapter. Set the MONITOR switch to PLAY.
Alternatively, you can also connect the AV Output form the camera using
the appropriate AV cables and adapters.
You can now play back the clip and hear the audio through your
headphones connected to PHONE output on the adapter.
Note that the playback audio may appear to have an excessive amount
of hiss. This is normal since the signal is passing through the relatively
noisy analog circuitry of the camera and headphone amplifier. This is not
representative of the actual recorded digital file.
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