User Manual

Recording Audio
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Recording Audio
You can record audio using the built-in stereo microphone, commercially available external
microphone (INPUT 1/INPUT 2 terminals*, MIC terminal) or line input (INPUT 1/INPUT 2 terminals*).
Using the INPUT 1/INPUT 2 terminals, you can select the audio input independently for channel 1
(CH1) and channel 2 (CH2).
* Only available when the handle unit is attached to the camcorder.
When you are recording AVCHD movies and the recording mode is set to 28 Mbps LPCM or 24 Mbps
LPCM, you can enjoy 2-channel, 16-bit linear PCM audio recording with a sampling frequency of 48
kHz. LPCM audio playback is also available for scenes recorded with those recording modes.
Audio Settings and Recorded Audio Channels
The available audio recording options depend on whether the
handle unit is attached to the camcorder, the position of the
INPUT terminal ON/OFF switch, and whether an audio source is
connected to the MIC terminal.
1
[FUNC.] > [MENU] > p > [CH2 Input] setting.
2
Monaural audio.
Operating modes:
Handle unit
INPUT terminal
ON/OFF switch
position
Audio source
connected to the
MIC terminal
[CH2 Input]
1
Recorded audio channels/audio
sources
CH1 CH2
Attached ON
–
[INPUT 2]
INPUT 1 terminal
INPUT 2 terminal
[INPUT 1] INPUT 1 terminal
Yes
[Built-in
Mic/MIC]
MIC terminal
2
No
Built-in
microphone
2
Attached OFF
Yes
–
MIC terminal (L) MIC terminal (R)
Not attached –
Attached OFF
No
Built-in
microphone (L)
Built-in
Microphone (R)
Not attached –