Operating Instructions

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Directivity of the microphone is interlocked with the zoom operation. Sounds near the front of

the unit are recorded more clearly if you zoom in (close-up) and surrounding sounds are

recorded more realistically if you zoom out (wide angle).

≥ Switch to manual mode. (l 65)

When recording, the input level from the built-in microphones and the external microphone

terminal can be adjusted.

≥ Switch to manual mode. (l 65)

1 Select the menu.

(When [SETr ]/[SET] is selected)

Touch / to adjust.

≥ Touch to activate/disactivate AGC. When AGC is

activated, the icon is surrounded by yellow and the

amount of sound distortion can be reduced. When

AGC is disactivated, natural recording can be

performed.

≥ Adjust the microphone input level so that the last

2 bars of the gain value are not red. (Otherwise, the

sound is distorted.) Select a lower setting for

microphone input level.

3 Touch [ENTER] to set the microphone input level and then touch [EXIT].

≥ (Microphone input level meter) appears on the screen.

≥ When switching to intelligent auto mode, the setting is fixed to [AUTO] and cannot be

changed.

≥ When [ZOOM MIC] is [ON], the volume will be different depending on the zoom rate.

≥ The microphone input level meter shows the larger of the inputs from the 2 built-in

microphones.

≥ You cannot record with the audio completely muted.

[ZOOM MIC]

: [RECORD SETUP] # [ZOOM MIC] # [ON]

[MIC LEVEL]

: [RECORD SETUP] # [MIC LEVEL] # desired setting

[AUTO]: AGC is activated, and the recording level is adjusted

automatically.

[SETr ]/[SET]: The desired recording level can be set.

A Left

B Right

C Microphone input level