User manual

The Initial Setup menu
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External Audio Stereo • Select if the audio from the currently selected exter-
nal input is standard stereo.
Bilingual Select if each channel carries a separate soundtrack.
When the external audio is from the DV input, an audio subcode channel within the DV audio tells the recorder
whether the audio is stereo or bilingual. This has priority over the setting you make here.
Bilingual Recording A/L • Record the left (A) channel of a bilingual source
when recording to HDD with HDD Recording Format
set to Video Mode On, to DVD in Video mode or in
LPCM mode, from an external source.
B/R As above, but for right (B) channel recording.
When recording bilingual audio to DVD in VR mode (except in LPCM mode), or to HDD with HDD Recording Format
set to Video Mode Off (except in LPCM mode), both audio channels are recorded and you can switch to the one you
want on playback.
DV Input
(DVR-640H-S/
DVR-541H-S only)
Stereo 1 • Select to use the ‘live’ audio track (recorded during
the video shoot) from a camcorder that supports two
stereo audio tracks.
Stereo 2 Select to use the overdubbed audio track from a
camcorder that supports two stereo audio tracks.
Mix Select one of the three settings to use a mix of the
two stereo audio tracks.
Audio Out
Digital Out On • Activates the digital audio output.
Off Deactivates the digital audio output.
When set to Off , all the following Audio Out settings are grayed out.
Dolby Digital Out Dolby Digital • Output a Dolby Digital signal when a Dolby Digital
source is being played.
Dolby Digital 
PCM
Convert Dolby Digital sources to Linear PCM output.
Use if your connected equipment doesn’t have a
Dolby Digital decoder.
Setting
Options Explanation
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