Canon LEGRIA HV40 Instruction Manual download pdf (Page 60)

Other Functions

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Audio Recording Level

You can adjust the audio recording level

for the built-in or for an external

microphone. You can display the audio

level indicator while recording or playing

back the tape.

Manual Adjustment of the Audio Recording

Level

POINTS TO CHECK

Mode switch:

1 If the joystick guide does not appear

on screen, press ( ) to display it.

2 Push the joystick ( ) toward

[MIC].

• If [ MIC] does not appear on the

joystick guide, repeatedly push the

joystick ( ) toward [NEXT] to display

the joystick guide in the illustration

above.

• The manual adjustment icon will

appear to the left of the audio level

indicator and the manual adjustment

bar (green) will appear below it.

3 Adjust ( ) the audio level as

necessary.

• Push the joystick ( ) toward to

raise the audio recording level or push

it ( ) toward to lower it.

• As a guideline, adjust the audio

recording level so that the audio level

meter will go to the right of the -12 dB

mark only occasionally.

• When the 0 dB mark turns red, the

sound may be distorted.

4 Press ( ) to save the setting and

hide the joystick guide.

T

O

USE

THE

MICROPHONE

ATTENUATOR

If the audio level is too high and the

sound gets distorted, activate the

microphone attenuator by setting [MIC

ATT.] to [ ON] ( 37).

NOTES

The audio recording level can be adjusted

only while the green adjustment bar appears

under the audio level indicator. To avoid

changing the level by mistake, after you

manually adjust the audio recording level be

sure to press ( ) to hide the joystick guide.

When the mode switch is set to , the

camcorder will adjust the audio level

automatically.

We recommend using headphones ( 28)

to check the sound level while adjusting the

audio recording level or when the microphone

attenuator is activated.

Displaying the Audio Level Indicator

Usually, the audio level indicator will be

displayed only after the manual

adjustment of the audio recording level.

With the procedure below, you can

display the audio level indicator also

when the audio level is adjusted

automatically or during playback.

POINTS TO CHECK

(8)

Audio level indicator

Audio level adjustment bar

Manual audio level adjustment

(8)

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