Basic Operation
After following the above Initial Setup, you should be ready to
start recording.
1)
Turn the adapter PWR switch ON. The power LED should
light green indicating good battery voltage. Red indicates
low battery warning.
2)
Adjust the LEFT and RIGHT level controls to give you an
average reading
of about -12dB on the VU Meter. This will
provide a good signal level to the camera and still offer
plenty of headroom for higher transient signals. The limiter
LED’s will flash red when the limiters are activated by
excessively loud audio signals
3)
Adjust the VOLUME control for the headphones to a
comfortable listening level.
4)
Turn on the camera and do a test recording and then play
back the audio from the camera to determine if the
captured audio is acceptable. Set the MONITOR switch to
PLAY to hear the playback audio from the camera.
5)
The Auto Gain Control (AGC) in the camera will vary the
amount of gain depending upon the input signal level.
During quiet moments, the AGC will increase the gain,
which will also increase the amount of hiss from the
camera preamplifiers. See “Using the AGC DSBL Feature”
under Advanced Operations to reduce this problem.
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