Chapter 2 Recording and Playback
Chapter 2
Recording and Playback
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Select the audio mode.
Press the AUDIO REC SELECT button to select the desired mode.
Each selection is shown by lit indicators in the AUDIO MODE
display.
Cautions
• In the DVCAM format, there are two audio recording modes, with
either two channels at 48 kHz or four channels at 32 kHz. It is not
possible to select other modes (for example with four channels at 48
kHz).
• During editing, if a signal used in assemble or insert editing is in a
different mode from the base tape, the signals will be discontinuous at
the edit points, and correct editing will not be obtained. For this
reason, audio editing between different modes is inhibited on this
unit.
For smooth editing operations, check the audio recording mode of the
base tape beforehand.
• The audio mode selecting operation is only possible when the unit is
in EE mode.
• Once you have started recording, you cannot change the audio mode
selection.
• If on a tape there is a point where the audio mode is switched, you
cannot perform an insert editing on that tape.
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Use the AUDIO INPUT LEVEL control knobs to adjust audio input
levels.
Watching the audio level meter, adjust the level so that the meter does
not indicate higher values than 0 dB when the audio signal is at its
maximum.
When the level exceeds 0 dB, the OVER indicator lights.
The factory-preset audio recording level is –20 dB (DSR-85) or
–18 dB (DSR-85P). This setting can be changed to –12 dB using the
AUDIO CONTROL menu item.
On how to use the menu, see Chapter 4 “Menu Settings”.
Audio mode
Lit indicator in AUDIO MODE display
2-channel mode
2CH and Fs48k
4-channel mode
4CH and Fs32k
