Sony HDV HVR-1500 Operating Instructions Manual page 15

B Audio input/output level control section
1 REC/PB LEVEL control knobs
REC/PB LEVEL
1 2
VARIABLE
REC
PB
2 VARIABLE switch
a REC/PB LEVEL (recording/playback audio level)
control knobs
These knobs used to control audio levels function
differently depending on the setting of the VARIABLE
switch as follows.
VARIABLE Functions of control knobs
switch setting
PRESET Control knobs are not effective.
The analog audio input/output levels are
set to the reference level set with the
LEVEL SELECT menu item (see
page 82).
REC Control the analog/digital audio input
levels on channels 1 to 4 during
recording.
PB Control the analog/digital audio output
levels on channels 1 to 4 during
playback.
b VARIABLE switch
Use to switch the way in which the REC/PB LEVEL
control knobs function.
Notes
• When selecting an i.LINK(HDV) input to record signals
in HDV format, it is not possible to adjust the audio
recording levels.
• The i.LINK output audio signal levels cannot be
adjusted with the REC/PB LEVEL control knobs.
However, when converting a tape recorded in HDV
format to the DVCAM/DV format using the i.LINK
output, the adjustments of the PB LEVEL are reflected.
3 4
PRESET
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