Panasonic HDC-SD40 Owner's Manual page 57

[MIC LEVEL]
When recording, the input level from the built-in microphones can be adjusted.
≥ Switch to Manual Mode. (l 59)
1 Select the menu.
: [RECORD SETUP] # [MIC LEVEL] # desired setting
[AUTO]:
[SETr ]:
[SET]:
r
2
(When [SET
Press 2/1 to adjust.
≥ Adjust the microphone input level so that the
last 2 bars of the gain value are not red.
(Otherwise, the sound is distorted.) Select a
lower setting for microphone input level.
3 Press the ENTER button to determine
the microphone input level and then
press the MENU button.
≥
(Microphone input level meter)
appears on the screen.
≥ When switching to Intelligent Auto Mode, the setting is fixed to [AUTO] and cannot be
changed.
≥ The microphone input level meter shows the larger of the inputs from the 2 built-in
microphones.
≥ You cannot record with the audio completely muted.
[QUALITY]
Selecting the picture quality.
: [PICTURE] # [QUALITY] # desired setting
: Still pictures with a high picture quality are recorded.
: Priority is given to the number of still pictures recorded. Still pictures are recorded
in normal picture quality.
AGC is activated, and the recording level is adjusted
automatically.
The desired recording level can be set.
AGC is activated, reducing noise.
The desired recording level can be set.
You will be able to record natural-sounding audio.
]/[SET] is selected)
A Left
B Right
C Microphone input level
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