Adjusting The Recording Level - Sony SRW-5000 Operation Manual

This setting can also be made using the VTR
SETUP menu items 807 "AUDIO MONITOR-L
select" and 808 "AUDIO MONITOR-R select".
To adjust the audio output level of the
PHONES jack
Rotate the PHONES level control on the upper control
panel.
Selecting non-audio data as the audio
input signal
Do the procedure below to select non-audio data such
1)
as a Dolby E or Dolby Digital (AC-3
audio input signal. Use the VTR SETUP menu item
831 "NON AUDIO SELECT" to select the audio input
signal.
Notes
The following processing are performed for the
selected channels.
• For the input signal, the setting of the VTR SETUP
menu item 831 "NON AUDIO SELECT" takes
precedence over that of the menu item 830 "AUDIO
INPUT SELECT ".
• For the audio level meters, the whole region lights.
Also, below the input signal display, the word
"DATA" appears in white.
• The analog audio outputs (main line/monitor/
headphones) are muted.
• The audio recording level adjustment itself is possible
for the channel for which "NON AUDIO" is selected,
but the setting does not affect the recording or
playback of DATA.
• Non-audio input channels are selected in stereo pairs.
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1) Dolby is a trademark of Dolby Laboratories.
2) AC-3 is a trademark of Dolby Laboratories.
5-1-3 Adjusting the Recording
Level

Adjusting the recording level

1
Press the REC LEVEL button at the upper left of
the control panel, to enter the REC LEVEL
adjustment mode.
A vertical red line appears at the left of the audio
level meter for each channel, indicating the REC
LEVEL adjustment mode.
2)
) signal as the
The adjustment cannot be made with the VIDEO
menu and the VTR SETUP menu.
2
Press the button for the channel for which you
want to carry out the adjustment (common with
MONITOR L), to make the channel active.
An orange border appears around the audio level
meter, indicating that it is active.
3
Make the adjustment, using the cursor buttons.
Escaping from the REC LEVEL adjustment
mode
Press the REC LEVEL mode button at the upper left of
the control panel once more. The vertical red line at
the left of the audio level meter for each channel
disappears or turns white.
Recording at the reference level
In the REC LEVEL adjustment mode, make the
channel active, then press the MULTI CONTROL
knob. The setting becomes the reference value. Press
once more to return to the immediately previous value.
Press once more again to return to the reference value.
You can also return to the reference value with the
center cursor button. When you exit the REC LEVEL
adjustment mode, a vertical white line on the left of the
audio level meter is not displayed.
Note
Chapter 5 Recording/Playback
5-3