Sony DVCAM DSR-70A Operating Instructions Manual page 116

Extended Menu
Item number Item name
INTERNAL AUDIO
808
SIGNAL
GENERATOR
811 AUDIO
REFERENCE
LEVEL
812 AUDIO OUTPUT
LEVEL
813 PEAK HOLD TIME Set the peak hold time for the audio level meter in the range of OFF (no peak hold) to
814 OVER RANGE
DISPLAY HOLD
821 AUDIO
ATTENUATE
WHEN DV TAPE
PLAYBACK
Item number Item name
912 SEQUENTIAL
RECORD INPUT
SIGNAL
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Chapter 7 Setup Menu
Menu items in the 800s, relating to audio control (continued)
Settings
Select the operation of the internal audio test signal generator.
SILNC: Silent signal.
1kHz : 1-kHz, –20 dB FS sine wave signal.
When you select SG as the audio input in the input selection section of the upper control
panel, the audio test signal generated by the internal audio test signal generator is input.
Select the audio reference level (headroom) for recording on tape.
–12dB
–16dB
–18dB
–20dB
The factory default setting is –20 dB (DSR-70A)/–18 dB (DSR-70AP).
Select the audio output reference level.
+4dB
0dB
–6dB
1.5 seconds in 0.1 second steps.
Select whether to hold the audio level meter OVER display.
OFF: Do not hold.
ON: Hold.
When playing back a tape recorded in consumer DV format, select whether to attenuate
the audio output level.
OFF: Attenuate.
ON: Do not attenuate.
Menu items in the 900s, relating to digital process
Settings
Selects the signal input method for sequential recording on the recorder and player.
PAR: The video and audio signals you will record are input to the recorder and player
separately.
CAS: The video and audio signals you will record are input to the player, and input to
the recorder as output signals from the player.