Adjusting Recording Levels; Selecting The External Device Used For Controlling Recording Operations; Recording Analog Audio - Sony MAV-555SS Operation Manual

CH2: Audio monitor output. Same as the Rch signal.
CH3: No output.
CH4: No output.
To adjust the volume of the audio output from the
PHONES jack
Turn the PHONES control.

4-1-6 Adjusting Recording Levels

Note
Before performing the following operation, please select
the applicable ports.
To adjust the recording level
When recording with a reference level
Press the AUDIO REC/PB LEVEL adjustment control, so
that the PRESET indicator lights. The audio signal is
recorded at the preset reference level (shown as reference
0 dB for an input of +4 dBm).
To record with manual adjustment
For each channel, press the AUDIO REC/PB LEVEL
adjustment control, so that the PRESET indicator goes off,
then adjust so that the average sound level produces an
indication on the level meter close to the 0 dB reference.
Changing the display range of the audio
level meters
By pressing the FULL/FINE button, you can switch the
audio level meter display range.
FULL display mode:
the meter display range is -60 dB to 0 dB or -40 dB to
+20 dB.
FINE display mode:
the meter display is enlarged, and a reference marker
lights in the center of the meter, with the display in 0.25
dB steps.
To select the display range in the FULL mode, use Expansion menu
item 802. See Section 3-4-3, "Contents of the Expansion Menu"
(page 3-26).
4-1-7 Selecting the External Device
Used for Controlling
Recording Operations
Use the following procedure to determine whether you
should use the optional control panel (BKMA-505) or an
external unit when recording with the MAV-555SS.
1
With the PORT SELECT buttons, select the recording
port to which the setting applies.
2
Press the REMOTE button, turning it on or off.
When lit:
The unit is controlled from the external unit
connected to the REMOTE IN (P1/P2) connector
on the unit's rear connector panel.
When off:
This unit is controlled from the optional control
panel (BKMA-505).

4-1-8 Recording Analog Audio

Using the emphasis function
To record audio signals input to the ANALOG AUDIO
INPUT connectors of the BKMA-570 (optional), you can
use the emphasis function.
To activate the emphasis function, set EMPHASIS ON in
the Expansion menu (883 and 884).
For details of the Expansion menu, see Section 3-4-3, "Contents of
the Expansion Menu" (page 3-26).
On playback, for a signal to which emphasis has been
applied, regardless of the setting of the EMPHASIS
switch, de-emphasis processing is automatically applied.
Further, when recording digital audio signals (SDI or
AES/EBU), emphasis is set automatically according to the
input signal emphasis information. With this unit, this
information cannot be changed.
4-1 Preparations for Recording
4-3 (E)