Recording With An External Microphone - Sony PCM-D50 Operating Instructions Manual

The recorder stands by for recording, and
appears on the display. Sounds for
the last 5 seconds are buffered in the
memory.
Number of seconds to be
buffered in the memory
5
Press the  PLAY/ENTER (or  PAUSE)
button
The standby for recording mode is
released, and recording starts. Sounds
are saved for the 5 seconds prior to the
point the button is pressed.
Notes
When the remaining recordable time is less than 10

seconds, the pre-recording function is disabled.
During digital recording, the pre-recording function

is disabled.
If it does not take 5 seconds between steps 4 and

5, prerecording is done only for these seconds.
Recording with an external
microphone
You can connect an optional external
microphone to the recorder.
1
Connect an external microphone to the
 (microphone) jack of the recorder,
and adjust the position of the
microphone. For the characteristics of the
microphone, refer to the operating
instructions supplied with it.
External microphone
(not supplied)
When you connect an external
microphone to the  (microphone) jack
of the recorder in stop mode, the PLUG
IN PWR menu is displayed. To use a plug
in power microphone, select "ON." If you
select "OFF," the plug in power function is
disabled.
2
Follow steps 1 and 7 of "Recording using
the built-in microphones" (pages 23 and
24) to start recording.
Notes
When an external microphone is connected to the


(microphone) jack of the recorder, the built-in
microphones cannot be used for recording.
When "PLUG IN PWR" is set to "ON, " the recorder

supplies power to a connected plug-in power
microphone.
Continued on the next page

to the
jack
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