Using Line Input Or An External Microphone Connected To An Input Terminal; Adjusting The Microphone's Sensitivity (Input Terminals) - Canon XA60 Instruction Manual

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Recording Audio
Using Line Input or an External Microphone Connected to an INPUT
Terminal
1 Set the INPUT terminal ON/OFF switch to ON.
2 Set the sensitivity selection switches for INPUT 1/
INPUT 2 to LINE or MIC.
• To supply a microphone with phantom power, set the
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switch to MIC+48V instead. Make sure to connect the
microphone first, before turning the phantom power on.
Keep the microphone connected when turning off the
phantom power.
To record the same audio input to two audio channels
By default, when using the INPUT terminals, each audio input is recorded to a separate audio channel
(INPUT 1 to CH1 and INPUT 2 to CH2). If necessary (for example, as an audio backup recording), you
can record the audio input into the INPUT 1 terminal to both audio channels, CH1 and CH2. In that
case, you can adjust the audio recording levels of each channel independently of each other.
1 Select [CH2 Input].
>
[C ! Audio Setup]
2 Select the desired option and then select [X].
Options
[
INPUT 2]:
[
INPUT 1]:
NOTES
• Even if you select [
audio level switch and dial for INPUT 2.

Adjusting the Microphone's Sensitivity (INPUT terminals)

When one of the audio channels is set to the INPUT terminals and the corresponding sensitivity
selection switch is set to MIC or MIC+48V, you can select the external microphone's sensitivity.
1 Select the desired INPUT terminal's sensitivity.
>
[C ! Audio Setup]
2 Select the desired option and then select [X].
• You can select one of 5 sensitivity levels from –12 dB to +12 dB.
>
[CH2 Input]
Records audio to each channel separately. Audio input into INPUT 1 is recorded to
CH1, while audio input into INPUT 2 is recorded to CH2.
Audio input into INPUT 1 is recorded to both channels. Audio input into INPUT 2
will not be recorded.
INPUT 1], the audio recording level for channel 2 will be determined by the
>
[INPUT 1 Mic Trimming] or [INPUT 2 Mic Trimming]

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