Panasonic HDC-SD90 Owner's Manual page 67

[ZOOM MIC]
Directivity of the microphone is synchronized with the zoom operation. Sounds near the front
of the unit are recorded more clearly if you zoom in (close-up) and surrounding sounds are
recorded more realistically if you zoom out (wide angle).
≥ Switch to Manual Mode. (l 73)
: [RECORD SETUP] # [ZOOM MIC] # [ON]
MENU
[MIC LEVEL]
When recording, the input level from the built-in microphones and the external microphone
terminal can be adjusted.
≥ Switch to Manual Mode. (l 73)
1 Select the menu.
: [RECORD SETUP] # [MIC LEVEL] # desired setting
MENU
[AUTO]:
[SETr ]/[SET]:
2
(When [SETr
Touch /
≥ Touch
to activate/disactivate AGC.
When AGC is activated, the icon is surrounded by
yellow and the amount of sound distortion can be
reduced. When AGC is disactivated, natural recording
can be performed.
≥ Adjust the microphone input level so that the last
2 bars of the gain value are not red. (Otherwise, the
sound is distorted.) Select a lower setting for
microphone input level.
3 Touch [ENTER] to set the microphone input level and then touch [EXIT].
≥
(Microphone input level meter) appears on the screen.
≥ When switching to Intelligent Auto Mode, the setting is fixed to [AUTO] and cannot be
changed.
≥ When [ZOOM MIC] is [ON], the volume will be different depending on the zoom rate.
≥ The microphone input level meter shows the larger of the inputs from the 2 built-in
microphones.
≥ You cannot record with the audio completely muted.
AGC is activated, and the recording level is adjusted
automatically.
The desired recording level can be set.
]/[SET] is selected)
to adjust.
A Left
B Right
C Microphone input level
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