Sony PMW320K Product Manual (PMW320 Operating Instruction) - Page 60
Recording Audio on Channels 3 and 4, Correspondence between recording level
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Chapter 3 Adjustments and Settings 3 Turn the MIC LEVEL control, and adjust so that the audio level meter shows up to -20 dB for a normal input volume. Correspondence between recording level adjustments and audio level controls On MAINTENANCE >Audio in the setup menu, you can select which audio level control controls the audio recording level of the front microphone input. The correspondences between the settings of the menu items and the controls are as follows. MIC CH1 Level: Channel 1 recording level Setting Side1 Front Front+Side1 Knob LEVEL (CH1) knob MIC LEVEL knob LEVEL (CH1) knob and MIC LEVEL knob (linked operation) MIC CH2 Level: Channel 2 recording level Setting Side2 Front Front+Side2 Knob LEVEL (CH2) knob MIC LEVEL knob LEVEL (CH2) knob and MIC LEVEL knob (linked operation) Note When you have operation of the MIC LEVEL control and LEVEL (CH-1/CH-2) controls linked together, if the LEVEL (CH-1/CH-2) controls are set to 0, the audio signals on channels 1 and 2 cannot be recorded. Check the position of the LEVEL (CH-1/CH-2) controls before adjusting the MIC LEVEL control. Recording Audio on Channels 3 and 4 Selecting the recorded audio You can select the audio recorded on audio channels 3 and 4 with the AUDIO IN CH3/CH4 switches. CH3 switch FRONT REAR WIRELESS Channel 3 recording target Front microphone audio Audio signal input to AUDIO IN CH1 connector Wireless microphone audio CH4 switch FRONT REAR WIRELESS Channel 4 recording target Front microphone audio Audio signal input to AUDIO IN CH2 connector Wireless microphone audio You can have the selection made automatically, as follows. To automatically select the same audio as on channels 1 and 2 Set MAINTENANCE >Audio >Audio CH3/4 Mode of the setup menu to [Ch 1/2]. Adjusting the audio recording levels To adjust automatically Set the AUDIO SELECT CH 3-4 switch to AUTO. To adjust manually 1 Set the AUDIO SELECT CH 3-4 switch to MANUAL. 2 Select the knobs that adjust the audio levels with the Audio CH3 Level and Audio CH4 Level items under MAINTENANCE >Audio in the setup menu. Audio CH3 Level: Channel 3 recording level Setting Side3 Front Front+Side3 Knob LEVEL (CH3) knob MIC LEVEL knob LEVEL (CH3) knob and MIC LEVEL knob (linked operation) Audio CH4 Level: Channel 4 recording level 60 Adjusting the Audio Level