- 59 -Directivity of the microphone is interlocked with the zoom operation. Sounds near the front ofthe unit are recorded more clearly if you zoom in (close-up) and surrounding sounds arerecorded more realistically if you zoom out (wide angle).≥ Switch to manual mode. (l 65)When recording, the input level from the built-in microphones and the external microphoneterminal can be adjusted.≥ Switch to manual mode. (l 65)1 Select the menu.2 (When [SETr ]/[SET] is selected)Touch / to adjust.≥ Touch to activate/disactivate AGC. When AGC isactivated, the icon is surrounded by yellow and theamount of sound distortion can be reduced. WhenAGC is disactivated, natural recording can beperformed.≥ Adjust the microphone input level so that the last2 bars of the gain value are not red. (Otherwise, thesound is distorted.) Select a lower setting formicrophone 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 bechanged.≥ 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-inmicrophones.≥ You cannot record with the audio completely muted.[ZOOM MIC]: [RECORD SETUP] # [ZOOM MIC] # [ON][MIC LEVEL]: [RECORD SETUP] # [MIC LEVEL] # desired setting[AUTO]: AGC is activated, and the recording level is adjustedautomatically.[SETr ]/[SET]: The desired recording level can be set.MENUMENUA LeftB RightC Microphone input level
