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Using headphones – Canon HG20 User Manual

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52

Manual Adjustment of the Audio
Recording Level

1

Press

to display the joystick

guide.

If [

MIC] does not appear on the

joystick guide, repeatedly push the
joystick (

) toward [Next] to display

it.

2

Push the joystick (

) toward

[

MIC].

The manual adjustment icon

will

appear to the left of the audio level
indicator and the manual adjustment
bar (orange) will appear below it.

3

Adjust (

) the audio level as

necessary.

As a guideline, adjust the audio
recording level so that the audio level
meter will go to the right of the
-12 dB mark only occasionally.

4

Press

to save the setting and

hide the joystick guide.

• The audio level selected will be

locked and the audio level
adjustment bar will disappear from
the indicator.

• During manual adjustment, press

and push the joystick (

)

toward [

MIC] to return the

camcorder to automatic audio
adjustment.

Usually, the audio level indicator will be
displayed only after activating the
manual adjustment of the audio
recording level. You can choose to
display it also when the audio level is
adjusted automatically.

[

Menu]

[Audio Level Indicator]

[On]

NOTES

• When the 0 dB mark turns red, the

sound may be distorted.

• If the audio level is too high and the

sound gets distorted, activate the
microphone attenuator (

92).

• We recommend using headphones

(

52) to check the sound level while

adjusting the audio recording level or
when the microphone attenuator is
activated.

Using Headphones

Use headphones for playback or to
check the audio level while recording.
The headphones are connected to the
AV OUT/

terminal, which is used for

both the headphones and the audio/
video output. Before connecting the
headphones, follow the procedure
below to change the function of the
terminal from AV output to

(headphones) output.

Audio level indicator

Audio level adjustment bar

Manual audio level adjustment

T

O

DISPLAY

THE

AUDIO

LEVEL

METER

FUNC.

FUNC.

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