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RECORDING
PORTADISC MDP500 MiniDisc Recorder
1. Press the INPUT button once to recall ‘SOURCE’
mode in order to select the correct input source
settings.
2. Press F1 and F3 to choose ‘MIC’. Then press F2 to
confirm.
You can select the input source for both left and right
channels individually:
SOURCE mode Input source setting for left & right
OFF Input source off
MIC External microphone
LINE Line input
DIGITAL Digital input
INTMIC Internal microphone
Once your input source is selected as ‘MIC’, the
following settings will also be available by scrolling
through the INPUT menu pages (by pressing INPUT):
MIC ATTENUATION MODE
In ‘MIC-Att’ mode, you can select the attenuation to be
applied to the external microphones. Use this mode
when using high output microphones.
1. Press the INPUT button once again to recall
‘MIC-Att’ mode:
2. Press F1 and F3 to choose the attenuation from
‘0’, ‘-15dB’, and ‘-30dB’. Then press F2 to confirm.
MIC-Att mode Attenuation setting
0dB No attenuation
-15dB 15dB attenuation
-30dB 30dB attenuation
BASSCUT MODE
With this mode you can select the bass roll-off
frequency. Use this mode to minimise rumble, wind
noise or humming induced by a power source.
1. Press the INPUT button once again to recall
‘BASSCUT’ mode:
2. Press F1 and F3 to choose the bass cut frequency
from ‘OFF’, ‘75Hz’, and ‘150Hz’. Then press F2 to
confirm.
BASSCUT mode Bass cut setting
OFF Off
75Hz Attenuate below 75Hz
150Hz Attenuate below 150Hz
LIMITER MODE
This mode selects the limiter function and automatic
gain control. In ‘GANGED’ mode, limiting on either
channel will affect the other channel by the same
amount, thereby maintaining the stereo image.
1. Press the INPUT button once again to recall
‘LIMITER’ mode:
2. Press F1 and F3 to choose the limiter setting from
‘ON’, ‘OFF’, ‘GANGED’, and ‘AGC’. Then press F2 to
confirm.
LIMITER mode Limiter setting
ON On
OFF Off
GANGED Ganged limiter applied
AGC Automatic gain control (REC
LEVEL control is bypassed)
The Automatic Gain Control function automatically sets
the record level of an analog input in order to achieve
an optimum signal level. In this mode, the record level
control is bypassed.
NOTE – If one channel is set to GANGED or AGC, then
the other channel is automatically set to the same. If
you subsequently decide to set either channel to limiter
‘ON’ or ‘OFF’, you will need to select ‘ON’ or ‘OFF’ for
both channels using F1 and F3 before setting this with
the F2 button.
PHANTOM MODE
The PORTADISC can supply +48V phantom power to
the external microphones.
1. Press the INPUT button once again to recall
‘PHANTOM’ mode:
2. Press F1 and F3 to choose the phantom power
setting from ‘ON’ or ‘OFF’. Then press F2 to
confirm.
PHANTOM mode Phantom power setting
ON On
OFF Off
RECORDING FROM A MICROPHONE
INPUT-L SOURCE INPUT-R
MIC SET MIC
INPUT-L MIC-Att INPUT-R
0dB SET 0dB
INPUT-L BASSCUT INPUT-R
OFF SET OFF
INPUT-L LIMITER INPUT-R
ON SET ON
INPUT-L PHANTOM INPUT-R
ON SET ON
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