User Guide

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This option can be changed in the configuration tool as well as in the HandHeld Main Menu. To check the
current gain level slide the record switch in the upward position. The display shows “pre-recording”, the
LED starts flashing and the peak level indicators represent the incoming audio level.
Manual Gain Control means that the user is able to change the recording level. Use the up button to
increase the audio level, use the down button to decrease the audio level. Make sure that at the end of the
peak meter the overload indicator does not appear and that your average level is around 2/3 of the total
Peakmeter scale.
Automatic Gain Control (AGC) means that the HandHeld does all the gain adjustments automatically all
input levels are recorded on the same average level. So weak audio is amplified, loud audio is tempered. It
does not prevent against possible overload of the microphone inputs, this is the function of the limiter.
Pre-Recording mode has a second function: the pre-record buffering. If enabled (in the current profile) the
HandHeld is capable of recording 2, 5, or 10 seconds in a loop buffer (visible on the display). Once you
start a recording the content of this buffer is copied in front of the recording. This mode is implemented to
prevent tight “in’s” or clipped opening words in hurried recording starts.
Pre-recording / recording
The recording mode can only be entered from pre-record mode ( see previous paragraph).
You can start the actual recording by pressing the MARK button above the record switch.
Figure 8
11. Recording