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Turn the built-in or external microphones on or off or adjust microphone sensitivity.

Microphone sensitivity can be adjusted by holding the button and rotating a command dial.

Choose a setting between 1 and 20. The higher the value, the higher the sensitivity; the lower the value, the lower the sensitivity.
Select "auto" to adjust sensitivity automatically.
To disable audio recording, choose [Microphone off].

Microphone Sensitivity

If the sound level is displayed in red, the volume is too high. Reduce microphone sensitivity.

Using an External Microphone

Audio can be recorded with videos using external microphones with 3.5 mm mini-jack plugs connected to the camera's microphone connector.
Use [Mic jack plug-in power] in the video recording menu to choose whether the power for the external microphone is supplied by the camera (see this section).

Enable the attenuator to reduce microphone gain and prevent audio distortion when filming in loud environments.

Settings can be adjusted using [Attenuator] in the video recording menu.

Choose the range of frequencies to which built-in and external microphones respond.

Settings can be adjusted using [Frequency response] in the video recording menu.

[Wide range]: Record a wide range of frequencies. Choose for everything from music to the bustling hum of a city street.
[Vocal range]: Choose for human voices.

Enable the low-cut filter to reduce noise caused by wind blowing over the built-in microphone.

Settings can be adjusted using [Wind noise reduction] in the video recording menu.

Wind Noise Reduction

Note that other sounds may also be affected when [ON] is selected.
Selecting [ON] for [Wind noise reduction] has no effect on optional stereo microphones. Wind-noise reduction for optional stereo microphones that support this feature can be enabled or disabled using microphone controls.

Choose whether the camera powers external microphones.

Settings can be adjusted using [Mic jack plug-in power] in the video recording menu.

The camera does not provide power to external microphones when [OFF] is selected.
To prevent noise from interference generated by the power supply, we recommend turning plug-in power [OFF] when using microphones that do not require plug-in power.
For information on whether your microphone requires plug-in power, consult the manufacturer.

Adjust headphone volume.

Settings can be adjusted using [Headphone volume] in the video recording menu.

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