How to Turn On Canon XH A1 XLR Inputs

"Now I'm going to introduce to you the part on your Canon XH A1where you'll be connecting most of your external audio. This is what I recommend using instead of the mic terminal. You can see we've got two XLR inputs right here, and that's what an XLR looks like, should definitely get really familiar with that when you're working with a lot of audio. We've got a bunch of switches right here, let me just introduce those. We've got a switch between line and mic. If you're using these you want to be switched to mic. Channel one and then channel one and two. Basically, you can choose to record, if you only have one input into one channel, or you can make that a stereo recording and duplicate the audio, also be using this when we record separate channels. Over here is the, micontinuator, and basically, if you're in a really loud situation and your audio levels are peaking, turn this on, it's off in that position, on in that position, and it will reduce the audio levels by 20 decibels and hopefully give you better levels. Also, we've also got a couple of switches over here which we will be talking about in a second. First, let me show you how to turn on this XLR input. Basically, you have to go into the menu and the let your XH A1know that you do not want that on-board microphone on any more, you want that XLR on. So, hit your menu button, and going back down to the audio set-up. It's right here, XLR input, and you just have to turn it on and there you go; now you're set. You can see we've got a little indicator that our XLR is on, on our display, once we plug a mic in we'll actually get some levels. Just remember if you ever want to switch back to your on-board, and you don't know why you're getting any sound, this is probably why. You have to go back into the menu and turn that off. Let's get started connecting some external microphones."