Axis P1365 Mk II - Audio Input and Output Configuration; Audio Input Settings; Audio Output Gain Control

AXISP1365MkIINetworkCamera
VideoandAudio
AudioInput
AnexternalmicrophoneoralinesourcecanbeconnectedtotheAudio-inconnector.ConguretheaudioinputsettingsunderVideo
&Audio>AudioSettings.
Note
Theinternalmicrophoneisusedbydefault;theexternalmicrophoneisusedwhenconnected.Itispossibletodisablethe
internalmicrophonebyconnectingaplugtothemicinput.
SelectMicrophonetouseanexternalmicrophoneorLinetouseaLineindevice,e.g.anaudiomixerformultiplemicrophones
oramicrophonewithabuilt-inamplier,asaudiosource.
Selectthe+30dBmicrophoneboostoptiontoamplifythesignaloftheexternalmicrophoneconnectedtotheAxisproduct.
Microphoneboostoptionisusefulwhenamicrophone'svolumeistoolowandyouwanttoincreaseit.Thisoptionisnotavailable
whentheLinesourceisselected
TheMicrophonepoweroptionprovidesDCpowerforanexternalmicrophone.Microphonepowershouldonlybeusedwith
microphonesthathavenobatteryandwhenusingtheinternalmicrophone.Thissettingshouldnotbeenabledwhenusingadynamic
orbatterypoweredmicrophone.Microphonepowerwillnotharmthemicrophone;ifyouareuncertain,tryswitchingitoffandon.
Touseaprofessionalmicrophonerequiring48Vphantompower,youneedanexternalpowersupplyandabalanced-unbalanced
converter(audiotransformer)inbetween.
UsetheInputgaintocontrolthevolumeoftheaudioinput.Ifthesoundistoolow,chooseahigherdBvalue,toamplifythe
sound.Ifthesoundistoohigh,choosealowerdBvalue.TheLevelbargivesavisualrepresentationoftheaudiosignallevelindB
relativetothefull-scaleinputlevel.
•Green—thesignalisatagoodlevel.
•Yellow—thesignalisbecomingdistorted.
•Red—thesignalisdistorted.
UsetheEncodingoptiontoselectdigitalaudioencodingformat.
•AACrequiresalicenseforbothencodinganddecoding.AACistheleastcomplicatedandmostwidelyusedcodec.If
achievingthebestpossibleaudioqualityisapriority,AACistherecommendedcodectouse.AnAAClicenseisincluded
intheAxisproduct.
•G711isanunlicensedstandardcodecthatisusefulwhenintegratingaudiointoaVoIPsystem
•G726isanunlicensedspeechcodecthatismostcommonlyusedwithinthesecurityindustry.
Note
TheSampleratedenesthenumberoftimespersecondthesoundissampled.Ahighersampleratewillprovidebetteraudio
quality,butalsorequiresagreaterbandwidth.
SettherequiredBitratedependingontheselectedencoding.Ahigherbitratewillgivebetteraudioquality.Alowerbitrate
mayhavelatencyordelay,butwillrequirelessbandwidth.
Formoreinformationaboutthesesettings,pleaseseetheonlinehelp
.
AudioOutput
AnexternalspeakercanbeconnectedtotheAudio-outconnector(anactivespeakerwithbuilt-inamplierisrequiredforthis).The
outputcanbeconnectedtoanotheramplierwithspeakers.Astereoconnectormustbeusedfortheaudioout.
ConguretheaudiooutputsettingsunderVideo&Audio>AudioSettings.
Outputgain-Controlthevolumeofthelineaudiooutput.Ifthesoundistoolow,chooseahigherdBvalue.Ifthesoundis
toohigh,choosealowerdBvalue.
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