Zoom Hr-vr User Manual

Quick Guide

You must read the Usage and Safety Precautions before use.

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Preparations

Press the battery/microSD card compartment cover down to open it and insert batter-

1.

ies and a microSD card.

Press down to open

+

+

microSD card

HINT

• An AC adapter (ZOOM AD-17) designed for use with this recorder can also connected to
the USB port to operate it using AC power.

• When connected to a computer, power can be supplied by USB.

Slide toward to turn the power on.

2.

HINT

• To turn the power off, slide toward .

• Sliding

to the HOLD side will disable button operations.

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Setting the display language

■

Use and to select the display language, and press .

Setting the date and time

■

Selecting an item:

Setting a value:

Conrming the
date and time:

When setting the date and time is complete, the Home Screen
will appear.

Use

and press

Use

and press

Use

and to select the item to change,

.

and to change a value,

.

and to select OK, and press .

HINT

• Display language and date/time settings can also be changed later from a menu screen.

To open the menu screen, press while the Home Screen is open.

NOTE

• On the Battery menu screen, set the type of battery installed so that the amount of remain­ing battery charge can be accurately displayed.

• To format a microSD card, select SD card on the menu screen. After purchasing a new
microSD card, always format it using the

to maximize performance.

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Recording

Make recording settings

2, 3

Press when the Home Screen is open.

1.

Use and to select the item to set, and press .

2.

Press

Use and to set each item.

3.

to return to the original screen.

HINT

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• By combining Ambisonic format les recorded with the with video recorded us­ing a 360° camera you can create videos that allow the audio to follow the visual perspec­tive.

• Using software provided by ZOOM, you can convert les recorded with the

variety of formats, including stereo, 5.1ch surround, and binaural stereo.

to a

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Setting items

■

• Setting the mic position: Mic Position

The

can record sound in every direction, including forward, backward, left,
right, up and down.
Use Mic Position to set the orientation of the mics and recorder in relation to the
forward direction.
When Mic Position is kept at its default setting, the built-in motion sensor allows it to
always record with normal forward/backward, left/right and up/down position rela­tionships regardless of whether the mics are oriented up, down or forward.

Setting

Auto −

Upright

Upside Down

Endre

Endre Invert

Mic/recorder
orientation

Forward

Forward

Forward

Forward

Explanation

The
according to its orientation at the start of recording.

Use this setting to record with the upright.

Use this setting to record with the upside
down.

Use this setting to record with the oriented
horizontally with its display up.

Use this setting to record with the oriented
horizontally with its display down.

automatically sets the mic position

The orientation of the is detected by the
motion sensor and shown on the Home Screen.
Adjust the angle of the so that the tilt indica­tor is centered.

Tilt indicator

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