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November 18th, 2005, 12:54 AM | #1 |
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Can't Get Other Mics to Work With Wireless Transmitter
I have a Nady UHF-3 Receiver and UB-3 body pack transmitter with Nady lavalier mic http://www.nadywireless.com/products...s/uhf3_pg.html.
The system works great but I cannot get it to work with a Sennheiser e835 dynamic mic nor a JVC M-510 condenser shotgun mic with fresh battery. In both cases no audio is transmitted at all. The transmitter input is a 3.5 mm mini phone jack and since both the Sennheiser and JVC mics use an XLR connector I tried a cable that converts XLR to 3.5 mm phone plug. The cable is commercially made by Neutrik and with that cable both mics work fine when plugged into my mini-disk recorder. What am I doing wrong please? |
November 18th, 2005, 06:09 AM | #2 |
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Never used Nady but noticed from their info that the cable on the stock mics also serves as the transmitter's antenna. Perhaps the signal isn't getting past the connector with your adapter or is on one of the wires in the cable that are inside the shielding.
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November 18th, 2005, 01:37 PM | #5 |
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Just by way of comparison...
My AT897 works very well with the Senheisser G2 wireless tranny/receiver set.. just plug it in use it on a boom or handheld and it gives very good sound... in fact if I up the db settings it is better than just plugging the mic into the camera.. cheers Gareth |
November 18th, 2005, 04:09 PM | #6 |
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Sounds like one of the variations of the classic XLR to mini problem. I assume your cable has a three section plug (tip, ring, sleeve). It it's properly wired to be plugged into a stereo device (like your mini disc recorder), pins one and three of the XLR connector go to the sleeve of the mini plug, and pin 2 goes to both the tip and the ring. This serves up dual mono to a stereo jack. Trouble is, when plugged into a mono jack like on the transmitter, contact is often made only to the tip and the ring. That's my guess. Could be corrected with the addition of female stereo to male mono adapter plug.
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