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Dean Sensui March 26th, 2008 12:08 PM
So far I've had no problems with the mics and they're still delivering good audio.

AT does have a sturdy plastic sleeve to help weatherproof them, although they're a little too short if you tried to roll them up with the velcro seal. The antenna would have to be folded down to allow the sleeve to be folded shut.

Instead I seal up the opening with a piece of duct tape and that works well.

Ty Ford March 26th, 2008 12:23 PM
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Originally Posted by Chris Medico (Post 662877)
Hey DSE,

I have a question.

I got my AT1800 setup today. I connected it to my V1 and everything works fine. The question I have though is the unit seems to have some background white noise. It is coming from the receiver regardless of any incoming signal from either channel. I've been able to minimize it by turning up the mic output on the receiver and reduce the gain on the input of the V1. If I turn the V1's AGC on it becomes MUCH more noticeable (as I would have expected). The inputs are set for MIC level. I can even hear it over the headphone jack on the receiver.

Does your setup exhibit the same thing?

I've used my friends Lectrosonic setup and it doesn't do this at all. Dead silent.

I know we are talking about apples and oranges here when it comes to class of equipment between the AT and the Lec. If this is the way it is OK. Just wanting to know if I have a problem.
Might just be a mute that Lectro has. The AT folks are very attentive to phone calls. Call Ohio and ask to talk to their wireless mic dept.

Regards,

Ty

Douglas Spotted Eagle March 26th, 2008 12:43 PM
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Originally Posted by Mike Altman (Post 848810)
How are your AT 1800 transmitters holding up after about a year? That's the length of the warranty. Any issues with the belt clips or any little pieces of plastic breaking? Do they make a sleeve for the transmitters? I wish they were built like the metal casing of the dual receiver along with the sturdier clip.
no issues here at all. The metal case would be nice, but it's not an issue for us, even though we're pretty damn hard on our gear.

Chris Medico March 26th, 2008 07:20 PM
No problems here. Once I figured out that I needed to put the audio gain in manual I've not had white noise issues on tape. The V1 gains up a LOT and that was causing my audio hiss.

The only thing I've done is lost the mic clip. I've gotten around it by using a clip from a audio headset. Fits pretty well actually.

Jack Walker March 26th, 2008 08:54 PM
What mics ship with the Body Pack Transmitter versions of the 1800 wireless set?

Is it the AT830 (that looks a bit like a Tram)?

Thanks!

Marco Leavitt March 27th, 2008 10:45 AM
"What mics ship with the Body Pack Transmitter versions of the 1800 wireless set?"

The included lav basically stinks. It would be fine for an auditorium speaker I guess, but for any kind of dramatic material I wouldn't use it. Not only is too large to hide, the sound quality is noticeably lacking, even to untrained ears.

Jack Walker March 27th, 2008 01:43 PM
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Originally Posted by Marco Leavitt (Post 849407)
"What mics ship with the Body Pack Transmitter versions of the 1800 wireless set?"

The included lav basically stinks. It would be fine for an auditorium speaker I guess, but for any kind of dramatic material I wouldn't use it. Not only is too large to hide, the sound quality is noticeably lacking, even to untrained ears.
Do you or anyone know which microphone ships with the AT 1800 series body pack transmitter. What is the number?

The U100 use to ship with the AT830. Is this the same for the 1800, or is it a different mic?

Thanks! Since a number of people seem to have the system, I was hoping someone knew which mic (model number) was included. I can't find it on the AT website, on B&H, etc.

Marco Leavitt March 27th, 2008 09:48 PM
Can't seem to find it in the manual. Don't know what model it is.

Dean Sensui March 27th, 2008 10:55 PM
I don't have the model number here, either. But the one you do want is the AT899cW.

Jack Walker March 28th, 2008 12:48 AM
Is the mic included shaped like a Tram TR-50, or is it shaped like a little barrel.

Is it side address or end address?

Thanks!

Marco Leavitt March 28th, 2008 09:53 AM
No it's not shaped like a Tram. It's a barrel. Dean's right. You want the AT899cw. Great lav for the money. Matches the CS3e beautifully.

Toenis Liivamaegi March 30th, 2008 04:55 PM
Can anyone help with my dilemma on if I should get a decent preamp and this ATW 1800 system and feed it directly to camcorder or should I get a decent field recorder instead?
I`m thinking about if SD MixPre coupled with ATW1800 directly to cam is comparable to SD 702 recorder alone. Dilemma here is that with latter there would be much more post work included that translates to more $$$ soon.

Is the ATW1800 fundamentally suitable for good noiseless sound specially when UniPaks are fed with line level signal from decent preamp like SD MixPre.

Thanks in advance,
T


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