Fred Pfeifer
March 13th, 2003, 09:52 PM
Hi
I bought a beachtec for my XL1S so that I can use an external mic when shooting interviews, etc. Try as I may i cannot get the external mic to work. What am i doing wrong? I have read and reread the lousy instructions that came with the camera and have followed the set up to the letter. If I go into VCR set up and select audio 1 as my input, I plug my RCA cables into the back of the camera and nothing happens. Not even a slight peak on the UV meter. I then tried to set it up for 2nd Audio in, plugged the cables into the second audio port near the top of the camera, went into VCR set up and selected 2nd audio, and still no sound. However, if I plug in the mini plugs of the mic that came with the camera, viola, the sound is great. So how come I can't get sound in from the external mic? BTW I do unplug the mini plugs from the mic that came with the camera when attempting to plug in the external mic. Any insight will be greatly appreciated.
Fred
I bought a beachtec for my XL1S so that I can use an external mic when shooting interviews, etc. Try as I may i cannot get the external mic to work. What am i doing wrong? I have read and reread the lousy instructions that came with the camera and have followed the set up to the letter. If I go into VCR set up and select audio 1 as my input, I plug my RCA cables into the back of the camera and nothing happens. Not even a slight peak on the UV meter. I then tried to set it up for 2nd Audio in, plugged the cables into the second audio port near the top of the camera, went into VCR set up and selected 2nd audio, and still no sound. However, if I plug in the mini plugs of the mic that came with the camera, viola, the sound is great. So how come I can't get sound in from the external mic? BTW I do unplug the mini plugs from the mic that came with the camera when attempting to plug in the external mic. Any insight will be greatly appreciated.
Fred