Maybe you could wind some sewing thread around it and/or find s rubber washer that would keep it sitting right in the plug.
Randolfe (Randy) Wicker Hoboken, NJ --- In videoblogging@yahoogroups.com, "Halcyon " <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > ohmygoodnesss.... > > I found something on dvinfo.net. (below) > > The hot scratchy sound goes away if I pull the plug out 1/16 of an inch. > WTF!? What a crappy solution. > > Now if I'm on location I have to dangle the mic connection and hope that > it's working!? ugh. > > Anyway, thanks for all the help and suggestions!! > > > from dvinfo.net: > "I've discovered what the problem is with the external mike input on my HD1. > > Both the adaptor lead supplied with the camera, and the plastic 2.5/3.5 > adaptor I've tried can be pushed too far into the jack socket! If they are > plugged fully in, then you get lots of electrical noise: if you pull the > jack out about 1/16th inch, where there's a natural, but small detent > position, then all the mikes work fine..... > So it's simply a mechanical design problem with the jack socket used on HD1, > certainly on the camera I have and from what others have said, on at least > some others as well." > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] >
