interesting. The included adaptor has 2 bands....maybe I can find a mono adapter and see if that works.
the included 2.5mm -> 3.5mm adaptor cable: http://farm1.static.flickr.com/129/394257604_63f4841808.jpg and short video of me talking with the plug pulled out a little: http://www.veoh.com/videos/v252405ZxWjZ6RJ -halcyon On 2/18/07, bordercollieaustralianshepherd < [EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Hal > > Take a look at the plug. Is there one or two "Bands" below the tip? > Post the link and any details/links to your mics, cables, and the plug > you are using. > > <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Photo-audiojacks.jpg> > > What might be happening is that your camera is stereo but the mini > plug is mono. The sleeve is shorting the two channels until you pull > it out just past that first section of the sleeve. > > <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Jack_plug.png> > > Simple solution hopefully is using correct "stereo" plug. If that > doesn't do it, I'd contact Xacti. > > --- In videoblogging@yahoogroups.com <videoblogging%40yahoogroups.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. > > > 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] > > > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
