Using an xlr microphone att sony hdv users

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Using an xlr microphone att sony hdv users

Hi everyone, i know this is more of an editing kind of forum but i dont know of a more helpful place. Im filming a wedding this weekend and im hiring an xlr microphone to capture the sound. I have a sony HVR-Z1P hdv camera and was wondering if i plug the microphone in will the built-in microphone still work as well or is it a one or the other choice.
Also does anyone know of a sony camera forum for little questions like this. If not, maybe someone could make it a permanent topic.

Thanks for your help it will be quite useful.

Posted on Oct 20, 2005 2:08 AM

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Answer 1

Oct 20, 2005 3:26 AM in response to Daniel Charlton

Hi Daniel,

You will have to set the MIC SELECT and XLR SET parameters in the AUDIO SET menu accordingly. See the chapter "Using the (AUDIO SET) menu" in the manual.
Also see the paragraph "Connecting external audio sources" and "Selecting the recording channel" in the chapter "Customizing the Sound".

There is a Sony DV forum on www.creativecow.net

Cheers,
Uwe

PS: In case you do not have the manual, try here:
http://pro.sony.com.hk/product/spec/manual/2514606111.pdf

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Answer 2

Oct 20, 2005 6:52 PM in response to Daniel Charlton

Thanks for the link. I was looking over the other forum and it was no where near as good as the apple forum but i will look into it a little more. I was looking at the settings on the camera and it looks like you only have one choice, xlr or internal mic. Is there anyway to run both?

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Answer 3

Oct 25, 2005 11:11 AM in response to Daniel Charlton

No, there is no way to run both. You'll be glad too. The built in mic picks up absolutely everything; you can hear yourself breathe. Make sure you don't need a breakout cable, if your external mic is stereo. I have a Sanken mic for my z1 and I needed a breakout cable to connect it to the two Sony inputs.

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