I cannot get my Panasonic HDC TM 350 external mic to work External microphone will not work - I need some support to make this work

SOURCE: Canon XM2 -Burned main-board

im wondering why it cant be repaired down to componet level as if the servicer has a schematic its probaly not more then a cap a diode or both snf msybr sa resistor as they do have a protection curcuit on thes camcorders that wount let it distroy the Board Maybe you need another servicer??? Im not sure of your queistion on the adaptor But im sure that if you look in your owners manual it will assist you in where to call to get or buy accessorys. Good luck

SOURCE: Sound recording with external microphone

An instruction manual is available for download at www.canon.com
Your camera, according to the manual, has a single input for microphones, and in the internal menu, AUDIO DUB has to be set to MIC. IN. when using an add-on microphone. An MA-300 hot-shoe microphone accessory can be used, and then the input controls would be on this device, not the camera. Your camera can also record in two different audio qualities: 16-bit two channel or 12-bit four channel. If you are using an accessory you may need to select 12-bit in the internal setup menu in order to have enough channels to add on the additional microphone(s).
Finally, and hopefully not, the camera may have an internal hardware problem, and so would need to be serviced.

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For microphones with a 3.5 mm miniplug you can use a plug-in at the front of the camera. There is a little plastic cover over the hole under the word "MIC". I would call this an emergency solution because for most recording purposes you would want a microphone with XLR connectors.

This camcorder comes with an external shotgun condenser mic and XLR adaptor. If you have the operating instructions that come with the camera, you can turn to page 29 where there is a description of how to install the supplied external microphone.

When you slip the hot shoe plug of the XLR adaptor into the intelligent accessory shoe, the internal microphone is by-passed. In case you do not have the operating instructions you can download them from the Sony manual site.
http://esupport.sony.com/perl/select-system.pl

Put briefly, Attach the XLR adaptor to the accessory shoe on the top front of the camcorder and tighten the screw of the adaptor. Connect the hot shoe plug of the SLR adaptor to the intelligent accessory shoe of the camcorder, located behind the adaptor screw. When you push the hot shoe plug into place you should hear a click. Sometimes you have to use a little strength to get it correctly seated.

I hope this helps.

SOURCE: JVC Everio GZ HD-40's external microphone problem

I have the GZ-HD40 and have tested the scenario below.

The problem is that the Microphones you are using are Mono, not Stereo. If you look at the plug on the end of your microphone you will see it has only two connections, the screen and the tip. For a Stereo mic it needs three connections screen, sleeve and tip, much like your headphone jack.

I know this is going to sound a bit nuts but use a set of head phones as a microphone. You will notice the left speaker acts as the left mic and the right speaker as the right mic.

Use microphone JVC MZ-V8 Stereo microphone and you will see that it has the three connectors as I have stated above.

Hope this helps.

SOURCE: what do i plug my external microphone into on the

Thanks for clarifying the model. According to the user manual, there is no facility for "sound in" on your camcorder. ALL SOUND recorded is via the stereo microphone at the front of the camera.

The AV socket is for a feed out only.

However, there are a couple of things you can do to improve your sound.....

You have the option (via menu setting) to reduce the "wind cut" (extraneous noise of the wind blowing across the
microphone).

You also have the option to "voice over" (they call it "voice plus") whilst dubbing to another recording device, but this doesn't overwrite or alter the original recording. For full details of how to do this, see the user manual page 89. (If yours is not to hand, its freely downloadable from many sites, including Retrevo).

Hope this helps.