jpbat Posted January 11, 2012 Report Share Posted January 11, 2012 I have to work with the HPX2700 Panasonic I want to use the front mic input, which is a 5 pins female XLR Am I right to assume pin 1 is ground, 2 is hot Left, 3 return Left, 4 hot Right and 5 return Right ? I also want to monitor with the rear 5 pins male XLR Is this the same than above ? (1 ground, 2 hot L, 3 ret L, 4 hot R, 5 ret R) It should be, but how knows... I don't find the info on the manual, and I don't have the camera at hand. I understand this front mic input is intended for a stereo mic, but I want to use a mono camera mic on one track, and a receiver on the other, so I'm ready to make a small pigtail to accomodate my needs. Is the phantom power available only on the two inputs at the same time, or is it possible to have phantom only on one input ? Thanks Jean-Paul Bataille http://jeanpaulbataille.bandcamp.com/ "The Drop G Swing Studies" http://youtube.com/batzic Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rich Reilly Posted January 11, 2012 Report Share Posted January 11, 2012 This in an effort avoid running short XLR from cam mount mic to back of cam? Having run a lot of of cam myself, I wouldn't view a short XLR, maybe velcroed/dressed to cam handle en route to back of cam jacks as a big interference to the operator. Took a look at a brochure and saw input switches on PDF page 12 http://pro-av.panasonic.net/en/sales_o/broch_pdf/AJ-HPX27003700PE.pdf That input seems designed for a stereo shotgun. I would wonder what signal might get passed along (buzz?) with a mono shotgun, not occupying both channels..assuming that's what your planning on. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MT Groove Posted January 11, 2012 Report Share Posted January 11, 2012 Trew Audio made a couple cables for me with XLR3F on one end and XLR5M on the other for use with the HPX2700. It allowed me to place an MKH416 on the camera plugging into the front input as a mono mic input. That input can be assigned to either channel 1 or 2 on the camera tracks. It works great and I get a clean signal w/o any buzzing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rich Reilly Posted January 11, 2012 Report Share Posted January 11, 2012 Looks like you have a soundie here with insight on that cam: http://www.farroutpr.../equipment.html But really..have to wonder if it's worth a specialized cable up front. For the 5 pin monitoring, I used a cable from an AT825 stereo mic for a similar Panny camera. It was pretty long and sturdy..maybe cheaper than a custom. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jpbat Posted January 11, 2012 Author Report Share Posted January 11, 2012 I should have add that : - for the type of work involved, it makes great sense to have a camera mic assigned to its own track at anytime, *and* a receiver feeding discreetly another track, *and* at the same time the rear inputs receiving a mixer signal - I make my own cable myself, always did, so what I'm basically asking is confirmation that Panasonic is using the "standard" stereo wiring (1=grd, 2=L+, 3=L-, 4=R+, 5=R-), as it should - and maybe if someone encountered some special behaviour on those input and output that he would like to share Jean-Paul Bataille http://jeanpaulbataille.bandcamp.com/ "The Drop G Swing Studies" http://youtube.com/batzic Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jack Norflus Posted January 11, 2012 Report Share Posted January 11, 2012 Yes both the 5 pin input and 5 pin out are standard 5 pin wiring configuration as you described. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chrisnewton Posted January 11, 2012 Report Share Posted January 11, 2012 Hey Jean-Paul, tres, tres bon jouent! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jpbat Posted January 11, 2012 Author Report Share Posted January 11, 2012 Thanks Jack ! Merci Chris ! Best wishes to all ! Jean-Paul Bataille http://jeanpaulbataille.bandcamp.com/ "The Drop G Swing Studies" http://youtube.com/batzic Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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