PTA Posted January 29, 2010 Report Share Posted January 29, 2010 I know this is possible and tried searching for it, but was unable to find any details. I was interested in using some of my Sennheiser's as an IFB since my Comteks got stolen. I'm using the 552 now and I'm feeding the transmitter from the mono mic out of the mixer. I'm just not sure on the setup for the receiver. What is the setup for using headphones with the receiver? Is it useful to have an inline (manual) volume adjustment on the headphones? Are there specific settings that need to be set on the receiver? Best, Palmer Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
curleysound Posted January 29, 2010 Report Share Posted January 29, 2010 I think you can adjust the AF out on the RCVR menu. Do it yourself with headphones on, and get it to a comfortable level before you hand it off to the director. If they then come back to you wanting more or less, you can "fix it" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gabi Posted January 29, 2010 Report Share Posted January 29, 2010 Palmer, I use the G2 as IFBs. If you are feeding it mic level, beware of the fact the the wiring of the jack works as follows: tip - Mic level ring - Line level sleeve - ground As for the receiver, mine is the EK 500 that features two adjustable outputs for line level and heaphones. So I just use the headphones output. My additional receivers are the EK 300 IEM G3 that can be easily adjusted by the user. http://www.sennheiser.com/sennheiser/home_en.nsf/root/professional_wireless-microphone-systems_monitoring_ew-300-iem-g3_021213 Hope it helps. Gabi Cunha Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PTA Posted January 29, 2010 Author Report Share Posted January 29, 2010 Nice, thanks for the help. I seem to have got it working for the most part. I'm thinking of getting a volume adjuster for the headphones, something simple the user can adjust on their own. The only thing I'm noticing is I'm only getting audio into the left side of my stereo headphones. I'm going to get some cheaper headphones for this anyway, but would you recommend getting mono headphones or just a stereo to mono adapter? I guess it just might be a choice preference. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jason porter Posted January 29, 2010 Report Share Posted January 29, 2010 a stereo to mono adapter works, but it is bulky and puts extra strain on the connection. Mono headphones would be best (maybe you can replace the connectors on your IFB headsets?) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ProSound Posted January 29, 2010 Report Share Posted January 29, 2010 I use the Remote Audio Ear buds with both my Comtek and a few times with my G2s' as well. http://www.trewaudio.com/store/product.php?productid=253&cat=109&page=1 They are mono Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rich Posted January 29, 2010 Report Share Posted January 29, 2010 i used to use my g2 100 system as an ifb when booming. it has an unbalanced line output which can drive a set of headphones. the receiver is wired tip hot, ring n/c, sleeve ground which is why you are only hearing in the left headphone. a stereo to mono adapter may not work as you need to bridge tip and ring rather than ring and sleeve. the earbuds or similar will get round this without your clients complaining that only one earphone is working then looking blank as you try and explain why. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PTA Posted January 30, 2010 Author Report Share Posted January 30, 2010 the earbuds or similar will get round this without your clients complaining that only one earphone is working then looking blank as you try and explain why. Thanks for all the help. I think I'll go ahead and order the earbuds, so I don't have to do any explaining, but more importantly they will be less likely to be sat on and broken by whoever is using it, which seems to happen. Not to mention they are nice and cheap. I would be sad if a pair of 7506s were ruined. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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