whatsleftofj Posted June 3, 2006 Report Share Posted June 3, 2006 I'm not sure exactly what I did wrong. I've had my RH10 for about 5 months now, and I finally caved with a few extra bucks and bought a microphone. My local Radio Shack was going out of business, so I purchased an "electret condenser omnidirectional microphone." Put it in the mic hole on the unit, talked into the mic for a bit, and only the left side showed any volume fluctuations. Sure enough, when I played back it only came in through the left headphone. Anyone have any idea why that is? Did I just buy a crappy microphone? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rcoleman1 Posted June 3, 2006 Report Share Posted June 3, 2006 Yeah, maybe the mic's faulty. First, make sure it's inserted all the way into the jack and give it a little twist for contact purposes. Then try another microphone. If those don't work, the bad news is that your unit may need to be serviced Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Low Volta Posted June 3, 2006 Report Share Posted June 3, 2006 wait just one sec with returning your unit... "electret condenser omnidirectional microphone" does not exclude in any way "mono"- electret and condenser is only about the technique used to turn sound into electrical current- and omnidirectional is about the 'directionality' of the pickup area of the mic. It means it will pick up sound from every direction around it, but it does not mean it records it in stereoI have a Sony mic with the exact same 'descriptors' as above and it is (knowingly bought as) a mono mic. With mono mics, HiMD record only in the left channel...I'm guessing the store sold you a mono mic without telling you (perhaps if you post the mic model/make someone here can already tell you whether this is the case or not)Only if you've checked this I would start looking for malfunctions. Further it could also be a bad connection in the mic so it shouldn't (well hopefully for you) be the RH10 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A440 Posted June 3, 2006 Report Share Posted June 3, 2006 (edited) Look at the plug. Does it have two circles (like your headphone plug or the stereo attenuator I use for an avatar) or one? One is a mono mic. You can get an adapter that will turn a mono mic into a stereo (actually two-channel mono) mic. Or get a stereo mic. Edited June 3, 2006 by A440 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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