The external mic jack referenced is of no use for using the H2 as a standard mic. It is to allow using an external microphone as the input to the H2 recorder circuits.
Bruno, I wrote privately with my doubts about the H2 being usable as a standard mic, which hasn't changed significantly. However, it is possible that it could be employed as a mic into a mixer by taking the earphone/line-out jack's signal through a Y-connector (mini stereo-plug to 2 RCA plugs) into the mixer's tape inputs. Ideally, the mic's pickups will be present on the earphone/line-out jack. Whether this is useful to you or not, I don't know. The mics are sensitive enough, but recordings tend to be quiet. That Zoom has seen fit to add a "normalize" function (post-processing which makes the amplitude of a recorded file larger, but requires that recorded file: it's not a 'live input' amplification function.) With suitable gain on the tape input and an input attenuator pad that can be turned down to make the -10dBm expected output at the earphone/line-out jack useful, it is possible that the H2 can be used as a standard stereo mic. Ray On Sun, Aug 2, 2009 at 1:58 PM, <dem...@suffolk.lib.ny.us> wrote: > On Sun, Aug 2, 2009, TheOther <theother1...@sbcglobal.net> said: > >> Bruno Correia wrote: >>> A question for those who have the Zoom H2. Is this mic. only for >>> recording or it can also be used as a standard mic? > > maybe it can, from their website > > Support for plug-in power type external mics > The input jack for external stereo mics supports plug-in power, letting > you select suitable equipment for any situation. A stereo line input for > analog sources such as cassette tapes or LP records is also provided. > > as another poster has recomended, download the manual, should have > something in it. > > -- > Dana Emery > > > > > To get on or off this list see list information at > http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html >
