Hal Take a look at the plug. Is there one or two "Bands" below the tip? Post the link and any details/links to your mics, cables, and the plug you are using.
<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Photo-audiojacks.jpg> What might be happening is that your camera is stereo but the mini plug is mono. The sleeve is shorting the two channels until you pull it out just past that first section of the sleeve. <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Jack_plug.png> Simple solution hopefully is using correct "stereo" plug. If that doesn't do it, I'd contact Xacti. --- In [email protected], "Halcyon " <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > ohmygoodnesss.... > > I found something on dvinfo.net. (below) > > The hot scratchy sound goes away if I pull the plug out 1/16 of an inch. > WTF!? What a crappy solution. > Both the adaptor lead supplied with the camera, and the plastic 2.5/3.5 > adaptor I've tried can be pushed too far into the jack socket! If they are > plugged fully in, then you get lots of electrical noise: if you pull the > jack out about 1/16th inch, where there's a natural, but small detent > position, then all the mikes work fine..... > So it's simply a mechanical design problem with the jack socket used on HD1, > certainly on the camera I have and from what others have said, on at least > some others as well." > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] >
