Posted by Rob J on 11/26/05 10:40

These miniDV camcorders have an input for an external (stereo) mic. That
is the input to use if you want to drive it from an external sound
source while recording onto tape in camera mode.

I have tried this a couple of times, using a computer audio cable
plugged into the external mic jack, but the sound was ruined by a very
loud hum.

As the camcorder was running off its own battery in one case, it could
not be an audio hum loop, and the source device was not producing the
hum.

Any ideas?

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