Posted by Gary Eickmeier on 08/23/06 01:32

Zeiggy@gmail.com wrote:

> So, it's been about four months since I've recorded audio with my
> pd150, and I'm afraid I've lost my marbles in the meantime. Last night
> I connected the shotgun mic to the CH1 XLR, turned on audio levels
> (verified the mic was picking up audio) and started shooting. When
> playing back on my deck I had no audio.
>
> What gives? Anyone experience this before? I checked with a tape filmed
> from a second camera last night and the tape has audio, so it's not the
> deck. I then hooked up headphones to the pd150 and got nothing. Nada.
>
> Why would the audio levels show a signal, but not record it to tape.
> I've gone through all the configurations with the audio settings. The
> sony manual is pretty useless for troubleshooting this stuff. How do I
> check for the type of equipment (or operator) malfunction.

Good one. I am VX2000, not PD 150, but just wondering - did you monitor
audio WHILE recording, or just before?

Gary Eickmeier

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