Posted by Kapil on 10/18/06 18:26

Another question.

Suppose I get two transmitters and two receivers, I will not be able to
mount both the receivers on the camera right (panasonic dvx 100a)? Are
sennhiser cords long enough to put the receivers on your belt?


Bill Farnsworth wrote:
> > "Kapil" wrote ...
> >> Wanted to know if I get Sennheiser wireless system with one
> >> receiver +
> >> one transmitter for lavaliere + one transmitter for handheld, and
> >> use
> >> both the transmitters at the same time. Obviously if it works it
> >> will
> >> get recorded on the same track, but does it work that way at all.
> > > I want to be able to shoot two people at a time with wireless
> > > mics, but
> >> getting two complete sennhiser sets is not in my budget.
> >
>
> "Richard Crowley" <rcrowley@xpr7t.net> wrote
> > No wireless mic receiver will hear more than one
> > transmitter at a time. There are several technical
> > reasons for this.
> > Don't use wireless or get a bigger budget.
>
> Exactly.
> You can't use both on the same freq at the same time.
> You hear......nothing.....or a garbled or distorted
> transmission.........
> You probably know that CB and hand held radios do the same thing if
> two are "keyed" at the same time.
> Or, as Nigel Tufnel found out, an Air Force air traffic controller
> will upstage a guitar solo.
>
> Bill F.

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