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  JVCGY HM150U audio question

  Posted by Monique Velasquez on February 29, 2012 at 7:37 pm

  Let me start by saying I am a fan of JVC’s products. I killed my GY-500 in a fall last year and I miss it.

  I did not see anything on the boards regarding audio issues for the JVC HM 100 or 150 .

  I just got my JVC HM150U this month (FEB).
  The camera seems to have a very noisy audio “floor.” If I use the “attachable” audio handle unit, it is very hissy sounding . As soon as I disconnect the unit from the body, the hiss goes away.

  Any mic I attach sounds ok in Auto but Manual introduces more hiss. Also if I switch from Auto to Manual the headphones switches from stereo to mixed sound.

  I have double checked my phantom power settings and audio levels and my headphone settings.
  I wanted to check with other owners to see if this is how it works or if my unit has a problem.

  Do I need to send this unit back? or is this the way it sounds?
  Thanks for any reply.
  Cheers!

  Panasonic AF100, Sony XDCAM PDW F330,
  GTech G-SPEED FC,
  FCP 7

  Jay Kottler replied 13 years, 4 months ago 2 Members · 1 Reply
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  Jay Kottler

  May 2, 2013 at 2:27 pm

  I just got the camera in Feb of 2013 and have the same problem! Have you had any luck finding a solution to this? I don’t know if it’s normal operation for the camera or something wrong.

  I use Audacity noise removal to get the high pitched hiss out of the video, but it’s very inconvenient…

  Thoughts?

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