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Senneiser g3 audio splats
Hi
I have had some senneiser g3s fr a year ow and am plagued by an issue. I have three of them all with the standard clip mic that comes with them (me2 I think). I have a recurring audio crack that happens. It never effects the mics (or not that I have noticed) when they are used by themselves for single camera single presenter stuff. However whenever they are all used (sometimes with a 4th hired mic) I get a lot of audio splats. It sounds like a crackle and builds to a horrible crack. I typically do live webcasts to. Have the portable receivers plugged into an audio mixer which is when I tend to notice this.
I have tried changing frequencies and only use bank 1 in the uk but I am still going issues. Any help or advice would be appreciated. Thanks
Richard
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5 Replies
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Have you used the ‘Scan’ function?….. These days with the amount of RF around you really need to do a scan on every unit every time at every different location.
SCAN should be the most used function after the ‘On / Off” switch.
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Hi
I’ll give this a try though I am lead to believe there are only 12 frequencies on bank 1 that can be used in the UK?
Thanks
Richard
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[Richard Lee] “I’ll give this a try though I am lead to believe there are only 12 frequencies on bank 1 that can be used in the UK?”
You can use any frequencies in Channel 38 band (I believe that means any between 600-638Mhz or thereabouts – check on that).
Other banks on the G3 cover these frequencies as well.
There is a chart that came with your G3 which states which bank covers which frequencies.
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Thanks, I was specifically advised by Sennheiser that unless using coordinated frequencies with JFMG we’re only allowed to use bank 1 and indeed using frequencies across different banks can lead to issues which is why I now only use Bank 1 however I am still having the same issue.
Thanks for all the help so far.
Richard
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[Richard Lee] “Thanks, I was specifically advised by Sennheiser that unless using coordinated frequencies with JFMG we’re only allowed to use bank 1”
Really?!? I find this quite odd.
I always thought that any frequencies between 606Mhz and 614Mhz (Ch.38) are open to all licensed users. And in the G3 100s that I’ve got, I can see usable frequencies in Banks: 6,7,9,10,11,12.
And certainly Banks shouldn’t mean a lot really. It is just the way the manufacturer “organises” the provided frequencies with its products. (Someone please correct me if I’m wrong here ).
Also, with the G3s – under the Custom banks – you can manually change the frequencies but the RF modulation is not guaranteed to any frequencies that are not in the user banks,
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