sennheiser ew100 g2 issues

[Don Greening]

Hi Murray,

Welcome to Creative COW.

I also had issues with the Sennheiser G2 wireless system and my EX1. I was experiencing “picket-fencing” with this combo and I do believe that the EX1 simply did not like the G2 setup. It didn’t seem to matter how close or far away the transmitter was, I was still getting a loud intermittent drop out.

I have since purchased an EX1R and the one and only time I’ve used the G2 setup with this camera the two have played well together. I wish I could be more helpful.

– Don

[Craig Seeman]

I’ve been using the Sennheiser G2 with my EX1 since I purchased it in Dec 2007. They work fine together. I have some issues with the G2 but they are not related to the EX1 at all. Basically I think the G2 cables/connections are fragile. I’ll be getting the G3 in the near future.

[Don Greening]

I’ve heard good things about the G3 setup. While it’s not completely “true diversity” it supposedly uses the connecting XLR on the receiver as a secondary antenna.

– Don

[Adam Reuter]

I have a EX1/Sennheiser G2 setup. The transmission range is really good…500 feet at least. I haven’t run into many issues with either the clip on transmitter or the plug-in transmitter.

With any wireless gear you don’t want to have the attenaes closer than I think 3 or 4 feet…it says something in the manual.

What frequency range is your gear in?

You also need to use Sennheiser’s website and see if you aren’t interferring with any radio/TV frequencies. All cities have different setups so you need to get this info before your shoot.

https://12.148.18.149/ is the Sennheiser site.

During one event I kept getting static. Even though my cell phone’s frequency isn’t near my wireless gear’s range, I turned it off. For the rest of the event, no more interference. Coincidence?

Also…always use fresh batteries. This can’t be said enough.