Hello, audio geniuses. What I know of audio equipment is what I have picked up by necessity as a documentary filmmaker. As a cinematographer, my love is in images not sound.
I'm currently filming in the Andes mountains until June on a very low budget doc. I also do some filming in Lima and I just got back from a disastrous shoot there. One of my subjects got a bit tipsy and ventured too close to the water while wearing my RODE lav and Sennheiser ew100 G3 transmitter. As I was yelling to him to bring back the mic he was plastered by a wave.
I dried everything the best I could, but I did not have access to a trox screwdriver so I haven't been able to open up the transmitter. I did the 'bag of rice' trick and after 24 hrs the transmitter turned on like a charm, but I can't pick up any sound when I hook up the system.
I use a Beacktek audio adapter which is still functioning fine with our shotgun. I have hooked up the Sennheiser lav mic that came with the transmitter/receiver to see if the RODE mic was the problem, but can't get anything from that either.
It seems the transmitter is picking something up, the AF level on the screen is definitely moving. But the level on the receiver isn't.
Living in the Andes definitely puts me at a disadvantage when it comes to tech repair. There is obviously no Sennheiser technician anywhere within several plane flights of me. I'm trying to determine if I could take it to a standard electrician or someone who may be able to open it up and do something. But I'd really like to understand more first about what the problem could be.
Also, I believe my brilliance with the rice could have adverse effects. I can hear grains inside when I shake the transmitter.
Any ideas???
I'm currently filming in the Andes mountains until June on a very low budget doc. I also do some filming in Lima and I just got back from a disastrous shoot there. One of my subjects got a bit tipsy and ventured too close to the water while wearing my RODE lav and Sennheiser ew100 G3 transmitter. As I was yelling to him to bring back the mic he was plastered by a wave.
I dried everything the best I could, but I did not have access to a trox screwdriver so I haven't been able to open up the transmitter. I did the 'bag of rice' trick and after 24 hrs the transmitter turned on like a charm, but I can't pick up any sound when I hook up the system.
I use a Beacktek audio adapter which is still functioning fine with our shotgun. I have hooked up the Sennheiser lav mic that came with the transmitter/receiver to see if the RODE mic was the problem, but can't get anything from that either.
It seems the transmitter is picking something up, the AF level on the screen is definitely moving. But the level on the receiver isn't.
Living in the Andes definitely puts me at a disadvantage when it comes to tech repair. There is obviously no Sennheiser technician anywhere within several plane flights of me. I'm trying to determine if I could take it to a standard electrician or someone who may be able to open it up and do something. But I'd really like to understand more first about what the problem could be.
Also, I believe my brilliance with the rice could have adverse effects. I can hear grains inside when I shake the transmitter.
Any ideas???
