No levels - Sennheiser Wireless Lav

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Hey all,

I was hoping to get some help. I have been trying to fix this for the last 4 hours and would love some assistance getting my sennheiser ew 100 g3 wireless lav working again.

The issue is the transmitter won't read any levels from the mic.

-The receiver and transmitter are on the same frequency and have been synced successfully.
-I have tried several resets on both the transmitter and the receiver.
-I am able to use my shotgun mic fine and get levels on my AF100 so it's not the camera.
-I have a solid RF bar on the receiver.

I am going to be trying a different mic tomorrow because there is functionality to the transmitter and the receiver. It just seems like the mic might be busted. The mic was tested a few weeks ago and stored in a pelican case. No recent damage.

Does anyone have any suggestions?

 

[ggrantly]

Not sure, but as soon as you said shotgun, the alarm went off. Most shotguns require (phantom) power to operate. Usually this is supplied by the cam or mixer. A G3 does not supply power to the mic. There are a couple of shotguns that have battery power for such circumstances, such as the AT897, and the Rode NTG-2.

Grant