Sennheiser G2 Evolution & dvx100b

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rbtjonas

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I did an interview with the Sennheiser wireless transmitter clipped to the interviewee's sweater pocket, facing the camera. Atop my dvx100b sat the G2 receiver tuned to the same channel. The person's voice came through fine, with good levels registering on the LCD screen. Unfortunately, I didn't have my headphones on, and didn't hear that there were intermittent bursts of heavy static on the tape. The Sennheiser tech guy said it's either a bad channel or that there is polarization between the two antennae: they should both be vertical or both be horizontal. I scanned for a vacant channel, so that's set, but now I 'm trying to figure out how to comfortably get the antennae of transmitter and receiver oriented in the same direction.

Problem is that the attachment hardware on the dvx receiver forces you to place the receiver horizontally while the belt clip on the transmitter forces you to place it vertically. Any tips? Is there a dvx attachment to orient the receiver vertically to match the transmitter? Are there other possible sources of static?
Thanks.
 
if its just intermittent buzzing it could easily be a cell phone. Mine gives off some RF every time it polls looking for email or doing whatever the heck its doing. I keep all cell phones off on set. Not on silent. Off. I've never had antenna polarization issues, although you could clip the receiver on the cameras hand strap to get it oriented vertically. There are also some brackets made for this too if you want a more impressive looking solution.
 
Usually I clip it on the hand strap, but have never had that problem either, other than cell phones or in bad RF environments. Scanning for a clear channel once does not necessarily do the trick. I've had setups go completely wonky mid-day because something else came on line that wasn't there earlier. On one shoot I had to re-tune 6 wireless sets because of this.

phil
 
Have you seen the little tutorial I put together?

I would try:

Autoscanning first
Setting the Squelch to high if you're close to the subject
Pointing the Antenna's down towards the ground. You can flip the transmitter clip so that it points upside down on the talent. http://vimeo.com/441881

I'd also look at the Bracket1 with an ewclip.
 
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