Should I use phantom power with wireless Sennheiser lav mics?

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The Sennheiser wireless lav receiver has batteries. So, should I be using phantom power when I connect it to an XLR input on my HMC-150? Barry's book says whether one uses phantom power depends on the mic. Given the fact, it has its own power, I'm not sure if I want to use phantom power.

Any thoughts/suggestion?
 
No. Phantom power is for microphones that need power. The wireless receiver you would be plugging into it isn't a mic. Plus, I've made the mistake of leaving phantom power on while my Sennheiser EW100 G3 was plugged in and got some weird interference (wasn't an issues with a G2).
 
I have experienced noise and fluctuating audio levels when I accidentally left the phantom power turned on and plugged in my G2 receivers. Fortunately, no permanent damage was done.

Turn it off.

- Greg
 
Phil1076 said:
The manual strictly states not to use it. It's primarily used for shotgun mics.
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Actually, "Condenser Mics" would be closer to the correct answer, or to be precise, "anything that requires phantom power". I've seen low-end "shotguns" that are actually dynamics, and things like passive mixers that run from Phantom.
 
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