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Hey, Im looking for a true wireless lav.
Atm I got a reciver that needs 220v, that aint practical at all in the field.

So im looking for a fully wireless setup I can bring anywhere without worry about a wall connection for the reciver.

Wondered if all I need is a tekkeon battery? but those recivers I got are freaking big, remember, size and weight does matter!

thanks for your inputs
 
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[gk] said:
Hey, Im looking for a true wireless lav.
Atm I got a reciver that needs 220v, that aint practical at all in the field.

So im looking for a fully wireless setup I can bring anywhere without worry about a wall connection for the reciver.

Wondered if all I need is a tekkeon battery? but those recivers I got are freaking big, remember, size and weight does matter!

thanks for your inputs
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Well, a "true wireless" lav system eliminates the need for a cable from the mic to the mixer. You have a true wireless system, for what that's worth. And even if you eliminate the AC power supply, you'll still have a cable to carry the signal from the receiver's output. So there is no way to eliminate every single cable from even a wireless mic system.

What you are looking for is a system with a battery-operated, portable receiver. Those are widely available. Sennheiser Evolution G2 100 and Audio Technica 1800 systems are on the lower end, and Lectrosonics and Zaxcom are on the high end. Just depends on how much money you want to invest.

And what kind of system do you have that requires 220?!
 
thanks
Ill read up on the types specifications, we got 2 Audio technica systems already so I guess in that ball league.

We use 220V on a standard wall plug in Denmark.

And yes cable from Reciver to mixer is just fine, its just the powerplug on the reciver thats annoying, running around trying to find power on misc sites with 30 meters power cables here and there aint optimal, thanks again
 
[gk] said:
thanks
Ill read up on the types specifications, we got 2 Audio technica systems already so I guess in that ball league.

We use 220V on a standard wall plug in Denmark.

And yes cable from Reciver to mixer is just fine, its just the powerplug on the reciver thats annoying, running around trying to find power on misc sites with 30 meters power cables here and there aint optimal, thanks again
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I'm really confused as to what your setup is. You say cable from the mic to the mixer is fine. Where is your wireless hop - talent to mixer, talent to camera, mixer to camera, what? Why are you using mains-powered equipment at all when battery powered mixers, transmitters, and receivers are commonplace?
 
I got a wireless mic to the "send" module on the tallent.
Then through air to the reciver which has no selfpower system ( thus needing wall outlet or the like ) AND itsfreaking huge. Not nice on a allready big rig.
This reciver goes via a small jack to my beachtek and from there into the Hv20.

I use the beachtek because I sometimesuse XLR balanced Mics.

I searched around and found alot of nice "pure" wireless, sender to reciver solutions,I was missing the Term I had to search on,again thanks for that.

Ill still have cables going from reciver to beachtek tohv20. thats ok, as thats on the rig...not depending on walking etc.
 
Good to know that you have a Beachtek. With an HV20, that's pretty much a necessity.

As for the wireless, what's your budget?

A Sennheiser G2 100 system will run you about $550.
An Audio-Technica 1800-series is $500 per single-channel system, or $1300 for a dual-channel system.
The Sony UWP-V1 runs about $500.

Those are the low end. The Sennheiser is non-diversity, but is pretty stable and very clean. The AT and Sony systems are diversity, though I have not had good experiences with the Sony (noisy). With any of these systems, you'll want to get a better lav to replace the stock mic that comes with the system (another $300).

If you have a budget of $2k or more, look at Lectrosonics. High-quality, stable, industry-standard, diversity. And you'll still want to get a better lav.
 
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