Wireless Chargers and mics

[Tom Sheats]

Anyone have any problems with interference on microphones caused by cell phones being recharged on those round wireless chargers? Just wondering.

 

[Richard Crowley]

Just to clarify your question:
Are you talking about cell phones that are POWERED ON (charging or not)?
Or are you talking about those inductive things charging cell phones that you have CONFIRMED are turned OFF?

A powered-on cell phone is NEVER friendly to wireless-mic operations under ANY circumstances.

Those inductive chargers are quite low frequency (and very short-range) to have any effect on wireless mics.
unless you put the charger right next to the transmitter or receiver.

 

[Tom Sheats]

I suppose for the situations I would be in, they would be turned off and charging. (I do legal video.) But I intended this to be a general question.

I use hard wired mics and rarely notice interference from cell phones, except the older model Blackberrys which are now rarely encountered.