Zoom h4n Issue w-5D HELP

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mariomattei

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I'm doing some run and gun stuff by myself---no crew or sound person. Sometimes rather than capture separate audio I need to quickly recored sound to the 5D.

I connect the h4n line out to the camera's mic in (it's an attenuating cable). There's a monitor tap on the cable, too. I'm getting a signal during stand by and recording. But that signal isn't making it to the 5D. My rec level in the zoom is 80 and the volume 55 (as was recommended). The 5D is set to manual audio and I've experimented with different levels there, but still no signal.

I know it's better to record separate audio and to do so straight into the h4n, but for the low profile documentary work I do in Turkey I just need this quick option some times. I've posted on three forums and no one has answered this question. But I've seen guys on youtube using this set up. That's how I knew to get the attenuating cable.

Please HELP!!! Many thanks...
 
Have you switched on 'Monitor' in the H4n? There's an option to do this. Weirdly it's not default and you have to swith it on to be able to hear via headphones or the speaker. Maybe it's that?
 
Someone else rec'd that. I turned it on. No difference. When the h4n is on stand by, the monitoring is on. I can hear the signal in my headphones all the time with monitor on or only when on stand by by if monitor is off. I really think the issue is with the 5D settings, but that's just an uneducated hunch :) Thanks for the help.
 
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