Connecting An External Microphone Or External Audio Input Source To The Camera - Canon EOS C300 Mark II Instruction Manual

NOTES NOTES
• If the V-mount battery is removed while using the EU-V2's INPUT 3 /
INPUT 4 terminals, the audio inputs recorded on CH3/CH4 will
change automatically to INPUT 1 and INPUT 2, respectively.
• You can press the AUDIO STATUS button to display only the
[¡ Audio Setup] status screens. On these status screens (A 211)
you can check the input source selected for each audio channel and
other audio-related settings.
• When you display the [¡ Audio Setup] status screens using the
AUDIO STATUS button, you can press SET to open directly the
[¡ Audio Setup] menu page.

Connecting an External Microphone or External Audio Input Source to the Camera

To each of the INPUT terminals you can attach commercially available microphones, digital audio sources (AES/
EBU), or analog line in sources with an XLR connector. To the MIC terminal you can attach commercially
available condenser microphones with a ∅ 3.5 mm stereo mini plug.
Using the supplied microphone holder, you can fix external microphones with a diameter of 19 mm to 20 mm.
Follow the procedure below to connect a microphone (refer also to the following illustration). To connect an
external device to the camera, plug the device's cable into the desired INPUT terminal ( ).
1 Loosen the microphone lock screw ( ), open the
microphone holder and insert the microphone ( ).
2 Tighten the lock screw and put the microphone cable
through the cable clamp under the microphone holder
( ).
3 Plug the microphone cable into the desired INPUT
terminal ( ) or the MIC terminal ( ).
IMPORTANT
• Do not connect or disconnect microphones and other audio
devices from any INPUT terminal when the corresponding
INPUT (audio source selection) switch is set to the
MIC+48V position. This may damage the camera and/or device.
Cable clamp
Microphone lock screw
INPUT 1 terminal
INPUT 2 terminal
MIC terminal
Recording Audio
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