Connecting An External Microphone Or External Audio Input Source To The Camcorder - Canon XF705 Instruction Manual

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

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 their own power supply, and 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 attach a microphone (refer also to the following illustration). To connect an
external device to the camcorder, 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 ( ).
INPUT 2 terminal
Cable clamp
INPUT 1 terminal
Recording Audio
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Microphone lock screw
MIC terminal