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HOLOPHONE H4 SuperMINI User Manual

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H4 SuperMINI
Surround Sound Microphone

User Guide

Copyright © 2001, 2004, 2006, 2007 Rising Sun Productions Ltd.

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  • Page 1: User Guide

    H4 SuperMINI Surround Sound Microphone User Guide Copyright © 2001, 2004, 2006, 2007 Rising Sun Productions Ltd.
  • Page 2 H4 SuperMINI User Guide Contact us: HOLOPHONE Rising Sun Productions Limited 258 Adelaide Street East, Suite 200 Toronto, Ontario, Canada M5A 1N1 Telephone: (416) 362-7790 Fax: (416) 504-6500 Website: http://www.holophone.com Email: info@holophone.com Warranty contact: (416) 362-7790 info@holophone.com NOTE: The term Holophone...

  • Page 3: Terms And Conditions

    Failure to heed these warnings could result in an electrical shock hazard, reduced service life or damage to your equipment. • The Holophone SuperMINI is intended for professional use only. • All safety and operating instructions should be read before the unit is operated and retained for future reference.

  • Page 4: Table Of Contents

    H4 SuperMINI User Guide Table of Contents Terms and Conditions ....................ii Warnings ........................ii Introducing the Holophone H4 SuperMINI ..............1 The H4 SuperMINI System ..................1 The Holophone Breakthrough..................2 The Holophone H4 SuperMINI ................2 Control Unit Functions ....................3 The Holophone System ....................4 A Brief Overview of Surround Sound .................6...

  • Page 5: Introducing The Holophone H4 Supermini

    • Control Unit, which carries out extensive processing and control functions during sound capture. The H4 SuperMINI Head is mounted securely on the Control Unit, which can be mounted in turn on any professional-level video camera. It can also be mounted on a tripod, a boom, or simply held in the hand.

  • Page 6: The Holophone Breakthrough

    Dolby ProLogic II, DTS, Circle Surround, AAC, WMA and Dolby Stereo. The Holophone H4 SuperMINI Holophone H4 SuperMINI is a further advance in the Holophone technology, designed principally for use by videographers Holophone H3-D requiring an integrated video and sound package. The unit is small enough to be mounted on top of a video camera.

  • Page 7: Control Unit Functions

    H4-SuperMINI User Guide Control Unit Functions The H4 SuperMINI Head is only part of the story. Typically, in videography, the sound is captured in stereo, to be stored either in the camera or in a separate stereo recording unit. The H4 SuperMINI system converts the six surround channels to Dolby ProLogic II, encoding the 5.1 channels within two stereo channels.

  • Page 8: The Holophone System

    An internal microphone captures low frequency sounds. The Holophone’s Head is actually an ellipsoid. It looks more like a pointy football than a real human head. Acoustically, however, it performs remarkably like the real thing.
  • Page 9 The output from all the speakers arrives at our ears with the same small differences in timing, and we hear as we would if our own head was in the same position as the Holophone when it recorded the sounds.

  • Page 10: A Brief Overview Of Surround Sound

    H4-SuperMINI User Guide A Brief Overview of Surround Sound Mono In the beginning there was mono. No matter how many speakers there were, the sound coming from each speaker was the same. In monaural recording, the effect was as if all the sound was recorded from the same single location, and for the most part this was how it was recorded.
  • Page 11 ProLogic II encoding (or any other stereo media) to create stereo signals that can be stored on a video camera, and decoded later for 5.1 stereo sound. (The H4 SuperMINI can also deliver 5.1 channels without encoding, to be stored or delivered directly.) Rising Sun Productions Ltd.
  • Page 12 Instead, it adds a left center and a right center channel. All 6.1 and 7.1 formats are supported by the Holophone H2-PRO. The Holophone H4 SuperMINI supports the following formats: Dolby Digital...

  • Page 13: The Holophone Supermini

    The Holophone SuperMINI SuperMINI Microphone Head Five omni-directional microphone elements are mounted externally on the H4 SuperMINI (L, R, C, LS, RS) Each element has a bandwidth of 20Hz-20Khz. A sixth is enclosed in the Head, and records Low Frequency Effects (LFE).

  • Page 14: H4 Supermini And Control Unit

    Head pointing in the same direction as the camera. (There is no connection to the camera through the shoe.) You can also hand-hold the H4 SuperMINI, or mount it on a microphone stand or tripod.
  • Page 15 H4-SuperMINI User Guide The right side of the Control Unit (as you hold the camera) has the output ports for the captured sound. Main Stereo Out Records direct to the media in the camera, eliminating synchronization issues. Outputs two channels via a stereo connection. The stereo signals are encoded using Dolby ProLogic II to support the 5.1 mic inputs.
  • Page 16 Press to toggle phantom power on and off. 5 volt DC Power Supply External 5 volt input. The H4 SuperMINI operates on 4 x AA batteries and lasts for more than 6 hours. You can bypasss the batteries by plugging in the included AC adapter with a 5 volt output into this port.

  • Page 17: Control Unit-Rear View

    H4-SuperMINI User Guide Control Unit—Rear View zoom indicator Two-color LED monitor mic gain dial (all mics) zoom button - 12 db PAD LED external center gain external center LED external center switch headphone level - 12 db PAD power indicator power switch Rising Sun Productions Ltd.
  • Page 18 Mic Gain Controls the input level of all six (5.1) microphone elements in the H4 SuperMINI Head. This should be adjusted only after setting the input level on the camera or external storage device.
  • Page 19 Toggle switch to turn on the battery power for the H4 SuperMINI. (Four AA batteries will provide at least 6 hours of continuous use.) Power Indicator LED indicates that the power is turned on and the H4 SuperMINI is in use. Rising Sun Productions Ltd. page 15...

  • Page 20: Using The Holophone H4 Supermini

    Setting Levels First listen to source material through the headphones with the jack in the H4 SuperMINI Control Unit. Then check the levels on the two coloured LEDs on the H4. The greens should be lighting with very occasional reds. If the red LED is lighting consistently, your gain is too high, and must be reduced using the gain knob.

  • Page 21: External Center Microphone

    External Center Microphone The H4 SuperMINI provides the ability to replace the center mic element on the Head with an external microphone, with an independent gain control. Almost any type of microphone can be used, depending on the result required.

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