Audio Question for a JVC DVL520U - Help!

[w5blt]

I've recently gotten a 520 and have spent the last week on a learning curve. I've got almost everything figured out accept the audio.

I've recorded several scenes that had audio. I've also read the manual cover to cover. Maybe I missed something. When I go to playback, both the audio out of the camcorder and the audio out of my VCR is so low that you can't hear it. When I playback through my VCR, I have to turn the audio up so high on my TV that all I get is "crackling", so to speak.

I know that I'm missing something simple. Anyone care to help me out here?

Thanks

[TeeeRex]

Do you actually get the audio - albeit a very low volume or nothing at all ?

Couple of things to try - if you have a linein for an external microphone - try that (assuming you have one..) to see if the sound improves - if it does then your internal mic is propbably knackered.

How are you hooking up the DVC to the VCR - directly via phono's to the scart socket ?

Very low volume could be a broken earth signal from the camera to the VCR or whatever - are the leads new ? If it's a phono to phono connection - then use the video one to see if it's the lead.

Need a bit more info on how you connect things up before I can suggest anymore ....

[w5blt]

1) As far as I know, I don't have an external mic jack
2) To connect to my VCR, I'm using the "3.5 mini-plug to RCA plug" adapter which has 3 connectors. (video/r-audio/l-audio)

I recently attempted to try it again. If I am recording close (within a few feet) to the audio source and it is releatively loud, it records OK. Playback is OK as well. However, if someone is talking in a normal voice across the room, the audio is very weak.

[TeeeRex]

Hmmmm...

Only thing I can suggest (which you probably have looked at anyway) is the gain control on the camera/microphone - it's usually an automatic gain control - however, if you can set it manually, make sure it's set at normal to high.

If you can't set it - then I would return it to the shop and say the mic is not working or is not sensitive enough for what you want - could just be your camera rather than the model.