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Turn off R5c's Internal microphone

Started 11 months ago | Discussions thread
Sunscreen
Sunscreen Junior Member • Posts: 30
Re: Turn off R5c's Internal microphone

cortex95x wrote:

Hello,

I am setting up my R5c to record audio using the Tascam CA-XLR2d-C adapter and a Rode NTG-5 microphone. The combination appears to work well, with one exception, and that is that I cannot find a means of turning off the camera's internal microphone, and all of the options on the audio settings screen are grayed out. Does anyone know how to turn off the internal mic, or even if it can be turned off?

Addendum: As per Canon Pro Tech support, current firmware does not provide for the ability to turn off the internal microphone. This is a downer, since the internal mic picks up wind and ambient noise more so than an external shotgun. But since the internal mic appears to record to its own channel, it should be possible to mute it in post. I will check later on if that is indeed possible.

Support claimed that the menu system—video side—for the R5c had been taken from the C70 and, apparently, the C70's internal mic cannot be defeated,

Thank you for your insight.  I've been struggling with the greyed out audio settings

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