https://community.usa.canon.com/t5/Camcorders/Vixia-HF-r50-external-mic-not-working/m-p/153614#M2973 <P>I specifically bought this camera because of the mic input. When I finally got a Sony ECM-CS3 lavalier mic I plugged it into the camera and no audio is picked up atl, even loud noises.I see the mic input meter come up on the screen but it stays at 0 except a few jumps if I jiggle the mic cord.&nbsp; I tried the mic in my computer to test and it works just fine. Is there something else I have to do? Has anyone else used this mic with the camera?</P> Fri, 09 Oct 2015 22:41:34 GMT philnolan3d 2015-10-09T22:41:34Z https://community.usa.canon.com/t5/Camcorders/Vixia-HF-r50-external-mic-not-working/m-p/153614#M2973 <P>I specifically bought this camera because of the mic input. When I finally got a Sony ECM-CS3 lavalier mic I plugged it into the camera and no audio is picked up atl, even loud noises.I see the mic input meter come up on the screen but it stays at 0 except a few jumps if I jiggle the mic cord.&nbsp; I tried the mic in my computer to test and it works just fine. Is there something else I have to do? Has anyone else used this mic with the camera?</P> Fri, 09 Oct 2015 22:41:34 GMT https://community.usa.canon.com/t5/Camcorders/Vixia-HF-r50-external-mic-not-working/m-p/153614#M2973 philnolan3d 2015-10-09T22:41:34Z https://community.usa.canon.com/t5/Camcorders/Vixia-HF-r50-external-mic-not-working/m-p/153695#M2974 <P>I'm not sure whether or not this will help but have you tried manually adjusting the microphone level?&nbsp; There are instructions for doing so on page 144 of the manual - <A href="http://gdlp01.c-wss.com/gds/7/0300013657/02/hfr50-52-500-im2-n-en.pdf." target="_blank">http://gdlp01.c-wss.com/gds/7/0300013657/02/hfr50-52-500-im2-n-en.pdf.</A></P> Sun, 11 Oct 2015 02:38:40 GMT https://community.usa.canon.com/t5/Camcorders/Vixia-HF-r50-external-mic-not-working/m-p/153695#M2974 VideoGeek 2015-10-11T02:38:40Z