ANY way to monitor audio on a 70D when shooting video?

[Summersond]

 I know there is a meter if you go into menu but I want to monitor live with headphones on what is coming OUT, not what is going in.  I can monitor input but want to make sure output is not overdriven.  Any advise would be wonderful.  I tried hooking up the A/V cable to the camera and monitoring audio out there while shooting but it does not work.  I know that the HDMI audio is muted during recording as well.  This is not a minor issue for those of us who want to make sure we have good audio to start with, as I use a mixer and multiple sources when shooting.

[Tim · Accepted solution]

Summersond,

There isn't a method for outputting the audio signal alone from the EOS 70D to headphones while recording video.  We apologize for any inconvenience that this may cause you at this time.

[Summersond]

Is there a chance you can do a firmware update to make this happen?  I know that many would appreciate it!

dave

[dash1503]

I am looking to just view the audio levels while recording but can't seem to get my eos 70d to display them. I went into the menu settings and turned the sound recording to manual hoping it would display the levels but it didn't work. Any help would be much appreciated!

[Tim]

Hello dash1503, 

There is most like a simple way to get the levels to come back on.  If you press the <INFO> button the display will change.  By pressing this a few times you will cycle through the available displays.