Rode Microphones VideoMic Pro Instruction Manual

VideoMic Pro

Instruction Manual

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Introduction

Thank you for investing in the VideoMic Pro.

When
2004 it was the only microphone of its kind on the
market. Just like many great innovations it was born
from a personal need. At the time MiniDV cameras
were the latest technology, offering consumers and
independent fi lmmakers unprecedented freedom
and creativity for their video, but neglecting audio
quality. I went shopping for a solution but found that
the only offerings were either cheap inferior quality
or high cost shotgun microphones not designed to
integrate easily with the cameras.

Thus the VideoMic was born. Six years on and its
broadcast audio quality, integrated shock mounting
and accessible price tag has made it the world’s
largest selling microphone for consumer cameras.

However in this time there have been numerous
innovations in video cameras, from hard drive,
solid state and network cameras, through to high
defi nition Digital SLR and onwards to large sensor
video cameras. The technology has gotten larger
but of course the form factor much smaller, thus
the decision to create the high performance, yet
conveniently compact VideoMic Pro.

Creating a high performance microphone as
lightweight and manageable as the VideoMic Pro
was quite a technical challenge. Other companies
have attempted and failed, simply because a
directional microphone depends on the length of
the microphone barrel to reject the surrounding
ambient noise that you don’t want to pick up.

released the original VideoMic in

Leveraging the technology developed alongside our
award winning NTG-1, NTG-2 and NTG-3 shotgun
microphones we’ve fi nally realised a professional
microphone with a much smaller form factor.

Please take the time to visit www.rodemic.com and
register your microphone for a full ten year warranty.

Peter Freedman

Microphones

Sydney, Australia

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Specifi cations

Acoustic Principle:

Polar Pattern:

Frequency Range:

Frequency Range:
(High Pass Filter)

Variable Level:

Output
Impedence:

Signal to Noise
Ratio:

Equivalent Noise:

Maximum SPL:

Maximum Output:

Sensitivity:

Line Gradient

Super-Cardioid

40Hz ~ 20 000Hz

Selectable HPF
@ 80Hz/12 dB/octave

3 position switch
(-10 dB, 0 dB, +20 dB)

200

74 d B

20 dBA SPL
(A- weighted as per IEC651)

134 dB

+6.9 dBu
(@ 1% THD into 1K  load)

-38 dB re 1V/Pa
(12.6mV @ 94 dB SPL)
± 2 dB @ 1kHz

Dynamic Range:

Power
Requirements:

Output
Connection:

Battery Life:

Weight
(No Battery):

Dimensions

114 dB (as per IEC651)

9V alkaline battery
(Current: 7.8mA)

3.5mm stereo mini-jack plug
(dual mono)

>70 h our s

86g (3oz)

43mm x 150mm x 95mm
(1.69” x 6” x 3.74”)

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Specifi cations

Frequency Response

10

0

-10

-20

-30

dB re 1 V./Pa

-40

20 Hz 100 1000 10 000 20 000

Polar Response

+5.0

0.0

-2.0

-4.0

-6.0

-8.0

-10.0

-12.0

-14.0

-16.0

-18.0

-20.0

-22.0

-24.0

dB rel. 1V/Pa

Frequency:

500 Hz:

1000 Hz:
2000 Hz:
8000 Hz:

14000 Hz:

0˚

-2.0

-10.0

-25.0

90˚ 270˚

-20.0

180˚

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Features

• Compact, lightweight body

• Broadcast recording quality

• Condenser microphone

• 9V battery powered - over 70 hours use (alkaline)

• Integrated shock mounting

• Integrated foam windshield

• 3.5mm stereo mini-jack output (dual mono)

• Two step high-pass fi lter (0, 80Hz)

• Three position level control (-10 dB, 0 dB, +20 dB)

• Rugged construction

• Flexible and lightweight cable to minimise handling

noise and ensure isolation

• Integrated camera-shoe mount, with 3/8” thread

for easy boompole mounting

• Australian designed and manufactured

• Ten year warranty*

*Online product registr ation required.

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