Rode Microphones NTG-3B manual

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    ( EMC, L VD ) NTG-3 Instruction Manual www .rodemic.com[...]

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    - 2 - Introduc tion Tha nk you fo r your p urc hase of t he NT G -3 prec isio n broad c as t-g rad e sh otgun mic ro pho ne. Th e NTG-3 is o ne of ’s m os t e x c i ti n g m i c r o p h o n e s . I t i s t h e r e s u l t o f y e a r s o f d e v e l o p m e n t by engineers, providing the professional broa dc a st a nd fi l m i n d u s t r i e s[...]

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    - 3 - Specifi ca t i ons Acou s tic Princ ip le: Line Gradient Direc tional Pat te r n: Sup er-Ca rdioid Fre q ue n c y Rang e: 4 0 Hz - 20 k Hz Output Impedence: 25 Ω Sensitivit y: -3 0 dB ± 2dB (31 .6mV /Pa) Equivalent Noise: 13 d B A Maximum Output: 8.2dBu Dynam ic Rang e : 117 d B S P L Maximu m SP L: 1 3 0 dB @ 1 kHz Signa l/Noi se: 81 d B [...]

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    - 4 - Specifi ca t i ons Frequency R esponse P olar R es ponse Accessorie s 0˚ 90˚ 270˚ 180˚ -2.0 -20.0 -10.0 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 -25.0 dB rel. 1V/Pa +5.0 Frequency: 500 Hz : 1000 Hz : 4000 Hz : – – – dB re 1 V/Pa 20 10 0 -10 -20 -30 20Hz 100 1000 10 000 20 000 RM 5 - Sta nd m ou nt WSN[...]

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    - 5 - Fea t u re s • De sign ed to w ith s ta nd ad ve rs e envir onmental conditions • 50 % le s s se lf-n ois e tha n the m ajor it y of shotg un mic s • T rue C on den se r (ex ter nal RF bias ed ) • E x tre mel y low ha ndlin g nois e • High le vel of imm uni t y to radio frequency inter ference • Hi gh sensitivity • Su per ior b [...]

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    - 6 - • We st rongl y sug ge s t th e us e of high q uali t y X LR ca bl es, u sin g the s hor tes t c ab le le ng th p os si ble to en sure mi nimal n ois e inte r fe ren ce be t we en the m ic rop hon e ou tp ut a nd th e c ame ra /reco rde r input. • Th e NTG-3 feat ure s a cu s tom d esig ne d XL R con nec tor th at is s pe cia lly d esig n[...]

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    - 7 - • Shotgu n mic roph one s have a nar row ‘pick-up’ ang le or p olar re sp on se, and s o c an b e use d to grea t ef fe c t w ith c a mer as fo r new s gat he ring , wed di ng vid e os, s po r t ing eve nt s or i n any sit uatio n wh ere you w ant to fo cu s on a pa r t icu lar area of so und s ou rce wi th ou t having yo ur aud io over[...]

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    - 8 - Wa r r a n t y All micro ph one s are w ar ra nted fo r one yea r fro m date of p urc has e. Y o u c an ex te nd th at to a f ull ten year s i f you reg is ter on line at www . ro d e mi c. co m . Th e war r ant y cover s par t s and la bo ur tha t may be req uire d to repa ir th e mic rop hone d ur ing t he wa r ran t y per iod . The w ar r [...]