ABSTRACT
A radio microphone system consists of:
a microphone which could be any type of microphone but for many television programmes is a personal or lapel microphone;
a small FM transmitter carried by the programme participant (or it can be built into larger microphones) into which plugs the microphone;
a short aerial attached to the transmitter;
a receiver often mounted on the rear of the camera/recorder, powered by the camera’s power supply and designed to receive the same frequency signal as the transmitter;
an XLR connector cable from the radio receiver to an audio input on the camera usually at mic level (but check – some receiver outputs are at high level).