David_Harry
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KerryG Posted at 3-7 08:51
Hopefully it isn't chipped somehow and only the DJI adapter will work. I am hoping that it requires a firmware update and then third-party adapters will work properly Even Apple only charged $9.00 for their USB-C to 3.5mm adapter, and that's on the high side on Amazon compared to cheap ones.
Hi.
I doubt very much that the adaptor is a simple passive one. I've already tested the socket with a standard USB/3.5mm adaptor and while there is indeed an electret/plugin power voltage on what would typically be the mono mic channel, the Pocket wouldn't work with a connected ECM.
This would suggest that there may well be control circuitry within the adaptor. Given that the wiring of the Pocket's bottom USB socket could be partially a bespoke wiring, this would seem to make sense.
I could be wrong on this but I doubt we'll be seeing any cheap 3rd party adaptors anytime soon, if at all.
If you take the GoPro USB audio adaptor as an example for the 3 and the 4, these where simple semi/passive arrangements that could be easily copied. But when GP went to the 5,6 and 7 they completely changed to a bespoke system with some form of controller and to the best of my knowledge, there's never been a 3rd party version of that interface.
The simpler versions of these types of adaptors, say for phones and actioncams, just rely on an impedance/resistive change in the circuit to activate it and I very much doubt this is the case with the Pocket's interface.
That said, I'd like to be proven wrong on my assumptions as it's gonna get very expensive to have backups of the interface, which due to its size is probably going to be something that's easy to lose if your distracted when out and about shooting.
Cheers,
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