Really nice guide. To keep the Mod as simple as possible, I'd be inclined to solder the wire from a new Mic directly to the original wires inside, just as you did. So there's no bulky pigtail coming out to cable tie up. Plus measured correctly, could pre-install the Mic into your Helmet, so you get exactly the correct length of Mic lead, from Cam to mic (no excess wire to bunch up). One downside is if the Mic was to become defective or had poor sound! it would have to be UNsoldered directly, from inside the camera again... could get messy!
Did you do this?? This is the same way I was thinking of doing. Takes the female jack totally out of the equation. Would be interested to hear if you did.
thanks for sharing this mod.. I bought a drift last week, the noise almost made my ears bleed it was awful, but i like the camera, so blew the warranty and copied your idea.. at £97.00 it was worth the risk.... I bought the cable, 3.5 socket and plug from maplins as didn't want to wait for the post, and reused the original mic from the stealth, it has worked a treat, although the original mic is very sensitive and picks up every breath, so i stuffed it deep behind the cheek pads, still picks up most but... hey it's a billion times better than that awful screeching wind noise.... thanks man....
@Al Lui could you link me to the cable you got from maplin, i ordered one online but it came with, white, black and blue cables and it doesnt seem to work regardless of which way i wire them up, would like to get one from maplins but not sure which one, and dont want to make the mistake again lol, thanks
I went into maplins told them I wanted to wire up a a small microphone with two wires to a 3.5 socket, and they picked the bits for me, just soldered them up.....
i've just been in maplins, said they had no clue what i needed even though i clearly explained, honestly they're useless sometimes, so yeah you couldnt help me by any chance, otherwise i guess i'll have to get another cable online or just get a decent gopro that has a built in mic port
I've just chopped a 3.5mm extension socket in half but can't post the pics. it was bought off the net. has 3 contact sections to the pin, 1st 2 sections for left and right channel are the positive feeds the last is earthing connection... I can't remember whether it was by connecting the two positive wires or one positive and one earth, but should work one way round or the other.... good luck
Respect! Too many people nowadays are afraid to open hardware and poke around. Unfortunately, that includes me, therefore - a question. While you were in there, have you seen a way to "de-attach" the lens, i.e. to remove it from the base unit and have it on some kind of extender cable so that the base unit could be mounted on the back of the helmet and the lens itself on a chin? I see there's like 30 very thin wires there. Do you think these could be extended?
Hi do you soilder the red and white wire together off the 3.5 internal and solider it to the red internal mic,then soilder the other wire to black internal
For viewers that don't want to move the mic away from the camera unit:- Has anyone tried simply turning the mic around so that its facing away from that little hole...I wonder if that would help reduce the wind noise? Or Utilising the internal speaker bay area and fitting a mic there...is there enough sound penetration into the camera body for this to work?
I packed the cavity where the microphone is with foam (the kind used to cover microphones) and the wind noise was still so bad that it's unwatchable even at low speed. Just a poor design and placement decision by drift. Shame as the video is great. I'll do this mod instead now.
On my audio extension lead the three wires inside are coloured red,blue and green. Do you know which wire either blue or green do I connect to the red wire before I solder them to the red wire of the camera...thanks for your time...
Sorry I do not know. I know that one is right, left and common. You may have to just touch them together in combinations to check before soldering. It may not even matter since the cam is only a mono
Question : I've just Watch your video and i've a question Is it very important to join the white cable to the red and The red one to the dark ? Could you explain me why ? Because i would like to make this modification on my Stealth 2. With my all thanks Best regards. Valou
The line used is for a stereo microphone. The stealth only has a mono speaker. Therefore, the those two lines are attached together. Thats just the easiest way.
Hi, Thanks for your reply So, i've received my Drift Stealth 2 yesterday I suppose that my line is a stereo one too, because it has 3 cables A Red A Brow and a Black If i need to do the modification like you, i think i take the the red Stealth 2 cable with the Brown and the Red of my line and then the black Stealth 2 cable with the Black one of my line. it is correct ? Thanks for your reply Best regards Valou
@kccruiser i've just got the aux extension but the colours are white, blue, black, i've swapped the colours around trying to get some audio pickup from the mic but it wont work, have you any ideas/suggestions? thanks
KC Cruiser I would be interested in seeing or finding out how hard this battery swap would be also. I just know that the li-ion Batts can get very angry if mistreated.
Nice info. Recommend next time don't work in the shadows of some can. Can't see crap without light. And bring the final design closer to the camera. Saw more hands than instructions.
Really nice guide.
To keep the Mod as simple as possible, I'd be inclined to solder the wire from a new Mic directly to the original wires inside, just as you did. So there's no bulky pigtail coming out to cable tie up. Plus measured correctly, could pre-install the Mic into your Helmet, so you get exactly the correct length of Mic lead, from Cam to mic (no excess wire to bunch up).
One downside is if the Mic was to become defective or had poor sound! it would have to be UNsoldered directly, from inside the camera again... could get messy!
Did you do this?? This is the same way I was thinking of doing. Takes the female jack totally out of the equation. Would be interested to hear if you did.
thanks for sharing this mod.. I bought a drift last week, the noise almost made my ears bleed it was awful, but i like the camera, so blew the warranty and copied your idea.. at £97.00 it was worth the risk.... I bought the cable, 3.5 socket and plug from maplins as didn't want to wait for the post, and reused the original mic from the stealth, it has worked a treat, although the original mic is very sensitive and picks up every breath, so i stuffed it deep behind the cheek pads, still picks up most but... hey it's a billion times better than that awful screeching wind noise.... thanks man....
@Al Lui could you link me to the cable you got from maplin, i ordered one online but it came with, white, black and blue cables and it doesnt seem to work regardless of which way i wire them up, would like to get one from maplins but not sure which one, and dont want to make the mistake again lol, thanks
I went into maplins told them I wanted to wire up a a small microphone with two wires to a 3.5 socket, and they picked the bits for me, just soldered them up.....
i've just been in maplins, said they had no clue what i needed even though i clearly explained, honestly they're useless sometimes, so yeah you couldnt help me by any chance, otherwise i guess i'll have to get another cable online or just get a decent gopro that has a built in mic port
I've just chopped a 3.5mm extension socket in half but can't post the pics. it was bought off the net. has 3 contact sections to the pin, 1st 2 sections for left and right channel are the positive feeds the last is earthing connection... I can't remember whether it was by connecting the two positive wires or one positive and one earth, but should work one way round or the other.... good luck
Great vid. Worked exactly as described. Shame drift couldn't just add a mic jack thou. Doh! Big error on their part. Thanks for sharing. Very helpful.
Glad that worked for ya. Keep it shiny side up
Late to the party on this one but thanks for posting the video. Adapted my Drift this evening and it all works ticketyboo :-)
Very good mod. Thank you. I'm going to try this on my two stealths to save me buying the Ghost S.
I'll post a video when done and link it to you.
shit that was easy step by step. thanks dude
Im going to give it a try. Wish I looked up the Stealth 2 before I bought it.
Thats what happened to me. Seen the price at $99 and didnt look further
I got mine even cheaper, at $79 I did not even think about it.
i got it for $69.99 but knew no ext. mic. i'm glad i did now can do the mod...
Respect! Too many people nowadays are afraid to open hardware and poke around. Unfortunately, that includes me, therefore - a question. While you were in there, have you seen a way to "de-attach" the lens, i.e. to remove it from the base unit and have it on some kind of extender cable so that the base unit could be mounted on the back of the helmet and the lens itself on a chin? I see there's like 30 very thin wires there. Do you think these could be extended?
Hi do you soilder the red and white wire together off the 3.5 internal and solider it to the red internal mic,then soilder the other wire to black internal
For viewers that don't want to move the mic away from the camera unit:-
Has anyone tried simply turning the mic around so that its facing away from that little hole...I wonder if that would help reduce the wind noise?
Or
Utilising the internal speaker bay area and fitting a mic there...is there enough sound penetration into the camera body for this to work?
I packed the cavity where the microphone is with foam (the kind used to cover microphones) and the wind noise was still so bad that it's unwatchable even at low speed. Just a poor design and placement decision by drift. Shame as the video is great. I'll do this mod instead now.
You have the video with the new microphone?
On my audio extension lead the three wires inside are coloured red,blue and green. Do you know which wire either blue or green do I connect to the red wire before I solder them to the red wire of the camera...thanks for your time...
Sorry I do not know. I know that one is right, left and common. You may have to just touch them together in combinations to check before soldering. It may not even matter since the cam is only a mono
KC Cruiser thank you sir,i'll try what you said regarding different combinations and hopefully i'll get it right...
Question :
I've just Watch your video and i've a question
Is it very important to join the white cable to the red
and
The red one to the dark ?
Could you explain me why ?
Because i would like to make this modification on my Stealth 2.
With my all thanks
Best regards.
Valou
The line used is for a stereo microphone. The stealth only has a mono speaker. Therefore, the those two lines are attached together. Thats just the easiest way.
Hi, Thanks for your reply
So, i've received my Drift Stealth 2 yesterday
I suppose that my line is a stereo one too, because it has 3 cables
A Red A Brow and a Black
If i need to do the modification like you, i think
i take the the red Stealth 2 cable with the Brown and the Red of my line
and then the black Stealth 2 cable with the Black one of my line.
it is correct ?
Thanks for your reply
Best regards
Valou
That should do it
Thanks for your reply
Soo let'rock for me to do this
whoops sorry just seen your description of how to soilder wires together sorry,so now I can have ago at this cheers
@kccruiser i've just got the aux extension but the colours are white, blue, black, i've swapped the colours around trying to get some audio pickup from the mic but it wont work, have you any ideas/suggestions? thanks
I snipped the mic while it was still in place and made a new hole at the bottom towards the back of the camera
As long as it works for ya. I just gave an idea and glad that others can expand on it.
if I buy a adaptor mini usb - female 3.5mm and connect it to the camera, will it work? do u have any idea? (like the boya mini usb)
Im thinking that would work too. As long as you have a female end for your mic plug then just solder its wires to the internal mic wires.
cheers man!
+Thiago Ribeiro works?
+Thiago Ribeiro does it work?
I bought this adapter and I'm waiting for enough then give feedback.
Good night little pigtail
why are you doing this MOD? is it because of the wind noise?
Do u have a tutorial on replacing the battery?
That I do not have. I dont think it would be that difficult though
KC Cruiser I would be interested in seeing or finding out how hard this battery swap would be also. I just know that the li-ion Batts can get very angry if mistreated.
I would be very interested in such an additional video, too.
Nice info. Recommend next time don't work in the shadows of some can. Can't see crap without light. And bring the final design closer to the camera. Saw more hands than instructions.
Hey do you know if the external Mic actually works with this setup have you tested it???
+Tj Mosher It does. I use a Sony ECM CS3 mic.
Ok cool thanks I think I may use this and does it still pick up the surrounding noise like the bike other people talking and cars around me?
Tj Mosher It does. Sometimes too well. Sometimes it picks up outside noise more than my voice right next to it. Cant figure that part out.
I want to try this so bad but I don't know how to solder nor do I have a soldering gun D:
I swear to god, I would pay you to do this for me. Too fiddly for my mental state haha
it looks a simple solution to a design fault eh. thanks .
I tried this and it didn't work.
Sorry to hear that. Ive done 5 now without issue. Only thing I can think of is a wire got backwards or shorted with another
works a reat....😃