Super Special Ed Genius Headphone Adapter

We have Canon ZR800s in our collection and we recently purchased Canon ZR960s. Although both video cameras have a microphone IN port, neither of these cameras have a true headphone OUT port. This makes it difficult to test for/listen to audio when using internal and external microphones at the time of recording.

I discovered a work around that should work for most video cameras with a 4 pole A/V out port.

If you plug a 1/8" stereo mini plug pair of headphones into the A/V out, you will get feedback and distorted audio.

However, if you use the 4 pole A/V cable (4 pole to RCA male plug cable) that comes with the camera and a Female Stereo 3.5mm (1/8") mini to 2 Female RCA Adapter (See B&H site: http://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/product/408128-REG/Hosa_Technology_GRF_341_GRF341_Stereo_Mini_to.html), you will be able to plug the audio RCA male plugs of the A/V cable into the RCA female plug of the adapter. Then you can plug the 1/8" stereo mini plug male end of a pair of headphones into the female end of the stereo mini plug adapter.