No audio in headphones w/ XLR (EXT) mic

[lightisbeauty]

Hi all,

Have a dr-44wl, and with a mic connected to either XLR, I cannot hear audio in headphones. I can see the levels on the display and can confirm it does record audio but I can't actually monitor it. Have tried everything I can think of, looked through the manual, searched online but can't come up with anything so hoping that someone here has this figured out.
Have also tried with or w/o phantom power. Again, I can see the levels coming in, so I know there is input but its not being routed to the headphones -- it only seems to do that with the two internal mics.

_J

 

[Geoffrey Kolbe]

What is the impedance of your headphones? What type of headphones are they?

 

[lightisbeauty]

No idea. I've tried using two different kinds of generic stereo headphones, and the only thing that gets passed through is the built-in inputs 1,2. The XLR 3,4 do not get monitored in the headphones.

 

[Geoffrey Kolbe]

So, you are getting something out of the headphones, but only when you use the internal mics, not when you use mics plugged into the XLR sockets?

 

[lightisbeauty]

Precisely. I cannot monitor XLR inputs.

 

[Geoffrey Kolbe]

If the input levels are jumping around and you are actually getting usable recordings from the XLR mics, but not able to monitor these inputs on the headphones, then I would suggest reading the manual really carefully to ensure you are not missing out on something in this regard.

At that point, I would take it back to the shop.