Yay! It worked. Huge thanks for getting me through this guys - really appreciated!!
So now - for the avoidance of pain - here is the full lowdown on lavaliers and the H4N:
- If you are happy with one lavalier, then it's simple - get a stereo one and pop it in the Ext Mic socket at the back, and make sure that Menu>Input>Plug-In is ON
- If you want two, as I did, read on...
- If you haven't bought the lavaliers yet, make sure you buy a model that doesn't require power!! That way it should just work fine, although you will need adapters detailed below to connect them
- If, like me, you bought the lavs first and they won't work (except for in the ext mic socket on the back - see instructions above) then they probably require power. Don't try using Phantom Power as I expect you'll fry your new mics
- To avoid problems, it's important to be sure that everything you buy is mono all the way through, starting with the mics, then the power supply and then the adapter
- I bought two of these inline mono power supplies 3.5mm MONO JACK PLUG IN POWER SUPPLY BATTERY MODULE FOR ELECTRET LAPEL LAVALIERE | eBay
This solves the power problem
- Then you need adapters to connect the two lavs to the sockets in the base of the H4N.
https://www.bax-shop.co.uk/jack-jac...-jack-female?gclid=COm884_s5s8CFYIV0wodD5AIVw
I also bought some of these, which I imagine should work... but for some reason that I haven't yet fathomed, in practise they don't!
https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B000Y021NA/ref=pe_1909131_77697001_tnp_email_TE_AMZLdp_1
So, keep it simple, buy the jack adapters above, which are way cheaper anyway.
Hope this helps anyone else stuck with the same scenario to avoid some unnecessary pain!
