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The K9 wireless microphone is quite
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popular and it's easy to see why. It's
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affordable. You can often find it for
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less than $20. It has a number of
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variants in the market, but this
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particular K9 brand seems to have gotten
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the attention of a lot of people. Now,
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there are things to take note of before
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buying one. If you check on this side of
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the box, there are three options there.
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The first says for type-C. That type C
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is for your Android smartphone. The next
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one says for iPhone and that one works
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only for iPhone. And then the third one
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says type C plus iPhone. So that's
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type-C for the newer iPhones that have a
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type-C port. You must take note of this
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This particular one identifies that it
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works for both type-C Android
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smartphones and lightning port iPhones.
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And I'll show you in a moment when I
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open the box. It means that it has an
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adapter on the inside that lets you plug
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into an old school iPhone like your
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iPhone 14 series, iPhone 13 series,
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iPhone 12 series. If you do not buy the
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right type for your device,
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So, if you buy [clears throat]
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this type-C, this one that is labeled
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type-C at the top and hope to use it
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with your iPhone, it will not work. You
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need to get the type-C plus iPhone
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variant. You'd see the, you know, that
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check mark will be darkened there. I
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just needed you to see that before we
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move on because a number of people tell
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me that they have connected it. They are
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seeing the green light but it's not
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working. The reason it's not working is
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likely because you're using the wrong
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one for the wrong device. That done,
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let's get to it. Now, in the box, we
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have two microphones,
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and this allows you to use this for a
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podcast or an interview. One person can
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have this on their shirt, the second
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person can have this on their shirt, and
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you can speak together and record audio
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from both of you. There is the receiver.
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We call this the receiver because when
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you speak into the microphone, this
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transmit wirelessly to this. And of
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course, this is plugged into your phone.
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And it's a type-C port. So, it goes into
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Now, what if you want to use it with an
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old school iPhone that has a lightning
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port? You remember that this box is
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labeled for type-C and for iPhone. And I
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mentioned that it has an adapter. Here
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is the adapter. It's a lightning port
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so that you can plug it into your old
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That's how it works for the iPhone.
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Without this adapter, it's not going to
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work. And even if you have one that does
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not support iPhone and use this adapter,
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it will not work. I have tried it. I
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have a variant that is only for type-C
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and I took the adapter from here and I
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tried it. It didn't work. You must get
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this labeling right. It is important
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that you get this labeling right. So
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this is how it works for your iPhone.
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before you use this. These microphones
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need charging. The receiver does not
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need charging. The adapter does not need
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charging. So we can put this aside.
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[snorts] But these microphones need to
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be charged. I'm going to show you how it
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is charged. At the side of each of the
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wireless microphones is a USBC port. You
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can see it here. That's the USBC port.
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And all you have to do is plug in to any
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power source, wall socket, power bank,
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When you plug it in, it lights red
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to show that it's charging. And then you
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have to wait for it to complete charging
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the light will go off and then you
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charge this two. You can see the red
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light when it starts charging. When
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you're done charging, you need to power
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it on. To use it, the power button is
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right here. You should be able to see
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this. So, you're going to press and hold
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it. There you go. It's blinking red and
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green and it does that to indicate that
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it hasn't made a connection. It doesn't
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make a connection with the receiver
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until the receiver is plugged into a
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phone like this. Watch that. [snorts]
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And now it's all green. The blinking has
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stopped. When the blinking stops and it
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turns green, it means it has made a
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connection with the receiver and you're
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ready to record. What do you do now?
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Launch your camera app, switch over to
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video, and hit the record button. And
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then you can start your recording.
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Of course, this does not stay on the
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table. It's a close mic. The idea is
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that it picks the audio from your mouth
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and isolates audio from the background
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as much as possible. So you have to pin
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this close to your mouth. Once you have
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pinned that on your shirt, you're ready
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to record. You press the record button
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and you begin to speak. When you're
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done, you stop recording. You'll find
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the recording in your phone gallery.
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pick it from there, edit it, play around
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with it, whatever you want to do with
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it. Upload it and you're good to go.
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Notice that it's blinking again now that
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If you're using one of the older iPhones
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like this one, you plug in the adapter,
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the lightning port adapter,
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and then I want to make sure you can see
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Yeah, you can see it blinking. And then
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we plug this to the iPhone.
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And you can see it has stopped blinking,
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which means it has paired with the
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receiver and the iPhone. Again, what you
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do, launch your camera on the iPhone,
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put this close to your mouse and switch
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and then you can start recording.
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And when you're done, stop recording.
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So that's it, guys. That's how to
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connect and use the K9
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wireless microphone. It's pretty easy.
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You should be able to find this on
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Amazon, Best Buy. If you can't find this
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particular name, pick any other wireless
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microphone that looks like this. Most
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likely, they are all from the same
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manufacturer. Once you see the design,
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it's very distinctive.
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There are lots of them bearing different
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names, but exactly the same design. It's
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from the same source. It's a white label
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manufacturing thing with different
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people slapping their brand name on it.
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So, they'll likely just all work and
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they work well. So, give it a try. Let
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