SJCam SJ5000x Elite external microphone hack

Posted by on June 10, 2016

First project with my SJCam SJ5000X Elite, external microphone modification. The audio recording quality of the SJ500x is not that great.  After doing some research I found lots of videos of people taking the SJ4000 and SJ4000 Wifi versions apart, removing the built in microphone and adding a 3.5mm stereo jack and using an external

First project with my SJCam SJ5000X Elite, external microphone modification.

The audio recording quality of the SJ500x is not that great.  After doing some research I found lots of videos of people taking the SJ4000 and SJ4000 Wifi versions apart, removing the built in microphone and adding a 3.5mm stereo jack and using an external micrphone.  So yesterday I decided to take my SJ5000x apart and see if I can figure out how to do the same thing.  Well it works!  Below are a couple pictures of the process.  I plan to make a detailed video of the step by step process for anyone who is interested in doing the same.

 

reassembled camera screen parts camera frame camera board

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