{"id":27482,"date":"2020-11-18T16:22:27","date_gmt":"2020-11-18T21:22:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.blog.jimdoty.com\/?p=27482"},"modified":"2020-11-18T16:22:27","modified_gmt":"2020-11-18T21:22:27","slug":"how-do-you-know-if-you-have-a-fake-rode-videomic-3","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.blog.jimdoty.com\/?p=27482","title":{"rendered":"How Do You Know If You Have a Fake R\u00c3\u02dcDE VideoMic?"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_18332\" style=\"width: 1010px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.blog.jimdoty.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/171214-RODE-warning-register-001-j10.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-18332\" class=\"size-full wp-image-18332\" src=\"https:\/\/www.blog.jimdoty.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/171214-RODE-warning-register-001-j10.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1000\" height=\"607\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.blog.jimdoty.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/171214-RODE-warning-register-001-j10.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/www.blog.jimdoty.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/171214-RODE-warning-register-001-j10-300x182.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.blog.jimdoty.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/171214-RODE-warning-register-001-j10-768x466.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.blog.jimdoty.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/171214-RODE-warning-register-001-j10-494x300.jpg 494w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-18332\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">R\u00c3\u02dcDE warning and registration page.<\/p><\/div>\n<p>If you aren&#8217;t careful, you could end up with a fake R\u00c3\u02dcDE Microphone. If you already bought one, here&#8217;s how to tell if it is fake. If you don&#8217;t have a R\u00c3\u02dcDE mic, here&#8217;s how to avoid buying a fake.<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p><strong>How Do You Know if Your R\u00c3\u02dcDE VideoMic is Real or Fake?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The fastest way is to go to the warranty registration page at the R\u00c3\u02dcDE site (link below) and enter your serial number. If R\u00c3\u02dcDE tells you that you get a free two year warranty, your mic is the real deal. If it tells you the number is not good or has already been assigned, you have a fake mic.<\/p>\n<p>If you have the R\u00c3\u02dcDE VideoMic model, check out these <a href=\"https:\/\/imgur.com\/a\/8fE80\">real and fake side by side comparison photos<\/a>.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_18335\" style=\"width: 710px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.blog.jimdoty.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/171214-RODE-VideoMicro-001-j7.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-18335\" class=\"size-full wp-image-18335\" src=\"https:\/\/www.blog.jimdoty.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/171214-RODE-VideoMicro-001-j7.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"700\" height=\"700\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.blog.jimdoty.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/171214-RODE-VideoMicro-001-j7.jpg 700w, https:\/\/www.blog.jimdoty.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/171214-RODE-VideoMicro-001-j7-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.blog.jimdoty.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/171214-RODE-VideoMicro-001-j7-300x300.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-18335\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">R\u00c3\u02dcDE VideoMicro<\/p><\/div>\n<p><strong>How Do You Know if Your R\u00c3\u02dcDE VideoMicro is Real or Fake?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Because the R\u00c3\u02dcDE VideoMicro is so popular, compact, high quality, and reasonably priced, there are a lot of Chinese fakes out there. If you already have a VideoMicro there are some visual clues to see if your mic is real or not. They are covered in the following video. If you want to skip the video, read the list that follows.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/KB5Sttpoe_U\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Here&#8217;s the list of things to look for from the above video.<\/p>\n<p>1. On the body of the real mic you will read:<\/p>\n<p>VIDEOMICRO<br \/>\nMADE IN AUSTRALIA<br \/>\nS\/N: DC 262626262626<\/p>\n<p>On a fake mic the serial number line will be in the middle:<\/p>\n<p>VIDEOMICRO<br \/>\nS\/N: DC 262626262626<br \/>\nMADE IN AUSTRALIA<\/p>\n<p>2. On the red part of the mic to camera cable you will see the word R\u00c3\u02dcDE in tiny white letters. On a fake mic there will be no white letters.<\/p>\n<p>3. The R\u00c3\u02dcDE label on the dead cat windsock will be in the middle. On the fake mic the label will be toward the back of the windsock.<\/p>\n<p>4. On the real box the label on the bottom of the box with the serial number and UPC code will be in English. On the fake box it will be in Chinese.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Buying R\u00c3\u02dcDE Mics from Amazon<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>How do you avoid buying a fake mic from Amazon? What do you do about the Amazon warning at the R\u00c3\u02dcDE site?<\/p>\n<p>Allan <span class=\"admin\">T\u00c3\u00a9pper<\/span> of the ProVideo Coalition <a href=\"https:\/\/www.provideocoalition.com\/rode-clarifies-amazon-counterfeit-microphone-warning\/\">wrote to R\u00c3\u02dcDE for a clarification<\/a> on the R\u00c3\u02dcDE warning about buying from Amazon. He received this reply:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>Thanks Allan.<\/p>\n<p>Amazon itself is authorised for purchases from Amazon, but other dealers \u00e2\u20ac\u02dcfulfilled by Amazon\u00e2\u20ac\u2122 are not. We know the sales channel through which Amazon purchases and it is legitimate but other dealers that send their stock to Amazon and sell on their marketplace are not only grey importing (which makes it difficult to give proper support) but we\u00e2\u20ac\u2122ve identified counterfeit VideoMic GOs. To tell, the user just needs to select the microphone marked as \u00e2\u20ac\u02dcsold and fulfilled by Amazon\u00e2\u20ac\u2122.<\/p>\n<p>Hope this helps but if you have any other questions please let me know.<\/p>\n<p>Kind Regards,<\/p>\n<p>Scott Emerton<br \/>\nMarketing Manager<br \/>\nR\u00c3\u02dcDE Microphones<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>What this means if you buy from Amazon is to take careful note of who the seller is. If the sold by line at Amazon says &#8220;Sold by XYZ and fulfilled by Amazon&#8221;, don&#8217;t buy it. (&#8220;XYZ&#8221; stands for any company name.) You have no way of knowing if XYZ bought the real deal or a fake mic and XYZ may have no idea they bought fake mics in the first place. If the sold by line says &#8220;Ships from and sold by Amazon.com&#8221;, it is a legitimate R\u00c3\u02dcDE product made in Australia.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_18334\" style=\"width: 457px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.blog.jimdoty.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/171214-Amzn-sold-by.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-18334\" class=\"size-full wp-image-18334\" src=\"https:\/\/www.blog.jimdoty.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/171214-Amzn-sold-by.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"447\" height=\"86\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.blog.jimdoty.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/171214-Amzn-sold-by.jpg 447w, https:\/\/www.blog.jimdoty.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/171214-Amzn-sold-by-300x58.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 447px) 100vw, 447px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-18334\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Amazon sold by information.<\/p><\/div>\n<p>As soon as you get your mic from Amazon, or any other dealer, go to the R\u00c3\u02dcDE registration page and enter the serial number. If R\u00c3\u02dcDE does not accept the serial number you have a fake. Contact Amazon immediately for information on returning the mic.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_18339\" style=\"width: 710px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.blog.jimdoty.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/171019-RODE-VideoMicro-iP-5972-w7.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-18339\" class=\"size-full wp-image-18339\" src=\"https:\/\/www.blog.jimdoty.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/171019-RODE-VideoMicro-iP-5972-w7.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"700\" height=\"620\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-18339\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">R\u00c3\u02dcDE VideoMicro in use at Acadia National Park.<\/p><\/div>\n<p>I bought my R\u00c3\u02dcDE VideoMicro from Amazon before I knew about the fake warnings. When I got the news I checked it out. I was lucky. I got the real deal.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Authorized R\u00c3\u02dcDE Dealers<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>R\u00c3\u02dcDE has a list of authorized dealers (link below). If you don&#8217;t buy from Amazon, choose someone on the authorized list. Even if you buy from an authorized dealer, as soon as you get your mic go to the R\u00c3\u02dcDE registration page and enter the serial number. If R\u00c3\u02dcDE does not accept the serial number you have a fake. Contact the dealer immediately for information on returning the mic.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Links<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/en.rode.com\/\">R\u00c3\u02dcDE Microphones<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.rode.com\/warranty\/step1\">R\u00c3\u02dcDE Serial Number Warranty Registration<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.rode.com\/wheretobuy\">R\u00c3\u02dcDE authorized dealers<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.provideocoalition.com\/rode-clarifies-amazon-counterfeit-microphone-warning\/\">R\u00c3\u02dcDE clarifies Amazon counterfeit microphone warning<\/a> &#8211; at the ProVideo Coaltion<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/imgur.com\/a\/8fE80\">Real and Fake R\u00c3\u02dcDE VideoMic Side by Side Photos<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Series Link<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>This is one in a series of articles that will guide you to the best of all things photographic. The rest are here: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.blog.jimdoty.com\/?p=27290\">Buyer\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s Guide: Recommendations For The Best Photography Equipment, Software, Books, Magazines, DVDs, Online Photo Labs and More<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>If you aren&#8217;t careful, you could end up with a fake R\u00c3\u02dcDE Microphone. If you already bought one, here&#8217;s how to tell if it is fake. If you don&#8217;t have a R\u00c3\u02dcDE mic, here&#8217;s how to avoid buying a fake.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-27482","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-photo-accessories"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.blog.jimdoty.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27482","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.blog.jimdoty.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.blog.jimdoty.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.blog.jimdoty.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.blog.jimdoty.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=27482"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.blog.jimdoty.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27482\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":27483,"href":"https:\/\/www.blog.jimdoty.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27482\/revisions\/27483"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.blog.jimdoty.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=27482"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.blog.jimdoty.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=27482"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.blog.jimdoty.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=27482"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}