In Reply to: xlr to rca posted by castironandtubes on October 15, 2008 at 22:04:40:
Dave,
If you picked up an aftermarket cable, Pins 1 and 3 are likely shorted together.
You may want to do the following:
1. remove the shorting jumper between 1 and 3.
2. use pin 2 for RCA ground and pin 3 for RCA hot or center pin. I do not know for sure, but I am going to guess that Sony (like the other Japanese pro manufacturers) used the traditional Pin coding for their XLR pins that was originated by Ampex in the US. Pin 3 = hot, Pin 2 = cold, and Pin 1 = ground.
Once you find out for sure which way your MCI is wired, I'd suggest your change it to Pin 2 being hot and Pin 3 being cold, since that is the method used now by almost all modern day pro gear.
Also if you want to make up your own cables, you can source all the materials you need from markertek dot com. They carry the Canare Star Quad and Mogami cables, and Neutrik XLRs with gold or tin plated pins.
Best
John
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