Posted by Peter Jonasson (130.113.69.66) on May 14, 2003 at 10:03:33:
In Reply to: XLR Wiring Help PLease ASAP posted by George McNelia on November 01, 2002 at 09:06:24:
: Hello,
: I need some help wiring a cable for my Sennheiser Mic to my camera. It uses 3 Pin XLR balanced wire. I have the wire - Canare L-4E6S it had 4 wires in it 2 white and 2 blue with a braided sheild. I also Have the XLR Connectors - Neutrik they have 3 pins and a tab that looks to be for sheilding. I do not know the proper way to wire these cables. I am very capable of doing this I just need the diagram of instructions. The reason I am building them is I need right angle XLR plug on the camera end. Markertek could not gaurantee that they would angle up. So I bought the supplies myself. Help ASAP thanks.
The 2 white and 2 blue are all necessary when you hook up to your xlr3. The sheild goes to pin 1, and both whites go to pin3 and both blues to pin 2...usually... check your phasing afterwards. The 2 blue and 2 white wires are an attempt to inprove noise rejection. The individual colours are twisted as well as both being twisted together. This is usually expensive cable.