Excellet! Thanks, Jim! Randy
On Jan 15, 2010, at 11:06 AM, "Jim Brown" <[email protected]> wrote: > On Fri, 15 Jan 2010 09:03:55 -0600, Randy Moore wrote: > >> Does anyone have the wiring for the CM500 to connect to the K2? Or >> just the pin-out for the CM500 stereo connector? > > Connect the "tip" of the CM500 mic connector to the mic input pin of > the > K2, connect the "ring" of the CM500 mic connector to the +DC pin on > the > K2 mic connector through a resistor of about 5K (value not critical), > and connect the "shell" of the CM500 mic connector to the shell of the > K2 mic connector. > > Two ways to do this. For both you need to buy an 8-pin connector. > Method > 1) Cut the connector off the CM500, strip the wires and identify which > color goes to which pin. Strip the wires from the headset and wire > them > to the 8-pin connector. > > Method 2) Don't cut any wires. Buy a female 1/8-inch jack from Full > Compass (a very good pro audio vendor in Madison, WI) and make an > adapter. > > http://www.fullcompass.com/product/339102.html > > You'll pay $1.30 for one connector and about $8 to ship it. :) That's > silly, of course, but it's how life is. So instead of buying only one > connector, think about other connectors you need and stock up. I did > this about two weeks ago and bought ten each of four types of hard to > find connectors. > > I strongly recommend method 2. You'll find that this mic and > headphones > work really well on a computer, and on the K3. For these uses, you > need > no adapter at all -- they plug straight in. > > Note that I haven't identified which pins on the K2 connector are > which > -- that depends on how you wired it when you built it, so check the > K2 > manual and your build notes for that detail. > > 73, > > Jim Brown K9YC > > > ______________________________________________________________ > Elecraft mailing list > Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft > Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm > Post: mailto:[email protected] > > This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net > Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html ______________________________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:[email protected] This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html
