Matt - sure enough! when i pulled the jack assembly from the bay i can see the R tag soldered to the S tag. from underneath the desk this was easily missed! easy fix for my install ... i'll just pull the 4 points and unlink these tags and i'm in business. thanks!!
pete andrews On Jul 20, 2011, at 6:50 AM, Matt Syson wrote: > Hi > They have 5 connections: > Sleeve (ground) > Tip > Tip switch > Ring > Ring switch > They are inherently 'balanced' wireable but the way yours has been done is > unbalanced. > The switch contacts are used for 'normalling' so for an insert return for > example your tip and ring switch contacts come FROM the preceding output > stage (usually with a jacj wired as a 'listen' and the tip and ting contacts > would go into the next stage or piece of gear. > Examine a jack carefully and you will see that the tip and ting tags are > slightly thicker than the switch contact tags. > As you say R is also grounded in your setup, which is to be expected since it > is unbalanced. You need to unlink this so that it can become the 'cold' phase > of your balanced cabling. > Matt S > PS I haven't really examined your picture and assume you have 5 tags. The > other possibility is that you only have 3 tags (no switch contacts). In this > case you can't do 'normalling' but only 'listens' or in / outs. > > > On 20/07/2011 03:04, pete wrote: >> Bros.... >> >> the patchbay on my series IIIc is confusing me. >> i am readying the desk for a master insert module to be installed, and was >> going to hi-jack (no pun intended) 4 points on the bay for the sends and >> returns. i know the bays are wired unbalanced ... but i wanted to rewire >> them balanced. with a tt inserted into the point on the lower left (as seen >> in the picture attached) i test for continuity from T, R, and S to identify >> the corresponding solder points. the S is the common ground rail seen in the >> picture... good... i expect that... T is the 3rd tab up from the ground >> rail.... ok... R is also the ground rail. Hmm. Are these points all >> internally unbalanced? are they configurable to balanced at all? if not, >> why in the world are they manufactured with 4 tabs on the bottom?!?! >> >> thanks... >> >> pete andrews >> > ------ > > View the list online at: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected] > > You can unsubscribe at anytime by sending an email to > mailto:[email protected] with "unsubscribe neotek" in the message body. > If you have any difficulties, or questions --please send an email to > mailto:[email protected]. > > The Neotek list is lovingly hosted by Catapult Web. Remember that any message > or reply sent to the list will be automatically forwarded to all subscribers. > > Vive Le Neotek! > > Thanks. > ------ View the list online at: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected] You can unsubscribe at anytime by sending an email to mailto:[email protected] with "unsubscribe neotek" in the message body. If you have any difficulties, or questions --please send an email to mailto:[email protected]. The Neotek list is lovingly hosted by Catapult Web. Remember that any message or reply sent to the list will be automatically forwarded to all subscribers. Vive Le Neotek! Thanks.
