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XLR Gender change adaptors


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Yep. Straight through

1. Screen

2. Hot (Red)

3. Cold (blue, clear, white)

 

 

Just about to make a few old XLRs into a few adaptors.

 

Is there a standard for wiring m-m or f-f cable? as far as I can see there is no reason for it to be anything other than 1 to 1 on the pin numbers, but I want them to be standard.

 

Thanks

 

Dave

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Whenever I solder up XLRs I do so by shoving the business end into my ageing EMO XLR tester. Its connectors have been legended by means of permanent marker with the PIN numbers.

 

This I did after getting a batch of XLRs with the wrong pin nuimbers on them...

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I have in the past found it useful to have a couple of polarity reversing XLRs - short ones wired pin 2 to 3 and pin 3 to 2. These were obviously very clearly marked. The band had an effects unit (unbalanced jack sockets) on stage and running this via the existing multicore in the various places we played occasionally refused to work without them, possibly due to incorrectly wired aux lines in the multicore. Saved us on several occasions...
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Whenever I solder up XLRs I do so by shoving the business end into my ageing EMO XLR tester. Its connectors have been legended by means of permanent marker with the PIN numbers.

 

This I did after getting a batch of XLRs with the wrong pin nuimbers on them...

 

I always use my tester, its the best thing to hold the slippery little suckers whilst your doing the job!

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