XLR Adapters question at DVinfo.net

Monte Comeau · May 28th, 2006, 03:58 PM

Hello
I recently purchased a couple of XLR to mini 3.5mm adapters for my Panasonic DVC60's XLR inputs and realized they are for high impedance devices and do not work on my camera.

Any idea what these adapters can be used for? Is there something my camera can use them with?

Thanks in advance for any help

Steve House · May 29th, 2006, 04:03 AM

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Originally Posted by Monte Comeau

Hello
I recently purchased a couple of XLR to mini 3.5mm adapters for my Panasonic DVC60's XLR inputs and realized they are for high impedance devices and do not work on my camera.

Any idea what these adapters can be used for? Is there something my camera can use them with?

Thanks in advance for any help

You need to find out how they are wired before doing anything with them. Get a meter or cable tester to verify. What are the genders of each side of the adapters? Is the mini side a TS or TRS connector? XLRs can be connected to a phone jack or plug is several different ways depending on the usage. Balance to balanced connects XLR2 to TRS tip, XLR 3 to TRS ring, and XLR 1 to TRS sleeve. Balanced to unbalanced connects XLR 2 to TS/TRS tip, XLR 3 to TS sleeve or TRS ring and sleeve, XLR 1 to cable shield and either unconnected at mini side or connected also to sleeve along with pin 3.

Monte Comeau · May 29th, 2006, 08:55 AM

These are 3 pin Male XLR to female 1/4" I have an 1/4" to mini adapter on them so my mics would fit..

Says Hi-Z Unbalanced /Low-Z Balanced.
They are the Radio Shack 274-017c model.

I don't know if they are compatible with my camera or not, or what to use them with if they were.

David Ennis · May 29th, 2006, 09:45 AM

Monte, that adapter takes the signal appearing between the tip and the sleeve of a 1/4" plug and applies it between pins 2 and 3 of the XLR plug. It's intended the XLR plug be the output end of the adapter.

You could use it backwards together with your 1/4" to 3.5mm adapter to connect an XLR mic to the 3.5 mm input jack of a camcorder but you'd have to add a male to female XLR gender changer. And the signal would be applied to only one channel of a stereo input unless you added yet another adapter--a mono to stereo one. Kind of cumbersome.

Monte Comeau · May 29th, 2006, 10:46 AM

OK...I guess these things are useless to me. Anyone want them? They can be yours for the cost of shipping.

May 28th, 2006, 03:58 PM	#1
Monte Comeau Regular Crew Join Date: Dec 2005 Posts: 71	XLR Adapters question Hello I recently purchased a couple of XLR to mini 3.5mm adapters for my Panasonic DVC60's XLR inputs and realized they are for high impedance devices and do not work on my camera. Any idea what these adapters can be used for? Is there something my camera can use them with? Thanks in advance for any help

May 29th, 2006, 09:45 AM	#4
David Ennis Fred Retread Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: Hartford, CT Posts: 1,227	Monte, that adapter takes the signal appearing between the tip and the sleeve of a 1/4" plug and applies it between pins 2 and 3 of the XLR plug. It's intended the XLR plug be the output end of the adapter. You could use it backwards together with your 1/4" to 3.5mm adapter to connect an XLR mic to the 3.5 mm input jack of a camcorder but you'd have to add a male to female XLR gender changer. And the signal would be applied to only one channel of a stereo input unless you added yet another adapter--a mono to stereo one. Kind of cumbersome. __________________ "Nothing in the world can take the place of persistence..." - Calvin Coolidge "My brain is wired to want to know how other things are wired." - Me

May 29th, 2006, 08:55 AM	#3
Monte Comeau Regular Crew Join Date: Dec 2005 Posts: 71	These are 3 pin Male XLR to female 1/4" I have an 1/4" to mini adapter on them so my mics would fit.. Says Hi-Z Unbalanced /Low-Z Balanced. They are the Radio Shack 274-017c model. I don't know if they are compatible with my camera or not, or what to use them with if they were.

May 29th, 2006, 10:46 AM	#5
Monte Comeau Regular Crew Join Date: Dec 2005 Posts: 71	OK...I guess these things are useless to me. Anyone want them? They can be yours for the cost of shipping.