Plug Soldering Guide - Behringer DX1000 User Manual

7.2 Plug soldering guide

You will need a lot of cables for different purposes - see the following figures to make sure you have got the right
ones.
Use custom-made RCA cables for all connections which use RCA sockets (centre post = signal (+ve) and
sleeve = ground/screen).
Unbalanced use of
mono 1/4" jack plugs
Tip =
Signal
Sleeve =
Ground / Shield
Tip
Sleeve
Strain relief clamp
Fig. 7.1: Un-/balanced jack plugs and balanced XLR connectors
12
Balanced use with XLR connectors
2 1
3
Input
For unbalanced use pin 1 and pin 3 have to be bridged
7. CONNECTIONS
Balanced use of
stereo 1/4" jack plugs
Tip =
hot (+ve)
Ring =
cold (-ve)
Sleeve =
Ground / Shield
Tip
Ring
Sleeve
Strain relief clamp
For connection of balanced and
unbalanced plugs, ring and sleeve have
to be bridged at the stereo plug.
1 = Ground / Shield
2 = hot (+ve)
3 = cold (-ve)
1 2
3
Output