could anyone tell me the pinout for german 3pin DIN mics?

[dramadisease]

im converting a few older german dynamics to XLR and was wondering the pinout for the 3pin DIN style connectors - one of the mics has 3 wires + a shield and im not sure why?
could anyone be of help?
thanks much!
-bryan

 

[gyraf]

Some old dynamics has both low- and high-Z outputs (using an internal transformer).

Use an ohmmeter to find pin numbers.

Jakob E.

 

[Mark Burnley]

Yep,

Some of the Shure models have an unbalanced hi-Z out and a standard balanced lo-Z output, plus the shield.

This is a good resource for Shure:

http://www.shure.com/datasheets/guides-discontinued.html

Another handy test is a male 3-pin XLR with a metre or so of screened balanced cable, wired:

Pin 1= shield/screen
Pin 2= Audio +
Pin 3= Audio -

...going to three small crocodile clips. You can then connect this lead to the input of your preamp, and "sniff" out the correct connections using the croc clips and a bit of hunting around the pins of the output connector.

I keep a whole set of audio leads wired with the common XLR/TRS etc jacks to croc clips- "bodge" leads for quick testing and temporary connections during maintenance.

:thumb:

Mark

 

[rodabod]

Here is a nice desription:

n = tuchel / din

2 = grosse tuchel (large tuchel)

u = XLR