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I had to repair a broken TA5F connector that an actor broke and didn't want to send the mic back, so Dave sent me this diagram. BTW, I have 4 802's and they worked great, but one didn't work with the lectro's that I had (but it did work with the power supply, weird), so I returned the mic and they just sent me a new one instead of trying to repair it. The customer service from OST has been awesome, even when I e-mailed Dave over a weekend, he responded within hours. J OST-MicTA5F-Wiring.pdf

Thanks everyone! I'll check out the manual to cover my ass and jam away. I'll let you know how everything turns out. We have 3 weeks of shooting, so it should a fun time... Again, thanks for the replies. This group is truly a wealth of information. Bravo!! J

I'm not finding much info on the audio/sync with this camera, but I've been told by the camera op you can jam sync and it holds sync (not sure how long?). Lock-it box or just jam from recorder often? Thanks in advance for your help, J

I like the volume control, I'll have to make another box and add one. I used the smaller hammond box, maybe going with a larger one will give me the room I need. As for clips, I think I bought mine at Wilcox Sound in burbank? You can try this online store? http://www.theclip.com/store/home.php?cat=275 John

Canare L-4E3-2P works fine for me. Just make a "X" cut with a razor (be careful) at the end of the jacket and it fits fine (it doesn't screw on all the way, but enough to secure the strain relief). I just made two cables, both with 5 pin XLR's, 1 - 30' & 1 - 75'. Good luck, J

Okay, I've seemed to have fixed the problem. I connected the ground from the 1/4" jack to pin 1 and removed the ground on the M-TRS connector going to the recorder, so there's only one common ground, pin 1 of the XLR input. For some reason, it only wanted a single ground connection??? Volume works with full stereo output. Thanks Eric and Joshua, I truly love this forum. J Now I have to buy more Canare cable to make a longer run, pacific radio, here I come.

Hi Eric, I do have a box w/clip. The 5 pin XLR attaches at the bottom, then is wired to a F-XLR and F -1/4" TRS connector(s). The 5 pin XLR cable breaks out to M-XLR and M-1/4" TRS, which connects to the 702t. It looks very much like the PSC duplex box/cable, but I used XLR connectors instead of the multi-pin screw on connectors they use. Right now I'm only using 30' of cable, so not much of a run, but it seems like there's too much resistance in the cable?? I connected my ipod to the cable/box and I can hear the volume change, but I also get some aliasing, like it's a very low quality mp3, very strange...?? My initial thoughts were (when I was making the cable/box) to drop the shield/ground of the headphones, because it's an unbalanced signal and wasn't needed, but I'm not sure what's going on? I wasn't sure if they (PSC or the like) used a resistor and/or cap in the box's wiring? I have seen them with a volume control built in, but wanted to keep it simple. Thanks again for your help. J

Hi Eric, I think I initially tried it that way, but didn't work, but I'll go back and dbl check. Thanks for the help. J

Anyone make their own? I made one using a 5 pin xlr (pin 1 shield, pin 2 +, pin 3 - mic / pin 4 tip, pin 5 ring for headphones) I grounded the shield on the stereo hp 1/4" jack to chassis of the 5 pin xlr. Mic works great, 48v works, but the headphones turn down when I turn up the volume from my SD 702t. Cable is Canare L-4E3-2P. Should I use a 6 pin xlr? I removed the ground from the headphone jack in the box and the same, actually, it works better with the ground removed, but still no volume adjustment, level goes down, not up. What am I missing? All solder joints are solid and resistance is at a minimum..... 000.5 or less on all connections using my multi meter. Thanks, John

Anyone have any experience with these mics? I'm looking for another alternative to Schoeps and came across these. Regards, J