alidav Posted July 24, 2018 Report Share Posted July 24, 2018 What is the correct way to wire the x1 output from sound devices 664 to a sennheiser ew100 g2-g3. I am going to to minixlr 2 to ring, 3 to ring and 1 to sleeve, is it correct? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eric Toline Posted July 24, 2018 Report Share Posted July 24, 2018 1 hour ago, alidav said: What is the correct way to wire the x1 output from sound devices 664 to a sennheiser ew100 g2-g3. I am going to to minixlr 2 to ring, 3 to ring and 1 to sleeve, is it correct? Yes that's the correct way to feed a line level signal to a G2/3. If you run into any sound issues then connect pin 3 to the sleeve also to make an unbalanced input to the transmitter. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Derek H Posted July 24, 2018 Report Share Posted July 24, 2018 Not sure combing pin 2 & 3 on the ring is correct. With the TA3 outputs I think you’d just leave pin 3 floating. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ilari Sivil Posted July 24, 2018 Report Share Posted July 24, 2018 Here's what Sennheiser says about wiring a line input for a G3. I think you should also tie pin3 on the TA3 to sleeve/shield. I've just been using the L/R outputs with Sennheiser's line input cables. When I've wired XLR to TA3 adapters, I've just done them number-to-number, as simply as possible and everything has worked as intended, so I consider TA3 wiring equivalent to XLR. The safe bet would be to find an XLRf to TRSm cable by Sennheiser and see how they do it, then just do the same thing with a TA3 instead of an XLR on the other end. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rick Reineke Posted July 24, 2018 Report Share Posted July 24, 2018 Been-there-done-that.. the SK-100 G2 Tx will work without grounding the plug tip. Howoever, the G3 input plug tip terminal must be grounded. I would assume the same for the G4 SK-100 Tx.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Derek H Posted July 24, 2018 Report Share Posted July 24, 2018 Huh? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eric Toline Posted July 24, 2018 Report Share Posted July 24, 2018 1 hour ago, Derek H said: Huh? 1 hour ago, Derek H said: Huh? Means ground the unused connection. Ground the Tip for line level feed, ground the Ring for mic level feed. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rick Reineke Posted July 25, 2018 Report Share Posted July 25, 2018 Ground = shield connection, (The 'S' in "TRS") Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alidav Posted January 20, 2020 Author Report Share Posted January 20, 2020 I have a remote audio cable bought at trew audio, and tip is connected to the tA3 2 pin, and sleeve to the 1. So it is wired ad for mic input level on the g2-g3 trasmitter. But to feed audio to headphones wouldnt be more appropriate to be on line levels? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Derek H Posted January 21, 2020 Report Share Posted January 21, 2020 Don’t know what you mean by feed audio to headphones. The point is to modulate the transmitter correctly. Doesn’t matter what’s happening on the receiver end of said transmitter. The right way to do line input on a G2/3/4 transmitter from a Sound Devices TA3 output is this: pin 1 —-> TRS sleeve & TRS tip pin 2 —-> TRS ring pin 3 —-> do not connect (float) This is per studying both the sound devices and g2 user manual. A lot of people will say ground pin 3 but that’s usually true only for transformer balanced outputs, (full size XLR outs on most sound devices mixers). The user manual for the 664 for example will tell you to float pin 3 for an unbalanced output via the TA3s. I just made this very cable about a week ago and it works great. When you send tone to the G3 set it so the level is at about 1/4 up the meter, not halfway or you’ll clip. Usually about -47 on a G3. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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