[klenkar]

The cables are coloured! The right channel cables are red and copper, the left channel; green and copper. Now I want to know which is plus and minus?
cheers dom
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[stuge(original)]

I feel you will need to buy a service manual if you don't want to take risks .

 

[Zorander]

Green = left signal
Red = right signal
Copper = (common) ground

 

[xnothingpoetic]

signals are colored (red, green)

ground is the copper tone.


edit: too late..

 

[sejarzo]

Seems to me that it would have been easy to check with a DMM or continuity tester......whichever conductor is connected to tip is left, ring is right, sleeve is ground.

 

[klenkar]

I have an extra pair of cables so I'll test it!
dd

 

[ZephyrSapphire]

My turn to ask a question.
If I were to recable them balanced.
What would be the positive, what would be the negative and do I need to solder ground somewhere?

 

[Zorander]

Quote:

Originally Posted by ZephyrSapphire /img/forum/go_quote.gif My turn to ask a question. If I were to recable them balanced. What would be the positive, what would be the negative and do I need to solder ground somewhere?

For headphone cables, this is the typical pin arrangement:
Signal wires go to pin 2
Ground wires go to pin 3

 

[joze7205]

I believe the small pin should be positive (hot) and the thicker pin negative (cold). I have two TRS plugs in the opposite end. I connected the red/green wires to tip (positive) and the other wires to ring (negative). The sleeve (ground) isn't connected to anything.

For XLR, look at the pics in the wikipedia XLR-article.

Check the connections with a DMM or something when you are done.