Balanced (XLR) microphone connections
Posted: Sat Apr 21, 2018 8:29 pm
Good (use shielded mono audio cable and bond XLR pins 1 and 3 at the microphone end):
Better (use balance microphone cable and bond XLR pins 1 and 3 at both ends):
Best (use a matching transformer):
Typical example: Neutrik NA2F-D0B-TX miniature matching transformer (make your unbalanced cable shielded and short):
Regardless of what the illustrations above show, you must NOT use a mono (tip, sleeve) plug with the ANAN series radios. You MUST use a stereo (tip, ring, sleeve) plug. Use the tip and the sleeve ONLY and make no connections to ring unless you want to provision a PTT switch.
Set up your radio as follows (Setup > General > H/W Select) for a dynamic microphone, only enable BIAS if you are using a condenser microphone:
With a dynamic microphone you will also need to activate MIC BOOST (Setup > Transmit):
Better (use balance microphone cable and bond XLR pins 1 and 3 at both ends):
Best (use a matching transformer):
Typical example: Neutrik NA2F-D0B-TX miniature matching transformer (make your unbalanced cable shielded and short):
Regardless of what the illustrations above show, you must NOT use a mono (tip, sleeve) plug with the ANAN series radios. You MUST use a stereo (tip, ring, sleeve) plug. Use the tip and the sleeve ONLY and make no connections to ring unless you want to provision a PTT switch.
Set up your radio as follows (Setup > General > H/W Select) for a dynamic microphone, only enable BIAS if you are using a condenser microphone:
With a dynamic microphone you will also need to activate MIC BOOST (Setup > Transmit):