I bought the Symmetrical output kit to mount in my Restyler… but there’s no guide on how to do it… not a single picture with an arrow pointing to the right spots on the PCB… I don’t even know if I have to disassemble the main board to do it…
anybody tried this ?
can you give me a step by step guide on how to do it ??
@tsv I wrote mails to both Sherman and Rodec…haven’t heard anything yet… the TRS Outputs are balanced but for convenience I need XLR… will keep searching :o))
I then opened up my unit. There’s the main PCB that attaches to the front panel and then an I/O PCB that attaches to the back.
After removing the bottom grey panel (4 black screws on bottom) you can easily remove the I/O board secured by the XLR screws, 2 additional screws and the 1/4" nuts. You don’t need to touch the front panel PCB.
There are two 3 way headers on there that I bet are your XLR output points. They are not labeled left right but you have a 50% chance of getting it right :).
first try late last night was not successful… I installed the board and plugged in… NO sound from xlr’s… plugged back to the TRS’ and now one channel has dropped 6db on those…
Caught up at work next 3 days… grrrrr… will report back sunday when I have the time to switch the cords 'round … but THX again for helping…solution must be right around the corner
finally had some time to look at it again…
could it be that the XLR output board needs power?
there’s an extra (red) lead coming out of the psu (no extra ground though)
and there’s a “3 legged” (white) plug on the XLR board… but only “2 legs” from PSU…and no ground…
connecting the 2 audio leads the wrong way round would only cause left/right to be reversed - right ?
And again - than for all and any help… 'tis driving me nutz
The red wire from the power is straight AC so it would have to be rectified, regulated and filtered to DC before the chips could take it. Don’t connect that red wire to the new board!
That makes it a little more complicated. Let me have a look at the I/O board again. I’m thinking one cable carries power and one carries the signal.
Hmmmm makes sense… What does seem odd is that they sell the kit stating that installation is “plug and play” yet don’t supply any real installation info
But thank you for taking time to try and sort me out… I’m such an electrical idiot
So… with the help from Herman the Sherman, I now got it right!
plugging them the wrong way doesn’t harm the board… it just doesn’t work.
There are 2 identical plugs on the XLR board… 1 is the signal, the other is power… if you buy this option just go ahead and try… you have a 50% chance of getting it right on first try