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Old 24th Oct 2017, 8:53 pm   #63
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Default Re: Philips N4450

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Originally Posted by TonyDuell View Post
I wired a couple of cheap microphones to 5 pin DIN plugs (why is there no standardisation as to the pinout of these, Philips and B&O use pin 1 for the signal, Uher uses pin 3...).
I seem to remember that on record, pin one was a low-level input and pin 3 could be used as high-level input....depending on how the product was wired. On playback, pin 3 was usually line level output. Pin 2 was the common chassis connection.
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