Thanks for all the replies. Actually,
The easiest/quickest connection method was to cut the mike wire, strip it, and feed the 3 wires into the 3-wire conductor block (Phoenix connector). Works like a charm! Thanks again for all the replies. Now I'm off to figure out how I am going to feed the computer output through the Polycom unit... --Vic ----- Original Message ----- From: "James Fait" <[email protected]> To: "Victor M. Babson, Jr." <[email protected]> Cc: <[email protected]> Sent: Friday, May 21, 2004 2:10 PM Subject: Re: [AG-TECH] Hooking up Microphones to a Polycom (EF2241) > This does not require anything special. Just a XLR jack with short > wires to go into the screw terminals in the Phoenix connector on the > Polycom unit. Keep the pigtail short, for electrical noise reasons, or > use shielded microphone cable, but it is relatively easy to do. No mixer > or other hardware is needed, as the Polycom is a good mixer in it's own > right, and is capable of supplying phantom power for electret > microphones like the ones typically used for Grid applications. Part > number for a panel mountable jack from Newark Electronics > (http://www.newark.com) is 46F8556. Connect XLR pin 1 to ground, XLR > pin 2 to +, and XLR pin 3 to -, as described in the reference manual. > > Sincerely > > James Fait > SER-CAT > > On Fri, 2004-05-21 at 10:45, Victor M. Babson, Jr. wrote: > > I wonder if anyone can advise me as to how they hooked up a standard > > mike (3-prong) connection to the Polycom? > > > > The polycom looks like it takes a "straight wire-through". > > > > If anyone has a part #, description of what they did, etc. I would > > greatly appreciate your help. > > > > > > TIA > > --Vic > > > > ********************************** > > Victor M. Babson, Jr. > > Management Info. Specialist > > University of Georgia > > Biochemistry & Mol. Biology > > B203 Life Science Bldg. > > Athens, GA 30602 > > (706) 542-6565 > > ********************************** > -- > James Fait <[email protected]>
