
APPENDIX C. CONNECTORS AND CABLES
NOTE: Except for the Shure Link cable, none of the cables shown come supplied with the DP11EQ .
Audio Connectors
Audio Input
Connector:  | XLR (female)  | |
(XLR and  | 
  | phone plug  | 
  | (female)  | |
combined)  | 
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Configuration:  | active balanced  | active balanced  | 
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Actual  | 47 kΩ  | 47 kΩ  | 
Impedance:  | 
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Nominal  | +4 dBu  | +4 dBu  | 
Input Level:  | (+4 input level)  | (+4 input level)  | 
  | ±10 dBV  | ±10 dBV  | 
  | (±10 input level)  | (±10 input level)  | 
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Maximum  | +18 dBu  | +18 dBu  | 
Input Level:  | (+4 input level)  | (+4 input level)  | 
  | +6 dBV  | +6 dBV  | 
  | (±10 input level)  | (±10 input level)  | 
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Pin  | Pin 1 = ground  | Tip = hot  | 
Assignments: | Pin 2 = hot  | ring = cold  | 
  | Pin 3 = cold  | sleeve = ground  | 
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Voltage /  | yes  | yes  | 
Current/  | 
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Phantom Power  | 
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Protection?  | 
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Audio Output
Connector:  | XLR (male)  | |
(XLR and  | 
  | phone plug  | 
  | (female)  | |
separate)  | 
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Configuration:  | active balanced  | active balanced  | 
  | cross coupled  | cross coupled  | 
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Actual  | 120 Ω  | 120 Ω  | 
Impedance:  | 
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Nominal  | +4 dBu  | +4 dBu  | 
Output Level:  | (+4 output level)  | (+4 output level)  | 
  | ±10 dBV  | ±10 dBV  | 
  | (±10 output level)  | (±10 output level)  | 
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Maximum  | +18 dBu  | +18 dBu  | 
Output Level:  | (+4 output level)  | (+4 output level)  | 
  | +6 dBV  | +6 dBV  | 
  | (±10 output level)  | (±10 output level)  | 
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Pin  | Pin 1 = ground  | Tip = hot  | 
Assignments:  | Pin 2 = hot  | ring = cold  | 
  | Pin 3 = cold  | sleeve = ground  | 
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Voltage /  | yes  | yes  | 
Current/  | 
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Phantom Power  | 
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Protection?  | 
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Audio Cables
The variety of connectors on audio equipment sometimes leads to confusion in cabling. The diagrams below provide cabling recommendations for most common cabling situations. The following is not a complete list, only a sample of some of the more commonly used cables and applications. Some of the equipment in a given sound system may have different pinouts than the given examples. Consult the documentation for each individual piece of equipment.
XLR (male) to XLR (female)
PIN 1
PIN 2 +
PIN 3 ±
TYPICAL APPLICATIONS
S Mixer Line Out to DP11EQ Input  | |
S  | DP11EQ Output to Amplifier Input  | 
S  | DP11EQ Output to Mixer Sub Return  | 
  | Mixer Send to DP11EQ Input  | 
PIN 1 ![]()
PIN 2 +
S  | 
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S  | Mixer Sub Send to DP11EQ Input  | 
PIN 3 ±
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