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Posted by James N. Savage 3 (Member # 83) on July 15, 2008, 04:47 PM:

I recently purchased a Bauer T-610 stereo super 8 projector. Everything works great, but I have been having a little trouble finding a din plug to hook the projector to my stereo system amp.

I did finally locate a plug that fits into the "auxilary out" socket on the projector. On the other end, there are four standard 'male' plugs, for the "auxilary in" for the stereo unit, in the following colors- red, yellow, black, and white.

My question is, since I only need two sockets for the hook up (right side, left side), which wires do I plug in, and which ones do I leave unpluged [Confused]

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Forgive me if this is a dumb question, but its something I havent encountered before, and I don't like fiddling about with wires to much, I'm afraid I might blow something up [Wink]

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Thanks for any help.

James.

Posted by Bill Brandenstein (Member # 892) on July 15, 2008, 05:30 PM:

Some of these plugs are hard to come by.

Like where do you get plugs that fit the speaker outs on a GS-1200 or Eumig 8xx? I thought our local electronics place has everything, but not these.

Back to James' question. It doesn't sound like this DIN plug was meant to go with the Bauer projector -- correct me if I'm wrong. How many pins does the DIN plug (& jack) have? Do you have a manual, or better yet, is there a service manual uploaded anywhere?

Posted by James N. Savage 3 (Member # 83) on July 15, 2008, 06:48 PM:

Hi Bill.

Unfortunately, I have not been able to locate a manual as of yet.

The DIN plug side is the proper fitting for the projector. I believe its a standard 5 or 6 pin plug. Its not designed specifically for the projector, but is the proper standard DIN plug for this socket.

I just don't know which two of the four male standard plugs to plug into my amp.

James.

Posted by Joerg Niggemann (Member # 611) on July 16, 2008, 04:01 AM:

Hi,

the 5pin DIN socket is a combined input and output. If you look at the socket, the two pins on the left side will provide the output. Just run a film and try all 4 male plugs with your amplifier to find the right ones. You can't damage anything.

Joerg

Posted by Bill Brandenstein (Member # 892) on July 16, 2008, 11:02 AM:

Sounds good to me!

Posted by James N. Savage 3 (Member # 83) on July 16, 2008, 05:19 PM:

Thanks for that information Joerg. I didn't want to fiddle around too much without knowing anything, but that's re-assuring.

Thanks guys for the advice. I should get a chance to try it out over the next few days and I'll post an update.

James.

Posted by Jim Carlile (Member # 812) on July 17, 2008, 04:20 AM:

That sounds like the correct DIN line In/Out adaptor, two of each, four total. Usually the stereo output uses pins 3 and 5, with 2 as the common ground, attached to the shield. This is the standard 'tape recorder' stereo output. Pins 1 and 4 are the input-- on amplifiers it's reversed, because one's input is the other's output.

Of course, this makes no difference if you don't know what the lead's colors are meant for. So just plug them in to find out-- eventually you'll get two that are outputs, both channels. The other two just go to inputs-- with no signal there nothing will get hurt.

Remember though that most projectors will only output one channel unless both tracks/stripes have something on them. So don't worry if only one output or lead makes noise. That's normal.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DIN_connector

Posted by James N. Savage 3 (Member # 83) on August 09, 2008, 07:32 AM:

An update.....

I would like to thank you guys for the advise. The DIN plug worked PERFECTLY [Smile]

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I enjoyed ALIEN (full-length, scope) last night on my recently-purchased BAUER T-610, and was able to run it through my stereo amp. It sounded great!

It turned out to be the black and the white plugs for the "aux-in" into the stereo, leaving the red and yellow plugs idle.

Question: If I decide to re-record a print on the BAUER, do I just plug the red and yellow into the "aux-out" on the stereo? And, can these four plugs stay plugged-in all the time?

James.

Posted by Kevin Faulkner (Member # 6) on August 09, 2008, 08:06 AM:

Yes that is correct. The yellow and red will be the line into the machine.

In Europe the DIN plug was very popular and we can obtain them in most electronic stores.

If at any time you guys get stuck I'm sure one of us Brits will be able to help you out.

Here is a link to one of the High Street stores here in the UK which stocks most things DIN.

Maplin Electronics

If you click on "More Information" in each section it will expand to the complete selection.

You will find ready made leads here: Maplin Ready made DIN Leads

Kev.

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