[James Buck]

I ordered the original CL-100 from Germany, the blue one, not the newer one people say is cheaper. It was 10 Euros.

How do I open my XLR cable to look at it as you describe? Like, slice it open?

thanks.

[James Buck]

Thank you very much, I’ve ordered an original replacement. I didn’t realize they would have different properties. I really appreciate the help sorting this out as it has been a major setback for me.

thanks all.

[James Buck]

Thanks for the idea. I have tried the output level on the receiver and restoring all factory settings. I don’t have another pack on the same frequency band.

BUT – a thought occurs.

The bodypack/transmitter work fine when I connect them to my laptop using a mini-to-mini cable.

The bodypack/transmitter DON’T work right when I connect to Tascam using a mini-to-XLR cable. I recently lost the original mini-to-XLR from Sennheiser and have been using a backup, which works fine in other situations.

Looking at Sennheiser’s info, the audio out of the G3 receiver is ‘unbalanced’ and the original cable is meant to work with ‘unbalanced’ audio. I don’t know what the replacement cable is. Could that be the issue?

Thanks much.

[James Buck]

The receivers are the matched pair as the transmitters, all the same info applies. Any ideas?