Clavinet DUO Stereo Out 5 pin DIN Usage

[johnmarksherlock]

I have finally decided to see if I could make use of the 5 pin DIN stereo out of my Clavinet DUO. I have a cable that splits off into two xlr cables wired like this: XLR1: Clavinet outs to pins 1 and 3, pin 2 common. XLR2: Pianet outs to pins 1 and 3, pin 2 common. I get no sound in this configuration.
When testing, I could get a sound by joining pins 1 and 3 to a TR cable with the common as normal. This seems to defeat the purpose if the purpose is to send balanced signals to a recording setting.
Does anyone have any experience getting this to work?
Circled the spot I in the schematic...

Thanks!

[Tim W]

That 5 pin DIN output is not balanced. 

Pin 2 is Common/Ground.
Pins 1 and 3 are shorted together, and are the signal for the Pianet.
Pins 4 and 5 are shorted together, and are the signal for the Clav.

If you send the Duo's DIN 1 and 3 (or 4 and 5)  to an XLR's  + and - (pins 2 and 3), and Duo DIN 2 to XLR pin 1, a true XLR balanced input will subtract pin 3 from 2, hence the signal from itself, and you will end up with nothing.

So other than convenience or compatibility with older European stereo equipment,
the 5 pin DIN is no better than 2 separate 1/4" unbalanced instrument cables hooked to the separate Pianet and Clavinet outputs.

[johnmarksherlock]

Hi Tim,

Thanks very much for your response. From looking at the schematic and fooling around with the thing for a while this afternoon after I made the post I sort of began to figure that same conclusion out... But I couldn't believe that they would actually do that... I guess there's nothing really to do with this except one could make stereo pairs from each output FWIW.

It's a real shame that this wasn't a balanced out which would help so much with the typical Clavinet racket .

Really, thanks again for responding.

John