[Tig] BNC to XLR? (Aaton Keylink Install Question)

[Bob Kertesz]

>Just installed our Aaton Keylink and came across this issue:  Our  
>deck's LTC output interface is BNC.  The Keylink's LTC "VTR-IN" is  
>XLR.  Can I just make a cable to get these two interfaces to talk or  
>do I need some sort of BNC to XLR conversion box (if they even  
>exist).  If the answer is making a cable does anyone know which of  
>the three XLR pins the LTC signal is running on?

Canare makes a nice transformer: http://tinyurl.com/3o295d

Alternately, you can just hardwire pin 2 to the center, and pins 1 and 3 to
the ground. 

Or to be more technically correct, get a small 600 ohm to 600 ohm audio
transformer and connect one side to pins 2 & 3, and the other to center and
ground. Timecode is just narrow band audio.

--Bob

Bob Kertesz
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