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HS80M/HS50M/HS10W Owner’s Manual
XLR-type Connector (Balanced)
This is the type of connector most commonly used in
professional equipment and installations. 3-pin XLR-type
connectors like the ones provided on the HS-series
monitors are primarily intended for use with balanced
signals, and their solid design and construction ensures
maximum electrical and mechanical reliability.
Phone Jack (TRS, Balanced or Unbalanced)
RCA Pin Jack
The HS-series studio monitors also feature 1/4-inch
phone jack connectors that can be used for either balanced
or unbalanced connections.
For balanced connection via these jacks you’ll need to
use balanced cables fitted with TRS phone plugs — three-
contact phone plugs that are basically the same as
standard stereo phone plugs with tip, ring, and sleeve
contacts (thus the “TRS” designation — see the illustration
on the left.)
The phone jacks will also accept unbalanced signals
—simply plug in a standard mono phone plug. But what if
you want to connect equipment that only provides RCA-
type pin connector outputs? The solution is simple
enough: use either RCA-to-phone plug adaptors or RCA-
to-phone cables, and plug into the speaker’s phone-jack
inputs.
If you’re connecting your HS
speakers directly to a mixer such as
one of the Yamaha MG-series mixers,
they should usually be connected to
the mixer’s “C-R” (Control Room)
outputs so that you can control the
monitor level without affecting the
level of the signal sent to the mixer’s
main bus, which will usually be
feeding your recorder or DAW
(Digital Audio Workstation) in a
production type setup.
Pin 2: or “Hot”
Pin 3: Signal - or “Cold”
Pin 1: Ground
Pin 1: Ground
Pin 3: Signal - or “Cold”
Pin 2: or “Hot”
Ring: Signal - or “Cold”
Tip: or “Hot”
Sleeve: Ground
Tip: or “Hot”
Sleeve: Ground
input
input
L
R
C-R
OUT
L
R
ST
OUT
MG Series
