How To Remove Xlr Cable From Focusrite

I ain a Tascam US-2000 and an XLR cord that I own is stuck in the frong XLR/Instrument combo jack. I've had several people look at it, I also took the top off and there seems to be no fashion to get information technology unstuck. The cable all the same works but I want it out, at this betoken, I don't care if I intermission it. Anyone have whatsoever tips? Thanks!

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Hawk is on the right track. If its Neutrik you can back everythi

Davedog Sun, 03/06/2011 - ten:05

Hawk is on the right track. If its Neutrik yous tin can back everything out a piece at a fourth dimension. If its Switchcraft....well, theres no reason for Switchcraft to go stuck is there...... If its cheap and chinese you're going to suspension something....decide which part y'all tin can hands replace and get to information technology. Large Channel-lok pliers volition easily do in the cheap metal on those crappy ends from China....Like cracking a Walnut....dont start right at the archway...start at the cable end

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A petty WD40 shouldn't hurt anything. I'one thousand afraid if you twist o

dvdhawk Sun, 03/06/2011 - 17:55

A little WD40 shouldn't injure annihilation.
I'm afraid if you twist or tug the XLR too much yous'll crack a trace on the the circuit board or worse.

The Neutrik site gives very clear instructions on[[url=http://[/URL]="http://www.neutrik…"] how to remove the "Pull lever" from an XLR jack[/]="http://world wide web.neutrik…"] how to remove the "Pull lever" from an XLR jack[/]:
but nothing specifically on how to release one that is stuck.

I can't imagine how the pins would get stuck - short of a jealous girlfriend and a tube of superglue.

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My judge is that the latching machinery on the XLR plug has got

Boswell Monday, 03/07/2011 - 04:55

My estimate is that the latching mechanism on the XLR plug has got slightly aptitude and has jammed. Since it has happened to me on more than than i occasion, I keep a thin strip of spring steel about 1/eight" wide in my toolkit that I can slip into an XLR keyway to dis-engage the latch. Some XLR sockets have a small slot on the rear of the housing that allows admission to the latch machinery, whereas others are fully enclosed so do non allow this.

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I have never understood the demand for latching in a studio settin

Davedog Thu, 03/x/2011 - eleven:04

I have never understood the need for latching in a studio setting. Live , yep (in some cases) but not for the studio. We (the Band) bought a snake a few years back every bit there are some venues nosotros were playing that needed i fifty-fifty with us mixing from the phase (loftier phase, lath off phase, odd shaped area, etc etc). This thing was a upkeep snakes and the latches on the stage box were simply savage and EVERY gig nosotros played a mic cable would become stuck. Probably the aforementioned reason Bos described. We take mic cables that are the chinese version of Neutrik and so they accept a slot in the body of the jack for the latch. After digging three or four out , I clipped all the slots to 'open up' and now theres non a problem.

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i accept one of these units, exactly the same problem, although i

i have i of these units, exactly the same problem, although i have removed the cablevision and the internal of the xlr pb from its casing, ie removed the cable and the iii pins, so now i just take the scasing stuck in the socket. accept tried to release the catch with a apartment bract screwdriver with no luck, take tried to contact the Australian Tascam distributer to identify a replacement socket merely they don't answer... the whole affair is fckin AIDS!!! information technology's less than half dozen months erstwhile and after reading of the problem in a review of the product i think i'll soon be packing it up and sending it dorsum nether warranty.

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thatjeffguy, postal service: 391077 wrote: I have a friend who bought some

thatjeffguy, post: 391077 wrote: I have a friend who bought some cheap Chinese mic cables. They get stuck in the socket every time. The exterior diameter of the connector is the culprit, it causes the connector to get jammed in the socket.

Jeff

Nah mate, the one that is stuck in mine is a fukn Neutrik!

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XLR Stuck in Tascam U.s.a.-2000 FIX and XLR plug style Alarm! Hi

XLR Stuck in Tascam U.s.a.-2000 Prepare and XLR plug style Alarm!

How-do-you-do All:
New to the forum and this is my first post. I'll say hi formally in my side by side post.

I have the same event and I wanted to mail service a possible solution. I know this is an former mail service but my guess is there will exist more poor souls out at that place that take or will feel this problem. This forum seems to exist the just place this has been discussed in whatsoever kind of detail or length.

Both

of the front panel XLR cables

were

stuck in my United states of america-2000. I emailed and called Tascam, after explaining my trouble to the Harvard grad on the other end of the phone and letting him know I did search the internet for possible solutions before calling (Over 2 months I might add together) he instructed me to "push the little argent tab and the XLR plug should come correct out"... Really??? Like I haven't been doing that for for the final 6 months hoping I'd hit the correct timing combo of "pushing the silver tabs" and pulling on the plug. He informed me "at that place was nothing he could exercise" and I should send it to a service center. So I'd take to cut the ends off my snake to do that and that was what I was trying to avert. Surely he would have a solution since I'm sure others have called with the same problem... Well to no avail at Tascam product support. On to a real solution.

So here is what I did, it will sound a little barbaric only the just damage was a slight scuffing to my XLR plugs which yous tin minimize with some black electrical record. And then here goes:

READ ALL FIRST Before ATTEMPTING TO REMOVE YOUR XLR PLUGS FROM THE TASCAM Us-2000!!!!

Tools:
Electric tape
Jewelers Phillips screwdriver
Channel locks or decent pair of Pliers

1.) Remove the screw (loosen and remove) that holds the 3 pivot connector into the XLR housing. If you have a Neutrick y'all might be SOL. The XLR housing needs to rotate around the 3 pin plug in the XLR plug. If the outer housing and the 3 pivot are non free from each other, you'll break either the XLR or more likely the jack on the us-2000
two.) Wrap a few turns of electrical tape effectually the XLR housing to avoid scratching the plug housing. If your going to utilise the rack ear or face of the unit for prying leverage apply some tape to those areas besides to avoid marring the unit.
iii.) Use a decent size Aqueduct locks or pliers
4.) Advisedly and slowly rotate the the XLR housing while applying outward force per unit area and fluctuant the housing.
**************MAKE Certain YOU'RE NOT ROTATING THE three Pivot CONNECTOR Inside THE XLR PLUG HOUSING!!!!!!!!!!!!************
The only thing rotating should be the outer metal XLR sleeve! Sentinel the inside of the screw hole and make certain the XLR connector is not rotating with the outer housing. There is a little force required at first because you lot accept to sort of shave off the alignment tab molded into plastic of the 3 pin jack inside the XLR housing. After you motility past/over the tab the housing will rotate more than freely.
v.) Work it outward and continue rotating and fluctuant the plug (easy) for a bit and the whole XLR plug should come up out.

The XLR plugs I have connected to my US-2000 are from a studio snake. The plug jackets have a beveled recessed band machined into the inner office of the metallic housing. If you lot have these Practise NOT Apply THEM in the Usa-2000 they volition go stuck. I have other mic cables that have different plug ends that do not have the machined ring on the within of the XLR housing and they practise NOT get stuck. I think the problem is with the Usa-2000's XLR jacks and XLR plugs that have this machined ring on the inside of the plug. The release tabs exercise not have enough travel to motility/lift the locking tabs out of the recessed ring in these types of plugs. I plugged the offender dorsum in to the Usa-2000 and it got stuck again. I tried one with out the band and information technology came right out.

Please practise this at your own risk. I took time to really look at what was going on subsequently many attempts to remove the 2 XLR plugs from the front end of my U.s.a.-2000. I didn't want to take information technology apart and void the warranty or cut the XLR ends off my snake. The above process worked for me with minimal harm to anything. *****Make sure when you lot start to rotate the jack housing you lot sentinel in the spiral pigsty to make sure the 3 pin connector is not rotating with the housing.***** There is a little force required at get-go because you have to sort of shave off the alignment tab molded into plastic of the 3 pin jack to rotate the housing. Information technology'south no biggie, one time out only realign the slightly shaved tab on the three pivot connector with the groove in the housing and re-insert the screw and tighten it all back up. Your XLR cable will be fine with merely small damage to the alignment tab on the inside of the plug. Have YOUR Fourth dimension AND GO Easy. You lot do need to utilise some strength but be reasonable. If it doesn't feel right STOP. I don't want you lot breaking your unit.

I promise this helps anyone else out there with the same problem. If you are plugging your Tascam US-2000 in for the first time look at your XLR plugs. Make sure they practise not have the machined band on the inside of the housing if so, DO NOT USE that plug/cable! If you do, go the pliers out, yous'll demand them!

All the best and practiced luck!
Gass

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I ended up getting the tech service guy from the Australian Tasc

I concluded upwardly getting the tech service guy from the Australian Tascam distributor to tell me which of the Neutrik sockets would be the uniform one and purchased a couple off eBay for a few dollars with the intention of desoldering the original socket from the pcb and replacing it. Nonetheless, I never got effectually to it and now just utilise an Xlr to jack cablevision plugged into that input, jack plug fits through the centre of the casing that is stuck, and it is my talkback input.

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