In the manual this cable is listed as part of the included accessories, but we didn't receive one with our camera--is this normal?

Thanks,

Jim

We received one with our PDW-700…

Regards: Stu
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You can always make your own.

Sony 5 pin XLR wiring
Pin
1 Gnd
2 Left + hot
3 Left - cold
4 Right + hot
5 Right - cold

$30 at BH
Sony | 5-Pin XLR Female to 2 3-Pin XLR Male XLR | CCXA53//A (http://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/product/484525-REG/Sony_CCXA53_A_5_Pin_XLR_Female_to.html)

5 pin male to 2 x 3 pin female is what is required.

5 pin male to 2 x 3 pin female is what is required.

Nope, it is the other way around. If you want to send the audio out of the camera to two separate XLR cables, the Y-adaptor listed above is the correct one to get. Also, note the audio is line level OUT.

Thierry

But I want to get audio into the camera--CH3/4 which is a 5 pin female xlr and needs to be 3 pin female to accept mic/line inputs.

There is no 5-pin female audio input on the camera. The only 5-pin (male) on the camera is for line anallog audio-out 2-channel only. You can feed audio to CH 3 or 4 by using the 2 XLR audio inputs on the back of the camera as long as your audio channels assignment switches on the side of the camera properly select CH3/4. These two audio inputs can operate in either analog mode (2 channels only, 1 audio channel per XLR) or AES/EBU (total of 4 channels, 2 on each XLR input).

Thierry.

On the front you'll have a 5-pin female connector that normally is used for the camera microphone.

On the front you'll have a 5-pin female connector that normally is used for the camera microphone.

You are right but this is a mic level only 2-CH input. I just kept looking at the camera's usual I/Os. Would make sense to use this input for 4CH production if you can cope whith the mic level.

Thanks for your contribution.

Thierry.

I received one with my camera.