Uher Reel-to-Reel Connections?
 

I have some 1/4" tapes I'd like to transfer from an old Uher 4000 Report
recorder to CD.

Problem is that the "Radio/Phono" connection is a 5-pin din and I'm not sure
which pins (if any) will give me a line-out to feed to a soundcard line in.
There is also a 2-pin "Speaker/Earphone" out, and a mystery 6 pin din out
marked with a triangle (power?).

Any suggestions from Uher gurus?

Greg.

Greg wrote:

I have some 1/4" tapes I'd like to transfer from an old Uher 4000 Report
recorder to CD.

Problem is that the "Radio/Phono" connection is a 5-pin din and I'm not sure
which pins (if any) will give me a line-out to feed to a soundcard line in.
There is also a 2-pin "Speaker/Earphone" out, and a mystery 6 pin din out
marked with a triangle (power?).

Any suggestions from Uher gurus?

Well, I had a 4000 Report L until it got stolen.

The 2 pin DIN spkr socket is indeed 'speaker level / earphones'. It's a mini
Class AB circuit running off the battery voltage - 6V IIRC.

I actually replaced it with a ( phone ) jack socket and used that as a low-Z
output. It's just a monitor out - as in playback or monitor input in record
mode. Very handy. The left hand ? level control adjusts the output. The quality
seemed OK as it should be when driving a line input from an AB stage.


Graham

Greg wrote:
I have some 1/4" tapes I'd like to transfer from an old Uher 4000 Report
recorder to CD.

I would suggest using another machine for playback. The Uher 4000
(The Report-L anyway, though not the Monitor) was much better at recording
than playback.

Problem is that the "Radio/Phono" connection is a 5-pin din and I'm not sure
which pins (if any) will give me a line-out to feed to a soundcard line in.
There is also a 2-pin "Speaker/Earphone" out, and a mystery 6 pin din out
marked with a triangle (power?).

You can get an adaptor cable to take the 5-pin DIN to four RCA connectors
(two of which will be unused since it's a mono machine) from Radio Shack.
It's a standard item although you'll probably have to special order it.
I suggest doing this.

The 6 pin DIN has power as well as inputs and outputs, and is intended to
slave the Uher to a home stereo system with one cable.
--scott


--
"C'est un Nagra. C'est suisse, et tres, tres precis."

The 5-pin din was pretty common on old European gear.

1 Left audio in
2 Chassis ground
3 Left audio out
4 Right audio in
5 Right audio out

I believe the mystery 6-pin is for the mic, which had a built-in remote control.

Hope this helps!

Jim

I have some 1/4" tapes I'd like to transfer from an old Uher 4000 Report
recorder to CD.

Problem is that the "Radio/Phono" connection is a 5-pin din and I'm not sure
which pins (if any) will give me a line-out to feed to a soundcard line in.
There is also a 2-pin "Speaker/Earphone" out, and a mystery 6 pin din out
marked with a triangle (power?).

Any suggestions from Uher gurus?

Greg.

I have some 1/4" tapes I'd like to transfer from an old Uher 4000 Report
recorder to CD.

(snip)

Thanks, Uher gurus, for your info and suggestions.
Greg