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But if you plug in a cable, isn't the sleeve no longer connected to  
ground at the 700 (the ground/bevel lug is floating)? In effect  
making it an unshielded (at least on the 700 side) connection?

-Chris

On Sep 21, 2006, at 9:43 PM, Richard Brewster wrote:

> Since the top (normal) and bevel (ground) are connected together with
> the scrap lead, it doesn't matter which one the orange wire connects
> to. With nothing plugged in, the normal switch connects the top to the
> left lug, grounding it through the scrap lead. When a jack is plugged
> in, the normal connection opens and the signal goes to the white  
> wire on
> the left lug. The orange wire is always grounded.
>
> Richard Brewster
> http://www.pugix.com
>
> xamboldt wrote:
> > Hello Everyone,
> >
> > I'm putting my '700 together, and I'm at the very last step, but
> > something seems fishy. The instructions say to solder the white wire
> > for the CV In jack to the left lug of the jack, which seems right to
> > me. But then it says to solder the orange wire to the top
> > (Normalling) lug of the jack. The normalling lug is also supposed to
> > be connected to the beveled jack with a scrap resistor lead. My
> > question is, when one plugs a cable into this jack, won't it
> > disconnect ground from beveled jack? That seems wrong, doesn't  
> it? Is
> > it? Why wouldn't you connect the orange wire to the beveled lug of
> > the jack? Is the beveled lug of the jack assumed to be grounded via
> > the front panel?
> >
> > -Chris
> >
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