Pinouts?

TX81ZJH · Post by **TX81ZJH** » Mon Feb 18, 2008 3:19 am

Hi,

I've been trying to use the cassette tape save on my Yamaha TX81Z. My father lost the original cable years ago, I managed to figure out what the output pinout is, but I can't figure out where the pins go for tape playback into the TX for verify and load.

Does anyone have the cassette tape port pinouts?

I've looked all over Google.

ulfeide · Post by **ulfeide** » Mon Feb 18, 2008 3:43 am

why not just use a midi sysex program instead of tape? if it's not about storing patches, then don't mind me.

Post by **WDW** » Mon Feb 18, 2008 7:40 am

HELP...

WD

Post by **nathanscribe** » Mon Feb 18, 2008 9:53 am

I've got the cable and the manual, so when I get back tonight I'll dig them out and let you know.

TX81ZJH · Post by **TX81ZJH** » Mon Feb 18, 2008 2:41 pm

Thanks alot! :)

That would be AWESOME and greatly appreciated!

Post by **nathanscribe** » Mon Feb 18, 2008 8:08 pm

There are three minijacks on the end of the lead, and an 8-pin DIN on the other.

The red & white jacks are 3.5mm, the black jack is 2.5mm.

Pins on the DIN plug are connected to the jacks as follows:

1
2: Red shield + White shield
3
4: Red tip
5: White tip
6: Black shield
7: Black tip
8

I think that's right. The manual doesn't provide the info (or if it does I missed it) so I just tested with a meter.

If you hold the plug on the lead towards you, so you're looking at the pins, they are arranged like this, left to right:

7 3 5 2 4 1 6

8 lower centre

Not a typical arrangement, I think. Hope that helps!

TX81ZJH · Post by **TX81ZJH** » Wed Feb 20, 2008 3:06 pm

thanks!

The only odd thing is when I hooked the "output" up to the provided pinouts I got a constant meter on my tape recorder. I changed the shield from 2 to 3 and I got what seemed to be data transfer. lol