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Can anyone vouch for this unit? https://www.thomann.de/gb/palmer_pan_01.htm

I'm not convinced it's passing signal from the input to the XLR output. I plugged a bass (Harley Benton PJ-4) into the D.I. and then held the probes from the multimeter to each pin of the XLR jack. Zilch. You'll probably tell me I should have been playing the bass and using alligator clips on the pi...

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Set the meter to 200 Ohms. Can't get a steady reading but it seems to settle down somewhere between 3 and 3.5

The meter is a Mercury MTB01. The D.I. is a Subzero SZ DIP-1 passive D.I.

Bloody Foreigner coming over here wanting to know what love is

Okay, I think the transformer is okay. How do I test that it's passing signal from the input to the XLR out?

Also, where should I set the meter to test the transformer? I'm guessing it's one of the Z settings, but I have no idea which one to use

With a multimeter. I think I have a dud.

Say hi to MURK for me

Yep, belt was gone. As in no longer fulfilling its intended function.

So I got a new one.

Take the base plate off and have a look at the drive belt

People know the carelessness with which UPS treat the packages they're entrusted with; so why do they still use them?

I bought a faulty CD player for one part I needed to fix my faulty CD player

Then my NAD 3020i crapped out on me.

Last CDs I bought were two Van Der Graaf Generator reissues in 2022/23 (I forget which)

Behringer UCA202. It's a basic interface that can be used to connect an analogue source to a computer via phono cables and USB.

Acquired, but not yet received: One Behringer UCA202 interface and a pair of phono cables