Phil Allison wrote:


** At the mic end, link pins 1 and 2.

Then connect the screen to 1 and the inner to pin 3.

At the other end, link pins 1 and 2 again.

This will work perfectly.

IGNORE the other posts that say differently as they are from congenital
morons.

So, basically I would be shorting one of the signal lines to earth and using just the second one. That's logical.

Seems my question wasn't quite as straightforward as I imagined. Any other thoughts before I pick up the soldering iron?

Stephen