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Apollo 16 Hardware Manual DB25 Wiring 33
DB25 Wiring
Apollo 16’s analog I/O is accessed via 25-pin D-sub female connectors. Each DB25 jack carries eight balanced
line-level audio channels on the standardized Tascam pinouts also used with Digidesign and Avid products.
DB25 Connector Pin Numbers
The pin numbers for female DB25 connectors are shown in the diagram below. When facing the Apollo 16 rear
panel, pin 1 is the upper rightmost pin.
13 1
1425
Apollo 16 female DB25 pin numbers
DB25 Connector Wiring
The signals carried on the female DB25 connector pins are listed in the table below. Two channels are listed for
each pin. The first is for the connector carrying channels 1 – 8; the second is for the connector carrying chan-
nels 9 – 16 (pinouts are identical for inputs and outputs).
APOLLO 16 DB25 CONNECTOR PINOUTS
Pin Channels Signal Pin Channels Signal Pin Channels Signal
1 8, 16 Hot 9 3, 11 Cold 17 6, 14 Cold
2 8, 16 Ground 10 2, 10 Hot 18 5, 13 Hot
3 7, 15 Cold 11 2, 10 Ground 19 5, 13 Ground
4 6, 14 Hot 12 1, 9 Cold 20 4, 12 Cold
5 6, 14 Cold 13 – No Connect 21 3, 11 Hot
6 5, 13 Cold 14 8, 16 Cold 22 3, 11 Ground
7 4, 12 Hot 15 7, 15 Hot 23 2, 10 Cold
8 4, 12 Ground 16 7, 15 Ground 24 1, 9 Hot
25 1, 9 Ground