HELP ! M2600 mixer problem

[DustyCat]

I seemed to have blown the auxillary outputs on my Tascam M2600 32 channel mixing board- for the third time. Does anyone know the proper way to go from the 1/4" aux out into a PA system with a crossover that has an XLR input? If I use a direct box or impedience transformer, the level to low and I cannot get any volume out of the PA. If I use my little adapter cable (1/4"TRS to XLR) it works perfectly, sometimes for months at a time, but then the aux send blows. (stops working altogether) and I'm taking it back in for repair. Does anyone have any info on this? Should a transformer of some sort be used or just the adaper cable? Any info would help.... Thanks

 

[Recording Engineer]

Is the Aux Out TS (unbalanced) or TRS (balanced)?

 

[DustyCat]

I believe it is just 1/4" TS unbalanced. The adapter cable i am using is an XLR to TRS 1/4" plug. It works fine - for months - but this is the third time that just this aux 1 send has blown so I'm just figuring it must not be right to hook up that way. What is the proper way to get from the 1/4" unbalanced aux send on the board to the XLR balanced input on the PA crossover? And am I blowing this aux send by the way I'm hooking it up now? Any help is appreciated...

 

[Recording Engineer]

I don't know if this would cause your aux outs to blow but the way to hook-up an unbalanced output to a balanced input is the following:

Connect Pin 2 (hot) of the XLR connector to the Tip (hot) of the 1/4" TS or TRS connector. Then connect Pin 1 (ground) and Pin 3 (cold) of the XLR connector to the Sleeve (ground) of the 1/4" TS or TRS connector.