how can I find the polarity out from my XLR

> Twl
What I'm sure is that I don't know what is going out of my CDP ;-)

my user manual of my CDP says connectors are :
1=ground
2=(+)
3=(-)
and back of my CDP connectors are explained :
1=ground
2=(-)
3=(+)

so I need to check wher is my (HOT) pin

do u understand what I mean?

sorry for my english I'm a poor frenchie guy

Have you contacted the manufacturer? 9 out of 10 times, they mis-print the manual.

> GMC
yes I'd email my problem to Sony ... waiting for the reply

You really need a 'scope to double-check this. However sometimes there is a slight DC offset voltage on pins 2 and 3 from some cd (or DAC) XLR outputs. If you have a DVM with reasonable resolution you could try and measure on a low DC volts range across pins 2 and 3 and then reverse the probes and compare. This may give you an indication as to which one is "hot".

If you try this, usual dis-claimers apply! Regards, Richard

Just ignore it. According to statistics, 50% of all CD's are recorded in wrong polarity anyway.