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Old 08 Jan 2004, 04:53 am
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Just a little tip on RCA interconnects.

Cat 5 or 6 PC networking cable works great for making your own RCA cables. http://www.directron.com/cbl-rj45-50.htmlYou'll need your length of network cable and RCA terminals, you can find em at radio shack or somewhere similar, theres 2 types, crimp and solder. I prefer not to solder so I got the crimp on style for $3 (pack of 4)http://www.radioshack.com/product.as...5Fid=274%2D451

Making the cable is really simple, get your section of network cable and strip about 3" off of each end. pay attention to the twisted pair cabling inside before untwisting make note of the color twists. there are 4 pair of twisted wires inside, each a seperate color, a solid color twisted with a neutral color (white or tan). Untwist one pair at a time and strip the covering off of your wires but keep each pair together so when you get to the other end of the cable you'll know which positive goes with which negative.

seperate the shielding from the RCA input and slide it over the pair you're working with now attach the positive wire to the positive terminal of the rca and same with the negative. crimp and viola. replace the rubber shield of the RCA and you have one Input. you can have up to 4 rca's with one cable. 2 + and 2-.

repeat the process on the other side of the network cable and your ready to roll. Oh and to make life much easier, run your cable from your amp to your head unit before you attach the rca's, its much easier to fish the cable without the ends already attached.

you should end up with something like this http://community.webshots.com/photo/...08178714lxjnwS

you can get real fancy and heat shrink the ends and cover the cable with any typre of wire loom you like

There ya have it nice shielded RCA cables for way less then you would pay for even a cheap 15' pre made rca



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