[_Spanky_]

Having paid for custom cables before and not currently wanting to shell out that kind of money, I got to thinking about the cables and adapters I have on hand. I'll be needing a mini-rca digital coax cable. I was looking through my stock and found that I had a left-over cable from a DirecTV installation. I know coaxial digital connections should be 75ohm and this is where it gets good. The cable I have is as follows:
"DirecTV RG-6 75 OHM High Performance 3.0GHZ Digital Cable 18AWG 75C CATV/CL2 E232510 (UL) CM Perfect Vision 80SC"

Would it be so wrong to cut the ends off, attach the connectors I need and use it as a digital coaxial cable? I figured it would at least be better than a regular RCA cable that's meant for analog.

 

[teds headfood]

you can always try. at best your in there, at worst you get to learn something that you didn't know before! i know that the techs from dish/direct dont like to put any scratches on the middle copper wire.

 

[momomo6789]

rca plugs are never 75 ohm or cant be. so it dose not matter what wire you use as long as its coaxial.

 

[_Spanky_]

Cool, I think I'll give this a go when I can find a spare mini plug

Anyone else want to weigh in on this subject?

 

[Jon L]

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Originally Posted by -Spanky- /img/forum/go_quote.gif Cool, I think I'll give this a go when I can find a spare mini plug Anyone else want to weigh in on this subject?

I've made digital cables from leftover DISH network cables before. These satelite/cable guys actually use pretty good quality coax for their installation, which are fine for audio use.

Just a couple of days ago, I made another digital cable using a "top-secret" military coax

One can always dress them up with fancy heatshrink and such..

 

[_Spanky_]

Cool, looks like my idea isn't too bad

What would be a cheap (under $10) plug to use for digital? Thanks.

*EDIT*
I know it's Radioshack but I might be going by there in a week or so, I found these on their site:
http://www.radioshack.com/product/in...odsInSession=1
and then one of these at the end:
http://www.radioshack.com/product/in...odsInSession=1

That would make for a pretty universal cable rather than just a regular mini-rca