HD snake cables.... please help
I have a 75 ohm serial digital coax snake cable that i got for free from my brother in law. Also got a audio/video receiver and a 27 inch traditional television. Just using regular coax for the video signal, as my setup would be too complicated to use composite.
The cable i have is a Gepco International VS102000 HD 75 ohm serial digital coax snake 20AWG solid (in case you wanted to looked it up)
I don't have an hd tv but wanted to use this cable for my audio signals, cause it seems that the audio quality sounds a bit better than my regular composite cables.
Problem is that it doesn't reach to all my devices because of where they are located.
Each cable seems to be individually shielded with a gigantic rubber piece housing all the cables together.
Is this act as a shield as well? Is it dumb to cut the outer rubber piece so I can use the cables individually and have them reach to wherever I want to, or would it be best to leave it intact and keep it shielded? (that is.... if the rubber is actually shielding anything...)
Anymore info and help with this would be great....
The cable i have is a Gepco International VS102000 HD 75 ohm serial digital coax snake 20AWG solid (in case you wanted to looked it up)
I don't have an hd tv but wanted to use this cable for my audio signals, cause it seems that the audio quality sounds a bit better than my regular composite cables.
Problem is that it doesn't reach to all my devices because of where they are located.
Each cable seems to be individually shielded with a gigantic rubber piece housing all the cables together.
Is this act as a shield as well? Is it dumb to cut the outer rubber piece so I can use the cables individually and have them reach to wherever I want to, or would it be best to leave it intact and keep it shielded? (that is.... if the rubber is actually shielding anything...)
Anymore info and help with this would be great....
Matt
The housing around the outside (the master jacket) does not appear to have any shielding qualities. In fact, the only real benefit of it is 2 things: it keeps the cables nice and neat, and it's UL rated (which means its safe for wall installations, for protection against the spread of fire).
Of course, there is always a placebo effect things like this can have on you, so if you are concerned, just try it out for yourself and see how you go. If you are worries you can always buy some more master jacket and put it around the new channels you have created in your wire.
Hope this helps!
-Cub. =o)
Of course, there is always a placebo effect things like this can have on you, so if you are concerned, just try it out for yourself and see how you go. If you are worries you can always buy some more master jacket and put it around the new channels you have created in your wire.
Hope this helps!
-Cub. =o)
Unfortunately later than I had first thought.... I wrote about it here:lestat666 wrote:Thanks Cube.
When you moving to Cali btw?
http://www.unofficialtexmurphy.com/mess ... f=1&t=3021
-Cub. =o)