Re: TV audio onto HiFi via Kat5?

[Keith Doxey]

My advice would be to make your own patch cable to implement the
wiring swaps. That way, all the sockets in your house can be standard
and you can plug'n'play to your hearts content :-)

Keith


--- In kat5-users@y..., "Nick Towers" <nickt@t...> wrote:
> I agree with you - it would either be foolish or arrogant. However
I am sold
> on that piece of kit so I'm parting with the money, and will just
have to be
> very careful about interfacing it.
> Nick
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Keith Doxey [mailto:kat5users@d...]
> Sent: 08 October 2001 13:37 PM
> To: kat5-users@y...
> Subject: [KAT5] Re: TV audio onto HiFi via Kat5?
>
>
> That was my second attempt at replying. POP3 is currently blocked at
> work so I was using a web front end and lost everything I typed :-(
>
> I forgot to include....
>
> If Linn are wiring the sockets a proprietry way then all signal
> transmission will be over properly paired cable but WILL NOT be
> useable for anything else.
>
> ... as I said before, this is a big mistake in my opinion. My point
> was that a Linn product plugged into standard CAT5 would be using
> split pairs.
>
> There are many other products available from all the big players in
> AV such as Extron as well as newer companies like AVStar. ALL of
> these use STANDARD CAT5 wiring pinouts. It is foolish to use
anything
> else.
>
> Keith
>
>
> --- In kat5-users@y..., "Nick Towers" <nickt@t...>
wrote:
> > Thx for replies Mark &amp; Keith,
> > I'll check wiring &amp; sockets carefully &amp; try
again!
> > WRT Linn wiring, I'm pushing them for technical info which is a
bit
> slow
> > coming. I'm fairly sure they wouldn't use split pairs, but I
> wouldn't be
> > surprised if they use a proprietory wiring scheme for the Cat5
(say
> pairs on
> > 1&amp;8, 2&amp;3, 4&amp;5, 6&amp;7), or custom
wired patch leads. Hopefully a few
> custom
> > patch leads of my own will sort that out and ensure that split
> pairs are not
> > used, once I get the info..
> > All thebest
> > Nick
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Keith Doxey [mailto:kat5users@d...]
> > Sent: 08 October 2001 12:08 PM
> > To: kat5-users@y...
> > Subject: [KAT5] Re: TV audio onto HiFi via Kat5?
> >
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