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RE: A Question For The Lads...


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  • Subject: RE: A Question For The Lads...
  • From: "Phillip Harris" <phillip.harris1@xxxxxxx>
  • Date: Mon, 16 Apr 2001 22:49:23 +0100
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I'm actually not sending composite ... only S-Video and component.

Cheers

Phil

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Keith Doxey [mailto:ukha.diyha@xxxxxxx]
> Sent: 16 April 2001 00:55
> To: ukha_d@xxxxxxx
> Subject: RE: [ukha_d] A Question For The Lads...
>
>
> Hi Phil,
>
> Thats why my KAT5 stuff is designed to ONLY use balanced transmission
for
> audio and Video. You cant really snip the ground connection
> because you will
> be using the mains ground (or whatever the other ground path is)
> to complete
> the circuit. This will have all types of crud on it.
>
> I am ready to post details on the KAT5 units. There will also be
"custom"
> configs available. KAT5 can carry 4 circuits and they can be built for
any
> mix of audio or video. I havent tried Component Video because I dont
have
> any component kit, but I could build up a set for you to try.
>
> How many video signals are you sending ?
>
> My guess is probably 6
>
> Composite
> S-Video Y/C
> Component Y/Cr/Cb
>
> or are there more?
>
> Keith
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Phillip Harris [mailto:phillip.harris1@xxxxxxx]
> Sent: 15 April 2001 18:11
> To: ukha_d@xxxxxxx
> Subject: RE: [ukha_d] A Question For The Lads...
>
>
>
> Dang! Can anyone say the phrase "ground loop"?
>
> Thanks for the pointer Keith ... I should have remembered this from my
car
> hifi days but whipping out all the signal cables gives
"silence" even with
> the QuadScan on. Slipping the very tips of the component video phonos
into
> the sockets is fine (albeit a little kinky perhaps) but as soon as the
> shields mate ... back comes the noise.
>
> The next question (I guess) has to be can I just snip the grounds on
the
> S-Video and component video cables going to the QuadScan one end? (In
this
> way at least they're grounded at one end.)
>
> Oh yeah - question for Keith too ... I want to run a decent
> distance between
> my amp and subwoofers. Unbalanced cables are not the greatest at
rejecting
> noise at anything over a couple of metres and so I was wondering
> whether you
> have any sort of unbalanced to balanced transmitter and balanced to
> unbalanced receiver circuit layouts around that I could maybe
> press into use
> for this purpose?
>
> Phil
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Phillip Harris [mailto:phillip.harris1@xxxxxxx]
> > Sent: 15 April 2001 17:35
> > To: ukha_d@xxxxxxx
> > Subject: RE: [ukha_d] A Question For The Lads...
> >
> >
> >
> > *chuckle*
> >
> > Yup ... that's the word I was looking for.
> >
> > Well, Jo's sitting downstairs listening to Fifth Element at a
> level which
> > makes conversation difficult if not downright impossible. We've
just run
> > through the Diva sequence and even she has commented on where
it's
> improved
> > over just the Yammy on its own ... now I just need to sort this
QuadScan
> > noise problem.
> >
> > Phil
>
>
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