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Male Cable

Where can I find a 1/4 male to 1/8 (3.5 mm) male cable in Toronto?

I want to plug my guitar into my computer. If anyone else has any ideas Im welcome to suggestions.

any type of electronics store should carry them... even .99 store might too..

Cable Assembly: Its Different Technologies and Applications

Are you familiar with the word cable assembly?  Do you know the particular technologies and applications of this particular facet of the industrial field?  Learn more about what this concept is all about.

By just linking the two terms – cable and assembly together – one will be able to determine that this is a connection or collection of wires.  Yes, cable assembly are actually banded wires forming one unit with connectors found either on both ends or at one end of the product.   It involves a series of technologies and applications.  Other facts are also found within the four corners of this industry.

Cable assembly facts

The facts on cable assembly evolve on its technologies, applications and connectors.  The following contains an explanation of all these things:

Technologies. There are various technologies available for cable assembly including: 

Fiber channel.  This is more of the scalable and high speed technologies used in order to transfer data.

GPIB standard. This type of technology is geared on connecting several forms of media or instruments to a computer in order to control or acquire data.

Local area network (LAN) or Ethernet cable.  This is a technology first introduced by Xerox then applied in other fields like DEC and the very popular Intel.

Parallel cables.  This is responsible in transmitting data in unidirectional bits. 

Applications.  Cable assembly may be applied in different forms.  Included in the list are audio-visuals such as radio and television, imaging like cameras and networking like those in computers.  Various fields are also making use of this system including telecommunications, military and medical industries.

Connectors.  Connectors for cable assemblies may vary according to gender.  The choices range between male to male, female to female, male to female.  The most common examples of connectors include BNC, DB, internal pin SCSI, DIN, RJ and USB.

Cable assembly is capable of withstanding even the most extreme environments.  This may include low or high temperature, shock, vibration or humidity.  Grounded metal is significant to hide the cables in order for disturbing signals not to interfere with the output.

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Coaxial Cable

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Cable TV Companies Bring True High Speed Internet Access Home

The Internet provides a great number of opportunities for entertainment, connecting with

friends and business associates, getting an education, tracking investments, and finding

great deals while shopping. With all of these advantages, you probably want to have a

high speed Internet connection in your home if you don't have one there already. While

upgrading from dial up is a good thing to do, you're probably kind of confused by the

options that you have available to you. This is understandable with all of the different

technologies and the companies that are offering them that you have to choose from.

If you're fortunate enough to have access to cable TV, then you're also probably

fortunate enough to be able to get an Internet connection that's delivered over that same

broad band digital cable technology. Granted that if you have access to cable Internet,

then you also probably have access to DSL, satellite, and possibly some kind of

municipal WiFi Internet as well, but there are still a lot of reasons to consider broad band

cable.

The first advantage that broad band cable has over other forms of broad band Internet

technology is speed. With the possible exception of muni WiFi, broad band cable high

speed Internet has the largest bandwidths with download speeds that vary from six to

twelve megabytes per second, depending on the level of service that's been subscribed

to and whether or not the special Power Boost feature (which increases the baseline

download speed by fifty percent for larger downloads) has kicked in. Both satellite

Internet and DSL have bandwidths that are stuck around three megabytes per second

and often quite lower, depending on where you live and how much you're willing to pay.

Getting your Internet connection over a cable also provides a greater level of security

than any kind of WiFi. In fact, there are even people who look for WiFi connections so

that they can see what's being transmitted- in effect spying on what WiFi users are

looking at. Since there isn't a good way to make muni WiFi service secure, this is a very

real danger. It's also theoretically possible to spy on satellite Internet signals as well.

Naturally, since DSL is transmitted over phone lines, it has a similar level of security to

broad band digital cable Internet connection, but there are many other ways in which an

Internet connection based on digital cable technology is superior. The fact that cables

are a lot beefier than phone lines means that the signal that can be sent over them is a

lot faster and more reliable. After all, skinny phone lines are subject to a lot more

interference than coaxial cables and that interference can really slow things down.

All of the extra speed and reliability and security that you can get from a broad band

cable Internet connection such as Comcast's translates into a level of Internet

performance that you've probably only experienced in libraries, coffee shops, or at work

up to this point.

The Internet is an increasingly vital part of everyday life and this technology can help

you make the most of it.

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Audio Video Cable

Audio / video cable question...?

Here's my problem: I just bought an xbox 360. I have an HD tv. I also have an HD cable box. I bought an RCA HD splitter so that I could hook both of my HD items up to the tv at the same time. But I noticed that also when I hook up the HD connections I also have to plug in the red and white cables from the audio/video cables. On my tv where the HD connections are there is only one slot for the red and one slot for the white. Is there such thing as a splitter for those cables? I looked at a few websites and can't find anything. Or would it still work if I didn't plug the red and white cables in?
My HD cable box had all 5 cables plugged in. (the blue, green, & red for the HD, and the white and red for the audio video) Can I only plug in the HD cables still get full audio and video from them?

no thats not what you need on the xbox 360 there is two completly different sets of cables the HD ones and then the classic yellow red and white.. if you plug n the HD ones you do not ned to plug in the otheres

HDMI , AV Cables for flawless audio/video experience

Unquestionably, our computers and various other peripherals render to be useless at timed unless of course we are equipped with an all together important computer cables such as 3.5 stereo cables; av cables and the very important HDMI cables.

In the recent times; these cables have turned out to be must-have type of accessory for computer and in large for gadgetry users. Out of various types of cables; HDMI cable have served out to be one of the most vigorous of cables when it comes to satisfying innumerable audio/video needs; but then one cannot ignore the importance of av cables and other types of cables too as they have got their own set of importance.

Today, market is flooded with all types of cables to free consumers from all those audio/video hassles. Effective AV Cable like VGA to TV Converter S-Video & RCA out Cable Adapter (4 Converter) continue to sell like hot cakes. VGA to TV Converter S-Video & RCA out Cable Adapter (4 Converter) can indeed be used with all your premium gadgets such as your computers; laptops to TVs and even projectors! Basically a 5 inch cable length with the standard sub-D VGA input RCA TV-output and 4-pin S-video output cable.

In addition, this handy cable also boasts off excellent functionality such as an effective moulded strain relief at both ends with the cable also blessed with a VGA connector on one end and both RCA Jack Video (TV) out and S-Video Out connectors on the other end. Then there are other useful component cables like 4 in 1 Component Cable for PS3, PS2, and Wii & Xbox 360 that deliver superb high-definition solution for next generation gaming consoles.

Then there are these vga cable that too play perfect role for your various audio, video needs. You can also easily hook netbook to other external devices like LCD projectors frequently.

With the evolvement of Bluetooth technology; you can also go for handy Bluetooth dongle wireless adapters which nowadays are gaining enormous popularity amongst computer geeks. Connectivity part becomes a cakewalk with these excellent Bluetooth dongle wonders.

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Cables Usa

will my British wii work with an USA ac cable in the USA?

ive asked this before but im still unsure, will my wii work in the usa with a usa ac cable to power it. ive tried a cheapy cable from a game store but all it does it makes the screen appear to be flickering or a bit like it needs to have the tracking sorted. i dunno if i buy a offical nintendo ac power adapter that it will stop the flcikering, it happens on all the tvs i try. would it be the 3 prong lead that came with it that could be causing the probelm or the power supply..

Many thanks

In the US the elec is 110Volts, in the UK it's 220Volts

So take your UK Wii with it's original adapters and cables, and buy from the US a converter. Usually found at airports (expensive) and usually at Walmart or RadioShack (very cheap) just ask them for a converter, bring the Wii UK adapter with you and they'll give you the right one

Rca Hdtv Dvd

Can my VCR/DVD recorder combo record without an external tuner?

My new Magnavox VCR/DVD recorder combo does not have a tuner built in. I will be buying a new desktop HDTV for Christmas which has RCA jacks for audio/video cords connected to my VCR/DVD recorder. My current analog color TV has only a coaxial cable jack, and it requires an RF modulator to use my recorder combo.

your VCR/DVD needs a signal source to be able to record!

If your TV has A/V outputs, you can connect to the VCR and record what you are watching on the TV. Or you can buy a NTSC to ATSC converter box.