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Audio Cable

Can i use a RCA audio cable for a Digital Coaxial cable?

Have some spare,are the rca audio cables (red/white) the same as component cables?

They can be used in place of component RGB. Hopefully these are high end RCA audio cables with gold plated connectors and noise cancelation shielding.

Good luck!

Should Cars Have High End Audio Cables

For years it has been well understood in home audio that cables can have a tremendous impact on a sound system, both good and bad. Choose the right cables and you can expect a system to come to life. Choose poorly designed cables, and you may forever be wondering why you can’t get your system to come to life.

Car audio however, has been a different story. While many companies still offer coaxial interconnect cables, most have come to realize that the basic twisted pair design offers far better noise rejection in a vehicle. And then… Nothing. That’s it. Innovation seems to have hit a brick wall at the shielded twisted pair interconnect in car audio. This begs the question; Should Cars Have High End Audio Cables?

To begin with, let’s briefly go back to home audio. After many years of fighting an uphill battle, the idea that cables make a difference has become a mainstream ideology amongst audiophiles. But it isn’t just audiophiles who can hear the difference. In fact, in our own testing, the differences can be heard by just about anybody, even on very modest audio systems. It just takes a willingness to discard any preconceived notions and actually listen to some music.

So, if cables make a difference in home audio, is there a reason why it shouldn’t matter in car audio? The quick answer is no. The following outlines some of the reasons why cables matter just as much, if not more, in car audio.

Many people are under the impression that car audio uses shorter cables than home audio, and therefore does not need to bother with high fidelity cables. This is completely incorrect. While the typical interconnect length in a home audio system is about 1 meter, vehicles will frequently use 5 or 6 meter interconnects to put amplifiers in the trunk. In terms of speaker cables, car audio almost always uses cables longer than the 6-8 feet used in most home audio setups.

Vehicles represent a far more challenging environment for cables than home audio systems. Two typical sources of noise in cables are Electro-Magnetic Interference (EMI) and Radio Frequency Interference (RFI). In vehicles, the entire chassis is frequently used as the ground return path. This allows noise from car components such as the alternator to be inducted into the audio cables via EMI. In terms of RFI, unless proper shielding is used, the longer cables in cars will act as antennas and pull in more noise. A third source of noise in a vehicle is vibration. This is of course far worse in a vehicle than in a home system. Pear Cable is the first company to bring out a car audio cable that virtually eliminates the noise caused by cable vibration. The TRIBODeadÔ technology present in the Comice Silver Interconnect is an electrically conductive plastic layer that prevents static electrical charges, caused by vibration, from building up in the cable.

- Is Quality Sound Just for Home Audio or does it have a Place in Car Audio Too?

Some people feel that a car audio sound system will never be as good as a home audio system, and therefore high fidelity cables are a waste of money in a car. This is a faulty conclusion. The experience of listening to music in your vehicle while driving down the highway is unique and cannot be replicated in the home audio environment. The bottom line here is that many people spend more time listening to their car audio system than their home system, and they want it to be the best that it can be. The characteristics of bad audio cables (listening fatigue, poor realism, overly bright treble, or general noise) will all still be audible in a car audio system. Just like home audio, the wrong cables in your vehicle will kill the listening experience.

At the end of the day, many people want quality sound in their vehicles. If you are installing an aftermarket system in your vehicle and you care about sound quality, you need to care about cables. If you are only interested in having the loudest car, without regards to accuracy, then high fidelity audio cables probably aren’t for you. Otherwise, it simply doesn’t make sense to shell out good money on amplifiers and speakers, only to hook it all up with mediocre wire. Car audio enthusiasts are every bit as serious as home audio enthusiasts, and now there is finally a cable company that is serious about serving their needs.

Article written by Adam Blake.

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Surge Protector

Would plugging a surge protector in to another surge protector protect my computer more?

I lost a tv and a computer on 2 separate occasions, both were plugged in to a separate surge protector. If I plug in one protector and then plug another one in to the surge protector in the wall then plug my pc in, will it help protect it more?

Actually, yes. A surge protector absorbs any over-voltage from the power line and/or slows it down to allow the regulator circuits in electronic devices to react. Two surge protectors will slow the surge down even more and the second one may absorb what's left of a surge that fries the protection circuit of the first protector. This would be a rare and extreme case but it could happen. But no surge protector can help if it's plugged into a non-grounded or 2 pin outlet. Even a 2 pin to 3 pin adaptor won't fix this problem. You need a grounded outlet.

Tips on Good Surge Protectors

All of us need electricity in our daily lives. We use it in almost everything. We need it to make our computer run, to cook our food, we use the electricity to give us light, and to power several of our other entertainment and communication devices. The basic household stuff use electricity in order for them to run.

Even so, there are times when things go out of hand. An unprotected electricity outlet can lead to accidents. It could be life threatening and may even destroy our valuable properties. Still, it is a hard life to live without having electricity available. So, what can we do to avoid such mishaps while enjoying the benefits of this wonderful invention?

You may have heard of a surge protector before. These devices are made and specially designed in order to protect our electrical appliances from voltage spikes. Their task is to regulate high voltage supplies used every day in our daily routines. It works by channeling some excess voltage toward the grounding wire of the outlet, resulting to a prevention of too much flow of electricity to our appliances and devices, and at the same time, it does not affect the performance of our devices.

Accidents and mishaps are present when the electrical surges become overloaded and the wires burn or gradually wear out over time. It may result to a broken or defective device. A surge protector protects the appliances from the TV to the small lines such as that of telephones.

So, just how important is it to provide ourselves with surge protectors? Most of the time, big fire accidents occur because of defective wiring that could instigate short circuiting. Surge protectors are available almost everywhere. All we have to do is to look for the right surge protector and make sure that what we choose to purchase is from a credible company.

Take a home theater surge protector as an example. We can say that it is a good device if it gives you more than the protection you need. For instance, a good quality surge protector meant for home theater use will also give you the advantage of regulating the electricity bill. It regulates the flow of power to your home theater and also puts away different kinds of line signals that become mixed to your own. From then, you can see how much your entertainment equipment improved with a clearer and better image. The sound system is distinctly better. There are many testimonials from current users to support these claims.

Usually in the market, the higher the price of a surge protector, the more quality you can get. Having the home theater surge protector as an example, they do not only give you lesser bill and safety, they also provide you with the solutions for your home theater problems. This is because they invest more on developing the surge protector to give you the best results. Generally, purchasing a good surge protector gives you the benefit of having lower electricity costs and better quality of your appliances.

A good surge protector for your home theater should have a warranty in order to be sure of what you have bought or will be buying. In case the device malfunctions, they will replace it and they will be liable for the damages. Never compromise safety for the cost of only a few bucks.

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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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Universal Remote Control

Universal remote control code for samsung DVD player?

I bought Denon AVR 1707 which comes with universal remote control. now i want to control my Samsung DVD player P- 365 -H. can any one tell me the code.

http://www.remotecodelist.com/remotes/
If you can't find it here, you are probably SOL.