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Can network, video and sound cables be combined to save space?
Hi,
I wondered if it is possible to somehow combine a twisted pair network cable, s-video cable and stereo audio to enable them all to be run through a narrow channel? This is to get all these signals from a PC in a spare room to cable modem, TV and stereo in another room. The total run will be of the order of 10m. The space available is rather small and three seperate cables are not going to be possible to channel neatly. I realise the network and s-video cables are rather high frequency. The cable modem is 100Mbit, but I guess I could tweak something at the PC end to get the link down to 10Mbit. Afterall the cable modem is nowhere near even 10Mbit. Standard line-out audio cables usually have a larger cross-section than audio cables, but I guess these could really be very thin? This isn't going to be an audiophile setup, but just something to get it to work. I guess composite video would be going backwards as those co-axial cables are always fatter and stiffer than S-video despite the awful picture. Any advice would be very welcome. Cheers. |
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Can network, video and sound cables be combined to save space?
"Gilden Man" wrote in message k... Hi, I wondered if it is possible to somehow combine a twisted pair network cable, s-video cable and stereo audio to enable them all to be run through a narrow channel? This is to get all these signals from a PC in a spare room to cable modem, TV and stereo in another room. The total run will be of the order of 10m. The space available is rather small and three seperate cables are not going to be possible to channel neatly. I realise the network and s-video cables are rather high frequency. The cable modem is 100Mbit, but I guess I could tweak something at the PC end to get the link down to 10Mbit. Afterall the cable modem is nowhere near even 10Mbit. Standard line-out audio cables usually have a larger cross-section than audio cables, but I guess these could really be very thin? This isn't going to be an audiophile setup, but just something to get it to work. I guess composite video would be going backwards as those co-axial cables are always fatter and stiffer than S-video despite the awful picture. Any advice would be very welcome. Cheers. If you want to send the signals over the same copper wire, then NO, there is no way as they all share the same frequency range. If you want to bundle the cables close together, then as long as the audio and video cables are shielded, then you can place them close to each other. Mike T |
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Can network, video and sound cables be combined to save space?
Getting a sound card to drive a 10m length of audio cables is iffy at best.
You may overtax the soundcard's output circuitry with an impedence mismatch. The s-video cable at 10m is also questionable at best. -- DaveW "Gilden Man" wrote in message k... Hi, I wondered if it is possible to somehow combine a twisted pair network cable, s-video cable and stereo audio to enable them all to be run through a narrow channel? This is to get all these signals from a PC in a spare room to cable modem, TV and stereo in another room. The total run will be of the order of 10m. The space available is rather small and three seperate cables are not going to be possible to channel neatly. I realise the network and s-video cables are rather high frequency. The cable modem is 100Mbit, but I guess I could tweak something at the PC end to get the link down to 10Mbit. Afterall the cable modem is nowhere near even 10Mbit. Standard line-out audio cables usually have a larger cross-section than audio cables, but I guess these could really be very thin? This isn't going to be an audiophile setup, but just something to get it to work. I guess composite video would be going backwards as those co-axial cables are always fatter and stiffer than S-video despite the awful picture. Any advice would be very welcome. Cheers. |
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Can network, video and sound cables be combined to save space?
["Followup-To:" header set to comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware.video.]
On 2004-02-03, DaveW wrote: Getting a sound card to drive a 10m length of audio cables is iffy at best. You may overtax the soundcard's output circuitry with an impedence mismatch. I've got 15m of audio from my PC to stereo. I do have a half decent Audiophile 2496 sound card which has stereo phono connector pair line-out. Although my previous SBLive value had no audible problems (apart from those inherant) with the same cable, but with a 3.5mm jack to two phono connectors adapter. The s-video cable at 10m is also questionable at best. Strange I also have a 15m s-video lead from my PC with a great quality picture. Cheers. |
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Can network, video and sound cables be combined to save space?
["Followup-To:" header set to comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware.video.]
On 2004-02-02, Mike T wrote: If you want to send the signals over the same copper wire, then NO, there is no way as they all share the same frequency range. Of course I don't mean that. If you want to bundle the cables close together, then as long as the audio and video cables are shielded, then you can place them close to each other. I know that is possible. That's not what I asked, but thanks. |
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