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Bob McElfresh · 07-08-2003, 01:47 PM

Are you sure this is a coaxial-digital cable and not a Subwoofer cable?

To prevent ground-loops, subwoofer cables often have the shield DISCONNECTED at one end and they have little arrows pointing in the direction of the sub.

Coaxial-Digital cables are simply Video cables and should have the shield connected at both ends. Video/Coaxial Digital cables are also all made with something called "75 ohm Coax". But subwoofer cables can be made with any of the popular coax types: 50, 75, 110, 300.

So check the cable to make sure it's a video/coaxial-digital cable. Even the wrong cable will appear to work, but people have noticed audio drop-outs every few minutes with the wrong cable.

07-08-2003, 01:47 PM	#2 of 5
Bob McElfresh Administrator Join Date: May 1999 Local Time: 11:38 PM Local Date: 12-04-2008 Posts: 6,622	Are you sure this is a coaxial-digital cable and not a Subwoofer cable? To prevent ground-loops, subwoofer cables often have the shield DISCONNECTED at one end and they have little arrows pointing in the direction of the sub. Coaxial-Digital cables are simply Video cables and should have the shield connected at both ends. Video/Coaxial Digital cables are also all made with something called "75 ohm Coax". But subwoofer cables can be made with any of the popular coax types: 50, 75, 110, 300. So check the cable to make sure it's a video/coaxial-digital cable. Even the wrong cable will appear to work, but people have noticed audio drop-outs every few minutes with the wrong cable.