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TiMacLover
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USA
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Posted - 25 May 2002 :  14:29:45
ADB and S Video cables are the same and are interchangable. Thought you guys should know that!

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maclover5
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Posted - 25 May 2002 :  15:05:44
quote:

ADB and S Video cables are the same and are interchangable. Thought you guys should know that!

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I know. I use an S-Video cable as an extended ADB cable whenever i have the LC630 hooked up to the TV on my Presentation System. It works well.

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Trash80toG-4
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USA
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Posted - 25 May 2002 :  15:19:15
quote:

ADB and S Video cables are the same and are interchangable. Thought you guys should know that!


it's a very good thing to know they're similar, Ti, but they're NOT the same or interchangeable.

The connectors themselves are identical and an S-Video cable makes an excellent replacement for an ADB cable. however, the cable itself is actualy multiple mini co-ax and an ADB cable would need to be very short not to cause signal degradation if used for video.

it might be interesting to test just how badly a rats nest of coiled ADB extensions could degrade a video signal. i really don't know enough about it to hazard a guess, but i wouldn't be surprised of one or two standard lengths of it would knock the definition down to the level that a composite video sognal on a single co-ax cable would be preferable.

crap-shack carries the male connectors and S-Video cable if somebody wants to make their own dual-purpose S-Video/ADB cables.

jt . .

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USA
1559 Posts
Posted - 25 May 2002 :  21:08:10
Yes. We know. That's why it has been on the Field Supply List for quite some time now

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TiMacLover
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USA
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Posted - 25 May 2002 :  21:21:32
Well I never go to the website...

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