Topic: Sony 7 Pin Mod

[leegeddy]

you gotta Sony 7 Pin "IN" only cable like the RK-DA10P like this:



you can mod it to have both IN and OUT:



marc

[admkrk]

one question.

what did you use to hold the cable tight in the splitter?

[leegeddy]

one question.

what did you use to hold the cable tight in the splitter?

a rubber bushing. once you tighten down the screw/nut to clamp the 2 splitter pieces, the bushing really holds down on the cable.

marc

[fozzy]

side note: How many wires are on the 7pin side in the cable(inside the 7pin head on the PCB)?  and what color are they

thanx.

[leegeddy]

side note: How many wires are on the 7pin side in the cable(inside the 7pin head on the PCB)?  and what color are they

thanx.

none. i removed the orginal coax cable.  there are only 2 connections in the original design (+ IN and shield).

marc

[admkrk]

one question.

what did you use to hold the cable tight in the splitter?

a rubber bushing. once you tighten down the screw/nut to clamp the 2 splitter pieces, the bushing really holds down on the cable.

marc

thanks,  i should have thought of that.   +t

[fozzy]

side note: How many wires are on the 7pin side in the cable(inside the 7pin head on the PCB)?  and what color are they

thanx.

none. i removed the orginal coax cable.  there are only 2 connections in the original design (+ IN and shield).

marc

Cool, thanks.  won't work to put optimod easilly.  need +5v in there

[leegeddy]

side note: How many wires are on the 7pin side in the cable(inside the 7pin head on the PCB)?  and what color are they

thanx.

none. i removed the orginal coax cable.  there are only 2 connections in the original design (+ IN and shield).

marc

Cool, thanks.  won't work to put optimod easilly.  need +5v in there

fozzy;
shouldn't be too difficult to figure out which pin's output is + voltage to power the optical transmitter.

marc

[fozzy]

side note: How many wires are on the 7pin side in the cable(inside the 7pin head on the PCB)?  and what color are they

thanx.

none. i removed the orginal coax cable.  there are only 2 connections in the original design (+ IN and shield).

marc

Cool, thanks.  won't work to put optimod easilly.  need +5v in there

fozzy;
shouldn't be too difficult to figure out which pin's output is + voltage to power the optical transmitter.

marc

true but i'm lazy.  My worry is not figuring out which pin i need but having a point to solder it on to.  I'm gathering from your comments all 7(8)pins don't make it back to some sort of PCB

[hexyjones]

Not exactly on target  - but some of this info may help or be of interest...

http://www.rockpark.com/d7/8_build.txt