Cheap relacement for audio / video jack?

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Post by SpongeBuell » Sat Jul 23, 2005 5:02 pm

*o* wrote:whats even wierder is only the middle 2 are used
that's how it is here, too.
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Post by daguuy » Sat Jul 23, 2005 5:07 pm

does that mean i could use a phone cord with only 2 wires for DC web browser? i'm asking 'cause i have a realy long one i want to use
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Post by *o* » Sat Jul 23, 2005 5:15 pm

i guess so...
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Post by SpongeBuell » Sat Jul 23, 2005 5:42 pm

I'm sure you could, but there's only one way to find out for sure :D (although, if you have a broadband DC it won't work with any phone cord)
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Post by *o* » Sat Jul 23, 2005 5:59 pm

lol good point
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Post by vb_master » Sat Jul 23, 2005 7:32 pm

Well, how can the voltage and audio travel through 2 pins?

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Post by Sparkfist » Sat Jul 23, 2005 9:00 pm

vb_master wrote:Well, how can the voltage and audio travel through 2 pins?
Video/Audio dont work like what you think where you have powe and data lines. The A/V ports just transfer data. So all you have is the input and ground lines.
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Post by nos_slived » Mon Jul 25, 2005 1:36 am

But in North America(and probably elsewhere), one of the wires is power. I don't know what the voltage and supply currents are, but I know that atleast one of them is used for power. That is why you don't need a power line for most older phones(wired). I'm guessing that the phone lines use separate data and power grounds.
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Post by *o* » Mon Jul 25, 2005 1:53 am

its a combination of power and signal and the other ones ground
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