Peter;169190 Wrote: > TiredLegs wrote: > > I have successfully used 75 ohm coax (cable TV wire) to transmit > S/PDIF > > over a run of more than 200 feet. > > > > However, any wire you use (coax or Cat5) cannot be carrying any > other > > signal at the time. And if you are using Cat5, it cannot be > connected > > to any active networking devices (no routers, hubs, etc.). None of > > those devices would know what to do with S/PDIF. > > > > If you follow the link GoCubs provided you'll see the device claims to > > need only one pair of CAT5 wires. So apparently you could run many over > > one cat5 cable and - with a proper splitter, you should even be able to > > run a 100 Mbit ethernet connection on the same line, since they use > only > 4 wires IIRC. > In my situation using the video balun I used a pair of the unused pairs on a CAT5 line I was running ethernet over (ethernet doesn't use all the pairs). I believe I separated the video pair out before it made it to my switch. I'm not sure what a switch would do. My guess would be it doesn't look at the pairs at all and likewise it wouldn't pass the signal along. A passive hub might work, but who knows...
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