[slinkelist] Re: slinkelist digest, Vol 1 #230 - 13 msgs

[Mullin, Dean M.]

Tom,

You can use cat5 for the slink-e connection with a db9 to modular RJ45 
connectors at both ends (this is described on the nirvis web site).  That 
takes care of the slink-e.  For the changers, I would recommend purchasing 
the DXS unit with a (4 toslink input module) and (2 coax/2 toslink output 
module) from nirvis and then running one coax line to your receiver.  The 
DXS will handle all the switching from the changers automatically, and you 
have a digital connection all the way from your changers to your 
receiver.  I am doing the same thing, but the distance is around thirty 
feet.  I have had no problems.  If you are looking for the best signal 
quality this is the way to go as long as your receiver has a coax digital 
in.  You will have to purchase adapters from radio shack that convert the 
screw-on coax adapters to the typical RCA type digital connecters most 
likely found on your receiver and on the DXS.  I believe people have had 
success with this up to 100'.   This also allows you to add additional 4 
changers by just adding more input modules.

If you are going to run analog cables, you may be pushing on the distance, 
and depending on the number of changers, it could get expensive just in the 
number of cables you need to run.  Good coax is relatively cheap.






At 06:20 AM 4/5/00 -0700, you wrote:
>One more try ------- no happy.stuff
>
>Can anybody help me with the question of how far my changers and SLink
>can be from the computer and the receiver?  I would like to have the
>changers and the SLink be in a closet about 50' (up to the attic, across
>and then back down) away from my computer and the receiver.  I believe
>that I have no problem with RS232 cabling, but what about the A1 control
>and the CD outputs.  Can this be done and what is the best way to
>optimize all the signals?
>
>Thanks for any help!!...Tom (tomspeight@home.com)
>
>
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