Beosound 5 help

Electricians have run cables for beosound 5, but problem is I forgot about master link cable from socket unit to beo system 3, the tiled floor is now done, however there is a cat 5 cable can I use this?? I know it's supposed to be cat 7 but I can't run that now any suggestions would be appreciated I have till tomorrow night to try and sort this

Is it screened or unscreened cat 5?

If it's screened, you might get away with it, although you *might* still experience some crosstalk (interference) between the data and audio lines. If it is unscreened it will not work as you have insufficient conductors to carry all of the required signals.

Is there any chance of running a new cable behind skirting, or from above?

Kind Regards,

Martin.

 

Hi Martin

I managed to get them to put a cat 6 cable in but when I went to check today it's unscreened however there is a cat 5 and a cat 6 so between the two I might be ok, would you terminate into a junction box or into a rj45 outlet then use one of Steves at sounds heavenly cables! It's not ideal but not a lot I can do about it now

Martin meant to say there is no other master link it's only going from beosound 5 to beosystem 3 that's all there is and it's a stand alone system

kai:

Hi Martin

I managed to get them to put a cat 6 cable in but when I went to check today it's unscreened however there is a cat 5 and a cat 6 so between the two I might be ok, would you terminate into a junction box or into a rj45 outlet then use one of Steves at sounds heavenly cables! It's not ideal but not a lot I can do about it now

Yes, not ideal, but using both cables should work satisfactorily as long as there's nothing else running too close to the data cables that is likely to induce interference.

Given what you have available to work with, I'd use an ML junction box at each end as it will be easier to terminate both data cables into that than into a screened RJ45 outlet.

I'd also be inclined to split the signals such that the audio is running down one cable, and the signal / data are running down the other.

 

For example:

Data Cable - Core Colour  :  ML Junction box colour

Cat6 white/orange : white/orange (L-)

Cat6 orange : orange (L+)

Cat6 white/green : white/red (R-)

Cat6 green : red (R+)

Cat6 all others : Ground (GND)

 

Cat5 white/green : white/green (data-)

Cat5 green : green (data+)

Cat5 white/blue : white/blue (ML-sense)

Cat5 blue : blue (supply -ve)

Cat5 orange : pink (supply +ve)

Cat5 all others : Ground (GND)

 

Hope this helps...

Martin.

 

Thanks Martin

I will give it a go and let you know the results