Can you use coax cable/wire to replace the cable/wire use to connect audio & video bw receiver & tv?

Question

Can you use coax cable/wire to replace the cable/wire use to connect audio & video bw receiver & tv?

Answer 1

Depends on which kind of cox cable you're trying to use. Normally, in most cases, no. Most receivers only output video through the coax output.

Answer 2

There's nothing wrong with using coax. In fact the wire you already have is coax. The reason they use coax is immunity from noise. The only wire that doesn't need to be shielded like coax, is the cable used for speakers. You can use coax for speaker wire too,

Answer 3

Yes you can.  All you need to do is find the right connectors to attach to the coax cable.

Here is an example of RCA connector for RG59 cable ...

http://www.techtoolsupply.com/index.asp?...

Answer 4

You mean use $0.39/ft CATV coax to build your own RCA cables?

No and Yes.

All RCA cables are coaxial.

You should buy coax designed to carry the signals you want.  CATV RF signals are NOT HD analog video signals.

Look for Belden 7787A coax.  This stuff is about .... $1.20/ft in bulk (for the 3 conductor) and is designed to carry high-def analog video signals.

Add some good Canare 75 ohm RCA plugs (not the el-cheepo radio shack audio plugs) and you can make your own HD compatible component cables.

Or - order custom made cables using exactly these parts from www.bluejeanscables.com

People have tried to use cheap CATV coax and the results are really crappy.  Look in your yellow pages for "Greybar Electronics" or look under Telecomm supplies and you will find a place that carries Belden or Canare coax and RCA plugs.  Its NOT that much more expensive to use the proper stuff.