Double shielded wire for making scart?

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Sega90s
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Double shielded wire for making scart?

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Is there any place that carries a 6/7 connector multi shielded(outer jacket and individual conductor) wire? I would like to make my own scart cables as I’ve gotten some in the past that have been wrong(incorrect components, not grounded, poor strain relief).
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You probably want an 8 conductor (R, G, B, S, Laudio, Raudio, 5v, Ground) cable, but yeah, I'd like to know where to get this too.
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The last time I needed fully shielded 5 conductor cable. I got it from http://anixter.com

They seem to have lots of options as long as you’re ok buying quite a bit of cable.

That being said. retrogamingcables.co.uk has always provided me with quality cables that are made to spec if you haven’t tried them yet.
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I'll go quarters with 3 other members..

https://secure.libertycable.com/product ... site-cable
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Syntax wrote:I'll go quarters with 3 other members..

https://secure.libertycable.com/product ... site-cable
Nice. I'd love to grab some of that locally, but i can't justify 150Ft at that price. I'm just using old cables from nearby junk shops, mostly. I've got a quite a stash now, as i figure old multiple 75R coax isn't becoming more common.

Have you had a look at the 30m drums of VGA cable jaycar sell?
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RGBHV is on sale at the moment for half price, if you don't need blanking then making cables from this using some audio cable tied to it would be ideal.
http://www.altronics.com.au/p/w3410-5-c ... bhv-cable/

Probably ugly but functional.
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I've started to use separate audio/video cables and feed them into braided sleeving to hold them together. The end result is not bad.

This is an N64 cable I made a while back.
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Kez wrote:I've started to use separate audio/video cables and feed them into braided sleeving to hold them together. The end result is not bad.

This is an N64 cable I made a while back.
That's what I do too, with different colors of braid to sort out systems visually.
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I've had some decent results using cut up VGA cables. The thicker ones usually have four shielded wires which can be used for R, G, B, and sync. Mode signalling can be routed using the remaining conductors, which while not individually shielded, are covered by the overall shielding of the cable. I've even sent audio through the non-individually shielded wires with no apparent buzzing or crosstalk. The good thing about using these is that they are not really in high demand anymore, and can be picked up relatively cheaply.
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