Different types of plugs

Ender

Could someone tell me how you're supposed to use a speaker pin or banana plug or any other types of plugs? Like, some coax cables have a really tiny pin in the middle while others have a big plug (the type for digital cabling).

Mike21

Hi Ender

[Is your User Name from 'Ender's Game"?]

Pins on speaker wires are for use with spring clip type connections.

Bananas on speaker wires are used with binding posts that have a hole in the middle in which to insert the banana (ok, ok, ok )

Not sure what you mean by a digital cable. Do you mean the cable that comes out of the wall and into your TV or cable/sat box? Or an audio cable that connects 2 components (like a CD player w/ a receiver)?

Mike

Ender

Mike,

Yes it is. Love the series.

Ah, yeah, I figured it out after searching for like... 30 minutes. Lol. I need to get better at my Google skills.

I was referring to the second definition you stated. Between two audio components. I think I figured it out. The smaller pin is Female and the bigger pin is RCA Male. But the coaxial is a coaxial. Just two different ways to connect. The TV usually uses Female and audio components usually use the RCA Male on the coaxial.

Is all this correct? Thanks for the response!

-Eugene

Mike21

Hi Ender.

I'm confused

A 75ohm coaxial S/PDIF cable has identical male connectors on both ends (RCA or BNC). You probably have RCA connectors.

Mike

Ender

Mike,

Nope. I currently have a coaxial cable that looks like this: http://www.w-l-t.org/Pix/Coax%20w-F%20connector.jpg

Thus, the questions. But as I said, I think they are Female connections, not the normal RCA Male connections (particularly for audio components). I'm not 100% sure, but I think Female used to be used for cable or something.

-Ender

amulford

Those are F type coax. They do make adaptors for F to RCA. Why are you asking?

Ender

Because I am curious and don't know?