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  extension cables for the decklink?

  Posted by Jeremiah Black on June 28, 2005 at 4:44 pm

  Hi,

  The digibeta deck in my new office is about 15 feet away from the reach of my decklink extreme card. Can anyone recommend a brand and seller of extention cables? I guess at a minimum, I would need an SDI extension and an RS422 extension. BUt what about genlock and the other cables? Just BNC or something special?

  thanks to anyone who can help,

  – jeremiah black

  Jeremiah Black replied 20 years, 10 months ago 3 Members · 3 Replies
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  Sean Oneil

  June 29, 2005 at 6:15 am

  It’s nothing special. Get female to female adapters and use regular 75ohm BNC cables. As for RS422, any 9-pin adapter or extension cable from any PC store will do.
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  Luke Maslen

  June 30, 2005 at 7:36 am

  Hi Jeremiah,

  Sean’s advice is spot on. However make sure you are using good quality SDI cables. You’re working in SD-SDI and so don’t need the more expensive HD-SDI cables. However if you work with a mix of SD and HD gear, then having different grades of cables can be confusing and it is better to standardize on HD-rated cables. We have a technical note about cables for HD-SDI at https://www.blackmagic-design.com/support/detail.asp?techID=90.

  Regards,

  Luke Maslen
  Blackmagic Design
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  Jeremiah Black

  July 2, 2005 at 3:47 am

  Thanks guys. I found the cables and everything looks great. Much appreciated.

  I will say that finding a male to female RS-422 cable proved to be a huge pain. You have to buy a male to male and then buy a gender changer. Odd. But works.

  thanks again,

  – jeremiah black, NYC

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