Re: 75 Ohm connector on back of Phillips DVD surround system - what is it and how do I adapt it to F style?


"David Forsyth" <foda01@xxxxxxx> wrote in message
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> Hello,
>
> A friend of mine has a Phillips DVD / surround system that he bought
for
> cheap somewhere. It has an FM tuner in it, and the FM antenna input
is
> labeled 75 ohms, but the connector is not the standard 75 ohm coaxial
"F"
> style. I suspect that it is either a proprietary style that Phillips
uses,
> or more likely a European style that we don't generally see here in
North
> America. It has a push-on type (unthreaded) outer ring about 10 mm in
> diameter. There is a hollow center pin of about 2.5 mm in diameter.
I am
> looking for a way to adapt it to the "F" style. Does anyone know what
this
> connector might be, and who makes an adapter for it?

I had the same problem last year. I asked here and they gave me a
strange name, but it's generally called a Euro connector and I got the
adapter from Radio Snack. Here's a URL. I believe it's the 278-265.
<http://www.radioshack.ca/estore/Category.aspx?language=en-CA&catalog=Ra
dioShack&category=Wire+%26+Cable+Adapters&pagenum=1>

I put brackets on the above URL to see if it helps with the wrap
problem. i don't think it will, from past memory.

> thanks,
> Dave

>


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