Re: 75 Ohm connector on back of Phillips DVD surround system - what is it and how do I adapt it to F style?
- From: "Jim Backus" <jhb@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sat, 23 Apr 2005 22:41:33 +0000 (UTC)
On Tue, 19 Apr 2005 16:30:14 UTC, "David Forsyth" <foda01@xxxxxxx>
wrote:
> 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.
>
Sounds like the standard antenna connector used in Britain (and
Australia?). I've always known them as Belling Lee connectors. They
are usually really cheap and nasty but I've been told that they are
actually a very good impedance match - far better than the "UHF" or
239 connector.
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