---------------------------------------------------------- XDP4000X-List Digest Archive --- Total Messages Posted Thu 07/03/03: 2 ---------------------------------------------------------- Today's Message Index: ---------------------- 1. 05:42 AM - Re: please i need help bad/cable (JGold@elfcu.org) 2. 10:15 AM - Re: please i need help bad/cable (Roland M) ________________________________ Message 1 _____________________________________ Time: 05:42:21 AM PST US Subject: Re: XDP4000X-List: please i need help bad/cable From: JGold@elfcu.org 07/03/2003 07:42:07 AM, Serialize complete at 07/03/2003 07:42:07 AM --> XDP4000X-List message posted by: JGold@elfcu.org I agree,, if you got the cable from a Sony XM kit and it has the same connector as your old cable then you will be fine. Yea don't try a Alpine Ai Net cable it will for sure not work and will fry your gear. Alpine uses different pin outs and voltage down it's AiNet cable. Jayson Gold PC/Network Specialist Eli Lilly Federal Credit Union 225 S. East Street, Suite 300 Indianapolis, IN 46202 317-276-3055 800-621-2105 Randy Visentine Sent by: owner-xdp4000x-list-server@matronics.com 07/02/2003 11:18 PM Please respond to xdp4000x-list To: xdp4000x-list@matronics.com cc: Subject: Re: XDP4000X-List: please i need help bad/cable --> XDP4000X-List message posted by: Randy Visentine Hello, As long as it is a "Sony Unilink" cord, it should work fine. To my knowledge, the Sony XM uses plain old Unilink, so it should work fine. Just an FYI - I don't think the Alpine Ai Net cable is compatible even though they use the same style connector - I fried an XDP-210EQ using the Alipne cable years ago... Later Randy Visentine Audiophile/Musician/Crazy Guy --- Sqxpert@aol.com wrote: > --> XDP4000X-List message posted by: Sqxpert@aol.com > > jason, can t i just use the xm cable i found today- > aren t they the same? > > will it really matter if they are the same, one made > for a sony xm unit, the > other for the 4k? > > > tim koehle __________________________________ ________________________________ Message 2 _____________________________________ Time: 10:15:41 AM PST US From: "Roland M" Subject: Re: XDP4000X-List: please i need help bad/cable --> XDP4000X-List message posted by: "Roland M" >From: Randy Visentine >Reply-To: xdp4000x-list@matronics.com >To: xdp4000x-list@matronics.com >Subject: Re: XDP4000X-List: please i need help bad/cable >Date: Wed, 2 Jul 2003 21:18:01 -0700 (PDT) > >--> XDP4000X-List message posted by: Randy Visentine > >Just an FYI - I don't think the Alpine Ai Net cable is >compatible even though they use the same style >connector - I fried an XDP-210EQ using the Alipne >cable years ago... > >Later >Randy Visentine >Audiophile/Musician/Crazy Guy > > Really? I wonder if it was the Ai-Net cable that was at fault though, or perhaps just a defect or short caused the occurence. The Ai-Net cables are electrically identical to UniLink cables, as are JVC J-Link cables. They are all wired straight through with the same connectors. I have an Ai-Net cable connecting one of my changers and have no problems with it. As far as I know they are fully cross-compatible as they are the same cable with the same ends. Some of the Alpine ones are a bluish colour and have the letters Alpine printed on them but they still work. A nice feature of some of the Alpine ones is that some have a right angled connector--something I've never seen on a Sony cable. You should be able to use Ai-Net, UniLink and J-Link cables all interchangeably. Additionally any changer cable from a Blaupunkt CDC-M5 or CDC-M7 changer (these models ONLY) is also useable as those were actually Sony UniLink changers. Roland M.