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Splicing a Toslink cable
I am looking at getting a head unit that has proprietary optical connector
What I am wondering if there is a good way to splice an optical cable?
I need to make one end a standard Toslink and the other a proprietary connection for a Clarion drz9255
Anyone done this?

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msb5150

You would probably be the first. Since its an optical cable (fiber optic) splicing a connector onto it will entail the utmost of care or else your the signal quality will go down markedly. You may want to construct a solid, air (and light) tight box encasing the two connectors from the proprietary clarion connector to a toslink connector (not the cable, but an adaptor so you can connect whatever sort of cable you want). Aiming the emitor and receiver well before epoxying them down and a lid on top of it. That might work. Having used to transfer music from a usb toslink sound card to minidisc, I found that I could mess around with the connections (holding two toslink cables together) and still keep the signal good. I'm sure it is possible, you will just have to work at it (at placing the two connectors together and holding them solid for an extended period of time).

mp3hombre

UNLESS you have acces to the right equipment, forget splicing the cable. I've worked with fiber optics so I kinda know what I'm talking about.
Cheers!!

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