Creative 5.1 audio cable
 

Are the 5.1 audio cables that come with Creative Inspire speakers (the 3x
mini-plug - orange, lime green and black type) exclusive to Creative Labs?
As I don't know what to actually search for on the net to buy one. I search
for '5.1 audio cable' and the only ones I see are the home cinema style ones
with the 6 inputs for all the speakers. Do only Creative sell these? If not,
where can I buy one from (UK if poss) and what do I actually ask for?

Thanks for any input.

MisterChiversRegal wrote:
Are the 5.1 audio cables that come with Creative Inspire speakers (the 3x
mini-plug - orange, lime green and black type) exclusive to Creative Labs?
As I don't know what to actually search for on the net to buy one. I search
for '5.1 audio cable' and the only ones I see are the home cinema style ones
with the 6 inputs for all the speakers. Do only Creative sell these? If not,
where can I buy one from (UK if poss) and what do I actually ask for?

Thanks for any input.


I think some Sony camcorders use the same cable.

MisterChiversRegal wrote:
Are the 5.1 audio cables that come with Creative Inspire speakers (the 3x
mini-plug - orange, lime green and black type) exclusive to Creative Labs?
As I don't know what to actually search for on the net to buy one. I search
for '5.1 audio cable' and the only ones I see are the home cinema style ones
with the 6 inputs for all the speakers. Do only Creative sell these? If not,
where can I buy one from (UK if poss) and what do I actually ask for?

Thanks for any input.


http://tinyurl.com/4xr4g OR
http://www.maplin.co.uk/Module.aspx?...=14&doy=1 8m2

Should be what yer looking for though the colour coding may be a bit off.

Sharanga Dayananda wrote:
MisterChiversRegal wrote:

Are the 5.1 audio cables that come with Creative Inspire speakers (the 3x
mini-plug - orange, lime green and black type) exclusive to Creative
Labs?
As I don't know what to actually search for on the net to buy one. I
search
for '5.1 audio cable' and the only ones I see are the home cinema
style ones
with the 6 inputs for all the speakers. Do only Creative sell these?
If not,
where can I buy one from (UK if poss) and what do I actually ask for?

Thanks for any input.


http://tinyurl.com/4xr4g OR
http://www.maplin.co.uk/Module.aspx?...=14&doy=1 8m2


Should be what yer looking for though the colour coding may be a bit off.
You'll need a phono to mini-plug convertor if yer connecting to vanilla
PC cables though.

"Sharanga Dayananda" wrote in message
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MisterChiversRegal wrote:
Are the 5.1 audio cables that come with Creative Inspire speakers (the
3x
mini-plug - orange, lime green and black type) exclusive to Creative
Labs?
As I don't know what to actually search for on the net to buy one. I
search
for '5.1 audio cable' and the only ones I see are the home cinema style
ones
with the 6 inputs for all the speakers. Do only Creative sell these? If
not,
where can I buy one from (UK if poss) and what do I actually ask for?

Thanks for any input.


http://tinyurl.com/4xr4g OR

http://www.maplin.co.uk/Module.aspx?...=14&doy=1 8m2

Should be what yer looking for though the colour coding may be a bit off.

Thanks, Sharanga. That is fine.

"MisterChiversRegal" wrote in message
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"Sharanga Dayananda" wrote in message
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MisterChiversRegal wrote:
Are the 5.1 audio cables that come with Creative Inspire speakers (the
3x
mini-plug - orange, lime green and black type) exclusive to Creative
Labs?
As I don't know what to actually search for on the net to buy one. I
search
for '5.1 audio cable' and the only ones I see are the home cinema
style
ones
with the 6 inputs for all the speakers. Do only Creative sell these?
If
not,
where can I buy one from (UK if poss) and what do I actually ask for?

Thanks for any input.


http://tinyurl.com/4xr4g OR


http://www.maplin.co.uk/Module.aspx?...=14&doy=1 8m2

Should be what yer looking for though the colour coding may be a bit
off.

Thanks, Sharanga. That is fine.



Oops, actually.. no. The cables on the Creative speakers are like 3 x
miniplug to 3 x miniplug. I think these may be a little too different. :)

Thanks all the same though.

On Thu, 3 Mar 2005 19:56:21 -0000, "MisterChiversRegal"
wrote:

Are the 5.1 audio cables that come with Creative Inspire speakers (the 3x
mini-plug - orange, lime green and black type) exclusive to Creative Labs?
As I don't know what to actually search for on the net to buy one. I search
for '5.1 audio cable' and the only ones I see are the home cinema style ones
with the 6 inputs for all the speakers. Do only Creative sell these? If not,
where can I buy one from (UK if poss) and what do I actually ask for?

Thanks for any input.


I figure you could just get three bog-standard mini-plug cables and
wrap a bit of tape around them if you like. I doubt there's anything
special, besides the color coding and the fact that they're bundled
together.

Hi
Oops, actually.. no. The cables on the Creative speakers are like 3 x
miniplug to 3 x miniplug. I think these may be a little too different. :)
You can use mini-plug to phono converter plugs on them and they should
work fine.

You need three cables and 9 phono to mini-plug converters.

Sharanga Dayananda wrote:
Hi

Oops, actually.. no. The cables on the Creative speakers are like 3 x
miniplug to 3 x miniplug. I think these may be a little too different. :)

You can use mini-plug to phono converter plugs on them and they should
work fine.

You need three cables and 9 phono to mini-plug converters.
Oops! Sorry. My bad.

You need two of these cables which'll give you all the channels except
the front two (centre-sub-rear left-rear right-surround left-surround
right). Out of these you use 2xphono to single mini-plug adapters (like
when connecting a PC to a stereo using analogue connectors) and you use
'em on the two additional outputs. For the the front two channels you
just use a vanilla mini-plug to phono converter.

"Folk" wrote in message
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On Thu, 3 Mar 2005 19:56:21 -0000, "MisterChiversRegal"
wrote:

Are the 5.1 audio cables that come with Creative Inspire speakers (the 3x
mini-plug - orange, lime green and black type) exclusive to Creative
Labs?
As I don't know what to actually search for on the net to buy one. I
search
for '5.1 audio cable' and the only ones I see are the home cinema style
ones
with the 6 inputs for all the speakers. Do only Creative sell these? If
not,
where can I buy one from (UK if poss) and what do I actually ask for?

Thanks for any input.


I figure you could just get three bog-standard mini-plug cables and
wrap a bit of tape around them if you like. I doubt there's anything
special, besides the color coding and the fact that they're bundled
together.


Yes, I suspected that this may be a good option - failing all else.

I'm not sure if they are exclusive to Creative - I think a lot of brands use
them for PC based surround speakers - so you would have thought you could
buy them from a good outlet. Maplin and Micro Direct in Manchester are the
two best shops I know of for this kinda stuff - and they don't sell them.
Maybe your way is the best way to do this. Thank you.