Cat 5e audio cables promise top performance

Edited by the Electronicstalk editorial team Sep 14, 2005

Brilliance CatSnake tactical field-deployable Category 5e audio/video cables are designed for use in patching Ethernet or other Cat 5e digital audio/video formats.

Available now from Belden CDT Electronics Division, Brilliance CatSnake tactical field-deployable Category 5e audio/video cables are designed for use in patching Ethernet or other Cat 5e digital audio/video formats.

The new Cat 5e UTP cables are AES/EBU-compliant and feature an extremely rugged construction, using Belden's patented Bonded-Pair design, which makes them ideal for indoor broadcast applications in high traffic areas, as well as tactical, field-deployable for use out-of-doors and in broadcast truck applications.

Brilliance CatSnake UTP cables 1304A and 1305A feature Bonded-Pair unshielded twisted pairs (UTPs) with 24AWG stranded bare copper conductors and polyolefin insulation.

To further ensure the durability, portability and re-useability of CatSnake UTP cables, Belden has a heavy jacket wall version for medium duty use (1304A) or an upjacketed version for the harshest heavy duty applications (1305A).

And, to increase their flexibility, the cables offer stranded (7x32) conductors and matte-finished Belflex jackets.

Both cables pass the -40C Cold Bend test per UL1381.

The consistency of any UTP cable can determine its transmission distance.

Physical characteristics such as the cable's conductor-to-conductor relationship along the full length of the cable can affect how far a signal can be carried at a given frequency without excessive attenuation due to return loss.

CatSnake UTP Cat 5e audio cables maintain their impedance and superior return loss performance when flexed and handled in rugged environments because Belden's patented Bonded-Pair design bonds the insulated conductors together, thus maintaining consistent conductor-to-conductor spacing along the entire longitudinal axis, with no gaps to create impedance changes.

Belden calls this reliable after-installation performance installable and portable performance.