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long firewire 800 to 400 cables???

PostPosted: Tue Feb 22, 2011 6:34 pm
by The Tasmanian
Does anyone know where one can get a long firewire 800 to 400 cable - like 3 - 5 meters long?
They don't seem to exist anywhere.

Or is there such thing as a firewire 800 to 800 joiner - to join 2 cables together?
If anyone has any ideas that would be much appreciated.

Re: long firewire 800 to 400 cables???

PostPosted: Tue Feb 22, 2011 8:27 pm
by Text_Edifice
I know Gefen http://www.gefen.com/kvm/dcablelist.jsp ... e=firewire do long firewire cables and also repeaters http://www.gefen.com/kvm/dproduct.jsp?prod_id=1329.

EDIT - firewire 800 repeaters / extenders here http://www.gefen.com/kvm/dproductlistin ... e=firewire

Not sure if there's anyone doing a local version that's better / cheaper (expensive cable runs).

Re: long firewire 800 to 400 cables???

PostPosted: Tue Feb 22, 2011 8:32 pm
by The Tasmanian
Thanks Dave -
I sorted it found a long 800 to 800 cable and a short apple 800 to 400 adapter.
Cheers

Re: long firewire 800 to 400 cables???

PostPosted: Wed Feb 23, 2011 9:49 am
by musikwerks
Stay away from Geffen gear if you can. It really is cheap junk. I have worked at facilities that started out using their gear (DVI extenders specifically) and we get random screen blackouts all day. We now use DVI to HDMI, DVI to SDI/BNC or even DVI to USB.

If you need to extend/convert FW400/800...

http://www2.shopping.com/Dr-Bott-Moshi- ... -FWAP/info

Re: long firewire 800 to 400 cables???

PostPosted: Wed Feb 23, 2011 12:58 pm
by PRINCETOWN

Re: long firewire 800 to 400 cables???

PostPosted: Wed Feb 23, 2011 9:01 pm
by The Tasmanian
Thanks guys - looks better quality than what I found.
Hope your well Kristian.
Regards