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F it!
Been trying for the past few days and I am now giving up! I know i'm s t at crimping but those connectors are nuts! No matter how I crimped them I couldn't get any picture on the sat nav. The only way I got a picture was by putting the core wire into one of the SMB connectors' female centre pin then putting that straight onto the Navs male connector pin. Then I got a ropey picture, but at least a picture!
Been trying and re trying and now I just got three bust SMB connector pins
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18th Mar 2009 10:03 pm
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andy
isnt lookin good for me either listenin to that
dunc life is tooooo short.enjoy the moment.dont worry be happy
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18th Mar 2009 10:15 pm
andychelt
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yeh don't listen to them Dunc, it ain't f in easy!
Now I got to come up with some sort of plan B......
18th Mar 2009 10:24 pm
POINTYED
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i wonder if the remove the cover plate and solder to the contacts would be a better option
i am sure someone posted a pdf with instructions
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18th Mar 2009 10:33 pm
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a way around it is to use a reasonably fine point soldering iron to solder the core to the pin, then strip back the outer shielding far enough to reach to one of the other inputs, crimp this bit to the other part of the connector and then just connect to adjacent inputs...and theeeeennn......???
18th Mar 2009 10:39 pm
andychelt
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does anyone know where to buy the smb connector centre pin from then?
Not the actual connector, i've got those, just need a couple of the centre pins....
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19th Mar 2009 2:12 pm
wiggs
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Why dont you get some of the clamp type (second from left at the top) ..you dont need any soldering or crimping skills then .
wiggs wrote:
mal_NW wrote:
I have a place near me with the connectors in, it describes it
Yep ..correct one ..or you could use the straight clamp one if you dont have the a crimper tool.
In fact you could use any of the top 3 ..but theres plenty of room so you dont realy need the angled one .
RG174 is the correct cable aswell
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19th Mar 2009 2:34 pm
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Like this
picture ...Mal_NW G4 Gone ...but not forgotten
19th Mar 2009 2:39 pm
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I did this mod last Sunday & yes the plugs as very tight to get in I did mine with out checking which was the right socket at the back & ended trying to pull it back out again only to pull the weirs back out!!
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19th Mar 2009 3:47 pm
andychelt
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might give them a try wiggs
Think I looked for them when I bought the crimp connectors but all the clamp type were either out of stock or discontinued.
Is the centre core clamped too? I hate those pins!
19th Mar 2009 4:00 pm
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Dunno ..maybee Mal_NW can help you out thereG4 Gone ...but not forgotten
19th Mar 2009 4:27 pm
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On my clamp version the centre pin was soldered; but not sure if that was entirely necessary or not.Dr. Ian Malcolm:
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19th Mar 2009 7:51 pm
andychelt
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stapldm wrote:
On my clamp version the centre pin was soldered
I hate those centre pins! What I need to find is somewhere that supplies just the centre pins.....preferably in bags of 100!!
19th Mar 2009 8:07 pm
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mine's turned up today
does anyone know if the mini-USB connector is usable - not mention in the 'manual'
am going to trial it with a 12v PS1 screen I've dug out of the loftSteve N | 21MY Defender | 08MY Discovery 3 (history) | 06MY Discovery 3 (ancient history)
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I hate those centre pins! What I need to find is somewhere that supplies just the centre pins.....preferably in bags of 100!! 
