{"id":295,"date":"2019-08-25T15:04:50","date_gmt":"2019-08-25T21:04:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/fillimusic.com\/?p=295"},"modified":"2019-08-25T15:11:26","modified_gmt":"2019-08-25T21:11:26","slug":"tascam-rc-71-remote-cable-replace-with-cat-5","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/fillimusic.com\/?p=295","title":{"rendered":"Tascam RC-71 Remote Cable Replace with Cat 5"},"content":{"rendered":"

I purchased a Tascam RC-71 remote on ebay to go with my Tascam 48 reel to reel recorder. When it arrived the remote was not working. After wiggling the cable every way I could and still nothing, I noticed some small nicks in the cable that were suspect.\"\"<\/p>\n

Next step was to take apart the remote and see if I could find the problem. After removing the cover on the remote end, I tested the connections between the plug at the recorder end of the cable and the remote end.<\/p>\n

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Testing Pins with meter<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

There were several pins not making a connection on both ends, no doubt, this was the problem. I downloaded a pin out diagram from the Dr Zee Workshop for the RC-71. From looking at the diagram I needed 5 pair or 10 wires to make the connections from the plug end to the remote.<\/p>\n

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Dr Zee Pinout<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

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Soldering iron and Solder sucker<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Now the hard part, the connections would have to be de-soldered from the remote end and the ethernet cable soldered in.<\/p>\n

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My notes on connections<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Before I started, I made a hand written diagram denoting colors and pins to connect the new cable. Then I cut the plug end off with about a foot of the original cable remaining and carefully connected the Ethernet cable to the remaining cable using solder and heat shrink tubing. After testing pin by pin with the pin-out diagram, I was ready to test with the recorder.<\/p>\n

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Once again the remote was working!!! A successful project completed!!<\/p>\n