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Lostgallifreyan

Stuart Longland wrote in news:6meoeb-
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I did try using an old printer extension cable, but found
I got cross-talk from the head unit comms cable into the microphone.
CAT5 works well though, and isn't difficult to manufacture.

I once found a DB25-type cable with some individually screened pairs, in a
skip. Not got it now, but I remember it being a bit thicker and less flexible
than usual. Maybe hard to find now that it's been so many years since big
firms changed to ethernet and such. There are cables used for video,
'downlink' cables and such sold by Maplin that might do for mixed signals.
Again, probably expensive... When I wanted a 5m run for keyboard, mouse,
video, I just tied three cheap lines togeher, the cost of paying to have it
done by default was horrifying.