Basscube cable repair

ShockTherapy · Post by **ShockTherapy** » Sat Nov 20, 2010 1:46 pm

Hi. Just picked up a nice looking white basscube on feebay from a dude for $85 shipped. He says that it comes with the remote but one end of the cable itself is damaged. anybody know how to repair these things. I'd like to do it myself to keep costs down but if someone could do it cheaply I'd opt for that.

Post by **Jacampb2** » Sat Nov 20, 2010 3:41 pm

It is just a 4 wire modular phone cable, has to be wired strait through, there is a big thread in this section about the remotes I make, the cord comes up in there and I explain how to make it. Just search bass cube remote...

Later,
Jason

ShockTherapy · Post by **ShockTherapy** » Sat Nov 20, 2010 5:37 pm

Jacampb2 wrote:It is just a 4 wire modular phone cable, has to be wired strait through, there is a big thread in this section about the remotes I make, the cord comes up in there and I explain how to make it. Just search bass cube remote...

Later,
Jason

Thank you very much Jacamp

finbar · Post by **finbar** » Sun Nov 21, 2010 5:52 pm

would this http://www.jumbotronix.com/25ft-rj11-6p ... 72489.html work?

Post by **Jacampb2** » Sun Nov 21, 2010 7:09 pm

The description is right but the picture is not... No idea what to make of that, maybe it is a stock photo, it show the same photo for several different cords....

Later,
Jason

ShockTherapy · Post by **ShockTherapy** » Sun Nov 21, 2010 7:17 pm

It's cool! JCampb2 is gonna make me one! Thanks again man!

finbar · Post by **finbar** » Sun Nov 21, 2010 7:28 pm

Jacampb2 wrote:The description is right but the picture is not... No idea what to make of that, maybe it is a stock photo, it show the same photo for several different cords....

Later,
Jason

That's good to know, thanks Jason.

eulogious · Post by **eulogious** » Tue Dec 07, 2010 7:33 am

When I got my cube I didn't have a cable. Went looking through my stuff and found what I needed to make a cable. Really easy. Just a simple straight through 4 wire phone cable. Took me about 3 min total to make... Glad you figured it out man!

The Golden One · Post by **The Golden One** » Tue Dec 07, 2010 8:48 am

Jacampb2 wrote:It is just a 4 wire modular phone cable, has to be wired strait through, there is a big thread in this section about the remotes I make, the cord comes up in there and I explain how to make it. Just search bass cube remote...

Later,
Jason

were not the end's of the cable reversed on one end ? if i can remember one of the ends was mirrored oppisite of the other.

ShockTherapy · Post by **ShockTherapy** » Tue Dec 07, 2010 8:54 am

A simple way of doing this is to get a standard 4 wire phone cord, cut it in the middle then rewire it backwards then heatshrink the connection, viola!

Post by **Jacampb2** » Tue Dec 07, 2010 9:15 am

The Golden One wrote:
Jacampb2 wrote:It is just a 4 wire modular phone cable, has to be wired strait through, there is a big thread in this section about the remotes I make, the cord comes up in there and I explain how to make it. Just search bass cube remote...

Later,
Jason
were not the end's of the cable reversed on one end ? if i can remember one of the ends was mirrored oppisite of the other.

No, we've been through this over and over, the pg cable *should* be a standard rj11 type phone cord with 6p4c ends. The problem is that not all phone cords are made correctly, and, it makes absolutely no difference to a telephone, but it does to the bass cube. Not all retail cords are wrong either, so you can't make a blanket statement like just cut and flip it, or you may make it backwards. It is also a bitchy bitch to splice that tiny wire. It cost like 20 bucks to buy the crimpers and ends, if you are going to change a cord them buy the tools and do it right. Once again, there is instructions on how to check the cakes in the bc remote thread if thee is still confusion.

Later,
Jason

Post by **Jacampb2** » Tue Dec 07, 2010 9:28 am

btw, the modular jack used is actually rj14 not rj11. They are the same size, but the rj11 specification is for only two conductors. You are unlikely to find the cords listed properly because everyone seems to think rj11 covers both 2 conductor and 4 conductor.

Later,
Jason

Post by **Jacampb2** » Tue Dec 07, 2010 9:52 am

Okay, here is a picture-- this is from one of PG's tech note pdf's. Anyhow, maybe I am describing it wrong, IDK, but if the ends match up like this, it is the correct cable, if not, it won't work. It confusing as all heck, but the picture should be worth a 1000 explanations!

BTW, the PG document describes this as a "telephone extension cable" maybe that is different from a normal telephone cable, IDK and IDC as I make them myself. I tried sourcing the correct ones first, and it was just hit or miss. I found some that were right at a drug store, I had found them before at radio shack, Kmart had ones that were wrong, blah, blah blah so I make my own now.

Later,
Jason

eulogious · Post by **eulogious** » Tue Dec 07, 2010 10:49 am

Glad I could stir this up

Good explanation as well.

It appears that everyone thinks that the cube cable is some "special" cable. It's kinda funny. I went down to my local electronics wholesaler and picked up some black 4 wire flat phone cord for about $.10 a foot, and a bag of ends cost me a total of $10 out the door, and I now have enough phone cord to do LPL's and cube cords till the end of time

Well, almost anyways.

And if you buy the crimpers and have the ends, if the cable doesn't work one way, try another! Only takes a min, and there are only so many combinations you can do

The Golden One · Post by **The Golden One** » Tue Dec 07, 2010 10:54 am

And if you buy the crimpers and have the ends, if the cable doesn't work one way, try another! Only takes a min, and there are only so many combinations you can do

[/quote] so how do you know when you finally got it right

eulogious · Post by **eulogious** » Tue Dec 07, 2010 11:37 am

The Golden One wrote:And if you buy the crimpers and have the ends, if the cable doesn't work one way, try another! Only takes a min, and there are only so many combinations you can do

so how do you know when you finally got it right

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The cube works... One way it works, one way it doesn't...