Monoprice custom cables?

[CZroe]

I need a specific cable for a coworker's specific HT setup (he wants me to connect his XBOX 360 and the wall-mounted TV has the cable running through port holes in the wall).

I seem to remember being able to order custom cables from Monoprice.com, but I don't see the option anymore. I'm trying to order the thinnest 10-15' HDMI cable I can because there isn't much room to thread it through the wall with other wires. The 6 or 8' ones I've tried are simply too thick and difficult to route (I can get them in the wall but I can't access them at the lower opening). They don't have ferrite core noise filters, which I'm sure would only complicate the matter.

So, looking at the thinner 26 and 28AWG offerings, Monoprice has 25' HDMI cables without ferrite cores, but their 10' ones all have them. The 25' ones say "standard speed" and the 10' ones say "high speed," but I'm guessing I only need standard speed for an XBOX 360. So, why can't I order a 10' "standard speed" one without ferrite cores?

Can I simply remove them? If so, I could probably reattach them after routing.

 

[Modelworks]

you can remove the ferrite cores but you have to be very careful not to damage the wiring. The cables are made without the cores and then the cores are snapped onto the cable and the whole thing is sealed. To remove them you need a very sharp knife. Xacto knife would be ideal, they are extremely sharp so be careful. when I first started using them I kept cutting myself from the slightest contact with the blade. Cut on the length of the core until you find a seem. Try to avoid cutting near the cable. the cores snap together like these.
http://www.radioshack.com/product/in...ductId=3012599

 

[Auric]

CL2 rating is "required" for in-wall. Also, given the effort, better to use the higher spec cable to allow for future use. Maybe their flat CL2 high speed cables would work?

 

[HomerSapien]

Besides the ferrite cores, I would think the head of the hdmi cable would be your problem and not so much the cable.

If it fits fine, then any of the CL2 rating cables should work.

 

[Howard]

Is the existing wire in conduit?

 

[CZroe]

you can remove the ferrite cores but you have to be very careful not to damage the wiring. The cables are made without the cores and then the cores are snapped onto the cable and the whole thing is sealed. To remove them you need a very sharp knife. Xacto knife would be ideal, they are extremely sharp so be careful. when I first started using them I kept cutting myself from the slightest contact with the blade. Cut on the length of the core until you find a seem. Try to avoid cutting near the cable. the cores snap together like these.
http://www.radioshack.com/product/in...ductId=3012599

I have a set. I've removed them from other cables before where they weren't sealed. I always thought that the sealed kind were meant to get it closer to the wire with no insulation/shielding between it and the filter. I wasn't sure which kind Monoprice used. Thanks!

CL2 rating is "required" for in-wall. Also, given the effort, better to use the higher spec cable to allow for future use. Maybe their flat CL2 high speed cables would work?

Thaks for the info. I'll look into it.

Besides the ferrite cores, I would think the head of the hdmi cable would be your problem and not so much the cable.

If it fits fine, then any of the CL2 rating cables should work.

Yes, it is a problem but one which I was able to overcome with the cable I brought. Of course, I still can't get it to "show up" at the lower hole so I can pull it back through and a thinner cable may not be much help here. Because I can't directly access teh top hole either with the TV mounted, it will prove difficult.

Is the existing wire in conduit?

No, but some of them have been run through white-ish sleeves that make them look like coax (the speaker wires are done this way, for example). There's a hole in the wall under the wall-mounted TV and a hole less than 4 feet below that with two wall plates that are nothing but equal-sized holes (it'd be a little easier if they widened the holes under the wall plate). Though the openings are tight, there seems to be a lot of space. Even so, I tried dangling some beads on a string from the top and I couldn't find them at the bottom (the mass of cables above must displace or block it somewhere). I think I'm just going to have to take the TV off the wall to access the top hole better, which means that I have to disconnect everything from the TV. I dread doing that because they literally are too short to connect without putting it back on the wall with zero visibility. Why they didn't just use a spine to route the wires neatly outside the wall, I'll never know (the home-owners said they didn't specifically request in-wall routing).