Question about using ethernet for other puposes

[ShadowBlade]

I want to make a multi-room sound system using a normal networking switch by making rca to ethernet adapters and I've got a couple of questions...

1. I don't have any spare RCA audio cables to cut apart right now. Do they have a +/- within each channel to wire to the transmit or receive +/- lines inside an ethernet cable?
2. If I wire another channel to the cables unused in normal networking, will a normal networking switch do anything with the signals (this applies to transmitting and receiving)
3. If they do not, is there a way to make them?

 

[ScottMac]

There are adapters that will allow you to transport audio (and /or video) across a structured cabling system. I use them at home on several runs.

Using them for audio (and / or video) means you cannot use them for networking.

You absolutely cannot pass non-Ethernet A/V through an Ethernet switch (or hub, or router, or firewall ... )switch.

Can you "make" them ... I suppose, but IMHO, it would be a pretty silly thing to do.

FWIW

Scott

 

[ShadowBlade]

I'm looking to save money here
Maybe I'm just being stupid, but I can't seem to find anything which does what I need. Theres a pretty solid chance I'll just use this once (of course it all depends) and I estimated the price to be around $40 for me to make my own.

If you have links to such a device, please share them.

 

[JackMDS]

I need an Internet Search Engine.

I have in my garage a spare car; can I find an adapter to use the car's Engine as an Internet Search Engine?

However the is such an adaptor. http://www.smarthome.com/29102.html

 

[spidey07]

Shadowblade,

I think what you are asking for is "how do I use twisted pair cabling for audio?"

There are plenty of ways to do this with category rated/structured wiring system. Ethernet is just another application for twisted pair cabling. Asking Ethernet to deliver audio will require active and expensive devices on each end to encode/decode the audio stream - hundreds of bucks per device.

Making the adapters yourself is really asking for trouble. Do post your source into the cable and the expected output in terms of "what are you really trying to do?"

You might want to look up "home automation" sites.