Hi Tim84,

In my home all rooms are cat6 cabled and has two data outputs. Will I be able to do the same, or must the installation be with cat7 in order for it to work?

We use CAT6 cabling in our house with ML/RJ45 cables without any issues.

Ralf

Hi, you will need to have S/FTP (shielded, foiled twisted pair) cabling for this.

Johan

This is a very interesting thread!

Would these be of interest...

https://www.av-connection.com/?PGr=14046

Great thread!

I happened to have a spare ML plug so I did it the other way around and crimped a ML plug to a CAT6 shielded cable. Works fine.

RJ45 pins to ML pins, I think you have a typo in your pin conversion. I believe that pin 3 on the RJ45 should connect to pin 12 & 3 on the ML plug. Just highlighting this in case other users will use this thread as a reference. I found a picture on the internet where I have added the ML pin 12 to the RJ 45 pin 3.

I have also confirmed these connections by measuring an original Bang & Olufsen ML to RJ45 cable.

I also found a great guide for the Ml plug on the internet with pictures. https://powmascables.com/PDF/Aansluit-schemas/Masterlink-Connector-kabels.pdf

Lastly, where have you managed to get hold of RJ45 shielded plugs for installation cables where the ML wires can fit? The one I managed to get hold of doesn't fit the ML wires.

Regards, BeoMedia

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Hi BeoMedia,

For the pin-out I used this as a source: https://beointegration.com/uploaded/EN-BeoLink-handbook-v1-9.pdf page 98. It confirms what you write: position 3 in the RJ 45 is connected with position 3 and 12 in the ML plug with resp the white/blue and pink wires.

The RJ45 connectors I used did not really have separate holes for the separate wires, so there was a bit more room, still pretty crowded in there :-). I ordered these a long time ago, not on purpose for this feature though. I ran out of them, cannot tell anymore the brand/type.

I did read that Van Damme cables has some RJ 45 connectors with extra large holes https://www.van-damme.com/vandamme_product/van-damme-oversize-category-6a-rj45-connectors/#1537534704706-04936170-849f24df-956fb40f-3195 (1.5mm is that enough?), but not sure if they are large enough. Can you measure how thick those ML conductors are?

Regards and good luck!

Johan

I did purchase some RJ45 of a brand called 'Vention' that claims that the conductor holes are 1.3mm. I made a couple of MasterLink cables with them and found that most of the ML conductors fit eaxtly, others need some motivation. I trust there are various makes of ML cables around, and I am not sure about the tolerances of both conductors and connectors, but it might be wise to find connectors that are specified to 1.4mm.