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Old 23rd June 2004, 05:58 PM   (permalink)
Default Please help with RCA plug polarities

What are the correct polarities of an audio RCA plug? I'm guessing the centre pin should be connected to positive while the outer contact is connected to negative. Would there be any adverse effect if I reverse the polarities of my RCA plugs?
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Old 23rd June 2004, 06:47 PM   (permalink)
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The outer shell is generally grounded to the chassis..Not sure what you mean by pos and neg ..These plugs usually used on audio/video equipt..
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Old 23rd June 2004, 07:12 PM   (permalink)
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if u mean signal and ground, the outside wil be ground and the centre will be signal
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Old 24th June 2004, 02:05 AM   (permalink)
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Thanks for the clarifications. I'm trying to solder two female RCA plugs to my car radio audio output. I got confused when someone in an acoutics forum mentioned the centre prong or pin should be wired to negative instead of positive(signal) polarity of the audio output which I had in mind.
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Old 24th June 2004, 02:07 AM   (permalink)
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It's easy to remember...You don't want to ground the signal...
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