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Hello
I have a customer that has a CYP 1H2HBTE system
With a sky plus hd box

The system has two tv sets in different rooms

I was asked to check the cat5e rj45 connections between the transmitter and receiver for the lounge and the connector seemed a bit loose so i said i would put new rj45 plugs on the ends

However once done this stopped working completely

I spent 5 hours with 3 types of RJ45 cat5e plugs and 3 sets of crimping tools trying to get this to work again but to no avail

Ive used my cat 5 tester to check my connections and all ok

I purchased a pre made cat 6 patch cable and it all works again


The cat 5 rj45 plugs seem loose when connected to the equipment
The cat 6 patch lead is nice and tight when fitted so i can only think my connectors are too small or not making contact properly

Can someone help me im a bit out of my depth now

Can cat6 rj45 connectors be slightly bigger externally?

Is there a special rj45 for this equipment

Help
 
Im going to buy a 1meter patch lead tomorrow
Chop it in half and join it to my cat 5e cable via bt crimps
If that works i know its the connectors i was using
 
Well the existing cable was fine before i messed with it
The problem was that the infa red receiver thing had got wedged under the sky box so couldnt communicate

I didnt realise this i thought it was the rj45 connectors that were dodgy hence how i started getting myself in this mess
 

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