Newsgroups: rec.audio.tech
Subject: Re: Phillips 75 ohm antenna input - what style connector is this and how to adapt to it??
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[email protected] (Don Pearce) writes:

> On Thu, 21 Apr 2005 21:56:10 +1200, RdM  wrote:
> 
> >"Trevor Wilson" writes in 
> >rec.audio.tech<[email protected]>:
> >: 
> >: "David Forsyth"  wrote in message 
> >: news:[email protected]...
> >: > Hello,
> >: >
> >: > A friend of mine has a Phillips DVD / surround system that he bought for
> >: > cheap somewhere.  It has an FM tuner in it, and the FM antenna input is
> >: > labeled 75 ohms, but the connector is not the standard 75 ohm coaxial "F"
> >: > style.   I suspect that it is either a proprietary style that Phillips 
> >: > uses,
> >: > or more likely a European style that we don't generally see here in North
> >: > America.  It has a push-on type (unthreaded) outer ring about 10 mm in
> >: > diameter.  There is a hollow center pin of about 2.5 mm in diameter.  I am
> >: > looking for a way to adapt it to the "F" style.  Does anyone know what 
> >: > this
> >: > connector might be, and who makes an adapter for it?
> >: 
> >: **It is called a 'PAL connector' and is very common throughout the PAL 
> >: (obviously) television world.
> >
> >Obviously in Australia. Yet here in NZ, also with PAL TV, I learned to
> >call them merely 75 ohm "RF connectors"; they might also be found on FM
> >tuners, or receivers, of a certain period, as well as TV's and VCR's.
> 
> These are Belling & Lee RF  connectors. Built to a price rather than a
> spec.

Those are also called "IEC antenna connector" on some electronice 
catalogues. They are also called at some places Euro TV antenna connector.
Defiantely those connectors lack a good name. 

Description from http://www.hz-ctg.com/coaxial_cable_4.htm
"IEC antenna connector": This is a very low-cost high volume 75 ohm 
connector used for TV and radio antenna connections around Europe. 

From http://www.epanorama.net/links/wire_general.html#coaxconnector 
IEC antenna connector": This is a very low-cost high volume 75 ohm
connector used for TV and radio antenna connections around
Europe. This connector is primarily designed for antenna signal input
primarily into consumer audio and video equipment. The typical
frequency range this is used is 0-1 GHz. This connector can be found
on both equipment and on fixed wiring wall outlets in Europe. The
connector is defined in IEC 169-2 standard. 


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