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8.2 Wiring the RCA Jacks
Before you wire up RCA jacks, let's discuss how to do it:
When working with the RCAs jacks, we recommend the following procedure:
Tin the RCA ground lead and put a puddle of solder in the center of the RCA
Heat the solder puddle and slide the tinned (signal) lead to be connected into the center of the
RCA
Similarly, hold the tinned (Ground) lead against the tinned Ground tab on the RCA and apply
heat; it will usually adhere immediately
Now, have a look at the yellow (dual) shielded cable. One end has Red and White wires and a
shield; the other end just the Red and White wires.
The Red wire is the signal, the White wire is
the ground.
Take the end without the shield and solder the Red wires to the center poles of each RCA
jack. Then solder the White wires to the respective ground lugs of each RCA jack. These
lugs should be tied together by the short wire you installed above.
We'll leave the wiring of the shielded end to when we do the interwiring.
