How to Terminate Cat6 Shielded Cable with an RJ45 Connector
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 Published On Oct 7, 2017

Terminating Cat6 shielded cable can be tricky with a standard RJ45 connector that is not pre-booted. In this detailed tutorial video, see the expert best practices for how to terminate Cat6 shielded cable with a standard RJ4 plug for a custom-length cable with full 360º shielding. For Cat 6 cable termination color code (568B), see the image here at 08:45.
Cat6 color code order: 1) White/Orange, 2) Orange Solid, 3) White/Green, 4) Blue Solid, 5) White/Blue, 6) Green Solid, 7) White/Brown, 8) Brown Solid

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00:00 Intro, How to Terminate Cat6 Shielded Cable with a Standard RJ45 Connector
00:36 Slide up the 3:1 heat shrink tubing onto cable
00:54 Measure your cable jacket for stripping
01:17 Score and cut the jacket from the conductors
01:38 Shielding must be removed from the exposed wires
01:55 What to do with the drain wire on CAT6 cable termination
02:03 What to do with the clear binder material
02:21 Remove the center separator
03:05 Secure the drain wire with copper tape, and why for best practices
03:30 Placement of the copper tape
04:00 Untwist the pairs for CAT6 cable termination
04:37 Color code for 568B Cat6 cable
05:20 Cut any extra length on conductors to 1”
06:05 One piece RJ45 connector vs two piece RJ45 connector
06:13 How to slide on the load bar Cat6
06:58 How to trim conductors to 3/10” (approx. 7 cm)
07:32 Prepare the RJ45 connector
08:01 Crimp down the cable diameter to an oval in order to fit into the RJ45 connector
08:20 Seat the RJ45 connector properly to the color code
08:45 Cat6 color code order image showing visible copper ends
08:51 Bend the strain relief over
09:01 RJ45 crimping tool for Cat6 cable termination
09:33 Inspection and what to look for
09:49 Slide 3:1 heat shrink tubing up over the connector body
10:22 Carefully heat shrink tubing to secure the connector without compromising the conductors
10:52 Applying the heat to shrink tubing with heat gun
11:05 Fully terminated a Cat6 Shielded cable with an RJ45 connector with a solid 360 degree shield contact

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* This is a Pro AV tutorial video as a video production portfolio piece created and produced by Angie Durbin in collaboration with Liberty AV Solutions.

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