Graham-1240419 Posted July 30, 2022 Share Posted July 30, 2022 I have been looking everywhere for a genuine Hornby R8266 RJ12 cable for connecting a Select to an Elite as a "walkabout" controller. Everywhere I look, it's out of stock - and doesn't even appear under the search on Hornby's own site.It's a pretty poor show when an essential item appears not to exist. I have found a RJ12 cable amongst a box of miscellaneous cables and it appears to work after a fashion - but the controller keeps thwowing errors, so it is probably the cable at fault. So I would like to obtain the genuine article.If anyone has one spare - or knows of an approved supplier, it would be much appreciated. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ColinB Posted July 30, 2022 Share Posted July 30, 2022 Well when I did a Google search on RJ12 EBay had them so I assume Amazon has them. What I don't know is whether Hornby did anything special to the cable, I let one of the other guys answer that. Looking at the web it is basically a telephone cable, so I imagine with any cable there are good quality ones and bad ones. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
96RAF Posted July 30, 2022 Share Posted July 30, 2022 I have found this to be a reliable working alternative.It is a 4-wire twisted pair cable with an RJ12 plug which will fit the RJ12 socket on the Select/Elite. This wire configuration is what the Select walk-about cable requires. The flat section Boost cable R8236 is a 6-wire cable and the outer wires are the trouble makers, when that original walk-about cable was used before investigation proved the mutual interference.Should you wish to make your own RJ12 walkabout cable it is possible with a 4-wire or 6-wire cable. With the 6-wire cable just trim or fold back the outer wires so they are out of use. This picture shows a flat cable for illustrative purposes, but twisted pair cable is usually round section like the R8266.You can buy ready-made cables of any length on the internet. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yelrow Posted July 30, 2022 Share Posted July 30, 2022 there is a guy on Ebay that makes them to order, any length, in yellow. I have 4 of his. They are perfect. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
P-Henny Posted August 10, 2022 Share Posted August 10, 2022 Can't find seller on ebay, but a seller is on Amazon.Amazon.co.uk : r8266 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Graham-1240419 Posted August 15, 2022 Author Share Posted August 15, 2022 Thanks for the replies, guys. I will certainly check out the Willko one as suggested.Although a google-search does bring up suppliers both on Amazon and eBay (and Hattons), both end up showing items not in stock and/or unavailable. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
P-Henny Posted August 15, 2022 Share Posted August 15, 2022 The clickable link in my reply above are for 'in stock' products.Note that the red text in my reply above is a clickable web link. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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