I have an HDMI cable that runs 35 feet from my media closet to a wall mounted TV. Sadly I managed to break off the end of the connector rendering the cable non-functional. I cursed and cried because I couldn’t just fish a new cable through the walls and over the attic because of the complicated run due to having the cable installed during construction. Since I had nothing to loose I set out on finding a solution. I discovered that there isn’t a HDMI wiring standard meaning that unless I could find the exact same cable, it’s not likely I would be able to match the corresponding wires (there are 19) between my old cable and a new one very easily. So I couldn’t just buy another cable and splice in a different connector. Sure, I could use a multi-meter to identify which wire went to which pin on the connector, however I discovered an easier solution when I stumbled upon a new product for what they call field terminating an HDMI cable to a connector that uses posts. Then I found this site that illustrates which pin# corresponds with each wire. All I had to do is correctly determine which color wire in my broken cable corresponded to each pin. To do this I cut open the broken connector using a hack saw so that I could visually map each wire. 

The sweetest part of this project is that I paid a visit to Home Tech Solutions in Cupertino to ask if it was possible to repair my cable. I explained the dire situation I was in and pleaded for help. They said no way and that there was no solution. “Sorry dude, you’re sol.” Really? 

I wasn’t ready to give up that easy.

I should also note that I found this other solution which is more elegant than the L-Com connector, but I learned that the tool alone was $200.

OK, back to the project. So after dissecting the old connector and figuring out the color coding of my HDMI cable, I carefully stripped the wires and inserted them into the connector. 

SUCCESS! It worked and I salvaged what I thought was a hopeless situation. 

Ok, I’m sure all you A/V heads will tell me that I’m leaking data out of the connector and that my signal isn’t HD enough, but I’m not listening. The alternative was no signal at all. 

For those of you who are in the middle of your remodel or build, consider running 2 HDMI cables and if the run is long consider fiber optic cables. If you’re going really high end, run conduit.

Here’s a couple of shots from my finished connection. Feel free to ask me any questions. Cheers - Dylan